Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
THREAT MADE TO
COUNTY BOARD IN
AWARD FOR OIL
Sands, Kline & Co. May lnstl-
tute certiorari Proceedings
in Letting of Contract.

Legal action may be taken TO COM
pei the Board of Freeholders te
award the contract for road oil &c
the Sands Kline Company. the lowest
bidders in a recent competition
Despite the fact that the Sands-kline
Company put in the lowest bid, the
contract was awarded to the Standard
Oil Company. it being asserted thal
the Sands Kline oil did not measure
up to specifications.
At meeting of the board yesterday
letter was read from William y.
Wolskeil. of Elizabeth, counsel for the
Sands-k line Company. IN which he
threatened to take certtorarI proceed
ings to compel the board 10 review It's
action.
Wac. bids were opened by me road
board two weeks go Sands. Kline
n Go. vas found To have submitted
The only sample which complied with
the requirements of the specificadcr..
and only two others came anywhere
near qualifying. The firms bid, how
ever. Nas .nt3J cents gallon, while
the STANDARD Oil 90. offered to fur
nish oil al .O59 cents. which would
make Il difference of about Sl."0 en-
the total amount County Engineer
THAI lhe contract be awarded % the
con- err complying with the specihca-
tons. sands Kline & Co. and he
was supported by Director Evans
The other members of the road board
were not impressed with the dc1 of
payirg go much more money Tor OIL
that had not been tried than Cor oil
thar had been used here, even -hYu@h
Ii did not come up to the analysis.
il had never been the object Of 21N
complaints. they said. and Therefore
ought te - good enough The roaG
boards act 'cn in awarding the con-
tract 10 the Standard was approx Sd
by the board in the face of an opir-
ion by County Counsel Jones that
the law required contracts to be
awarded TO the Lowest bidder COM
plying with the specifications.
The only action taken yesterday
on the attorneys letter was % order
II filed. which was done on mo-iol OF
Freebooter Malta. and without COM
ment.
The plans and specifications for re-
pairing and resurracing Pompton
turnpike. between Bloomfield avenue
and the Passaic County line. Is pre-
pared by County Engineer Reimer.
were approved and authority given
to advertise for bids. The work IS
to be paid for from the motor vehicle
fund. $4,000 having been reserved
from this years fund by the State
road department fer Essex County
To use for this purpose.
Nj. Reimer was authorized also 10
submit plans and specifications for
the proposed improvements in Wy
omng avenue, South Orange, which
were prevented last year by an in
junction obtained by a property
owner but who has since agreed u
a settlement Of the claim. The plans
had already been prepared. so that
the resolution was merely a for
mality, which included the rescind-
ing of the original resolution. 1t is
not expected that the work viii he
done this year, however. owing to the
extensive program of improvements
already mapped out.
Freebooter Amos ?. Harrison an
nounced that the finance committee.
of which he is chairman. would make
its annual inspection Of the Village
for Epileptics. at Skillman. where Es-
sex County has several patients, on
Tuesday, June %
a request from property owners on
Sands road. in Caldwell Township.
for maeadamizing for that thorough
fare was referred 10 the road board