The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
CONTRACT AWARDS
ARE MADE BY CITY
Agreements Made On Por-
ton OF Equipment For
WPA Street Program

Contracts for a portion of the
equipment to be bought or rented by
the city for use in it's WPA street
paving program were awarded yes
terday morning at the weekly meet
ing of record of the city commission
ers, over which Mayor Thomas E.
Cooper presided.
J. E.. L.. Wade, commissioner of
public works, called on bidders to
agree, prior to awarding of contracts,
that:
l. Bidders are to be notified in
writing when to deliver equipment.
2. All bidders are to enter lnto
contract with the city, contracts to
be drawn by the city attorney.
8. That is for any reason the fed,
eral government should cancel work
to be done under the WPA, the city
reserves the right to cancel all rem
tai contracts at the end of any
month of the rental period.
4. The city reserves the right to
pay cash for all or any part of the
equipment offered within 60 days at
cash prices.
He then recommended that awards
of contracts on the equipment be
made as follows:
Item 1. IL ton pickup truck
To Raney Chevrolet company. Cash
price $518.95, rental $57.O9 month.
@E70 OK
Item 2. 1 IL ton flat truck stake
body-To Raney Chevrolet company.
Cash price $791.75, rental $500
month. Rental-purchase $87O.93.
Item 8. 81 IL ton dump trucks
To Raney Chevrolet company.
Cash price $907.S3 each. Rental
$99.S6 month. Rental : purchase
$99S.6O. Total bid of Raney Chevrolet
company on Items 1, 2 and 8. Cash
price $~8,573.34. Rental s943.07 per
month. Rental-purchase %$9430.66.
Item 4. Rock crusher. I recon-
mend that award be deferred until
further investigation can be made
of the various units offered.
Item 5. Tractor. To the Carolina
Tractor and Equipment company,
Raleigh, N. C. Cash price $3395. 90.
Rental $295.00 month. Rental-pur-
chase $4,000.
Item 6. ~Scraper-To the North
Carolina Equipment company, Ra-
leigh, N. c. Cash price $1,000. 90.
Rental $4,000 month. Renta1-pur-
chase $4,000.
Item 7. Tandem roberto E. F.
Craven company, Greensboro, N. G.
Cash price %$3476.0 90. Rental 100000
month. Rental-purchase $3476.00.
Item 8. rs concrete mixer-To
North Carolina Equipment company,
Raleigh, N. C. Cash price $3.50. 90.
Rental $4,000 month. Rental-purchase
100000.
Item 8. Asphalt plant. I recon-
mend that award be deferred until
further investigation has been made
of the various units offered.
Item 10. Curb and gutter forms.
To North Carolina Equipment COM
pany, Raleigh, N. c. Cash price
$129S.OO. Rental $135.OO month. Rem
tal-purchase $1350.O0.
Item II. Motor grader. I recon-
mend that award be deferred until
further investigation has been made
of the various units offered.
Item IL. Barber Greene finisher-
To Carolina Tractor and Equipment
company, Raleigh, N. c. Rental
$4,000 month.
Item 10. Air compressor. I rec
ommend that award be deferred I'M
til further investigation has been
made of the various units offered.
Item IA. ga yd. shovel, a and
dragline. I recommend that award
be deferred until further investiga-
ton has been made of the various
units offered.
Item Is. Storage tank. I recon-
mend that all bids be rejected.
due to time limitations it was
not possible to thoroughly investigate