The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-12
BIDS FOR TIE new LOOP
Beard Of Freeholders Consider
Proposals for Extending
the County Boulevard.

line Board of Freeholders met yester-
Gay afternoon to receive bids on the loop
OF the County Road to Weehawken. d.
rector Heller was absent ON account of
illness Freebooter Kelly was unani-
mously elected Director pro tenn. and
hiled h office with credit. There are
two divisions to the new loop. The pre-
urinary estimate of the cost of Division
No. 1 is $4,000; of No. 2, SIG. 5000. The bid
ders ON the first division were:-Gallery
& Murphy, F. c.. O'Reilly, f. L. Refill.
Henry & McGibney. Bernard Feensy.
Michael J. Curley. Holmes & Cogan.
and Patrick Flaherty.
These contractors bid on Division No.
2:-Pernell & Hearn, F.. C. O,Reilly.
Bernard Feeney. Henry & McGtbney,
Michael Curley. Holmes & Cogan, and
the Hudson County Contracting Com
pany.
BIDS REFEREED TO coNNTJTT,EE
The bids were placed in the hands
the New Public Road Committee with
power to award the contract on such
terms and conditions as they deem ad-
visable. Each bid was accompanied by
a certified check for 81. 500. These checks
Will be returned as on as the mmUt
reachesra decision. In response to Mr..
kelly's query as to whether there was
any other business to be brought before
the board, Freebooter Heating, Chairman
Of the Public Road Committee arose and
said
l nave a word to say respecting the
uncomplimentary reports that have been
circulated in the public press respecting
bhe manner in which the affairs of the
New County Road have been conducted.
AS Chairman of the committee. I de-
sire to say THAT We have tried to observe
every point of law relating to the spend
ing OF one penny on the Boulevard. We
nave performed our duty honestly, and
are open to investigation by the Grand
jury or any other investigating commit
tee"
ASKS TO BE INVESTIGATED.
L move that it be the sense of this
board TO invite the investigation of tne
Grand Jury or any other investigating
COMMITTEE, and THAT the Clerk of this
board be instructed ito nave all the neces-
sary papers ready for inspection of anv
subject to their CALL"
The motion was unanimously adopted
A rule of the Supreme Court was read
setting aside the contract for the build
ing OF the Boulevard Electric Light
Plant at Snake Hill, awarded to the COM
plete Electric Light Company. 1t was
commended by Michael T. Connolly aft
the time the contract was awarded that
he bid beneath the Complete COMPANY
ALSO that they could not agree to all
the terms of the contract, not having
two plants IN running order. The board
MIL M nx1r ro e..
MICHAEL J.. CURLEY LOWEST
The bids on the contract for the grad
ing of and extension of the New County
Road have been figured out, and 1t has
been ascertained that Michael J.. CurIey
has bid low on both divisions. His fig
ures on the entire work are s123, 400 or
$S1. 500 less than the Chief Engineers
estimate of the cost. The task of igur-
ing out the bids was a tedious one.
Messrs. George Thorne and John Nc
Entee of Chief Engineer Harrison's of
flee spent the entire morning over the
figures and at ten O'Clock finished the
job.
The bids on Division No. 1. which ex-
tends from the main road at the Bar
gen county line to the south line of Gut
tenberg, and is two and one-ha9f miles
in length, were. as follows:-
Gallery G. Murphy, s98. ass. 76: F. C..
'O'Reilly, s10o.601; P. L. Refill, &c., e2. so;
Henry & McGsbney, 500. OPS: Bernard Fee
ney, $94,963; Michael Curley, s73, els;
Holmes & Cogan. s107, 757; Patrick H.
Flaherty. Jr., & Co., 800, 745. Division
Nc. 2 extends from Gutenberg to Wee
hawken. a distance OF 1.9 miles. The
bids on this section were
Pernell & O'Hearn. s62, 632. so; F. c..
O'Reilly, $40, 33S. 50; Bernard Feeney, 49,
27S; Henry & McGibney, s73, 367; Michael
J.. Curley, $50, 7S5; Holmes & Cogtan, $685.
sos. SO; Hudson County Contracting Co.,
S73, 245.