The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-25
FreehOIders

4
| The Monmouth county board Of free
Holders at a regular meeting at Free
! hold Wednesday of last week received !
bids and let contracts on several pro- I
liect to d total of $3.50, 5000 and sold
l284 81 900 serial Al percent road bonds I
for $292, 265 $50 and % bridge bonds VI I
Ithe same nature for 1923, 572.17 or q to-
tai of 3917 county bonds for an aggre- /
gate bid price of $315, 1887. SO, the coun-I
~ thus receiving bonus of IS, 737 SO.
Graha n. Parsons u Co, Of New York, |
| were the successful bidders for the |
county bonds. I There were Is bids for /
lroad bonds and Ii for the bridge bonds.
Bids we're received on the basis of the |
llowest, number of bonds a bidder would |
/ take and pay the $3l5, 600 required
Ito pay off notes to the amount issued
| for permanent bridge and road work
during The past year Each Of the bid-
ders offered to take the full % BRIDGE
bonds and the offers on the road bonds
1 ranged from the successful bidLfor tai
ling but 2S4 gbonds and supplying the
$o3; 600 required to 28e bonds, with
l,sIight variance IN the amounts to be-
'Epaid over 1922, 00O.,asa44 s.idta
Henry T.. Pierce of .Belmar was the
Lowest Of four bidders for the contract
flor building Eve additional patient
rooms at the tuberculosis hospital at
Allenwood, enlargingthe dining. Foom,
1 utility room and pantry and he was
4 awarded the contract for the general
construction work on his bid OF $f4,s50.
The bids ranged from this up TO $685.
657, submitted by the Perth Amboy
Construction company t1eorge j.
MuIholland of Freehold was awarded
the heating contract at 81 ,SSb. the low
est OF three bids submitted, be plumb
linz contract went to the Monmouth
Engineering company of Asbury Park
at Al. 1913. the lowestiof three bidders,
and the electri al contract was awarded
to Alfred DeBow Of Manasquaniat s 75,
the only bid received. These contracts
were all awarded subject to the APPROX
al of the board of governors OF the hos
pital. who will hold meeting at the
hospital next Sunday afternoon.
The Fl. Il. Zobel COMPANY Of Free
h old was awarded the contract to
furnish the county road qdepartment
a 81 ton, q. Nj G. truck with special
eouipment for S. $50 and take IN, ex-
change an old Federal truck. - The
General Motors Truck company Of
New York offered to supply the truck
for Sc. 600 and J. p. 2Throckmorton OF
Hightstown asked So, 675 sen le
Frederick Hao Hicks, etc tOf New
Brunswick, will furnish t4ola four-
passenger Rec, coupes for the prose-
cutor's detectives use 50, 974 and take
in exchange a REQ coupe and Hud5
son sedan. Dorman McFaddin OF
Long Branch asked IS, 400, 5
FairbankssM orse 3 g. IS Coz, of New
York, was awarded contract for fur
nishiDg and installing. "a 40.horse-
power DiseI oil burning engine with
direct connected b generator at the
y court house and Jail lighting plant
for $7,711, the company taking out
the present 25-horse power plan and
Il paying $4O0f for samele This was the
only bid received on. this project.
Contract awarded at the last meet
ing for ,asphaltic oil calcium Chords
\ and Iignin bind 70 d total contract
pEprice Of $52.4a be applied to the
county roads d1 the coming season
were approved in & notice from the
n State Highway commission to County
+ Engineer George K, Allen. sl8 75
The Avon board of trade in q com
& munication to the freehoIders, asked
the cooperation of the board in urg-
: ling upon the State Highway commits
d sion the building of br dge over
Shark river and the construction, in
conjunction. with the county, of re-
lief route west of the present high
way route, from Belmar to Deal. A
sim liar resolution was received from
!. Deal boro council. William M. Ber-
tpen member of the freeholders board
said that it was expected an early
conference with the State Of Highway
commission would put the freehold
ers in position to take the ma liter up
more definitely these communite s in
the near future.
The Ann May hospital at Spring
Lake, reported 645 free patient days.
during the month Of February and
the Monmouth Memorial hospital at
Long Branch reported 1,643 free PEE
t emit days during the same period.
On motion of Freeholder Stephen
G.. Thompson the county engineer
! was directed to inspect an old bridge
J on the Morganvi lie IVooleytown road
and report back 80 the board with his
recomme ndations.