New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-19
NEV-JER.SEY.
Jersey CITY'S PAYMENTS.

rur erprr-r ,vD wATTR BOARD HAS \ NOVEL
WAX OF DIVIDING CONTRACTS AMoNi BlDDE's
The one boa I'd in Jersey city TO when the hei'o
Gratis attribute the many defeats the! nave
during the last two years-the street anu "a.''
poard- had An excited meeting yesterday Tne
hoard controls most OF the patronage oil the c's'
and generally the five members vote toge'her'
,-s,ordav was an exception. however. Inc dl-
,.,oio, vas caused by asphalt pavement con-
tracts Heretofore the board has mace 4 Piete"0'
n regarding the law. but In this case the "Jo''s
cooIlv decided to divide the work ana give nan
., tho lowest and half to the highest bidder the
arount involved being 5000 When the work
, ad,ortisod bids were handed in by the Trni-
dod and Rorher Asphalt Paving Companies the
former Offering do the work for = ~ slu"re
yard over cobbles and s. 20 over concrete WINE
tho latter wanted g. 81 and s. o. President MADDEN
onened what proved to be a vigorous and personal
discussion by offering a resolution 10 sNe nan
the work to each company.
81 object to any such course being pursued
said Commissioner Somers. This resolution Will
compel the city TO pay 70 or ~ cents more
square yard for work than we can get IL uo"c
for and will never be party to award CON
tracts IN the highest bidder. | believe the Trinidad
pavement TO be best. II any one can tell me
why contracts should be awarded to the highest
bidder | am ready to listen.
Some Trinidad pavement was laid at Albany
aoLl Commits sioner cook. and it was not sue
cess"
"Wen." SAID President Madden. in an authorta-
tive way. 1--WE have divided the work.
we" asked Commissioner Dugan. WHO are
We We have done nothing OF the sort. do
not know anything about the scheme. and Ger
tainly will not vote 10 pay twice as much lot
work as is necessary.
The Trinidad Company is responsible bidder
said Commissioner Somers. and guarantees It's
The Commute. on Streets is responsible for the
division" said the president. ~
The committee had nothing TO DO with the mat
dent has engineered this thing, and | won't be
drawn into IT, The president and his friends seem
to b. very much Interested in the Barber 'ohi-
pany. ,,,
in making these awards" said President Madden;
Well as you are making the awards sald
Commissioner Dugan. II would let som" one else
discover the good judgment Such course Is not
legal. We have no right TO ignore the law -
YOU are no authority on law" retorted the
II Imagine l teach you few things re-
piled pugan. -
The resolution was then passed. Madden. zoe
and Cook voting for it, and DuSan ana SoIncrs
| against it. Acting Mayor Simpson Will probably
veto the resolution.
| Howard r. Wheeler manager of the Metropolitan
Investment Company OF Ncw-York. has been put
| under bonds To pay his wife $50 IA month. Mrs.
| Wheeler has sued Wheeler for divorce naming
| Annie Prince OF brooklyn. where Wheeler has "A
! hotel. the correspondent. on Thursday Mrs.
| Wheeler who lives at 4j6 Pavonia-ave. caused
| her husbands arrest for abandonment Wheeler
! was arrested in Brooklyn some time ago for as
saulting his wife, at which time justice Butler