4886ORDINANCE NO. 6
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AIN ORDI dANCE AUTHOhIZING THE BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
O COINI TRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A STREET SWEEPER FOR THE
CIi'Y OF LI'i'1Lh RUCK, fIAKING THE APPROPRIATION THEREFOR AUD
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Nk
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CI`1Y COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK:
Section 1. That the Board of Public Affairs of
the City of Little Rock -, Arkansas is hereoy authorized to
enter into a contract with the Clean City Sweeper Company
of Little Rock, Arkansas for the purchase of one Clean City
Sweeper, the purchase price of same being $6500.00, $500.00
of which is to be a lowed for one used AustinASee-p er, the
remainder to 'be paid a 4,may deem best for the interest
of the City of Little Rock.
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ec-ion ghat -1-lie
' the sane is hereby, p ,o>>riated out
o-^ the "ity 'i'reasurer 3 file City of
of one (1) Clean City , Oo weeper
creeper Company, of ,ittlo ockl' Irn
su, of „'6,000.00 be and
of any .funds in the 'lands
Little -,oek for the purchase
frorl the Clean ity Srre-et
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ad'.ition thereto aLthority
is hereby given for t-he conveyance to the Clean City
Creeper Company of one (1) -e-� street sweeper, consideration
purchase
-'or same being 500.00, making; the total/price of said Clean
City �. `'weeper to be - A500.00; and the ._ yor and the '�itj�r
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Clerk are '. ereby au11horized to issue tie Gity's warrants in
t' e amount of ,,t6, payable to the Clean Citr
creeper Comp nv, in:, such amounts and at such matu-ritiesha
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ti io /the best interests of the f.;ity.
ection Fiat •t ^.e raved streets of the Ci - # -Y -
0f i i •tt 1-e lock need to be kept in clean and sanitary cone it ion,
,,hus safeguarding the health of the citizens, xxX±kx especially
dvrin� t"_,_e suru,ier rlonths, therefore, an � _ergenc y is hereby
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�_eclared to exist and this orliinance s? all ta7 e effect and be
in 'orc.e n o- ^_1.7d after its rassap'.e.
ljasseC,
Attest:
HonPat L. Robinson, Mayor & Members of City Council,
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Little Rock, Arkansas.
Gentlemen:
We are afraid other City Officials will be prejudiced against the Clean City Street
Sweeper if Little Rock buys for no better reason than that it is a home product.
JV not assign the better very apparent reason that tine Clean City Sweeper can actually
sweep +1O% faster, has sounder engineering, longer life built in, apparently half the
upkeep cost, lower per mile gasoline, tire and broom material coot, and with brakes
that make it far safer on steep hills and in congested traffic.
Automotive engineers have known for years that if the lire of a motor truck was 7 years
on pneumatic tires, it would be cut to years on solid tires. Little Roek1s experience
with the competing sweeper , under consideration, indicates that the absence of sprInrs
further out its life to 2-,� years.
Apr believe competitore propaganda that there is greater risk in buying a brand new model
sweeper built in Little Rock than to buy their brand new model. Their new model has
solid tires, no springs to protect engine and sweoptng device from the punishment of
road pounding, and has sprocket chain final drive which assures its upkeep to be easily
double that of the local sweeper.
To countenance t?^e exagC erated soles clains of competitors for their nachine end to
believe their ridicule of a local product will set a precedent of strangling local
Initiative and enterprise and drive promising industries to other cities where merit can
win recognition without a legal fight.
ror Lawhon is entauiastic about the economical performance of the Clean City Sweeper
used in North Little Rock. Why not tell salesmen of other sweepers rho ridicule an
Arkansas product to put their new model sweeper on the streets of Little Rock, without
an order, and let it show what it can do in a side by side showdown demonstration with
the sweeper built here.
!,',bile the basic patents on pick -up sweepers have long since expired, yet the basic
Improvements in the rear broom of the Clean City Street '.'weeper which makes possible the
mounting of a pickup sweeping device on several makes of commercial motor trucks, all
of which are handled in Little Rock with parts depots maintained for service, assure
the Clean City Street Sweeper Company an enviable advantage in the market. The street
s- roper that Little Rock pur&wased in 1923 required 38 factory orders for 193 iterss
of repairs, costing $2,231.51. We believe that such annoying and expensive delays in
waiting for service parts to come from distant factory will cause =W cities to junk
such obsolete street sweepers and purchase Vie Clean City Street Sweeper vith loner
priced sorvice parts for truck carried in their ovm city, and vaith sweeping device so
simple in design that any emergency repair may be quickly had in MW well eeuipred local
machine shop.
T?:e above letter read and unsssimously approved at regular monthly meeting of April 7th, /fir
end ordered sent to the Mayor and menbers of the City Council, Board of Public Affairs
and daily papers.
LITTLE ROCK BI , 111MA,4R !ASS ATIMIT
By J
A.L. -Woolfolk, See- Tress. 7V
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AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF- PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO ADVERTISE
FOR BIDS AE'D PURCHASE ONE MOTOR PICKUP STREET SWEEPER.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Little Rock, Arkansas:
Section .1. The Board of Public Affairs is hereby authorized and instructed
to advertise for bids at once for one Motor Pick -up street sweeper with a
maximum rigid width not exceeding eighty four inches and with Factory
Service Station in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Section 2, The Board of Public Affairs shall report all bids together with
its recommendations back to the City Council for ratification.
Section 3, All Ordinances and Parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed, and this Ordinance shall take effect upon the date
of its passage.
N 0 T I C E
NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Public Affairs
of the City of Little Rock, Ar:arlsas, at 2 o'clock P. 11. on the
day of , 1930, will receive and open
sealed bids in the office of the Chairman o° the Board of Public
Affairs upon the following equipment for the Department of Parks
and Sanit tion:.
One (1) motor driven
Street Sweeper.
Bids shall be furnished both on a cash payment basis
and upon a monthly payment plan of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00)
per month with option to pay all undue installments at any time
City so desires.
Purchase contract will be let to lowest responsible
bidder for the type of equipment desired by the Departr_ent of
Parks & Sanitation, and this Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids received.
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Given under my hand this the day of ,
BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS 0-7
CITY Or LITTLE ROCK, 11— IF-.ATaSAS ,
By Chaim an.