The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-18

the pavement laid in this country was laid
by that company. and that its methods Of
laying and the materials it uses fixes the
standard Of asphalt paving. have en-
deavored to satisfy myself whether the OPP
position was genuine or collusiye. / asked
If each company would accept the award
as made by the resolution; erect its own
plant. which will cost between $12, 600 and
5000 and do its work with its own plant,
and not sub-let the work to any other corpor-
alton. firm or contractor. To this question
| received from the representatives of each
company an affirmative answer. / caused a
written agreement to this affect to be sent to
each company. The Barber Company
signed the agreement. The Trinidad Com
pany refused. / pressed this question. be-
aus statements were made to me that if
the Barber Company received any work it
would be done by the Trinidad Company,
and the extra price paid by the city would be
simply divided between the companies, and
that if the Trinidad Company received any
work it would hand it over to a local corr
poration to do the laying, and take its profit
out of selling the material. The Barber
Company, which has no plant here, by their
agreement viii erect one, and it is fair to
believe that the Trinidad Company, having
its refinery in this city and lands adjacent,
will lay any work awarded to it, aud then it
is made possible to have competitive plants
procured by competition, and ct a very
small award of work to either.
If such plants are located we have some
assurance for competition, and they will pro-
vide an opportunity for competition in case
property owners want this pavement laid on
the assessment plan, for in such work the
contract goes to the lowest bidder.
With these facts before me the question
then is, this is the experience and skill of
one company in laying the pavement with
the difference in cost over the price offered
by a company who admits that it does not
lay the pavement. The specifications go
into the laying of the pavement with de-
tail, and l think the laying of the pave
ment is a very essential feature, so mucq SO
that / would prefer to have none laid unless
it is well laid. The resolution is a proper
one in dividing the work, thus getting the
advantage of the low bid in part, and CON-
pairing the work with that Of the higher
bidder, whose ability to lay the pavement is
unquestioned. The general discussion de-
veloped by your resolution and the argu-
ments of the bidders have produced the
facts which l have considered, and l am
convinced your Board had the right to con-
slider which bid offered the terms most adj
vantageous to the city, and to decide as to
the details of getting the advantage of the
terms.
Although as a general proposition. 1
think that contracts should be awarded to
the lowest bidder to encourage competition.
Still in this particular case the competition
hoc haan-avfran1o and Af n nact,1;or ohar
acter. The awards are moderate in amount,
and I believe that the city wants some of
this pavement laid right, and on its intro
duction wants no mistake made. and wants
the pavement and at fair prices. I have de-
cided to let the resolution stand. Should l
return it, new biddings must be made, and
perhaps at higher prices, and no pavement
of this kind could be laid this year.
Very respectfully,
REUBEN SIMPSON,
Acting Mayor.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Board of Finance:
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board at its meeting May 10. 1893, and
went into effect without the Mayors action.
Resolved, That the Board of Finssice
hereby concurs in the following resolution
adopted by the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners:
Ordering paid the following claims
Hersey Manufacturing Company, 1892,
1926. $408, $212.50 {.
Resolved, That the Board OF. Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolution
adopted by the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners, June 10, 1898, to wit:
Ordering paid the following claims-John
Mccarthy, 1856, 1884.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Commissioners of Assessment:
Filing report of actual net cost for opening
of Payonia avenue, from Garrison avenue tc
West Side avenue.
Received and ordered filed.
Export OF H CHIEF ENGINEER.
The Chief Engineer reported certificates
in favor of
H. H. Holmes. $500 on account of con-
tract No. 643,
John Hopkins. $500 on account Of con
tract No. 81.
John Nolan, $3.50 on account of contract
No. 674.
Received and referred to the COMMITTEES
on Streets and Sewers.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
IA AoiiO"iAS SidiMS "cie pieSenteu.
George T. Bouton, $79; Jersey CITY
Supply Company, $298. So, $3.50. SO. $685. 20,
$40, $751; Is; Fettis & Co., S128, 500;
Frances Fallon, $50 70; L. H. Broome,
500; Dennis Byrnes. 1924. rs; Lizzie
Woodcock, So. $31. 81; Michael Curley,
$147, so; B. McGuinness, SS1; VIM. Zim,
norman, $135: Steele & Condict, SAT; John
Nolan, $40; Julius Breternitz, jr.. $S1;
Theo. Smith & Bro. $4S5. 80, 1851. 80.
Henry Prigge. SIS; VIM. R. Mccarthy,
$50; T. Murray. $3.50; Chas. n. Kemp,
$S1; James F. Cannon, agent, 1915, $50. so,
Vanderbeek & Son. $23: James J.. Higgins,
$500; Q. H. Perry, sci; John Mccarthy,
$17S; Nicholas Werther, $78; Wood &
Menagh, S16.23, $14.60 $13.07; John Kill
roy. $156; Jersey City Supply Company,
1855. 96, $144. 80, $6.03, $4,65; VIM. !.
Kennedy, $48; Hewes & Phillips Iron
Works, S42.14; Edward Gibson, 500; John
Cavanagh, $6S; James I. Burke, sos; H.
r. Worthington, $3S. 81, S.. 98; Jersey City
News, $50, $50. rs, $50. rs, $50. so, $50. so,
$1,000, $780, 5, $14; jersey City Herald,
$12. rs, $12, SO. so, $40. so. $40. so, So rs,
$9.75, SO. so, $8.25. $S.25. S. 80, So. 25,
So: New Jersey Stats Zeitung, $50. 20,
SAG. 80, $40. so, $40 .25, $40. 25, $50. IS, 500,
1888 $35. 10, $32. so, $30.55, $40. 80,
$3.50, SIT 80.
Also on pay rolls-Paved streets,
S1,237. 40; unpaved streets, $213. so; re-
paving over street openings, $3.50; recon-
struction of sewers, $106; all August, 1898.
Received and referred to their appropriate