New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-13
PATERSON.
sQUABBLE OVER FURNISHING THE
NEW CITY HALL.
pUnLIc-spIRIrED TROLLEY PEoPLE-lNCREAst
IN PosTOFFICE BUsINEss-NOTEs AND
NEWS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

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IN PosTOFFIcE BUsINEss-NoTEs AND
NEWS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
The matter OF furnishing the new City Hall mas
stirred up a good deaf OF controversy Iostcreu
mainly by disappointed agents OF western con-
Germs who bid on the job The City Han Commission
ers had power. under act OF the last
, IN buv furniture for the municipal bui'dine.
II seems that there nothing In the law requr-
ing them to award the contract 10 the lowest o'''
der but the outside concerns who submitted pro-
posals assert that they were not aware OF tn's'
taking 1t for granted that the question OF price
would settle the matter provided the samples were
in any way satisfactory. Two OF the three Conn.,
miss,oners however actuatcd by the strong feehns
OF favor for home enterprises that Is SO Strong
trait In Paterson character. insisted on Young 'ne
contract to a local nrm whose bid was ABOUT sioo'
higher than that OF the lowest western concern
ON a total Of some $1,000 At last accounts INC
Chicago house was busy stirring up people WIZ"
more economy than civic pride to see II something
cold not be done through the courts to compe' inc
Commission to that $500 ana give tue i"'"'
ture contract to the lowest bidder.
Tho New-Jersey Electric halfway No"'p''
tnovn Familiarity as the "Morrissey system" from
Its chief promoter. or white Line from .ne wv
of its cars which ply between Sngac anu Ii'o'''
passing through Paterson has been investing IN
tract OF land on the Little Falls road OF VIM" i"
will make a park. and it offers prize OF 'io III
tickets for the most suitable name.
e Lambert. the silk manufacturer. whose stone
castle is a conspicuous object on the he's"'s "
Garrett Mountain. has a large art sa'e'' III ''e
house but his collection OF paintings mas peco",e 81
largo ,ha, he has decided to take down part OF the
long Greek colonnade. or peristyle. which iorhs
conspicuous part OF the great gray piie' ana re-
nIace I, with an additional gallery devoted to Eng
lish pictures
There is singular thing about the estate OF the
Rama
II Mai Jeshurun who died In hospltai as the out
of career OF dissipation; me h on P n.s
l., simon and asked him TO take charge OF ms ms
affairs The rabbi said nothing about having MADE maze
was none He was appointed adminstrator by the e
Now forward relatives ansN o. ,he will neI IN
omaha Neb The administrator has been entonea
from f aoa sGRs The rabbi
said carried lie insurance OF soen lie lett
three children. who are In the west
The walls OF the Merrill Home, for ontcast
sherburne + Merrill gave ste and the b KssSae
passaIn Hotel IN River-st where George Wash
ington slept and Lafayette was entertained.
Dohery wadsworhs sk factory cyom on ,af and
will start up In rev Gays
capital gons n nS seSssrn T. r rony
botton ali connected with the Rogers LOCOMOTIVE
Works this week filed articles OF Incorporation ~ ~
a company with Soovo pad-i' eap'"" ~ '" "
Macon Miss land.
The increase In the postofnce business mas lea 20
clerks and another carrier. Reports from WASH.
lngton are that the Treasury Department arcnItec.
is husy on the plans for the new Government
building on the Colt tract and the people expect 10
see this and the new courthouse erected on 'na'
territory before 1886 IS ended
Marcus Goodbody with a score OF III. has won
the King cup on the links OF the Paterson Goit
Club
As n relic OF village days there are stu nIty-
three public wells the streets OF the city twentS
nine OF them o,d-fashIonci open ones ana tne ress
nine wells and the Aldermen have just contracted
Tor sinking six more OF the latter kind
An Interesting characteristic OF the older Eng-
ush- horn norton OF the community Is the fondness
Tor "gooseberry shows" decade or two ago
these exhibitions were common, ana the Ivalry
rios lc1 10 keen competition and careful nursing
and alnoos, amounted TO craze. or late years
hose SHOWS beloved OF the sturdy English folk.
have fallen into disuse. but the interest Is 70 De
revived by one on July 60 in that part OF the city
krown as