Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-08-29
DeCla Bonus Was Given to
Gehe Iron Work on
the Ground.
ALBA ST. BRIDGE
COntrats S Intimate That They
Might the Official Bridge
BuIrs for County.
Special to Evening News.


hearing Ole Milltown bridge mat
ter befor9ecial Master James II.
Van Cleelesterday afternoon, of
motion Racate the writ of cer-
tiorari OBJ ed on the awarding of
the CONT for this bridge by
Charles Aoomfield. The motion
to vacate bturnable next Tuesday
before Jus Fort who will sit here
to hear tlhatter.
1t is eXbd that testimony, will
be taken he Special Master Van
Cleef here hrsday or Friday upon
the rule fd writ in the matter of
the Perth oy bridge This is also
returnable pre- Justice Fort here
September nd, if possible, the
the lawyerill try to have the
testimony tn this week.
TestimdTaken Yesterday.
Casper % with James l.. Sch
weir of them of Dean, Schweir
& Sutton, tluccessful bidders for
the MilltowEorll, were called as
witnesses yrday afternoon, the
morning sc h having concluded
with the ties spny of Engineer La
hey, of the llic Service Corpora
ton, who, w the County Engineer
Dougherty, rhmended to the com
mittee the adance of the CONTRACT
on which th(ntract was awarded
as being the ter one.
Mr.. Dean bxamined by Lawyer
]. Clarence Over and said all OF
/ the material this work had been
ordered and In of it was on The
/ ground. The was anxious to ge.
/ the work donlfore frost and also
because of theE that unless it was
finished withilhet days from the
date OF the aid, July 25, theJ
would forfeit every day it eX-
| tended owed Il time. The firm
| knew nothing tt the condition Of
/ the substructult the bridge undes
( water when tllbid for the WORK
and the specifiSns only called for
I the repair of abutments. He
learned of the u at 10 O'Clock Aug
ust 10 and all material had been
ordered prior t4 ut time.
Had Toy Bonus.
On cross-exa ation by Lawyer
/ Voorhees, Mr.. DIsaid the company
had to pay lbs to get some OF
the material # this bridge, the
amount paid bd about $500. He
said Engineer by, of the Public
Service Corporal, told him where
they could get twenty-four inch
beams from a d'actor having the
subway in New Fix and all eXceI
eight came fronm.
"What is a lis" asked Lawyer
Voorhees,.
"All the rollihills in the Unit
ed States" repli Mr.. Dean, "have
a standard prichich is $1.S4 IL
per hundred poB 5 for twenty-fouT
inch beams deliId f. o. b. in New
York. That wdhe price thirty
days ago it is to but the delivery
will not be madntil next winter.
For an immedialeliyery you must
pay more than It price and that
is the bonus"
"Then you all subject to the
benignity up Mr. rIrnegie?" said the
lawyer"
"Oh he's not only toad in the
puddle lust noJhere are others"
replied Mr. Dear
The girders 1his job had been
taken from a jh Paterson and a
bonus was paid them when pur-
chased for that k which had been
delayed becausde road on which
the bridge is tie built was not
ready.
"You built d of the Albany
street bridges lin the winter, did
you not?" askdhe lawyer.
"a good deb it," said Mr..
Dean.
'No fault wound with that,
was there?" qud the lawyer.
81 think a 6 deal of fault was
found, if one Cd Judge by the news
papers. ExpertIv been here who
say the bridge bing to fall down. ="
"Have you 4 before submitted
plan of your n when bidding?"
eyes sometiTf' said Mr.. Dean.
"You think n pretty good plan
to follow, don'a," +"
eve got AND job that way in
this county. Thl hlbany street bridge
was on our plan
There wer3 competitive fig
ures on this pl
"No sir"
"Could not other contractor
get material thine as you do"
"Yes if they'd the energy and
the cash, the er being a vital
point" said Mlfan.
"You don't IN to itimate that
it might be a gdhing for the coun-
ty to make yd firm the official
bridge buildersl you?" asked the
awvpr.