The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-07
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Freeholders Accept the Low
est Bids for Shoes, Slip
pers and Brogans.

| of Freeholders met in the reconstructed
Circuit Court room. 1t was the first
meeting to be held under FreFeholder
Dietz's resolution, adopted a month ago,
for the session to begin at four O'Clock
| in the afternoon instead of at night, as
formerly
1t was $50 o'clock when the Board was
called to order by Director McNaliy. At
ter the rollcaH routine business was sus-
| pended to receive bids for the yearly sup
ply of shoes. which c. H. smith had re-
fused to furnish under his contract,
claiming the samples on which he bid had
been changed.
Freeholders Kenny and Fallon were APP
pointed tellers and tabulated the bids re-
ceived as follows:-For 1900 pairs mems
brogans, per pair-Louis P. Gier. SAC.
James Soden. Soc; Furst Bros. Sc; Bern
stein & Co., $780,; Samuel G. Smith. 99e.
400 pairs boys shoes-Gier, S6hc.; Soden,
S0c.; Furst Bros, SLIP; Bernstein & Co..
ssc.; Smith. 92hc.
GOO pairs youths shoes-Gier, 7sc.; Soden,
75c.; Furst Bros, Sc; Bernstein q Co.,
S5c.: Smith. Sc. ~ IN
100 pairs women's shoes-Gier, 79Ac.; So
den, &c.,: Furst Bros, S5c.; Bernstein &
Co, Ssc.; Smith. 81. ebegf'
20 pairs infants .shoes-Gier, 45c.; So
den, 25c. Furst Bros, 44c.; Bernstein 6
Co. 35c.: Smith, 55c.
1000 pairs mems slippers-Gier. 41c.; So
den. Soc; Furst Bros, 45c.; Bernstein 6
Co., 47c.; Smith, Ale.
1000 pairs women's slippers-Gier, 39c. /:
Soden, 40c.; Furst Bros, 44c.; Bernstein
& Co.. 46c.; Smith, 43c.
The Board convened as a committee
of the whole to consider the bids. On
reassembling the report of the committee
recommending that the contract for shoes
and slippers be awarded to the lowest
bidder on each individual item, as fol-
lows:-Men's brogans a nd mems and
women's slippers. to Louis P. Gier; boys,
youths, women's and infants shoes to
James Soden, was adopted.
Freebooter Richardson moved that all
the goods specified be delivered at the
storehouse within ten days.
"Your contract %stipulates that supplies
shall be furnished as required remark
ed Freebooter Heating, and the Director
promptly ruled the Jersey City Freehold
er's motion out of order.
The First United Presbyterian Church,
through its building committee, notified
the board that it was about to erect a
new church at Sip and Tonnele venues
1t is said there is a narrow strip of Ian
between it's property and the Boulevard,
and if the proposed Western Boulevard
loop terminus were fixed for Sip avenue
this intervening land could very owen
iently be used as a publicepark. 1t urged
the Freeholders to adopt the Sip avenue
route as the most desirable from an en-
cheering point of view"
A copy of resolutions adopted by the
Ninth Ward Democratic Society of Jersey
CITY urging the board to ave the pro-
posed road intersect the main Boulevard
between Sip and Fairview avenues, wand
resolutions of the Hudson City people
adopted at a mass meeting held at Pohl-
mans Hall on Saturday night, setting
forth the claims of that section to have
the eastern terminus of the proposed
road .at or about Manhattan avenue, +"
were received. On motion of Freebooter
Riordan al these communications were
referred to the committee on new roads
and ordered spread in full on the minutes.
At this point Director McNally arose
and said:-eI nave a couple of commune
cations from Ignatius Noona of the dry
good contract. I declare them out of
order and they will not be read"
~Storekesper O'Neill reported that certain
contract goods had been supplied in ex-
cess of the quantities advertised for. His
communication was referred to the Store
house Committee.
The last named committee reported hav-
ing purchased blankets, pea jackets and
shoes which the contractors had refused
to furnish.
s"Have these goods been purchased in
open ?'' asked Freebooter Riordan.
II ask this because the difference in price
will have to be charged to the delinquent
contractors
s"The yhave been purchased on requisi-
ton, the same as other goods, replied
Freebooter McGovern. 1.-THE prices | be-
live are reasonable and fair"