The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-11
COOK CAUGHT MAPPING.
Street and Water Board Award
Many Contracts-Olher Busi-
ness Transacted.


missioners held its regular weekly meet
ing this afternoon. Previous 10 the
| meeting the board sat to consider objec
tiols 10 proposed sewer in Grace street
and Summit avenue from Grace ts
Wayne street and to the opening o.
Seventeetn street. There WAS only ont
! objection to these improvements aud
that was from the New Jersey Junction
Railroad Company aud Nathaniel and
Ira Proctor doing business as Proctor
Bros, who objected TO che opening OF
Seventeenth street.
Their objections. which are Of tschni-
cal nature. are the same as those ralsed
in the matter of the opening of Lsnau
Place aud were not sustained by the
courts
A petition was received from the
receivers OF the Erie Railroad Company
asking for permission to erect q fence
along the tracks of the company at Ten tn
street and was referred To the Committee
on Streets.
Up to this time thee meeting had bsen
as quiet and and hRrmoni )us III d meeting
Of railroad direcsors, but the nexs orde.:
of business-receiving OF bids for variou.
mprovements-rufftsd Mr.. Cooks eQui :
namity. There We're seven bids for The
Improvement of Orient avenue. Oae OF
these was made by Henry Cunuiugham +,
who represents Henry Byrne. Ths chair
man declared Mr.. Cunningham's bid
Informal because the price for sand was
not on the same line with that material.
The figures. however. Were the third
from the top and SO was the word,
though not on the same line.
BYRNE's BID THROWN OUT.
Corporation Counsel Edwards, who
was present. declared the bid Informal in
hi III Mr. Hnnty ia 10 rn.A fnn ir
was not anu moved that the ayes and
nays be taken on It's reception. Mr..
Dugsn said that that could not be done.
but Mr. Cook insisted upon having his
motion put. President Madden. how
ever, declined to put the motiou and the
bid WAS thrown out. Mr.. Byrne came in
later and said that the bid was all right
and IL he was the lowest man he would
get the Job.
Then trouble arose over the proposals
for paving the yard of Public School No.
25. There were four bids. Tne first
opened was that of Dennis Byrnes and
gave rise to long discussion. The spe-
citicsJions called for vitrified brick and
designation In the proposals of the
kind OF brick which the bidder propus ID
To use. There were three bidders. Mr..
Byrnes. Henry Cunningham and P. j.
Condor. Mr.. Byrnes did not state what
kind of brick he intended TO furnish
while Mr.. Cunningham designated brick
from Pittsourg and Mr.. C0udou that
from Wheeling. West Virginia.
Mr.. Cook maintained that If Condon's
and Cunningham's bids were formal
BYrnes' was. MIR. Byrnes was called In
and agreed to sign a contract to Law
vitritied brick IL he should be found to be
the lowest bidder. Upon this Mr.. Cook
moved that his bid be accepted, but the
motion was not put. Then
he moved that all the bids
be rejected, and Mr.. Yoe seconded 1t; but
when the question Was put it was lost.
President Madden and Commissioners
Dugan and Somers voting in the mega
tive, and Messrs. Yoe aud Cook in the
Affirmative. Patrick J. Condor Was the
lowest bidder.
MR.. COOK CAUGHT MAPPING.
There were seven bidders for the i'm
Drovement of Woodward street from
Communipaw avenue to Grand street, of
which G. Van Keuren was the lowest
Patrick j. Muliery was the lowest of the
four bidders for the building OF sewer
in Leonard street. and Patrick j. Condor
was the lowest OF the seven contractors for
sewer In summit avenue. James J..
Harrington was the lowest bidder out of
seven for the improvement of Orient
street, aud Henry Cunningham (other-
wise Henry Byrne) bid the lowest for
the Congress street sewer.
| Mr.. Dugan caught the energetic Mr..
| Cook and the watcnful Mr.. Yoe mapping
and secured the passage of the ordinance
giving the Central Railroad Company
permission 60 build u bridge at grade
| across the Morris Canal at Henderson
street. Messrs. Yoe and Cook bave opposed
this scheme and succeeded In getting 1t
| held over. This afternoon Mr.. Yoe was
| called out of the room for moment. aud
while he was gone the resolution was
taken up and rushed through at such @
lively pace that Mr.. Cook did not know
| what he had voted for until the meeting
| was over.
| The veto of Acting Mayor Simpson oi
| the appointment Of Lewis II. Broome. az
| supervising architect OF the repairs to
| the public kschools was taken from the
table and the resolution passed, uotwith-
standing the objections Of his Honor.