Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-10-29
Poor Trustees.
au ppICEEOR BEEF-ICE AND
~" Nv, tlOusEs-wIiO GET THE
pIOPLE's MONEY.
,oTTEBS' FIELD LOCATED.

Lcur of noon, at which hour the
si,5ol "A recess for dinner. Mrs.
"s,ie and her lady assis' s'ants had
.narsi not an expensive hut plain,
.,autial dinner, enjoyed and praised
al Sfter dinner the Board re-
smhled aud proceeded to open the
..pr furnishing beef tor the ems ling
rui,r. The loIloRings were the bids;
T,,i.rick keinle, fore quarters,
crn,g per pound; hind quarters, 7
Sis. >hihs cent.
Gaorca A belc, fore quartsrs, 6 cents;
nd quarters, 5 cents; shiDs,2 cents.
3Weis Bros iore-qu rters, Z cents;
nd ouar.ers, II; cents shins cents.
TSe proportion OF beef was, one hind
,srr TO every four fore quarters.
"a ships were for making soup.
nperlntendentGu uthrio was called and
Caested 10 state what the quality of
i'm est was Mr.. Keinle had been fur
.Ains. He said that it was good and
t:actory.
Tbe duty II tho Board being plain,
Ketuie's bid was uuanim ously ac.
p'sd.
There being no bids handed in for
rltbinR oats, the contract was
aided 10 ". IL. Stewart, who has
WI fGrLishing them at 50 cents per
he standard weight. IL was re
Erk-d by "a member that oats were
/, tpo his year, overrunning stand :
gtlrtt.
Whan it was proposed to open the
b, f.. coIs fucting an ice pond and
u.trneting an ice honse, Trustee
ri.on objected to opening them un.
there WAS n certainty that the work
tuli be done, for no was Opposed to
up ahead with the work unless there
money in the treasury with which
DO II. Other trustees thought that
a, the bids were asked for and made
good faith, and It would not be treat
{ tie bidders fairly not 10 open their
II BeSides, bow were the trustees to
low whether the Board had money
bugh 10 complete the work without
owing how much the work would
rms.ee Solomon stated that Peter j.
lrd one of the bidders, was willing
wait six months or more for the
bley provided hs got tho contract.
rstee Chandler eaid he didn't believe
having floating debts hanging over
Board. Trustee Jamison still op
bel the opening Of the bids.
rustee Baldwin novel that the
klin1 of the bids be postponed until
next meeting OF tho Boa I'd. Trustee
bOuey sal that if the work was not
fedlring November 1t would be too
10 DO it this season. Trustee Will
n,thought IL wou. ba about as cheap
Tudase ice.
upsntendent Guthrie being called
et he leo bill for the sum mer
S903, besides the ice on
tiu ,he ice house on the farm,
lth was worth 500 more. $500 for
would be the interest of a 80, 900 ice
be and pond, and no had no idea
b would COST half that much. Be.
y, he said that great deal OF ice
needed, a. the wa'er was in tanks
BIZ top of the buildings and was 30
n Ia summer as to be unfit for use
bout ..cs.
Ir Fans moved as an amend
bot TO Mr.. Baldwin's motion
ps.pone, that the bids be opened and
y, which motion was adopted by q
e Of . to s.
The bids were then read as fol-
MS
Patrick Car berry offered to do the ex'
Taine and build the embankmsu@
Ording to the specifications for 81
nts a Gu bic ard.
W. G. Pierce proposed to build the
house for 1926.
Patrick Donohue offered to construc
Ice house pond for 30 cents pei
pic yard.
Peter j. Ford proposed to build th'
Y house for S6S8 and ttfcoustruct th'
POND for IS cents per cubic yard.
D. + McBr de posed to do the OK
waiting tor 33 cents per cubic yard, tc
The Stone work at $3.50 per percl
DO S3) fo- the sinice.
Henry Lspe proposed to build the ict
olse for Sll97.
feter j. Ford being the lowest bidde
uildlns The ice house and Patricl
~ Laekey moved that the contract
awarded 10 those two gentlemen
uailer ZONE discussion the motto
as deiel,ed, the objection not bein
'he lowest bidders but for want L
meg, and { difference of opinion il
tgail 10 ,0Ca ion.
4ue postponed question in regard
Yer site for the grave yard hein
Aseh up fos consideration, it Wa
oVed by Mr.. Williams and agreet
aalll Should be located at the south
Ts' corner of the farm over II
atOaG.
VA motion of Mr.. Williams NJ
.'oAey was authorized to advertise II
PP'salN i1s furnishing twenty barre
burning oil.
VA motion of Mr.. Mooney SO W;
saflei TO Frank Il Csrswsli fC
nWing plans aud specifications f
tTpls'd ice house and pond.
Tue Committee on Accounts ma
,ltlf report, and the following hil
were ordered paid
rencader Hundre dred-George Bou,de
II ~ "; G. H Salmon & Co., S32.'
H. Williamson & Co., Sl3; R
SptA 1910; Lew Higgins, 50. 90; Brow
\ SfC D. her, SC 80. Red Lion hundred
n O. heairs, $32; Mark Sohlone, 81
r",, st; Georges hundrei-S. M. Re
Az ssIvsis, q z Co, t26; W. H, Moore, & Uc
Csa 1s oui u. W. Stephens, 5000; H.
4 s,r, S26; II. Vandegrift, S25
ts frank Eliason, S26; r. B. Watkil
V,nso. V d. =. Armstrong, $42; W.
W W"ppesfift S26 90; George W. Wilson,
hupd,,.SG d, SGoleman, IS. AppoquinimiI
" WSuuutea-w. un..w A. Scott, Sol 10: J.
Jamaaa mnaaa'.tomns, SIS 20; T. A. Enos, S
drsd@sws des ,,,.b Webb, 81. so. Blackb'rd hu
Rsvno,wS Rmw illiam Brockson, $40. so; w.
z 80 'i@''o' W. a. FAIRIES " Br'
81 l91fsandywine a. Hundred-John Palm,
R " ~ George W. Lodge 81 Son, S36
nMalH7r, Jr., Sl7 90. Wiimingt
GiTs.niu ames Shakespeare, S. A.
Wn9e,, PIE s92; DIR spri ger, S35 j.
& I'am , s5l j. Smith, Sl0; Lyn
nry, 81; George Turner, 80
WIFI WG Biermann, S29 SO; Geo,
Cte,In' 'fy, " $40; M. O'Donneil, So NJ
j. \ W,ii W9,uiihdred-J. w. Mitchell, SO.
Cav r., " 'liIanson g. 6 IN, Sl9 90. VIII
sS., 0Tsek hundred-Wl liam RUS,
Arm0,So. .. e. Williamson, SIG %;