Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-29
FREEHOLDERS IN
CLASH ABOUT OIL
CONTRACT AWARD
Board, However, Finally Ac-
cepts Standard Oil Co.'s Bid of
.o59 Cents a Gallon.

Several Tits developed in the meet
ing of the Board of Freeholders yes
terday. One came from the recon-
mendation of the road committee to
award the contract for supplying oil
for the county roads to the Standard
OIL Company at a bid of .059 cents
gallon. The bid of the Sands Kline
Company. Chief Engineer Frederick
A. Reimer said, was the only one
that complied with the specifications.
This company bid .0635 per gallon,
and it was urged by Director Walter
A. Evans, backed by the opinion from
County Counsel Benjamin F. Jones,
that the Sands-Kline Company be
awarded the contract. When the
matter was put to vote Mr.. Evans
was the only freebooter who voted
against the award to the Standard
Oil Company
The salaries of the county detec-
tives were increased from $3.50 to
81, 800 a year, while the stipend of the
chief of county detectives was raised
from $1,000 to $4,000 a year. John d.
Anderson, clerk in the surrogate's Of
flee, was given a raise of $3.50 a year,
making his salary $780,
board yesterday appointing Frederic
A. Reimer county engineer at a sal
airy of $4,000 a. year and George w.
Eager supervisor of roads at an an
nual salary of $1,000. In both in
stances the appointment is to date
from January ], 1914.
Herbert w Heilman, of this city,
was made associate county engineer,
at salary of $1,000 a year, the APP
pointment being subject to approval
by the State Civil Service Commits
sion. The position has been vacant
since the advancement of Frederick
a. Reimer from the position to that
of county engineer.
The adoption by the finance COM
mittee of a resolution to provide a
vault clerk for the surrogate's de-
partment was reversed owing to the
insertion of a provision that an addi-
tional man should be hired instead
of drawing from the force in the sur
rogate's office, as recommended by
the experl accountants, who are MAX
ing a survey of the county admins
tration. Freebooter Cardwell made
an effort to have the matter laid over
for two weeks.
When asked by Mr.. Waters why he
wished to delay action. Mr. Cardwell
replied mysteriously that he had a
personal reason, but that he would
make a statement at the next meet
ing. Freebooter Malta alone sup
ported the resolution. He stated that
he believed the office was necessary
and that the surrogate's department
Gid not have enough men to provide
one for the place, therefore an extra
clerk was necessary. Chairman Har-
riSon of the finance committee, how
ever, said he did not believe it was
the intention of the auditors to in
crease the surrogate's staff.
The county counsel was authorized
to settle the claim of Frank Baker
for damages attending delay in the
construction work on the Plank road,
now the Lincoln Highway. The
amounts asked totalled $4,000, and
settlement was made on a basis of
81 900
The first bill from the three expert
accountants for services in connec-
ton with the survey of the county
administration and institutions, was
received. 1t aggregates 1926, and is
itemized as follows:
Frank G.. Debois, forty three days.
at $25 a day. $1.075; w. Foster Cakes,
thirty-six and half days, at SIS
a day, $91250; l.. II. Conant, thirty
seven and one'half days, at $25 a
day, s9e, sc, ~
their work, though it was stated that
the greatest part of it was accom-
plished.