The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-01-04
COUNTY SUPPLIES
Lowest Bidders All Won
Except on Butter and
Fish.
TOO SMALL TO Be GOOD
Freeholders Award Contracts
For Goods For Insti-
tutions.

News" in every instance the awards
were made to the lowest bidders except
in the case of the bids for butter and
fish, all of which were rejected because
the prices submitted by the lowest bid
ders on each were so much lower than the
market prices of the goods that 1t was
deemed to the best interest of the county
to reject them. A resolution to that
effect was offered by Freeholder Moran
and unanimously adopted. The needed
supplies of butter and fish will accord
ingly be purchased by the Freeholders in
open market.
Bids had been received for laundry and
chip soaps, but it was learned that the
same could be manufactured by county
employees at Snake Hill at much lower
figures than was offered by the bidders,
and on motion of Freeholder Louis L.
Finke, these bids were also rejected and
the county will hereafter manufacture its
own soap.
Through a mistake the sample of men $
brogans exhibited to intending bidders did
not conform with the specifications and
was not of the quality desired by the
Board. Accordingly all bids on this item
of the shoe list, were, motion of Free
holder Finke. rejected, and Clerk Egan
directed to advertise for new proposals to
furnish mems brogans.
Director Holmes called attention ta the
fact that the bid for paints and oils pre-
sented by Woolsey & Co., had been re-
jected as informal at the last nesting
because no certified check or receipt for
the same accompanied it. 1t had Since
been learned that the firm had deposited
it's check with the County Collector, but
had neglected to attach the receipts for
the same to its proposal. The Director
accordingly ordered that the Woolsey bid
be considered. The bid is low on three
of the four items of the list ands the
figure in white lead was also low. but
as their proposal was not for Atlantic, !"
but brand of their own that part OF the
bids was rejected.
In communication to the Board, VIM
H. Mutschler stated that his bid for
meats was $3.50 per 100 pounds, and not
S. 80, as had been enormously reads at
the last meeting. The communication
was ordered filed.
The Committee on County Institutions,
to which the bids We're referred for in
vestigation, reported the following as the
lowest bidders, and by the unanimous
vote of the Board, contracts for the same
were awarded to them for the coming
year Coal-James Coyle, to Court
House and Jail, 500 tons egg; to Court
Houses and bridges 40 tons stove, s5.25 a
ton; to Snake Hill. 5000 tons egg, s5.25 a
ton; 10 tons Cumberland, $3.50 ton; 75
tons stove, $5.25 a ton
Coffee and spices Thomas Musson
25, 600 pounds Maracaibo coffee in bean,
111ac. pound; 55 pounds black pepper, 12c
pound; $50 pounds English mustard, 11c
pound. w. r. Kett, 400 gallons cider vim
egar, Sszc. a gallon.
Clothing-Furst Bros, 200 mems blouses
36 2-3c each; 500 Kentucky jean mems
pants, 41c. each; 200 boys pea Jackets. S3c
each. P. Birnbaum & Sons, 300 mems pea
jackets, s1.971a each; 220 girls straw hats,
12c. each; 500 mems Kentucky jean pants
67c. each. Theodore Schutzbach, 300
mems straw hats, 10c. each; 200 boys
straw hats, Sc. each. Bernstein & Co., 400
mems cloth caps, Tic. each.
Dry goods-Furst Bros, 5000 yards of
Canton flannel, 2-3c. yard 500 blue cot
ton spreads, 921sc each; 500 yards rubber
sheeting, 46 inches wide 421ac. yard p
y
10 2-5c. yard; 5000 yards Indian Head
unbleached muslin, II azc. a yard; 1000
yards Hamilton awning stripes, SIZE
yard; 5000 yards Hamilton stripes (hick-
ory), Sc. yard; 5000 yards Kentucky jean,
14c. yard; 5000 yards Amoskeag ginghams
&c. yard; 1,60O pairs blankets, pound,
s2.99 pair; 500 yards prison flannel, 7s4c.
yard; 1000 yards 36-inch wide bleached
muslin. SIC. yard; so dozen hand towels,
S1.S0 dozen; LOCO yards calico prints, 4c
yard. Flanagan 6 Co., $500 yards crash
71ac yard; 5000 yards Amoskeag blue
denims, itz4c. yard 100 Marseilles bed
spreads, s1,2S each
Fresh eggs-Thomas Musson, 5000 dozen,
171ac. dozen.
Flour-Michael Day, 5000 bbls No. i
extra winter wheat (patenD, $40 bbl
Feed Walsh & McNulty 900 bags white
oats, No. 1, so pounds to bag, ssc. bag; SO
tons best Timothy hay in bales, SIS ton
Edward O'Donneil, $4,000 pounds rye
straw, S5c. cwt
Groceries-T Thomas Musson, Is barrels
oatmeal, $3.70 barrel 200 pounds; $4,000
pounds Louisiana rice 45-100c. pound
$4,000 pounds extra c sugar, 95-100c
pound; $1,000 pounds granulated sugar
5 5S-10ac. pound; 1900 pounds soda biscuit
&c. pound; 35 gross boxes safety matches
$1.1S gross; so boxes lemons 1925 box of
300; 5000 pounds French prunes, PIC.
pound; 500 dozen 3-pound cans tomatoes
S0c. dozen; 75 dozen 2-pound cans green
peas, 75c dozen; IS dozen 2-pound cans
sweet corn, SOC. dozen; 75 dozen cakes
sapolio, nc. dozen; go dozen half-pint cans
condensed milk, 81 04 dozen