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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-0162421110L021011 SO. 14244 assownornsolistio 0/1T 10 TO PUMAS on non SUMO SWIIPSIVAT POE Tga PRIDE OP 0,850600. -Wi'SBRZA, the City Manager report. that altar -the different makes of street sweepers and the prise. there0*0-:::: he is of the opinion that the Elgin Street Sweeper is the bi- Weeeper and recommends that the City purohase an algln Wee 101, THIEREPORE, BE IT ESSOLTBD by the Commission of the City of Miami: That the City Manager be, snd he is, hereby authorised t purchase one Elgin Street Sweeper at and fax the sum of $6,850.00 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of August, A. D. 19246 ATTEST: "DOCUMENT INDEX ITEM NO. MOOR .1\ "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS FOLLOW" cm COMMISSION MEETING OF AUG 12 4944/ imumilikpik RI( •••11•••••.1.1. ............ • ty Ommuission Magi "Lai Gentlement There was provided in the Bridget for thin, yea an amount for the purchase of a new street sweeper. ThI old Elgin Sweeper, whioh is now in Gerrie*, has given vary general satisfaction. •• After securing prioes on various other makes of sweepers, the =gin seems to be lower in price than other standard makes. The prioe quoted on a new agin • sweeper is 46850.00, and estimated freight to Miami, 4867.00 or a total of 47217.00 delivered. I would recommend the purchase of the Slgin Aweeppm, and ask that I be given authority to make the purchase. PHVI;AA Respectfully, .7.MILVOSelliWORT. P .11 .Whart on ui TY /LANA= • • , "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS FOLLOW" o LtTrj Pwo • `i r +yy Wharton .Di Naomi, iar..mie`�r, 8.6 Dear Sirs I hand you, herewith) 'quotaOW' eu► concerns on a street sweeperstii'rthe to Elgin Street Sweeper 0o., ..........1..i.**, (Estimated freight to Yiami,).....i. Austin. -Western Road Machinery Co., ....$7, (Freight to Miami to be added) Inasmuch as we have an old Elgin sweeper which ha. given good satisfaotion, it is recommended that we purchase another:'-~'; of the same make. A000rding to the report of Superintendent - Ring and Mr.Lowry, who observed the work of the Austin machine at Jacksonville, our Elgin machine is doing better work than the Austin is capable of around street corners. Yours very truly, Director of Public .dJ r tiF' i.. j1 r 3'l7Gi 'r' �-; '�i E }?o '.; § #fir �: '•nt k� '" s?. ,:'� °.o 4O MASONIC TEMIke ACIOlioNVILLitiFL� ..:AitiArnesirdottonli-DireoUir Dear Sir: . In regard to,my oonver5ation'41th:_iou-',AO,, _ advise The , Baltimore &: Carolina Company_ It will be impossible for them to lutndleU sweeper01. width. Our sweeper measures ele-ven feet wide 'end :their g i- they oan only handle up to eight feet. They also advisethat ths7, cannot handle sweeper on tb.eir, decks on aeoounf.of.,their-Wenithe beinonly able to b.andle twp .tOns. Our sweeper4gi basedon a. . .: ..,:4. thoudand pound w.iglzt. If If / am favoree_l with your valuid ordor 1 :bibs :to tadvdse ars in a position to make- immediate shipment .from our,'Paotori Illinois* Your i3 very truly, . ocl•jr ?ToriOn DiRtributor • "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS FOLLOW" ADAMS ADJUSTABLE GRADERS • • rpo • 11 • V1,44.-At• t1100 . • Cy:O.-46.444- n,. -ear 8r:Angus tl 0124 . „ • ..