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SEALED PROPOSALS Sealed proposals are desired from ' Reputable makers of motor fire apparatus, in accordance with these speci- ",V "^cations and with the advertisement, a ctfpy of which, is attached. Said --1 "proposals are r to be opened at the j."V dty hall, McHenry, III., on June 26„ , > r, Each hid shall be accbmpanied 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 en- £ine and hose wagon complete, ready _ for use and fully equipped as hereinafter specified! ^ With «a view to obtaining the best results and most ac- • .* ceptable apparatus, these specifica- " "T^ons cover "only the general requirements as to construction and tests to • which the apparatus must conform, . AH details as to finish and equipment - and appliances to be furnished. Minor details of construction and materials, where not otherwise specified, are left to the discretion of the contractor, who shall be solely responsible for the design and construction of all features. Each bidder shall make accurate '-Statements in his specifications as'tcT the weight, wheel base and principal * dimensions, and of the make, kind and composition of material and type of construction of the following parts: Cylinders, pistons, connecting rods, valves, crank cas•e , 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 -;;i~"feftch position of the*£ear 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 use 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 thgse 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 (P»0) days after notice is given to the contractor to make^ such changes shall also be cause for the rejection of the apparatus. Permission tu keep or store the apparatus ir. any .building owned or occupied by the city of McHenry, or its use by the ™flT$ department during the above specified period with the permission - of the contractor shall not constitute J! " acceptance of the same. = General Requirements Carrying capacity, at least one thousand feet of 2Vz inch D. J. C. rubber lined hose, all equipment and eight men, witljput injury to the apparatus. Gasoline motor to be capable of propelling said apparatus at a speed of 30 miles per hour when carrying the loa<]/speeified above without showing th(£ loss of power or overheating. To 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 Vater under pressure from a hydrant. Pumps must be provided with the following connections, arranged as outlined: Two 4% inch suction inlets with centers not more than four feet above the ground, removable strainer to be provided inside each inlet. Two 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 oa 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. Mfital finish to be aluminum thruout. 1. Complete standard fire equipment including one foamite extinguisher. Pumping test: The pumping test shall 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 spa a-. ified. • -- • • --~ The board reserves the right tp refuse or accept any or all bids. P. W. Frett, Chief. ADDITIONAL EXCHANGE Crystal Lake's new $10,000 Stutz fire truck was given its official test last week and proved every bit claimed for it. The big street carnival, under the auspices of the Harvard American Legion post, opened today (Thursday) and will continue for three days. Opatrny's hardware store at Fox River Grove was entered by thieves during last Friday evening and relieved of about $30.00 in cash. Two horses were killed and a third so severely injured that it will probably have to be shot, on the Ed. Kruse faim ncar^ Crystal Lake, during an clectrical storm recently. , The new Channel Lake pavilion will open next Saturday evening, June 21, and after that date there will be dancing at this popular resort every evening until aftGr Labor Day. -A gasoline storage station, occupied by H. J. Bauer & Sons, at Crystal Lake, was wrecked .one day last week, when a gasoline tank car on the C. & N. W. railrbad was shoved half way thru the structure, 0 What is believed by many to be the petrified hand of a woman, was found on a farm near Hampshire recently. The finger nails of the fore and small finger are declared plainly visible, while the other fingers and thumb appear to have been severed from the hand. ' After saturating his clothing with % mixture of gasoline and kerosene^ Hugh McCarthy, a farmer residing near Darion, Wis., burned himself to death on Monday of last week. No reason for his action can be determined. He is survived by a wife and one son. At the regular monthly meeting of the village council at Aiitioeh last week, it was decided to discontinue a. night watchman and in vi^w of the fact that the officer cannot afford :to continue the work on the pay as;received from merchants there, the village will hereafter he . ^thout;-tfeii protection. * Michael Prusha, a Chicago truck driver, took his life at his surnmer home at Fox River Grove last Friday evening. When found the following morning, he was lying on the floor of the cottage, with a hose from an open gas jet in his mouth. Prusha was 55 years of age and had been in ill health for some time. After the layoff of more than three months, milk deliveries were resumed at Richmond last Thursday, when the Midwest Dairy company, successor to the Milk Producers' Marketing Co., opened their receiving station. The opening is only a trial to ascertain whether or not a sufficient amount of milk can be obtained to warrant tiie company making the plant a permanent receiving station. Mrs. Christina Miller, aged 84 years, of Harvard*, met her death Sunday by drowning in water and mud, only a. few inches deep. She was visiting a nephew, Jacob Albright, and was walking about the place about 4:30 o'clock, when she tried to get thru a barbed wire fence. Her dress became caught on the wire and she tripped, falling face downward in the mur and water next to the bank of a small creek. She was (frowned before help reached her. The Albright farm is located about five miles northwest of Harvard. : ADDITIONAL PERSONAL Mrs. J. P. Smith spent the week-end with her daughter in Chicago. •* Mrs. B. Costello of Elgin is spending the week as the guest of McHenry relatives. Sister Mary Henry, B. V. N. of St. - Louis, Mo. spent the first of the week with her mother, Mrs. Helen Bolger. Mr. and Mrs. Logan Murphy, of (jhicago, spent the week-end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Wirfs. Miss Mae Berger and Harry Thi§- slau, of Chicago were Sunday guests in the home,of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stilling. Misses Rose and Josephine Stoffel, of Chicago spent Sunday in the horhe of-their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stoffel. Jack Walsh and daughter,. Ellen, and M. J. Walsh were called to Whiting, Ind. Wednesday by the death of Miss- Margaret Walsh, a sister of the gentlemen. • • • Miss Helen Justen.returried to her duties at the Continental & Commet-- cial National bank in Chicago last week, after a month's leave of ab-. fence spent in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Justen. John R. Knox, local agent, unloaded a carload of Fords here on Wednesday morning of this week. All of the machines have been sold and will be delivered within the course of the next few days. New cars have been received by the local dealer with marV_ ed regularity all spring, which seems to indicate a flourishing business. Excavation for the foundation of a new bungalow to be erected for Mrs. Jacob^Stock on Pearl street has been started. The new home, which is to be erected by John J. Stock, wijl be ready for occupancy this fall. It wifl be occupied by Mrs. Stock and her daughter, Anna, who will move here from ttie farm, situated on the Fox Lake road, about three miles northeast of town.