, 1874-10-08


your Committee hayo bron unnblo to discover nn1
f.cts, nlhoi'Gl they inyo inlaBrloHy onoavorcl 70
fl,o Committee OH pul1ic Charities or Hospital lns
hccn engaged IL amy attempt to dofraud the county in
recommending The payment Of s,e fs hat hayo heeil
allowed, or Tint my h0bcr Of toao ComnttttcoH has
derived nny personal at1rantugo henot ttcrcfro.
Your Committee deem Il nnlcccnaary tororpr to t!'e
so,.,'ty ey tho eorac.as. john L. osns. for 1872
,rhS tGSesH.ony tascn w reerenco 10 t nns Ssn s'-
tec siSis aaissnt t"nopy s ~ osa r. tsa s'0f
dcavored to present to tho Board ali tue Information
loHHblo to bo obsaine1 with reference to tho subject
conlt,itted 70 tllcn Tloro has boon greater delay In
r1oportiiH than yoiE cu1nittca anticipated. but tho
yovcd npon Tho Committee In making tho oxuin.l.a-
ton Required Of them. havo pontponcd telr report to
tho present ti1no Your coinntsc would now ask 10
he discharged from further confederation Of tho H
1oct. AL Of which Il respectfully Submitted.
uHn1sTIAR BusRR,
A. u. JoMHaoa,.
TonH HEETfHa
THOMAS LoNEnuAH,
JolfN Jones,
Toint Committee on Public lnildlngs aud 1Iosptal.
Aftor tito Clorls hat1Hroal tho testimony In con-
nection with tho report for about two hours,
Boyernl attcmpts to adjourn wero maae, hnt
voiod down. At length 1t wns votod to tliBcon-
tinuo tho reading Of the report, mud to mike It
the special ordor for Mondny noxt, to which
dato tho Boarll adjorrnott.
AtNon1rY REPORT.
Couamiassonor Duraclt, Chairman Of the Joint
Committee, has prepared minority roport,
signed only by iimseIf, in which 6e statoa
TINT it Ii 4 conviction OF duty and
not choico tlat compels him, to tako this
position and rosnonsIbitIty. The Committee
discovered onrly In tho investigation tint their
main work waB to discover wllat was Tho contract
prico. On this rock the Committee split, though
thu minority yielaed everything In. osdor to
agree.
Tho factg warrant tho conclusion that. as au
cutiroty. tho oontract With james Forsyth y Co.,
Of tato OF JIM. 2, was unauthorized, aud. thero-
foro, could not bo talicu aloiao In determining tito
neiorcnce Is mnlo to Tho artlclcs Of corn-ncnl
nnt1 oat-mea1. Tho CommEBaiohcr says tl'at ol'ly
200 wcro supplied. diforonco isnotodin Tho prico
charged for extract Of beuf and tho proposal Of
another bidlor Of 55 ccnts per pouud. Potatoes
wore furnished. at g ~ cents; H., while tue nl
contract Price vas s1'9o; This da,,t-9s Is OK T.
with pcriolat was III forco ut 95 and 03 cents, and
Toryyth Il Co. wero SIMPLY filing this coli
tract. Illustrations arc given ct tho loodo.
manner in which bills for ton were audited and
description Of quality by which tho price could
10 compared with those III tho proposal. Tho
| report proceeds:
In conclusion Of the portion Of this report relating
ry os ags ae W tsss S Il
duty thatI do not charge intimate TINT TIM Com
so ss koin 1f Intentionally committed ~
| de.lco taken would not sustain such n charge.
| ami my personal couvletions wonI reject It.
after having met most Uf thu members utmost daily 1
this Committee for tG6 ast three or four weeks That
they uEhhn heen more particular IN having rcqut-
md thcn aye Bcrut!1zcd with moro care, and by 10
| doing havo nlale saving to Cook County. think
| they will not deny.
TIE rLoUn CONTRACT.
! In refercuco to tho flour contract, Mr. Dur-
| dick aayH:
Tho portion Of tho investigation relating to Tho ao,tr
contract In 1879 develops the fact that John H. Goug
wua the contractor for that year, aud the evidence
sinws that tho -four contracted flor was Of low grada
al Of dark color, and TINT thrro was no complaint
Of MI inferior quality grade furnished on tho con-
tract until Tug month Of June a. nearly "a he umo
roor-Itonse shipment Of seventy or sevonty-flTo
ylousIy furnished on tho contrac and tho contractor
notified by tho officers IN charge q the inatitu.
| ton. Tho nv1dence shows that Mt: Clough !rnme-
diatcly visited tho institution, and arranged with tue
officers in charge TINT 10 would Een ont enough lou,
nf higher grade to mix with tho seventy or seventy
tlyo barrels to mnke the bread satisfactory, whicl
agreement carried out, alll the -four sent
mixed With tho poorer flour, and used, except abou
| twenty barros, which were 1nixed with Pars.grceI
! and sps!nkled on tho then growing crop d
potatoes, to- destroy tho bugs. Mr., Ciough COZ
end Of tlo term thereQf "a supposed to tho sasiafac
on Of tho officers Of fle institution, tlitroaftor
complaints Of inferior tlonr were made. Mr.. Cloughf
testimony shows TINT the soscnty barrels claimed tnfe
rior equal to tho gAinr!e and that nl flour fur
nshea wns inspected before sh!pnsont 6y regular sse
inspector, who provided with sample Of thu Mon
god. and wlo certified to linn tho quality Of tic lou
! sold.
Ali Of which ia respectfully submitted
! ". Il. Bunp1oK,
Chairman Special Committee,