•, • • • . . • .. • , • -• • . „ ,-• .: • :•-• • • -• •-•lh� per• lour reqaet We are rnatling you :undo r arate COVer..16Stin:WesterAlWieper:Oitalog., The Motor"Sweepor ,dompieta sells:for $7.000 factory, Thie-Price ifielUdealhe Glitter Bream, and, the Sweeper sells for $250 less without this Clutter Broom. We are also enclosing a number of telegrams which'.,.. the •Austin Western people have sent to us, which they have received from variouts users ath municipalities, who use Austin Motor Sweeper. The original of these telegrams are all on file with the Austin Western People, who will rake affidavit that each one is a true copy. This information should be of service to you in de,- eiding on the proper Sweeper to purchase. Hoping to hoar from you further on this subSeet, we are omv/R Yours truly L. D. Llewellyn "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENT. F(7.1.1.0t4 • 7, \.7,; %t• -r-t• rar34-• •JLTT ggo JI1•;,wq ).10 T pra,4plt .i1( I ! ;7i -2 1 r...1...V..1';7V1 tie i7i3 ' ().7..AkTi:!) P.:1-, 4) PP. •.9•-1 s.e etAtty %are►►e.rotr...e 4 ML M Motor end Steem Road Rollers Jew Crushers Gyratory Crushers Screening Plants Tractor Graders Me,ntenence Graders SCenf,ers Elevet,ng Graders & O,tchers Road Dregs Wheeled & Dreg Scrapers Rood Plows Dump Wagons 0,1 c str,Lutors Motor P,::k•uo SweepCrS Street `,,Aeoeers S.pr,rlers Culverts D,str.but,ng Centers t.ew `rork, N. Y. Albnny. N. Y. r-h,ledelt,hia. Pa. n,ehmen O. Va. Atlanta. G8. kev.. C, leans. Le. Jac'son, r.11ss. COI. rr.bu:. 0. St. Paul, I: inn. V.ehco, Nebr. L tac Rock, Ark. Cklehoma C.ty, Okla Dall ,c. Tex. Di,r.eer, COI. G�Ilin�s, MC. nt. Salt L_r,ro O.ty. utah Pho.sn.x, AriZ. Por08n:i, Ore 'Levr rr calf ccl,f. • AL OPPICt!1'' MICHIGAN BOULtVARCti Chicago Dear Sir; "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS FOLLOW" Last Tuesday night, the City Council at LaCrosse, Wisconsin, bought an Austin Motor Pickup Sweeper. This was the fourth time bids had been received and Alderman C. H. Collins asked some twenty-five Austin users for their opinion and experience. He has kindly turned over to us the telegrams received, the originals of which are in this office and the genuineness of which is absolutely guaranteed. All of them are addressed to C. H. Collins and all are dated March l5th, 17th or 18th, 1924: The following quotations are verbatim: Robert Pierce, Supt. of Streets, Red Bank, N. J. "Have used Austin machine. It is very satisfactory." Ralph B. Linville, City Engineer,Danville, Va. "Have been using Austin Motor Pickup Sweeper for over four years. Think it moot economical and satisfactory way for street cleaning." A. W. Vars, City Engineer, Plainfield, N. J. "Have run Austin Motor Sweeper two years. Find same economi- cal and satisfactory. Would buy another if needed." W. G. Ewing, Street Commissioner, Wilkinsburg, Pa. "Have used Austin machine for four years. Perfectly satisfied. Expect in near future to get another." Jas. B. Greeley, Supt. of Streets, Passaic, N. J. "Machine is perfectly satisfactory and is a good investment." Leonard A. Bergman, Director Public Works, Jamestown, N. Y. "Our Austin Sweeper is very satisfactory to us. Gutter broom excels that of any sweeper we have had." (Note: Jamestown also has a three wheeled machine.) John F. Buck, Supt. of Ste., Aberdeen, S. Dak. "Bought Austin Sweeper April 1923. Cleaned four million eighteen thousand eight hundred thirty square yards, collect- ed one thousand sixty two and one-half cubic yards cleaning five hundred fifty-eight and one-half hours, total cost nine hundred eighteen dollars eighty nine cents. Department paid for sweeper out of 1923 budget. Lachine very satisfactory. Will forward itemized statement of work by letter on request." M. F. McFarland, City Manager, Norman, Okla. "Have used Austin Sweeper since July lot, 1923 and find same very satisfactory and are well pleased with it." • °suPPORn DOCUMENTS FOLLOW" C. M. trey, Street Commissioner, Concord, H. C. "We have used Austin Piokup Sweeper for fifteen months with very satisfactory results. It does all the oompeny claims for it with a minimum expense. We are well pleased." Chas. M. Getman, Supt. of Public Works, Watertown, N.Y. "The Austin Motor Sweeper is satisfactory and will do all Chat can be expected of any machine." W. H. Evans, City Engineer, Fort Smith, Ark. "Austin