The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
MIR. Furst and the BLANKETS.

Mr.. FurSt and the Blankets.
When a JERSEY CITY News re-
porter called on Mr.. Charles S. Furst
last evening to ask for his explanation
of the charges of Juggling with the
county, made against him at Thurs
day nights meeting of the Board OF
Freeholders, Mr.. Furst INDUCED in a
display OF spleen which was alto
gether uncalled for and absurd. He
seemed to think that The NEWS, like
the vile and venal Journal. could be
used for the suppression OF offences
against the interest of the taxpayers.
We had supposed that by this time he
and all others had learned that The
NEWS was not built that way.
As it happens, we are not entitled
to the credit of unearthing this
blanket scandal. We wish we were.
We are all the time on the lookout
for such abuses to expose. But this
time Storekeeper Manning, and Free
holder Ellis are entitled to all the
credit. and, by the way, we desire to
express BUR high sense OF Mr.. Ellis
services to the public. Since his
election as Freebooter he has always
been on the right side. Mr.. Manning
and Mr.. Ellis, in the strict line of
their duty, exposed the funny bust
ness in Mr.. Furst's blanket contract,
and THE NEWS simply reported the
public proceedings of the Board. of
course the vile and venal Journal sup
pressed the facts, for reasons which
the general public fully understand.
In sending to Mr.. Furst for his side
of the story, THE NEWS sought to do
him a favor. II he has an explanation
to make he is entitled to have it pub
lished, and the columns of THE NEWS
are, of course, open to him to explain.
Just at this time we should suppose
Mr.. Furst would be glad to get his
version of the facts before the public.
He is again a bidder for supplies this
year as the list of proposals read at
Thursday nights meeting shows. He
figures as bidder for three items as
shown by the following record;-
Notions, NJ woIfson, SAT-; c. S. Furst, S53T:
Joseph E. Vincent, s364.s5; Ignatius Noonan.
Hosiery, o.. Lawrence, 1895; ". wolfson,
S5i2: G. S. Furst, $715; Joseph e. Vincent.
$599.5o; Ignatius Noonan, $633; Bella Metzler,
Dry goods. NJ. wolfson, S7,5l2; c. S. Furst,
$40, so6; Joseph E. Vincent. $3.50; Ignatius
Noonan, $,S6S9.
1t is true that in each of these cases
Mr.. Furst is the highest bidder, and
perhaps that may lessen his interest
in the result, but as a defence of his
good faith in these bids, he should
certainly explain his failure to live up
to the preceding ones.
Mr.. Furst plainly regrets his policy
OF previous years of bidding too low
for the market. This year he is
heavily underbid. One M. Wolf
son, for instance, is away below
him on every item. He underbids
him by $66 ON notions; by 1908 on
hosiery, and by yer So, 500 on dry
goods. This seems to indicate hat
MI. furSp Has Oeb6rlulueu, IL Lc Cdu-
not get the contracts at paying prices,
TO see that somebody else gets them,
so that the name of Furst may not
again be connected with a delin-
quency.
So Mr.. Martin or Moses or Mortimer
or Myron Wolfson may get the award
and struggle with it, and Mr.. Furst
will lie back and watch the fun, ready
to come to the rescue, OF course at his
own figure, if the county throws itself
upon his generosity.
BY the way, is there not an NJ.
Wolfson attached to Mr.. Furst's store
as superintendent OIL buyer or silent
partner, or some such thing?-or are
there two of them?
PRESIDENT FEENEy is perfectly
right in his determination to maintain
discipline and sobriety in the police
force, and it is to be regretted that his
efforts in this direction were so per-
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