Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-01-18
GARBAGE CONTRACTS AWARDED.



Slaughter, Reoch. witsii aud Riley &
,tct orinick Successful bidders.
Tho crematory committee of City
Council mot Monday night and awarded
the contracts for the collection and re-
moval Of garbage for the three yonrs
beginning February lst, as follows:
First district, George G. Slaughter,
So, 400.
Second district, Martin F. Keogh,
$3.50.
Third district, Henry Witsil, 50, 100,
Fourth district, James J. Riley and
Daniel Mccormick, sl5, 500.
Tho total of these bids, s37, $50, is
an increase of S1,750 over the three
years drawing to close, but Chair
man Willis of the crematory committee
hopes for good scrvice commensurate
with the increased Price.
Consideration OF the % bids was
given by the whole committee, com
prising Messrs. Willis, Healey, Groves,
Oberly and Stewart, together with
President Of Council Alexander, who
is a member ex- 1fiicio.
Out of the % bids received. only
eight remained when the committee
had set aside those which had irregu-
larities of one sort and another. Thus
in the first district, nine were thrown
out for lack of signature, or revenue
stamp on the bend or insuficiency of
stamps, and only the bids of Slaughter
and Frank }. Quinn remained; the
latter's bid was $3.50. In the second
district Keogh and Travis were the
only bidders with regular bids. Travis
bid 50, l50, but Keogh got the contract,
being the lower bidder.
In the third district, Travis bid of
So, 700 was the lower. but the contract
went to Witsil at S4G0 more. Com
plants of the service rendered by
Travis 10 the past three years are
understood to have had some influence
with the committee.
The low bid in the fourth district
was tie as SIS, 500 between M. j.
Doughorty and Riley a. Mccormick.
Thomas Pagan bid s14, 800, but his
bond was not properly stamped and
the bid was rejected.
For the whole city, M. j. Dougherty
had bid S32, 760 and Mr.. Stewart, the
Republican member of the committee.
wanted the contract awarded to him.
The bid was, how ever, under the com
! mittee's ruling, defective, and was
rejected, Mr.. Stewart. it is said,
aoquiescing in holding it irregular.
In awarding the contracts, Mr..
Oberly made the motion as to the first
district, Mr.. Groves as to the second,
Mr.. Stewart as to the third and MIR.
Groves as to the fourth. When the
fourth was passed upon, Mr.. Stewart
moved to award the contract tc
| Dougherty but the motion was moi
seconded. In every other case the con
| tract was awarded unanimously.
Several peculiar points are to be
observed with reference to the bids.
Witsil's bid of 80, 100 was not recorded
by any of the newspaper men at last
Thursdays meeting of City Council.
but his bid was recorded by the re-
porters as 50, S55. Tho bid passed upor
| by the committee was for S0i 100, but
| how the 1855 figures came to be reac
| is not explained. As to the Riley 4
| Mccormick bid of sl5, 500, neither the
!. name Mccormick, nor the figure
s15, 800 in connection with. Mr.. Riley
/ was heard by the reporters
/ A inember Of the committee j:
authority for the statement that pos
/ sibly six Of the bids we're written il
| the Same hand. some of them weri
/ regular and some irregular. One o
tho irregular ones written in that hant
was Thomas Fagan's bid for tht
fourth district, which was not properl,
stamped. For that reason Fagan failet
| to get the cont act.
Chairman Willis Tuesday morning ex
pressed the belief that the city's bes
interests will be served by the con
tracts as awarded. He did not deon
it wise to give ono man tho contrao
for the whole city. As before com
plants as TO garbage removal are t,
be sent to the Board of Health.