New Britain herald., 1914-05-12
HEALTH BOARD CASPS
 AS BIDS ARE OPENED

FiInlan Cuts Under 0ff:r Of SWaC- son b(oS.. by Small Margin. l WILL COLLECT GARBAGE FOR S2,95O
 Committee Will Investigate All Appli- cants-Commissione Burns Scores :. Inspector Weiant TOT Acts Done on His Own Initiative.
 surprise package in the form of 1 a bid of $2,95O, for the collection of city garbage awaited the new health commission at it's meeting last eve ming. The bid was offered by Henry Furman. The opening of new bids was caused by the action of the com mon council in refusing to ratify the action x of the old boarc or health which, on two occasions, recommend 1 ed that the contract be awarded to J. J. Donahue, the present collector, for $6,6OO. The common council withheld it's endorsement on the ground that Swanson Bros, which were not considered competent at their figure by the board of health, had bid $3,OOO. The matter was then ] referred back to the new board. When the bids were opened, like the birds in the nursery rhyme pie, the oppon- ents of Swanson Bros, began to sing as that firm had jumped its figure to l $4.OOO and the bid or Furman was $1,O5O less.
 The bids were: J. J. Donahue, $6,6OO; Swanson Bros, s$4,O0O; Luke Sinskie, $6,0OO; John Hanson, $4,40o. Henry Furman, $2,950. The bid of Sinskie had been lowered $500, his 1 bid on the previous call for bids be- ing $6,8OO. Hanson and F,urman were l new bidders. The bids were opened by Health Inspector T. E.. Reeks, M. D., who acts as clerk of the board. on suggestion of Chairman H. s. Tal- lard. ss&
 pr. H. T. Bray, chairman of the old board who is staunch believer in 1 the ability of Donanue, explained that Furnan once was city collector and did his work fairly we'll although 1 not as we'll as the last two collectors. He is is a competent man, Dr. Bray l explained, but his ngure is too low. l The owner of land next to F,urmans l had been prohibited by the town of Newington from dumping garbage there because a stream running into: I'Newington had been polluted. Dr. Bray called attention to the fact that ;1S, 1,; ha previous bid.
 Wants Committee to Investigate. Commissioner T. E. Burns made motion that the bids be referred to a. committee consisting or the chairman, ] pr. Bray and sDr. Reeks to consider ! the capability of the lowest bidder. l Mayor Quigley, who dropped into the meeting, asked if rne committee ] could let the board know the result l of their investigation in time for a report to be forwarded to the com mon council on Friday evening. "The committee might not want l the matter referred to It with poWer,' said Dr. Bray. II, for one, would not.''
 Dr. George H. Bodley seconded Ntr.
 1 Burns motion with the understanding i that the committee was to report to 1 the com mission
 1 As way out of accepting any of the bids, Dr. Bray suggested that the pres- ! ent contract with Donahue can be re-
 i newed annually for three years by
 ] the city.
 1 MT. Burns did not know whether the 1 work would be done properly by those
 who sent in their bids. He remarked
 that the figures were at great var l iance He was not sure whether it would be advisable not to renew the old contract and amended his mo-, l tion so that that phase of the matter ! might be considered.
 l T believe that the council is in
 1 favor of granting the contract to the 1 lowest bidder if he can furnish a suit able bond," said Chairman Tallard. 1 T understand that Furman had
 l farm on which the garbage could be dumped and that he is experienced. I
 believe that it is the duty of the board
 l to give the contract to him if he is
 1 reliable
 ! Dr. Bray could not agree with
 i Chairman Tallard's interpretation of
 1 the desire of the council. He be-
 i lieves that that body wanted the work
 l done as reasonably as possible if 1t
 l was done properly. He said he sug- geSted the renewal or the present con- 1 tract because Dr. Reeks, as health of
 1 ficer, now devotes all his attention to
 1 the work and might be able to con- l trol the contractor better than pre- viously when the health officer did
 not devote all his attention to his of l flee.
 MT. Burns motion as amended was passed.
 ] Garbage Wagon Contract Tabled.
 i The awarding of the contract for three garbage wagons to B.. Weinberg