The Jersey City news., 1902-12-01
FAGAN OFF
HIS PERCH
Mayor Agrees With
Street and Water
Board as to
Street Clean
ing.
he SIGNED TODAY
His Honor Decides Not to
Further 0bstruct Award
Of a New Contract.
The WORN BACK TRACK
Ash Barrels Stacking Up on
the Sidewalks Brought His
Honor to His Senses.
The WORN BACK TRACK

Mayor Fagan came off his perch this
morning and signed the specifications for
street cleaning and the removal of ashes
and garbage contract as originally ap-
proved by the Street and Water Board.
Henry Byrne's contract expired at II
o'clock last night and he refused TO do
any more work for Jersey City pending
the award of new contract. He said
that the city didn't pay him enough any
way for removing ashes and garbage
and he didn't intend to go ahead and
taKe rhaEess on getting ships's s'szussss
Thousands Of housekeepers put their
ash receptacles out on the sidewalks this
morning expecting that the ash man
would make their usual calls, but they
were disappointed. The cans and bar
rels, filed to oyerfiowing, were still un-
emptied when "The News went to
press.
SET HIM THINKING.
The Mayor got glimpse of the side
walk ornamentation from his Office in the
City Hall, and it set him thinking. he
realized that the city would be in a SER
ious predicament if something was not
done looking to the award Of new con-
tract and he finally decided to sign the
specifications making the award possible.
The Mayor had refrained from sign
ing because the Street and Water Board
had provided that $25,000, instead of
$4,000, should be set aside this year for
removing ashes and garbage. For many
years the fund for this purpose had been
limited to $4,000. The steady growth
of this city made it necessary to increase
the amount. The extra 5000 simply
meant that this amount would be taken
from the street cleaning account, joint
appropriation covering both accounts.
Mr. Pagan said that he didn't approve
Of the plan to spend 5000 additional for
making sure that the garbage was re-
moved from the streets. He preferred
that the money be spent for cleaning the
streets.
LOOK FOR Low BIDS.
The Street and Water Commissioners
assured him that the bids for street
cleaning would be sufficiently low to war
rant the placing of $4,000 to the credit
of the garbage account. They refused to
recede from their position and pointed
out to His Honor that he was placing the
city in great danger by obstructing the
plans to award a new contract.
The Mayor finally came to the con-
clusion that the Street and Water Board
was right in its stand and reluctantly
approved of the specifications.
The first issue appears in today's
papers, calling for proposals for cleaning
streets and removing ashes and garbage.
The law requires that there shall be
FIVE days notice, consequently the bids
cannot be received before Saturday. The
Street and Water Board viii meet that
day to take action on them. The, award
will be made at the earliest possible
moment so that the work can be prose
cuted.
THE EASY WAY.
The Mayor said this morning that the
bids can be rejected if the Street and
Water Board discovers that the proposals
for street cleaning are 50 high that the
additional $1,000 cannot be utilized fol
removing ashes and garbage.
The Street and Water Commissioners
were pleased when they learned that the
Republican end of the ADMINISTRATION had
concluded not to further delay the pre-
liIninary work Of advertising for new
bid
The Mayor took his back track this
morning after conference with Presi-
dent Jacob Ringle of the Board of Fl
nance, and Assistant Corporation Attor-
ney Robert Carey.
The Street and Water Board win try
to make some plans for the removal Of
tae contents Of this weeks ash barrels
pending al award of 4 new contract.