The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-20
Paterson Firm Discovered They
Had Made a Mistake and
Had Not Asked Enough.
HELD THEM IN ONE CASE
No check Accompanied Other Bid and
Could Not Hold Them. Other Bids
Opened and Recommendations VIII
be Made Monday. Some Bids Thrown
Out Because of No Checks. Free
holders VIII Meet Monday.

and PaSsaic yesterday and the +. r.
Long Company ,of Paterson, found that
it had bid too low in two instances
and withdrew one of them, the other
they allowed to stand and it was ac-
cepted. Unfortunately the one bid
was for mason work and no check was
required with the bid and they
consequently could not be held. In
the other case the certified check was
there and they will be obliged to carry
out their bid.
The adjourned meeting of the joint
committees of the Boards of Chosen
Freeholders of Morris and Passaic
counties was held yesterday in the
Freeholders' rooms in this CITY, All
members from PaSsaic were present
and all from Morris except Freeholder
Schonenberger. The meeting was
called to order at the hour of eleven in
the forenoon. Director of the Passaic
Board of Freeholders Edward M.
Kevett, who was chosen chairman of
the meeting, called for the sealed bids.
Seventeen were handed him, and with
the assistance of the counsel of the
Passaic Board and j. G. White, of this
city, were opened and read.
There are six bridges to be built;
one over the Pequannoc river on Jack
son avenue near Alexander Gillen's;
one over PeQuannoc river at Butler;
one over Pequannoc river at Whites
paper mill, Bloomingdale; one over
Peqnannoc river near Smiths mills;
one over Pequannoc river at Pompton;
one over Pompton river at Mountain
View Mr.. Post, of this county, is
chairman of the Morris committee,
Garrett Berdan, of Passaic, chairman
of Jackson and Acqueduct bridge COM
mittee, George Colfax, of Passaic,
chairman of the Butler, Bloomingdale
and Pompton bridges, and David Wick
ham, chairman bridge at Smith mills,
PaSSaic.
The bidders were requested to per-
sonally examine, the several sites
for the work, and each bid for super
structure and substructure accom-
panied by a certified check for $500.
All the bids of the Rochester Bridge
and Construction Company were re-
jected by the committee because the,
checks accompanying the bids were
not certified. There was some dis
pute among the members of the COM
mittee about the checks as they were
New York drafts; drafts by the cash
ier of the First National Bank of
Elmira, upon the First National Bank
of New York. Several freeholders
thought the checks were all right, but
the objection raised was that they did
not conform to the letter of the ad-
vertisement and upon a vote of the
Board the bids were thrown out.
Other bids which were informal were
also rejected. Bids by the Dover
Boiler Works were rejected on account
of the company not having bond for
each separate bid. They had sent in
but one bond for $500 to cover all six
bids.
After opening all bids for the bridges
the committee adjourned for lunch
and at two O'Clock reassembed.
The lowest bidders for the ironwork
on bridges was announced first. There
were two bids, the Canton Bridge
Company for 50 $50, single truss span,
and New Jersey Bridge Company for
So, 1876. The last named concern was
awarded the contract as the lowest
for the kind of bridge they agreed to
erect. Mr.. Post voted against the
award. This was for the jackson ave-
nue. bridge. No. 2 bid at Butler, the
Canton Bridge Company was the low
est, S3,325 No. 3 bid, at Whites Paper
Mills, the New Jersey Bridge Company
was lowest, $500. There was tie in
the bids for the bridge over Pequannoc
river near Smiths mills, the Canton
Company bidding S3,075 and the F. r.
Long Company, of Paterson bidding
$3,075. On plea that the Canton
had one bid the committee awarded
the bid to Long. The next bid, over
the Pequannoc river at Pompton, +.
r. Long, of Paterson. was said to be
the lowest, his bid being 81, l5s, al
though the New Jersey Bridge Com
pany bid $500. The committee
thought Mr.. Long would build more
substantial bridge, although Mr.,
Long, it was said, claimed he had
made a mistake in his figures as his
bid was lower than he intended it
should have been.
In disposing OF the bids for masonry
the following were accepted: No.
bid, Cyclopian $3.50; No. bid, John +.
Cisco for $3.50: No. bid, John f.
Cisco $3.50; No. bid, 81 $3.50; No. 5 bid,
f. r. Long had bid $1,05O, but he
asked to have it withdrawn as he had
again made a mistake. 1t was all
lowed, and next lowest, 1892, was
from the Dean Westbrook Company,
which was awarded the bid.
For the Aqueduct bridge at Noun
tain View the #. w. Schwiels Com
pany was the lowest bidder, 81, ,8S9.
The bids will be recommended to the
Boards Of Freeholders Of Morris and
Passaic, at special meetings, to be econ-
firmed and the contracts awarded.
The Morris county board meets on
Monday.
Judge Alfred Elmer Mills has been
elected vice-president of the State
! Prosecutors Association