Austin Water Expansion: Pump Bids
- A special meeting was held to review proposals for three new centrifugal pumps, crucial for expanding Austin's city pumping station capacity.
- Four companies, including local and out-of-state firms, submitted bids following a public advertisement, creating a competitive selection process.
- City experts and plant superintendents advised leaders, who also heard directly from representatives of the bidding companies.
- A final decision was deferred to allow expert advisors more time for a thorough comparison and evaluation of the technical proposals.
Full Transcript
204 3 Centrifugal Pumps Bids opened
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, March 20, 1918. With all members present except Mr. Bartholomew, the Council met to consider proposals to furnish three additional centrifugal pumps for the city pumping station. W. L. Eyres, Assistant Superintendent of the Water, Light and Power Department, and W. L. Johnson, plant superintendent, were present as advisers of the Council. In response to the city's advertisement, printed in conformity with a recent Resolution of the City Council, bids from the the following concerns had been submitted in writing on March 19: A. M. Lockett & Co., Ltd., New Orleans; The Walter Tips Company, Austin; Smith & Whitney, Dallas; and A. S. Cameron Steam Pump Works, New York. All of the foregoing bids were examined and discussed, and the personal representatives of the several bidders were heard, the Council afterward adjourning in order to give its expert advisers more time in which to make comparison of the several proposals.
V. E. Heath City Clerk