Board of Supervisors

New York, 1895

Bids Opened for Broken Stone and a New Building.

The board of Supervisors met at Long Island City yesterday. A petition signed by 85 residents of Jamaica South and Springfield was presented to the board, asking that the unexpended balance of the $400,000 for macadamizing roads in the town of Jamaica be used for macadamizing the Rockaway Turnpike from John Duryea's corner to the terminus of the town line of Jamaica. The petition was referred to Supervisor Everitt.

Bids for macadam for the county roads, and for building the new keeper's residence at Barnum Island, were opened at noon. Two bids were received for the stone, as follows: Thomas H. Touhey, 100 yards to be delivered on Jackson avenue, Newtown, $3.45 per cubic yard; L. E. Decker, 140 yards for Jericho road, $2.05 per cubic yard; 50 yards for Merrick road $2; 50 yards for Rockaway turnpike, $2.

Six bids were received for building the keeper's residence at Barnum Island, as follows: George Kruse, New Hyde Park, $6,755; Freeman and Strous, Roslyn, $6,450; John J. Lyons, $8,691; George H. Schiffmacher, East Rockaway, $6,067; Samuel Thompson, Pearsalls, $7,885; George C. Long, $6,985. The bids were referred to the committee on poor house and farm.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 5, 1895, p. 1.