Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-12
HOT FIGHT ON
IN WOODBRIDGE
Township COMMITTEES Last
Night Ignored Lowest Bid
dsrs fer Paving.
CALL TOWN MEETING
Citizens Will Carry the Mat
ter to the Courts II II
Is Necessary.
gpeotal TO the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
Woodbridge, May 12:-Another
legal suit confronts Woodbridge
township today as result Of the
awarding Of the contracts for ma
cadamizing several streets at the
meeting of the township committee
last night. The successful bidder
was l.. B. Juan, who conducts a liv-
cry stable here. The amount in
volved was something Ike $4,000.
There were several bidders for the
work and Thomas Dunigan and
Irving Demarest both had lower bids,
being about $4,000 under Juan S
figures. The committee, however,
voted to give the contracts to Juan,
who, it is said, has had no expert
ence in road building.
The motion to give Juan the con-
tract was made by John S. Dooley
and was seconded by Anton Kuhl-
man. Objection was made by George
Brown, who said the contract ought
to go to the lowest bidder. He de-
manded a roll call. The vote was as
follows: Those in favor, Dooley,
Kuhlman and Lee; opposed, Brown.
Cranston, being chairman, did not
vote and declared the motion car
ried.
Immediately after the awarding of
the contract Charles s. Farrell offer
ed a protest against such proceedings.
He said he spoke as a taxpayer of the
township personally, and also as a
representative of the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad, which pays one
seventh of the taxes of the entire
township. He declared that such
waste of public money was scanda-
lous and he wanted his protest enter
ed on the minutes of the meeting,
which was done.
Five Bidders.
There we're five bidders for the
three roads for which the contracts
were awarded last night For Cliff
road and Holton street in Sewaren,
NJ. Irving Demarest was lowest. His
was S2,495.61 For the Mutton Hol-
low road, Thomas F. DUNCAN was
lowest, his bid being S2,10S.27. On
this road Juan's bid was S3,559.25.
For Ridgedale avenue, Dunigan was
again low man, his bid being S2,025,
while Juan's bid was s2,672.
So indignant are some of the citi
zens over the awarding of all these
contracts to Juan that they have
issued a call for public mass meet
ing to be held in the town hall, Wood
bridge, Monday night to protest
against the action of the township
coTnrf1feeer rrrr srs,.--s1.s- e-e-ss,,.s
reads as follows:
Call for Town Meeting.
cat a meeting of the committee of
Woodbridge township, held at the
town hall on Thursday, May II,
number of sealed bids were submit
ted for improving and matchmaking
certain roads in the township. Sew
eral bids were offered by legitimate
and responsible contractors, but the
contracts were awarded to the high
est bidder by a total of So, 900. Are
the citizens and taxpayers of Wood
bridge township going to tolerate
such actions of the committee? We
say no. They were elected to pro-
tect the public's interest. All inter
ested in this movement should meet
in town hall on Monday evening, May
Is, at s P. NJ, to protest against this
high work.
"(Signed) TAXPAYERS"
IL is S8peCsSu tudJ steps ~ III NC
taken to test the awarding of this
contract in the courts. The lowest
bidders in each case have refused to
accept the return of his certified
checks which accompanied his bids.
Other Business.
Arrangements were made for an
other jaunt through the township for
Saturday afternoon, starting at 2
O'Clock. These excursions are COM
ing to be weekly affairs, all at the ex-
pense of the township.
Several citizens complained that
the policemen had refused to shoot
dogs running at large The police
men were instructed to appear before
the committee June and explain.
A request was made that former
Police Inspector Dunn return his
badge The badge having been
broken, Justice Dunn had one made
of leather, which he formally pre-
sented to the committeeman last
night.