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SEALED PROPOSALS Sealed proposals are desired from reputable makers of motor fire apparatus, in accordance with these specifications and with the advertisement, a copy of which is attached. Said proposals are to be opened at the city hall, McHenry, 111., on Sept. 15. Each bid shall be accompanied by complete and detailed specifications of the apparatus and equipment which it is proposed to furnish and to which the apparatus furnished under the contract must conform, as well as with the following specifications and requirements: It is the intent of these specifications to cover the furnishings and delivering to the City of McHenry, an automobile combination pumping engine and hose wagon complete, ready for use and fully equipped as hereinafter specified. With a view to obtaining the best results and most acceptable apparatus, these specifications cover only the general requirements as to construction and tests to which the apparatus must conform, and details as to finish and equipment and appliances to be furnished. Minor details of construction and materials, v.tiere not otherwise specified, are left to the discretion of the contractor, who shall be solely responsible for the design and construction of all features. P Each bidder shall make accurate f 'atements in his specifications as to the weight, wheel base and principal dimensions, and of the make, kind and composition of material and type of conrtruction of the following parts: Cylinders, pistons, connecting rods, valves, crank case, frame, crank and , cam shafts, transmission shafts, drive and jack shafts, gears, bearings, axles, housing of transmission and of differential and jack shafts (or rear axles if direct drive), sprockets, chains, torsion and radius rods, springs, wheels, ladders, chemical or s-oda tanks and other major equipment. He shall specify the safe maximum speed for which the motor is designed and the gear, reduction between motor and driving wheels for each position of the gear shift. The contractor shall defend any and all suits and assume all liability for any and all claims made against the city of McHenry or any of its officials or agents for the u?e of any patented process, device or article forming a part of the apparatus or any appliance furnished under the contract. In the event the apparatus fails to meet the test requirements on first trials, second trials may be made at the option of the contractor within thirty (30) days of the date of the first trials, such trials shall be final and conclusive and failure to comply with these requirements shall be cause for rejection. Failure to make such changes as the board of McHenry may consider necessary to Conform to any clause of the specifications within thirty (30) days after notice is given to the contractor to make such changes shall also be cause for the rejection of the apparatus. Permission to keep or store the apparatus in any building owned or occupied by the city of McHenry, or its use by the fire department during the above specified period with the permission of the contractor shall not constitute acceptance of the same. General Requirements Carrying capacity, at least one thousand feet of 2*6 inch D. J. C. rubber lined hose, all equipment and eight men, without injury to the apparatus. Gasoline motor to be capable of propelling said apparatus at a speed of 30 miles per hour when carrying the load specified above without showing the loss of pewer or overheating. be capable of running pumps at the rated capacity for the several pressures specified by the National Board of Fire Underwriters without showing loss of overheating. Fire pump may be of the displacement, impeller rotary type or centrifugal and must be capable of delivering at least 350 gallons of water per minute against a net pump pressure of 120 pounds per square inch, onehalf of this quantity at 200 pounds net pressure and one-third of the same at 250 pounds net pressure, when drafting water with a lift not exceeding ten feet or taking water under pressure from a hydrant. Pumps must be provided with the following connections, arranged as outlined: Two 3% or 4% inch suction inlets with centers not more than four feet above the ground, removable strainer to be provided inside each inlet. Two 2Vz inch gated outlets, provided with one inch hose line drain cock or valve. One churn or hand relief valve and automatic relief valves or pressure regulators controling pressure on lines from all outlets, necessary piping to be not less than two inches internal diameter. One or more pressure guages on the discharge side, registering up to 300 pounds, to be provided with onequarter inch standard pipe connections. A compound guage on the suction side of the pump registering at least 100 pounds and up to 30 inches vacuum. Drain, air relief and priming cocks. Safety catches to be provided to prevent accidental shifting of