New-York tribune., 1871-09-22

for Osborn g. May, Sheathar g. NichO!s, and MUIR.
Ry s;SSSd S'f 1ssSy ts%s .D sssss
Conn. deponent has formed sinoe fos Nns aad for
firm BY the name Of Baldwin Deik he hss no
aspss Sus sSs %
man being stSs9SHs S9SSSs Smith who ha
"n"' peponent a hos N never heard any one say thss
he paid anything to have his hats passed, but Ar.
Bodwell, one inspector. who had L shop tor msl1ng
hats Sos %Se q
hats hat wei were made At that shop; Sheathsr & Nichols
were the contractors and It was sad that hats were
pass psss. And nd he further deposes and says that
he has examined the sample hats in the office
Of Col. vinton Deputy Quartermsster- General New
aSS S oas s1i lss is"ss Ge
latter being the best hat Of the three; Of Shea
thar Nicholss contracts was governed by the stand
a h"t % also swo contracts Of Murpky sd &
wod; the standard hat upstairs, that was substi-
t1ted September the 1s 1853 governed the inspection
stairs-Marphy & Griswold had had a lot inspected
by that the hat down stairs i the best hat OF the
hair with extra cony, and the other hat s made out
Of what is called No. 1 II, and No. Cony; the hat
down stsirs j. about Army standard; the Murphy
It is nearer $40 than 90 poorer perhaps % differ
sna as
of hsts furnished BY Murphy & GIiswold on their
contract Of May Is. 1884, are worth about ~ per
ton Of the hats delivered under the contract;
lat Kks tks marked 20. s G. p, No. 49," WosM, vith
hard usage pear out IN single battle, and wsm oare,s
times q. long; hs shoad mink that Msrphy Gris.oH
sosn hno BY the oo: q to As,: as icy ransd I'm %sd
der woSM certainly tnoY BY sraminng them; M had be-
come 20 dsusted ih the ior stocko which these hat.
that the sample marked 20. 8. G. v, No. 149
to 16O," which is . sample Of hats delivered by
Murphy g. Griswod on their contract OF Dec 81 1853,
is Likewise about rs cents each or 80 per dozen in-
ferior in value to the sample that governed the in
spectiOn under this contract.
BURR's FOREMANs UNSIGNED AFFIDAVIT.
State Of Nep- York, City and County Of Neo York ":
], William Dodd, being duly sworn this - day Of
February, in the year Of our Lord 1855, deposo and
say: That understand the process of making felt
hats; that am engaged in the business OF forming
and that of the Russian hare that the fur Of both
these animals is the finer on the back and the
intermediate Gneness; that when it comes to the
case, the finer hair being on the belly, and the
hats are made is cut from the skin, the skin cut
from the fur that when number of hats are to
be made, the requisite Quantity OF cony fur and and
mixed as thoroughly aud evenly as may be by hand;
that this fnr A is then passed through "a machine
stil more evenly. and thoroughly that it is pe1t
placed in the blowing machine, which machine
blows out the pieces Of pelt and hairs that, having
the forming" machine, which machine is of cOnical
shape perforated with holes that are fine and close
an "exhauster" that creates q vacuum and sucks
the fur against the revoly ing forming machines that
the fur is 50 s ths s to hs
that, the requisite quantity Of fur having
been distributed owe over the cone s 1t Is taken n.r 0i
water after which it is rubbed together, the effect
of this immerson and rubbing being partly to felt"
the fur; that the person who attends to this latter
Of too great thinness in the felt and to remedy them
@ s Ss " to Sss %
far no sizing used, none being used until the hat
sheac cut down with alcohol. And further depose
and say that to make hats Of inferior quality va
sSas sHa to @i1s' mako '6s ssf than
quality, I would put In with the prime back fur
quantity Of fur from the sidesi that to h love. " the
Of the fur from the bellies and little pelt fur which
latter being very fine, will work in with the prime
it's strength au that shoddy Is frequently used to mix
with the fur. which. shoddy consists Of old hats
ground up, and sometimes of cotton that vegetable
tit1te t Of that beard" which makes the fur in
prime hat susceptible Of being felted and further
degse and that DsEd VI S. and
Col. D. H. Vinton Deputy Quartermaster-G General in
this City has advertised and have not kad the con-
der; ay' that our bids were put in in the name Of NJ
Woodruff but that always went to the Office with
him to look at the sample and give him the
that If the contract was awarded to him
was to share equally with him; that on
one oe else Mr. woodruff vent up to see COL Hnton
and got very little sarisfaction; that the contract
,oas awarded to Murphy E G,isirOh at about tro
& wbose ss oS nf Is made the
the bodies of them, for Murphy & Griswold-the
whole 100000; that no explanation was ever made to
were made and no contracts were awarded, but new
proposals msde that we bid on the second proposals.
HS dTs Ps Ss w s @ @sPo Fl a"pby ha at I sSSS sssS
%as awarded 70 As'ghy i Gr;s~oI at s5est 20
ssst ss Fer later ss nss s vas Ss stcn s T s - %s9 %9i
the former was about 81 so: that Col. ViHton in
failing TO award us the contract the first bidding
for Murphy & Griswold was about 10 cents per hat.
tiOns IN which the different kinds were to be mixed
that in bidding on these proposals we were all sup
std to BID G to sample hat Col
f. Gris,cold rere worth about rs cents a piece less
iesn Ms sample from .hich zoe bd and g cor
cation standard sample hat; that Whasper Murphy
& Grisoold did ~ furnishing hats inferior to tho
standard sample they must hare done knowingly;
ground skoddy in hhem-apparently 9hat was
once an Inferior quality Of fur; that
there is difference in the price Of fur of from 81 to
from clippings to prime backs that the standard
army hat consists according to the specifications Of
fur Of the best fu1y Of
raw cony backs; that the standard specification
hat will wear three times long Of the hats
made by Murphy g. Griswold to fill this contract;
fhe sneci6catinn standard ARMY hat will hardly wear