The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-08
BYRNE GETS THERE.
Board of Finance Confirms
the Street Cleaning
Contract Award.
DOLAN MAY YET FIGHT
Temporary Loan Bonds for Nearly
Halfa Million Ordered
Today.

The Board of Finance and the Board
conference this morning in relation 20
the street cleaning contract. The Street
and Water Board, at a recent meeting.
awarded the contract to Henry Byrne, ,whd
has been doing. or rather making a pre-
rence OF doing the work for several years.
Byrnes's bid this year is $50, 600, which Is
IS. 600 higher than that of the next lows
est bidder. The next lowest bidder is
Mr.. John Nolan. and his bid is s3a,892.
Mr.. Nolan is well known contractor. and
has the reputation of being responsible
man. His bondsmen are responsible.
There was still another bidder. NJ. Kellys
whose bid was lower than Mr.. Nolan's.
He offered to do the work for 1916
PROTEST FOR NOLAN.
After the Street aud Water Board had
awarded the contract to Henry Byrues
and the award had been sent to the Board
of Finance for coucnrre pce, Collins 6s
Corbin, on behalf of Mr.. Nolan and Mr..
Kelly, sent a vigorous protest. 1t is
stated in the protest that the contract has
been awarded to Byrne for several sue
cessiye years although he was the highs
est bidder. One year he was $4,000 higher
LQdu the next Dtf.fter.
The Board of inauce, the communi.
cation says, after careful deliberation. de-
termined that the streets could be proper
ly cleaned for $1,000, and consequently
fixed the appropriation at that sum. The
Street and Water Board, ignoring the ao-
tion of the Board of Finance, agrees I0
pay the contractor Sc, 900 in excess of the
sum appropriated, while other responsible
men with responsible bondsmen ara
ready and willing to do the work for
less amount.
THIS MORNINGS CONFERENCE.
There was no one at the conference
this morning to represent either Mr..
Nolan or Mr.. Kelly and the Board of FL
nance concurred in the award Of the con.
tract to Henry Byrne.
'srhe Board of Street and Water Com.
missioners have got themselves into
trouble, Pm afraid" said well informed
citizen This afternoon toea representatives
of 1HE NEWS. 'fne Lewis law of 1875
Is still in force and they have
made themselves liable under tnat law.
The Lewis law, you know, makes it q
misdemeanor for any Municipal Board to
iocur an obligation for any par
ticular purpose in excess OF the
appropriation made for that purpose. The
appropriation made for cleaning the
The Street and Water Board has agreed
to pay Byrne $4,000. That is clear
violation of the law IL there ever was one.
The Commissioners who voted for the
award seem to have laidthemselves liable
to Indictment. lam not sure but that the
members of the Board of Finance who
concurrsd in the award are in the same
predlcament. The penalty upon con-
viction is three years in State prison or
81, 600 fine, or both, at the discretion Of
the Court"
TEMPORARY LOAN.
The only other business transacted by
the Board OF Finance at its regular meet
ing after the conference was to rescind
resolution by the Finance COMMITTEES
to negotiate loan of SAFE, 200
in anticipation OF the payment of
taxes nud TO meet current expenses. The
rescinded resolution fixed the rate of iu-
terest at five per cent. Another resolu-
tion was adopted authorizing the same
loan at four and one-half per cent. in-
tereSt.