The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-12-06
AWARD CONTRACTS.
Freeholders Throw Out the
Tender Of Furst Bros
The Successful
Bidders.

The Board OF Freeholders, at its meet
ing last evening, awarded contracts for
the furnishing of supplies to the County
Institutions at Snake Hill for the ensu-
ing fiscal year. Several bids were thrown
out as informal among them that OF
Furst Brothers on dry goods. The firm
did not deposit cash or certified check
calledsfor in the specifications, but filed
railroad bond Of the face value of $1,000.
On the advice of Counselor Griffen the
bid was rejected.
The successful bidders follow
Coffee-Maricaibo, IL 1-2 cents a pound,
T. G. Kinkead; Santos, IL cents, J. }.
Kinkead. J. J. Kinkead was also success
full in his bids on the following articles
Pepper, u cents; mustard, 8 cents; vine-
gar, 10 cents.
Clothing = Bernstein & Co., men
blouses, AZ cents; mems straw hats, IL S-4
cents; mems cloth caps. 10 S-4 cents;
mems work shirts, 10 3-4 cents Flanagan
Co., pea jackets. $3.50; jean pants, IS
cents
Dry Gocds-N. H. Pendergast. cheviot,
1-2 cents; crash, Z 3-5 cents; ticking,
10 3-5 cents; muslin, IL 3-5 cents; -
4 IL cents; ginghams, 5 IL cents; cabot,
6 IL cents; calico, 1-2 cents. Flanagan
& Co, denims, IL cents; awning strips,
8 cents; hickory, s 1-2 cents; silver peach,
Is cents; blankets, $3.50; flannel, cents;
rubber sEeeting, IS cents; bed spreads,
$3.50. H, D. Klussman, domestic flannel,
IL cents; jean, 16 cents; cotton.
spreads, 81 IL cents; first prize muslin.
Ia cents; towels, s125 per dozen.
Flour-E. T. Kinkead, Pillsbury's best,
$4.35 a barrel
Feed-E. o'Donnell, white oats, $1.35;
rye straw 80 cents. Walsh & McNulty,
hay, SIS per ton.
Groceries,. T. Kinkead, oat meal, $6.25
a barrel; biscuit, cents; Brinkerhoff, 6
cents; corn starch, 6 cents; sapolio, IS
cents a dozen; condensed milk, 81 per
dozen. T. C. Kinkead, matches, $6.25 per
gross; corn, IS cents per dozen. D. E.
Cleary rice, 7-10 cents; sugar, S-4
cents; granulated, 3-S cents; Manhattan
biscuit, cents; laundry blue, Is cents
per gallon; beans, 3-S cents; prunes,
5 IL cents; tomatoes, $40; peas, sS cents;
saL-soda, / IA cents; split peas, 3 3-14
cents
Hosiery-Flanagan & Co., socks, IS
cents dozen; womens stockings, Il
cents dozen.
Ice-H. McDermott, $3.50 ton to all
institutions.
Provisions-E. Kieswetter, lard. s4-loO
cents; hams, 10 44-100 cents; cheese,
10 s7-100 cents; salt, $l24 per sack. o. E.
Cleary, rock salt, 50 cents per sack.
Shoes-W H. Quinn, brogans. sl.oI; T.
c. Smith. brogans. 9sla cents and sl.o5,
slippers, SO cents.
Soap and Starch-Divided between D. E.
Cleary and J. ]. Kinkead.
Tobacco-Heye Bros, plug, 80 cents a
pound; smoking, 2S cents; clay pipes, 81
a gross.
vegetables-Heiney Bros, potatoes. So
cents; red onions, SIPS; turnips A cents.
Woodenware--D. E. Cleary. brooms.
Peerless, $s.75; Manhattan. $3.50; mop
handles, 80 cents; root brush, 80 cents.
Leather-E. o. Gerdy, hemlock lifts,
strings, 50 cents a gross; shoe nails.
cents a pound
Lumber-Dodge & Bliss, white pine,
$50 and $40 per 1000 feet; spruce, $25 a
1000; yellow pins, s235O.
Fresh Meats-E. o. Kieswetter, Ia
cents a pound.
Milk-Dennis Reardon, AZ cents a quart.
Flannigan & Co. got the contract on
notions, comprising dozen small ar
ticles.
OLE. w. Berger, machine, 13 cents
gallon; cylinder, II cents gallon; lard
oil, 50 cents gallon.
Paints and Oils-E. w. Berger, white
lead, rs cents gallon putty, 4S-1Oo;
n Woolsey linseed 81 cents gallon
whitening, 9 $40 cents gallon. E. w.
Berger also got the contract for furnish
ing hardware.
Plumbing, etc.-Jersey City Supply Co.,
solder. 10 cents; waste, cents; charcoal,
70 cents; steam pipe, AZ cents; fire hose,
so cents.