The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-07-31
Hunterdon County, N. j., July 80, '7s.

Hunterdon County, N. j., July 30, '7S.
Our friend at Stockton contends that old
"Hunterdon " has made no denial of the al
legations put forth by him, but simply har-
angue of nsnuations against him that he
could not do the work in proper manner had
It been awarded him-(we mean the Stony
Brook bridge.) Now, that we believe, was
the opinion Of the Committee at the time, and
since then, judging from what they have been
able to learn, this suspicion was well-founded
And, says he ''This is not the first trans
action of the kind, aid the people are getting
their eyes open.' That's so Mr.. Sillery.-
Only q few weeks ago a bridge committee of
Union Co., this State, had letting of a
bridge. A bid was made by good respons-
t ible man of Lambertville, to do the job for
eight hundred and fifty dollars, but little
never before-heard-of firm that professed to
be in the business and we'll fixed to give good
bond, &C., put in bid to do the work for five
hundred dollars, and was awarded the con-
tract. Did he GO to work No; and never
intended to. 1t was only trick TO drive off
other parties. &c. after delay, trouble and
expense, the job was re-let at fourteen hun
bred dollars.
But, says Mr.. Sllery " could give good
bond and do the work in as good manner as
any one" Perhaps he could but that is
just what that man up in Union county said
But, there is one thing about it, men are apt
to be pretty careful how they write now-a-
days. and and there is nothing we know of
I'll - h. L.
fellow than walk arounl among his friends
looking for security. We often hear people
complain of money being scarce, when, in
fact, the trouble all lies in the security bust
ness.
Now, in regard to the cost of this Stony
Brook job, about which so much paper has
been wasted and said, and upon which all Mr..
Sillery's hopes of sympathy depend, we can
say without fear of contradiction that the job
when completed will not cost as much as it
would have, had the contract been awarded
Mr.. Sillery, according to his proposal, had it
ever been done at all under his contract. Mr..
s. insists upon our talking common sense, the
very thing we would like to do, but under the
circumstances and with that recent funny
epstle fresh from the Stone Quarry before us,
in the name of common sense how can we
He also complains that we took advantage
of a small typographical error on the part of
the printer in spelling his name wrong. Well,
the thing was SO natural, we think the print
ers ought not to be blamed, though it's lit
tie strange they couldn't detect something a
little green aboutit it, especially in these Green
back times. Yet we must all admit that it was
shame to spoil so fine mess of Celery ;"
and make it look Silley." Now, we are
something of botanist and have examined
this vegetable plant which is used as Winter
luxury, and find it an organic body destitute
of sense and spontaneous motion, adbering
to another body in such a manner as to draw
from it it's nourishment, and is composed
chiefly of gas and water Therefore, cold
Hunterdon " would greatly prefer cut-glass
tumbler, properly fitted up for the occasion,
to that Of a bad mess of " Celery" any day
town meeting day or any other.
HUNTERDoN COUNTY.