Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1909-08-07
Freeholders Reject
All Road Bids
Will Meet Again on
Monday in Special
Session

ing. The elements ragged outside
| and the county officials ragged in
side. The great and important
question Of paving the Shore Road
was Immediately up before the
Board and was the subject Of dis
cussion until the meeting adjourn
ed for another two o'clock after
noon session. After the second
convening Of the Board another
meeting was appointed for Mon
day, August 9th. 1t is expected
i that all will be amicably settled
then.
| Bids for the construction of the road
from Absecon to Somers Point were as
follows:
William j. McNichol, $2l7, ,453s6, as
phalt
E. G. Humphrey, $l66,94464, asphalt
| $203, $3.50, amisite.
| Nelson Meredith Company, $lS4,659, as
phalt; $233, $50 amisite.
w. l. Cherry UNITED Paving Company
$l70,222, asphalt.
j. F. Stanley Company, $l7l 1868, as
phalt; 1928, ,904 46, amisite.
Cunningham Construction Company
| 1856, ,4067S, asphalt; $212,657.74, amisite
Barrett & Riley, $l97 ,l50l4 (either)
| G. L. Bower Construction Company
| 1857 ,4lO.sS, asphalt
B. f. Sweeten & Sons, $l57 ,945.76, ma
cadam; $l97 .1S577; asphalt, $l56,773.30
nacadam No 2, oil.
w. E. Young & Co., $170,657.93, as
| phalt; $l9S .3S676, amisite.
Suttin & Corson, $239, ,S47.25; asphalt
| 1864, ,259.39, amisite.
IBID thrown out on account Of failing
to specify.
Warren Brothers put in a warn
| ing that all rights to the use Of
'amisite" belonged to them and
they should prosecuee both the con
| tractors using that material and
| those who awarded the contract fol
such.
According to this there is likely
| to be a suit, for several contractor,
apparently think amisite is gooG
thing and will use it.
Judge Higbee, when appealed t,
for his opinion on the validity o!
this challenge, calmly bade the of
6cials to have no fear on that score
| It would be up to the contractor.
| and not the Board.
When the bid Of Barrett & Reil
ay was read, it seemed to act like &
red rag on view before bull. Th
bidding contractors Immediately
| :ose in arms and protested first Oh
one point and then on another. Th4
| firm totaled the bid instead of spec
flying each item and other smal
| technicalities of little value, whicf
caused general outbreak. Their,
was the lowest bid. County En-
yineer Rightmire was very partic
| ular as to small matters and be
cause the bid was submitted on :
| special blank and every item wa.
not specialized, he felt it his dut,
to throw out the bid. Judge Hig
bee quietly calnred the tunult anc
ruled that bid was formal am
strictly within specified rules.
The Cunningham Construction.
Company filed protest against al
other bids and considered tha
5heirs was the only correct one. S
it went on the various bidders, il
their anxiety to get the contract
was more than smoky.
Finally Director F. F. Doughts
brought that gavel down with !
whack and ended the meeting unit
two o'clock in the afternoon.
At the afternoon meeting Free
holder Robinson offered resolu
| ton providing for an issue of bond.
not to exceed 100000 in all, fol
| the bidding Of the road making.
| Linwood has consented to havt
it's highway paved and the Atlantic
! City and Suburban Railway hai
entered into contracts with al
municipalities through which i
operates its line to come up to tn
mark.
A contract was given The Mel
son Meredith Company for repair
ing the Tuckahoe bridge. Theil
bid was $4139. Two other bidder
had submitted their figures but a
a higher rate. Joseph Haines BIZ
$4,000 and A. W. Kelley 5000
At next Mondays meeting bid
from the several contractors will b
again opened and probably award
ed. In the meantime it is an as
sured fact that the Shore Road vii
be smooth and slippery and it will
be one Of the monuments to moderl
engineering. The highways Q
ancient Rome will be as nothini
compared with the Jersey Shor
Road.
The budget made up last jar
uary for the expenses Of the Boar
of Freeholders, $4,000, has bee.
found insufficient. AT the meetin
Iof the Board last Wednesday an &C
ditional appropriation was made t
the sum of $500. This additions
appropriation was made in view .
the added expense of the specis
election to be held in September Q
the constitutional amendment.