Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-17
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witness replied. IT just furnish pub
lie buildings. | furnished Overlook
Asylum
Mr.. Bradner then questioned Mr..
Jamouneau about the unit prices
The specifications required that unit
prices should be listed with the bids.
The witness said he had iosKed after
this feature.
Mr.. Bradner then took up a copy
of the Jamouneau bid and the speei-
fications. He went over a few details
with the witness. After a few ques-
lions, Mr.. Jamouneau admitted that
he had not supplied all the unit prices
as required by the specifications.
Mr.. Bradner then asked him why
he submitted a list of three different
prices for beds.
~ did-that for the Newark tax
payers good" said the witness. "The
committee could pick out what they
wanted"
But where is the unit prices"
asked Mr. Bradner.
1.-THE committee picks out its own
unit price, the witness said. Pressed
for an answer. however. the witness
replied that there was nothing in his
bid to signify what the unit price
was.
At the top of several of the lists of
articles were the words, PLUS 20 per
cent. discount"
as that your profit" asked the city
attorney.
1T don't know whether or not my
profit is in there was the reply.
"Well, what does plus twenty per
cent mean?" asked Mr. Bradner.
ut means minus twenty per cent.
discount" said the witness.
He finally explained that it meant
twenty per cent. discount to him for
cash payment to the sub-contractor.
He then admitted again to Mr.. Brad
ner that there were several require
fnents in the specifications that his
bid did not answer.
Payment of Litigation.
Mr.. Bradner then asked the witness
If he expected to pay for the expense
of the litigation.
81 don't know he replied. Mr..
Bradner questioned him further, but
he did not give a definite answer
He also refused to state If this in
uuiry had not been brought in his
behalf. When Mr.. Bradner asked the
witness If Macisinnon brought the
inquiry in Jamouneau's behalf, the
latter replied:
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The hearing was adjourned until
next Thursday. The contracts have
not vet been executed. Chief Justice
Gummere may refuse to take the case
until the execution of the contract
The order to show cause why the
award of the contracts should not be
reviewed was granted last week by
Justice Swayze.
The order directs Mayor Haussling,
also the firm of Michael j. O'Connor'
Sons. also Valentine Braun and
Louise. Helmer, trading as the New
ark Hardware and Supply Company,
and w. b. Wood Company, the sue
cessful bidders, to show cause why
a writ of certiorari shall not be is
sued.
Mr.. MaSkinnon was the first wit
ness called at the hearing on the o.
der this morning. In reply to ques-
lions by Attorney Congleton, Mr..
MacKinnon said that he had COM
menced proceedings as taxpayer in
the interests of his fellow taxpayers.
He said he had consulted Arthur I.
Vanderbilt, an attorney in the office
of Mr.. Congleton, who showed him
the contracts in question and fur
nished him with information concern
ing them and the proceedings prece-
dent to the award of the contracts
Because of this information furnished
by Mr.. Vanderbilt, Mr.. Mackinnon
said that he felt 1t to be his duty to
secure judicial review of the entire
matter.
When City Attorney Bradner took
the witness in hand his entire man
ner changed. A half smile broke over
his features and he repeated Neach
question asked as though he sus-
pected some joke was being played
on him.
Mr.. MacKinnon said that he was
taxpayer. although some of his prop
erty was in his wife's name. He fln-
ally produced tax bills for an aggre-
gate OF s135 in his own name as evil
dence of his right to commence o tax
payers suit.
Have you employed counsel ia this
natter" Attorney Bradner asked
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