Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-20
ESSEX FIRM WILL
BUILD NEW MARKET
Common Council Awards Con-
tract for Building to
Cost $662,7oo.

The contract for building the new
public market was awarded to the Es-
sex Construction Company, whose bid
was 1862, 700, at a meeting of the Com
mon Council last night. The award
came after considerable discussion
and the final vote on the proposition
was twenty-four to six, three mem
bers of the minority voting with the
majority. The three were Aldermen
Littlefield minority leader; Hass and
Taylor.
The discussion of the subject
hinged on the question whether the
market could be constructed cheaper.
The point of cost, which was raised
by Alderman Clifford, of the minority.
was taken up by Alderman Rogers,
member, and Alderman Hanlon, the
chairman of the public buildings COM
mittee. Alderman Clifford, on the
motion to approve the action of the
public buildings committee, had
asked to have the motion SO amended
as to have the matter referred back
to the committee, as from what he
had heard the work could be done
cheaper.
Cold Weather increases Work.
Alderman Rogers produced a num-
Der of letters which he had received
in answer to inquiries made regard
ing the present cost of material.
The letters were from the Builders
Material Supply Company, Newark;
! the Edison Portland Cement Com
pany, New York, and the Bethlehem
Steel Company, of Bethlehem, Pa.
1t was stated that the price of most
of the material needed had not
changed since the time the bids were
offered last May, when the award
was held up, because the time for
bond issue was not propitious.
The quotations showed a 13 per
cent. increase on the terra Gotta and
IA per cent. increase on the fiue
| lining. Construction iron had de-
creased from s1.61 to $1.41 per pound
base, which would mean reduction
of $1,000 This reduction was re-
ducd to $1,000. Alderman Rogers
stated by the Increase Of the terra
Gotta material which would be need
| ed for about $50 rooms
| Alderman Hanlon read letter
! from the successful bidder stating
that they suffered because of bad
season in which they would have to
do the excavating in as against the
summer time, had the awards been
made Immediately. In explanation to
| a remark of Alderman Barnett. that
the cost of the market should stay
within the original figures of 100000,
| Alderman Hanlon stated that at first
the market was, SO to speak, built on
"stilts," having an open space on the
ground floor.
1t was found later that this would
not yield a rental revenue warrantlng
the expense and therefore the plans
were changed to two-story building.
necessitating much more material but
also allowing of more stands. Mr..
ton of saving possibly $1,000 was
more than offset by the danger of
! prices of material going up.
| The council authorized the sum of
$40, 900 to be paid to Hooper & Co., the
architects, for the drawing of the
plans for the market.
Discusses scavenger Strike.
| Alderman Walsh brought up the
| question of the present strike of the
scavenger contractor, Joseph Mar
rone's, men and voiced the opinion
that 1t looked to him as though big
| Bill Edwards was a little too
| anxious to show Newark what could
| be done by getting the local men out
| of work and putting in some of the
| New York element which that city
| was glad to get rid Of
He said that he realized that the
matter was up to the Board of Works,
but he could not help remarking that
the scavenger work was going from
had to worse.
The council passed on third reading
the salary ordinances brought up at
the last meeting, and also ratified the
sale of the s3,S76,0OO bond issues,
which were sold by Comptroller Tyler
Parmly yesterday, and which one and
all brought what is considered high
price.
Prior to the meeting the majority
held caucus at which a vote of
confidence was given to City Counsel
James r. Nugent and the financial
officers of the city in the matter of
handling yesterdays bond sale, which
is the biggest one in more than twenty
| years.