Motor Sweeper giving satisfaction doubling yardage on business streets, quadrupling yardage on residence ones, a sav- ing of $125 a week." L. B. Matthews, City Engineer, Orlando, Fla. "In my opinion the four wheeled Austin Motor Sweeper is the beel street sweeper on the market today. It is well oonstruoted, easy to handle, does good work and not expensive to operate." J. J. Knight„ Supt. Department Public Works, Detroit, Mich. "We have five Austin Motor Sweepers. They meet our requirements as far as we are oonoerned, proving satisfactory." B. H. Aldrich, City Engineer, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. "After two years use Austin Motor Sweeper, we believe in its de- pendability. Has out our costs of street cleaning half and greatly increased efficiency in cleaning. Repairs and trouble negligible. Wouldn't go back to old system and believe Austin Western Machine most dependable. We recommend it." Chas. T. Evans, Supt. of Ste., Bloomington, I11. "In my opinion the Austin Motor Sweeper is everything they repre- sent it to be. I have caved some $5000 the past year for my Department with very little expense on sweeper. Work previous- ly costing me $125 per day is now done for $40. I think it is a good investment." Fred Grannie, Supt. of Ste., Ossining, N. Y. "Operating Auetin Motor Sweeper in service one year giving ab- solute satisfaction." James C. Blake, Street Commissioner, Worcester, Mass. "Our Austin Sweeper has given very satisfactory service. Abso- lutely no trouble with same since we put it to work. If you are contemplating buying a sweeper would say you will make no mistake in purchasing an Austin Sweeper." E. S. Brock, Commissioner. Huron. S. Dak. "Have used Austin Western Motor Sweeper four seasons and it bag given good service and complete satisfaction. It is a real ma- chine for cleaning streets." Malcolm Morrison, Mayor, Bristow, Okla. "Ws have been using Austin Motor Sweeper about six months and we find it to be very satisfactory and a money saver. One man iperates it wit), ease. Sweeps clean." 3 1 E. R. Bamford, Comr. of Public Works, Port Dodge, Iowa, "Alistin Sweeper in use two years, giving very good satisfecti Seeping our streets in fine Ondition." W. J. Poster. Supt. of Ste., Jacksonville, Pia. "We have used three Austin Sweepers for two year, also rural** �t the fourth one a few days ago. They have given perfeot faotion. A four wheeled machine is far superior to a three wheeled machine," a. 11. Taylor, Mayor, Mobile, Ala. "We have been using an Austin Western Motor Sweeper for thirteen" . months and from our experience we believe that we can bear testi- Eneffner, Director of Public Works, Durham, N.O. mony to its entirely satisfactory service." - "Austin made excellent showing, operating all winter." • John L. Schmieder, Comr, Public Works, Syracuse, E. Y. "Used two Austin Machines two years. Find very satisfactory." ! I. D. Schafer, Supt. of Public Works, Lansing, Mich. "Austin more modern and mechanically built so that horse power is evenly distributed, giving motor better chance, especially •an hauls. Average 30 miles on pavement 40 to 60 cubic yards sweepings per ten hour day. Austin Superior." (Note: Lansing has just puchased a second Austin and junked three wheeled meoblne.) H. S. Andrews, Comr. Public Works, Pulton, N.Y. "This city purchased Austin Motor Pickup Sweeper last summer. Its work during summer and fall was entirely satisfactory." Not a single unfavorable report was received. Do you think there is anything remarkable in the fact that Austin Motor Sweeper sales are running far ahead of previous records? Sincerely yours, THE AUSTIN-WESTERN ROAD MACHINERY 00. AY ; ' • '," •••• .•• • • pi !.0t34 oi El 4 pr'L .F ••!. G ,•`", ' :7! ! !J.. 4- i)IF'• '1•1:Jf F, i'Pr-,/ r-W° ' • ! • • „N•.• '."!.;!• ,•••• • . .