The sun., 1891-01-19
CUSTOM HOUSE GOSSIP.
THE C4RTiGE CONTRACT sTIRs UP
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN FRACIA


Collector Erhsrdt will Not he Foreed" " e
Give tho Contract to n Rcr"hiicnn-Mr.
Patterson solicitons About n-No{ .
Ghost OF ~ show for n Pigtaii.
The carriage contract running thres years
from Feb. next and casiv worth $4,000 Q
year. is now tho momentous matter In the
Custom House. All the bids have con orened,
md Auditor Perry and his mon are tapping
their expansive brows in m effort 10 rick out
tho lowest bidder BY an arrangement OF Col.
lector Erhardrs. Mr.. rcrrJ's verdict Will not
bo accepted rs nnal, as the bids are
TO pass through tho hands o. half a
dozen other expert accountants. This course
Is declared 10 bo necessary because Of
tho intricacy Of the bids. All OF the
bidders are familiar with the method, Of bid.
ding for this contract. aud the closest scrutiny
is required to arrive Mt the name OF tho lucky
one. For instance, snme OF the bidders will
nut very low figures on merchandise the i'm.
portations OF which are limited and variable.
whlo tbey do not forget to acnd 10 higher
figures for merchandise which arrives BY the
ship lond These bids have boo, a delusion
and snare in times gone py. The Collector
will therefore ascertain tho total mportations
OF all goods upon which the carriage b. DIS touch.
and In this way he can easily determine the
question; but tho successful candidate will
The cont act has already become anothsr
HspuSeSn s al the do.s.oH MssSss sss 0e
Thomas A. briggs after an examination show
ing that IrigSs was the lowest bidder. The
evening organ oil tho county mnchine now
proclnims that Briggs Is a Democrat. and adds.
tl..t II .eems possbl. tina! the Custom House gen.
~: SS'n ':5
ss S.s', sSsfs To- s.s as! to Ssh &c s:f:
may ehst: and tss the Collect q ne rof % ne
ably be forced TO DO SO that the public
loo evident, to need discussion,
this %hs ssS.! e vcs ssss
sad TINT sds tse contract would s. given e t6s
be given to the lowest responsible. bidder" hs
emphatically reiterated. and he did not appear
is the Hon bernard Bielin.
calling on tho Collector in relation TO this con.
s.sss ;ssE XII IS s.:
Sssn Of M he D e" Is n:
bieln's partner Il Mr. BisIin % Is suScsssiui. 90 NJ.
rrasters9Hn H is very much ont Of Ipb since @ The
Any sait shat '1 Mr. Rs ssso &
SURELY ought 10 Know. Il was admltsed.
though. that It wouldn't, do any harm il the
Two men were f0pOTI6u 10 Dc al l0gQ0fn6a0S, 00-
pecially pending the settlement OF the valuable
carriage contract.
The terms Of the eight bids are 60 differently
arranged that it is hard to institute q oom.
paris N: For the first Item. carriage OF un.
claimed packages OF merchandise 10 the. public
stores or bonded warohouse. ,BlGln bids lax
cent. ior the n.ss mile and cents . mils
fnereattet; hrigeH bids ~ cents and says
nothing about ihileb; kuper. 20 cents Q mile:
ul1; i5esnss M9ilia. e cents. and Jacobs IS
Is cents milo. md 3 thereafter: Br.egs bids 10
cents. knper 30 ucents, Ulz Is Mulln lS. Hose Is
for the q at mile, and 2 thereafter; Jacobs 20
cents and 70 cents; BelIn bids IL cents the flrst
wnreh houses to public storcf. Br!scs's iii is
cents. On small packages OF unclaimed
merchandise Eiglin puts in n general bid OF
4, cents tor. the first mile and Thereafter.
BreRs's bid. run from cont to .. On import.
ed mercha nd isa TO be carted to n designated
warehouse Bglin's rntes are u. cents for the
is and cents. JacoDss bid is 10 cents. the
lowest. On small packages OF his Kind 81
goods. however. Birlin's rate 8 uniformly s
and cents. l'riggs's runs from to cents,
and Jucobs from to8