The evening world., 1893-11-29
FAC-SIMILE OF Flss & porRRs AGREEMENT.

In addition to these horses sold the
! STRENGTHENING Department at $50 per
I head, Fiss & Doerr nave sold eight
I horses. to the Fire Department at 800
each and two horses to the Park Depart
ment at s275 each.
~ The bills and vouchers for the 2O
horses purchased by the city for Street
! Cleaning Department have been duly
4 passed and officially inspected by John
"A. Henry, veterinary urgeon, of 40S
! East Thirteenth street: Thomas L. Bren-
nan, COMMISSIONS OF STRENGTHENING;
Michael Kennedy. Department Of Stables;
{ G. Shrink. storekeeper: Amos Dodge, ex-
! Hammer of claims, and George Y. Whit
/ son. inspector from the Comptroller's
4 office.
III Michael Kennedy, superintendent OF
Stables OF the STRENGTHENING Depart
. ment, has signed the following certificate
for each OF the 2SO horses purchased at
$3.50 per head.
W. Department c, Street Cleaning.
I hereby certify that the above mentioned ar
! Iticlea have been received. and that the price
charged 10 reasonable and according to agreement
(signsd). MICHAEL
N. Department Of Stables.
Horses for ash-cart purposes, bought
Jby the city for use in the STRENGTHENING
7 ,Department. average in weight about
y, 800 pounds, and are from five to seven
4 years of age. The records, however,
/ show that few OF the 2sO animals re-
Gently purchased are under six years OF
age, the most of them being seven years
old, and some of them eight and nine
l years old.
! With these facts and figures in hand
an Evening World" reporter has been
obtaining a liberal education in the
horse business. and discovers that $3.50
N Is an enormous price for the city to pay
~ for ash-cart horses, and especially when
Il, they are a tr.fe too old. A standard
. price for ash-cart horses would be at
the highest possible figure something
like $3.50 to $50 per head. There are
Z ! horse dealers in town who would gladly
! a handsome commissions II they Sc
cured the contract to sell ash-cart horses
to the city at $500 per head.
On Nov. q a young man named ]. D.
Coles. who said he represented the mu-
nicipality Of Newark, stepped into the
horse stables OF Fiss & Doerr at l47,
10 151 East Twenty-fourth street,
n with a blithe air asked for Mr.. Fiss.
A rotund gentleman, who said he was
the head OF the firm, inquired what
he could do for Mr.. Coles.
i, MIR. Coles, with much enthusiasm,
stated that he desired to purchase about
sixty head of strong, sound, Al, fine,
/, hrst-class ash-cart horses for the city
OF Newark. Had the firm Of Fiss G.
Doerr such horses for sale?
III why. certainly" said the affable Mr..
|. Ffss, I'VE can sell YOU 200 horses of the
hrest kind or twenty minutes notice,
and let me tell you We can sell horses
As cheap as the next in New York. Come
this way and I'll show you some Of our
stock"
..t Mr.. Fiss. all smiles. pointed with pride
.SSc q row of large, heavy horses in the
81 staIls.
~ These" said he. ARE all first-class
horses. such as YOU want for city work
in Newark. They weigh 1890 TO 400
pounds. and are young and strong. The
price of them-ah! let me see my man
lager"
Mr.. Coles. OF Newark, followed Mr..
III Fiss into his private office, where a dis
cussion arose between Mr.. Fiss and his
manager as to how cheaply they could
fell ash-cart horses.
NJ oh, we can make them as low as 1925
zach for the best and heaviest stock
said the manager, and can work in
some for as low as $S."
IA "Ah," said the urbane Mr.. Coles. "do
not quote prices on any cheap horses.
The city OF Newark wants absolutely
the best, strongest, and soundest horses
in the market.
Certainly" said the manager. I'm
make you an average price on the best
stock"
do prices vary at different times in
the year ?" asked the particular and in
sistent MI. Coles.
4 Oh. slightly" replied Mr.. Flss. AT
ter Jan. l the price per head would be
I about 80 or s12 higher"
~ y Would Mr.. Fiss sign a written agree
ment to furnish horses for ash-cart pur-
poses. for the city Of Newark, at a
stated average price % inquired MIR
n, Coles.
Most certainly" responded Mr.. FIss
M his manager in chorus.
lf Whereupon Mr.. Coles was given the
following letter of agreement, which he
carried away with him with evident
pleasure and satisfaction
XII tcopy.)
Branch stables. s2i d 223 N. Queen st., Ian
caster. Pa.
FlSS a DOERR.
sf Blue Front
Sale and Exchange Stables.
\ az ls d ljl East 2ith Street
III NEW FORK, Nov. 20, 1898.
Dear Sir We can furnish you 20 or 80 bo-sss
nrst class. from l 800 20 LOO lbs, ages from s
70 ? years old. 20 go through any inspection YOU
Jeanne. At tlt2. 50 per head. We can also fur
ia you the same number Of horses from 1850