The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-06
MR.. FURST'S BLANKETS
A Contractor Hauled Over
Some Very Hot Goals.
HE MUST TOE THE MARK.
If He Doesn't the County Will
Fill the Demand and Make
Him Pay the Differ
ence.


At meeting Of the Board Of Freehold
ers held last night, Freeholders Ellis and
Coyle denounced in plain language CON
tractors who fail to live up to their con-
tracts. At the request of the two Free
holders. Clerk Boyd read resolution en-
bodying a recommendation that 800 fan
mel blankets be bought In open market
and charged against Contractor George
s. Furst, who has failed to live up to his
agreement. The clerk also read the fol
lowing letter.
GENTLEMEN would most respectfully
inform your Honorable Body that l Or
dered on July 81 last, $50 pairs of inmates
blankets for The Peuien iary, and on
same institution, making total of 4OC
pairs. On july 81 last ordered 100 puirs
of inmates blankets for the County Jail
and on Sci tember 80 l ordered 300 pairs OF
inmates blankets tor the Alnshouse, Mr..
Charles S. Furst, the drygoods contractor.
has up to date failed to furnish any of the
above orders.
A. j. MANNING,
Storekeeper.
PATIENCE EXHAUSTED.
When this letter had been read Free
holder Coyle, said:-''It is the duty of the
Committee on Supplies to report any con-
tractor who fails to keep his contract.
We have been very patient with this man
Furst I direc ed the storekeeper to no.
tify him two months ago that he must
furnish the goods that had been ordered.
Now l propose, as member of this
Board, to make Furst supply the goods he
had contracted to supply and | will vote
on he al nreQanfqd tonight in q
way that will be for the best interests of
the people"
last year." said Freebooter Ellis,
'FurSt was so anxious to furnish
blankets That he went to Snake Hill and
begged the different wardens to give him
orders. The bid made by Furst to supply
blankets this year is SO ridiculously low
that anyone VINO knows Furst, knows
that he did not intend TO supply
blankets"
..Last summer when the children at the
Almshouse were nearly naked because
this muu Furst failed to live up to his
contract, it WAS only after much ham,
mering ut him that we got about twenty
1iye per cent of what we needed. He
doesn't intend to furnish these Blankets
He wants to dlllydaIly until The year ex-
pires and he is released thereby from The
contract"
Freebooter German said he. could not
agree with Freeholder Ellis aud he
thouaht it was unfair to single out Furst
as delinquent when there were so many
of them.
'.iie is the only man we. have ever had
trouble WITH" interjected Freeholder
Ellis. "He has no right to complain. He
has been paid promptly for. filling his
contracts, aud why should he complaint"
AN APPEAL FOR TIME.
Mr.. Pfingstou asked the Board to give
Mr.. Furst until Tuesday to MAKE an
explanation for his failure to deliver the
blankets.
tion, and insisted that IT Furst did not
furnish the goods by Tuesday that they
be bought in open market and charged
against him.
Eyes, and have no doubt but when
Furst knows we mean business he will
have the blankets there Tuesday," COM
menced FreeL older Ellis
Fieehold-r Gorinan made another plea
to save Mr.. Furst several hundred dol
Lars. aud concluded his remarks by say
ing:
'.And you, Mr.. Director, know that
there is nol contractor doing business
with the county whose transactions will
bear searching Investigation.
II don'rkuow any such thing" retorted
the Director, his face flushing.
BY unanimous vote the resolution
compelling Charles S. Furst to furnish
tine blankets by Tuesday, or perini t the
Board to buy them in open market, was
adopted. Even Mr.. German voted for it,
A BIT OF HISTORY.
In 1889 Charles S. FursJ contracted to
furaish blankets to the county for the
foil wing year. The contract price was
81 81 a pair. Last year, just before his
contract expired. Furst seut 400 blankets
to Snake Kill He told the Free
holders that they had been Or
dered by Storekeeper Manning. This
Mr.. Manning denied and Furst was COM
PEELED TO take back the blankets. The
reason for this action it Is said, was that
Fur~J had prepared his bid for 1891 as fol-
lows:-''700 pairs Cordoville silver gray
blankets, to weigh five pounds
to the pair as per sample,
at twenty five cents pair" This bid
was s.. AZ less than that of the year pre-
vious for precisely the same Igoods. For
this reason Furst tried to force 400 plan
kets at $167 pair on the county when
they were not wanted, for the more blan-
kets bought at that price the fewer would
be needed a month later at the ridiculous
GRure of 90 cents a pair.
The Board decided to advertise for pro-
posas to rep ir the Cliff street bridge at
Harrison, and also adopted q resolu-
tioA of coincidence concerning the
sudden deaths of Fraeholders Null
Inns and McGinEis of Essex county,
and decided TO be represented at the
funerals. The Board directs that the
plateau and the new purchase at Snake
hill be surveyed for the benefit of the
arcnitect.