The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-13
SUBMIT BIDS ON
FIRE APPARATUS
TO COM MISSION
Several Firms Offer Apparatus
Ranging in Price From
$2,350 to $12,500
TWO LOCAL FIRMS BID
Commission Takes Bids Under
> Consideration; to Hold a
Meeting Tonight

Numerous fire truck bids, ranging
in price from s2S50 to $12,500, were
submitted to the city cimmission last
night. The commission is to meet
again tonight to 60 over the various
bids and consider the specifications
Bids were submitted from outside
firms with two exceptions. The r. B
Loubek Motor company, of Bismarck
submitted bids on the REQ speed wag-
on equipped with fire apparatus, and
the Bismarck Motor company, o1
which C. Bertsch, Jr., is the head
submitted bids on White chassis
equipped with fire fighting apparatus
One of the local companies offered to
take warrants for half the price o1
the apparatus.
After the, opening of the bids the
commissioners listened to talks by
statesmen on their fire. fighting equip
ment and their ability to give service
required by the specifications. One
Of the requirements was that the
bidder have a service station with
100000 worth of parts on hand within
500 miles of Bismarck. Bids were not
received from few well-known max
ers Of fire apparatus which do bust
ness mainly in eastern certers, pre-
sumably because this rqurement could
not be complied with.
Bids Submitted
The bids follow:
Mack1nternational Motor Truck Cor
rtoration-Triple combination pump
ing engine, chemical and hose car, $50
gallons per minute, $1,000. Combina-
tion chemical and hose car with two
4O-gallon chemical tanks, $6,40O.
Ajax Fire Engine Works-Ford one
ton truck, mounted with fire equip.
ment, $3.50.
Bismarck Motor company-White
truck, triple combination pumping en-
gine and hose car, 70 h. p., 800 gal.
Ions per minute, $1O,O94.5O. Triple
combination pumping engine, chemi-
cal and hose car, so h. p, $50 gallons
per minute, $9,395,O0. Combination
chemical and hose car with double
tank equipment, SO h. p, capacity
hose body 1900 feet, 7,7o350.
American4La France Fire Engine
company, type "75" triple combina-
tion, $50 gallons per milu.e, pumping
engine, chemical engine and hose
motor car, $125OO. Type "33' triple
combination, 900. gallons per minute,
pumping engine, chemical engine and
hose motor car, $1O,250; pneumatic
tires, add $500. Type 40" conlbina-
tion chemical and hose car with jun
ior pump, $50 gallons per minute,
$3.50; pneumatic tires, add $500; six
cylinder add $3.50. Type 40" double
combination chemical engine and hose
motor car, 4 cylinder, IS h. p, $3.50;
pneumatic tires, add $500; six cylin-
der add $3.50.
r. B. Loubek Co., REQ Speedwagon,
and Northern type DE- equipment,
$500. REQ Speedwagon, Northern
type D equipment and type c pump,
$3.50.
6aeterioIoeist Reports
before the opening of bids the
commission transacted routine ousi.
ness. e. M. Stanton, city bas:erioI''-
gist, made a report on the work fol
the month of August. He said, in
part: ''The city water during the
most of the month was not in 4 CON
dition for, drinking unless boiled, due
as has been reported, to defective
chlorine apparatus and to sediment ir
the reservoir. The reservoir has been
cleaned, and the chlorine apparatus
repaired, resulting in the very sats'
vi Continued on yaso A.