The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-11
THE WATER CONTRACT.
DR.. Gordon Gives Mayor
Hoos Some Valuable
Suggestions : Mr..
Flynn Tired.

DR.. Leonard J. Gordon dropped in to see
Mayor Hoos this morning. The Doctor
is member of the Library Board and
he wished to advise the Mayor that, so
far as he is concerned he is quite will
ing to give the granite and marble deal
ers of the county opportunity to bid on
work of that character, which will be re-
quired for the new Library Building.
Dr. Gordon has always taken a keen
interest in the water contract, and be-
fore leaving the Mayor the proposed
award to P. H Flynn was discussed at
length. One point raised by the Doc
tor was that every possible precaution
should be taken to secure a supply which
is free from contamination and which
can be kept free from pollution without
any great difficulty. The Doctor also
suggested that standard of purity be
fixed, the same as in New York, and fur
ther, that the contractor should be
bonded to maintain that standard just
so long as the plant remains the prop
erty of the contractor. DR.. Gordon raw
ors the acquisition of new supply and
only desires that the city's interests be
amply protected.
1t was expected that Mayor Hoos would
approve the award to Flynn in the early
part of next week, but it appears that
affairs have taken an unexpected turn.
The Mayor. it is now reported, has oe-
cided, before he will take action, to en-
gage disinterested water expert of New
York and have him go over the speclf-
cations under which Mr.. Flynn sub
rnitted his bids. After the expert has re-
ported on the specifications, the Mayor,
it is rumored, has arranged to have the
Flynn plans inspected and finally the
contract is to be looked into. This sud
den determination of the Mayor; after the
proceedings have gone so far has aroused
some of the city officials. They rather
regard his plan as reflection upon them,
they having done practically what ne
proposes doing before making an award.
Mayor Hoos declines to discuss his plans.
There has already been SO much delay
that, from reliable sources, the informa-
ton is received that Mr. Flynn and his
associates are becoming tired. They want
definite answer one way or another
within reasonable time. Mr.. Flynn has
considerable money tied up in the project
which he could use to good advantage, he
declares. 1t has happened ON more than
one occasion that contractors have been
forced to limit the time for the considera-
ton of theft proposals. So FAR Mayor
Hoos has not received a complaint or
suggestion of any kind from any property
owners of note. Thomas McEwan is the
most prominent protestant, and he has
always been against the award OF a con-
tract to any corporation or individual
Mr.. McEwan has not been to see the
Mayor as yet. He has threatened to call.
1T is said he is holding daily conferences
with Lebbeus B. Ward, obtaining statiS-
ties to fire at the Mayor 1t is expected
that the ex-Congressman will endeavor
to induce number of property owners to
accompany him to the Mayors Office to
protest against the signing of the con-
tract Mayor Hoos says he may have
something interesting to say on the WA
ter subject before the end of the week.