pump clutch or transmissions levers when not in use. -- Metal finish to be.aluminum thruout. " • • • •----, 1. Complete standard fire equipment including one foamite extinguisher. Pimping test: The pumping test shaft be made'in accordance with the method of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, it shall consist * of pumping at full capacity of 350 gallons per minute, etc., as above specified. The board reserves the right to refuse or accept any or all bidi P. W. Frett, Chief. R. F. Conway, City Clerk* A'ford H. Pouse, Solicitor State of Illinois,) _ McHenry County,)ss. In the Circuit Court of McHenry County, State* of Illinois, September Term, A^ D. 1924. < Joseph W. Freund • vs. Unknown heirs or devjsees of Charity Overocker, deceased, unknown heirs or 'devisees of William T. Van Kirk, deceased, unknown owner or owners of the note secured by the mortgage recorded in Book 97 of Mortgages on page 553, McHenry County Records, and the unknown owner or owners of the following described real estate, fo-wit: Part of the west half of the Northeast quarter of Section Number twenty- nine (29), in Township Number Forty-five (45) North, of Range Number Eight (8), East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Northeast corner of the said west half of the Northeast quarter and running thence west along the section line seventy (70) rods to the Northeast corner of a piece of land conveyed by Charles E. Jecks to Wilbur Bassett by deed dated February 29, A. D. 1908, and recorded in the recorder'* office of MqHenry County, Illinois, in Book 127 of Deeds on page 123; thence south along the east line of the piece of Jjtnd ao conveyed 81.43 rods; thence east parallel with said section line seventy (70) rods to the east line of said west half of the Northeast quarter; thence north 91.43 rods to the place of beginning, containing forty (40) acres of land, more or less, and situated, lying and being in the County , of McHenry and State of Illinois. . In Chancery, Bill to Clear Title.' Notice is hereby given that the above is the title of the Court and the names of the "parties to a suit which is now pending in said Court and that process for said defendants has been issued to the Sheriff of said County returnable to the said Court at its Court Room in the City of Woodstock, County of McHenry and State of Illinois, on Monday, the twenty-second day of September, A. D. 1924. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at my office in Woodstock this 19th day of August, A. D. 1924. Chas. F. Hayes, Clerk. Alford H. Pouse, Solicitor State of Illinois,) McHenry County)ss. In the Circuit Court of McHenry County, State of Illinois, September Term, A. D. 1924. Henry Schaefer, Complainant, V8. Unknown heirs • or devisees of Thomas P. Whipple, deceased, "unknown heirs or devisees of Herman N. Owen, deceased. Clara B. Owen, Olive Oweti Wright, Nellie C. Owen Waite a'ias Mary Cornelia Waite, Raymond H. Owen, Paul D. Brown, Clarence H. Brown, Dorothy Blown Mills and $he unknown owner or owners of the following described real estate: - Lots number Seven (7) and Ten (10)„ in Block number Four (4) of the original plat of the Village (now city.) cf McHenry, on the west side of Fox river, according to the plat thereof recorded in the Recorder's Office of McHenry County, Illinois, in Book B, cf Deeds on page 160,. said block number Four (4) being located in and being a part of the Southeast quarter of Section Number Twenty-six (26) in Township Number Forty-five (45) North, of Range Number Eight (-8), cast of the Third Principal Meridian, and situated, lying ahd being in the City of McHenry, in the County of McHenry, in the State of Illinois, Defendants. In Chancery, Bill to Clear Title. Notice is hereby given that the above is the title of the Court and the names of the parties to a suit which is now pending in said Court and that process for said defendants has been "issued to the Sheriff of said County returnable to the said Court at its Court Room in the City of Woodstock, County of McHenry, and State of Illinois, on Monday, the Twenty-second day, September, A. D. 1924. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Woodstock this 19th day of August, A. D. *1924. 11-3t Chas. F. Hayes, Clerk." William Mullenburg, aged fifty, Is in the Lake County General hospital at Waukegan following an auto accident in which the victim suffered several broken ribs and other internal injuries. The accident occurred in the village of Grayslake at about three o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mullenburg, who is a resident of Grayslake, driving into the village at fche time, his machine having been struck from the rear by another machine, whose driver is not known. The Mullenburg car was sent into the ditch, where it overturned and pinned the driver underneath. After having been extricated the man was rushed to the Waukegan hospital, where it is said -he will live.