FIRE DEPARTMENT BIDS OPENED
MISSOULA, MONT.—Bids for 2,000 ft. of 2 1/2-inch hose were opened on September 20 by J. S. Kemp, as follows: New Jersey Car Spring and Rubber Co., $1,800; Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co., three bids, $2,000, $1,900 and $1,700; Intermountain Selling Co., Salt Lake City, $1,580; Chicago Fire Hose Co., $1,700; Eureka Fire Hose Mfg. Co., four bids, $2,200, $2,000, $1,800 and $1,800; Gutta Ptrcha & Rubber Mfg. Co., two bids, $2,000, $1,800; Interstate Rubber Co., Spokane, Wash., $1,600; Washington Rubber Co., two bids, $1,600, $1,440; Voorhees Rubber Mfg. Co., three bids, $1,800. $1,800, $1,400; J. B. Reinhard, Missoula, three bids, $1,600, $1,560, $1,400; Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., $1,800, $1,550, $1,400; D. T. Curran, Missoula, three bids, $1,900, $1,700, $1,500: W. S. Nott Co., $2,000; Northwestern Fire Apparatus Co., Spokane, Wash., $1,600.