New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-10

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The following interesting report has been
forwarded to the Mayor:
Hon. L. A. Wilt, Chair man, etc:
S1R-Your purchasing and shipping COM
mittee reports as follows:
We have received from the United States
commissary COS barrels pork. 1913 barrels
ceved from contributions 395 barrels -four,
46 barrels crackers, 2 barrels beans, 81 bar
rels pork, Is half barrels flour, 2l8 sacks
-four, 81 ,465 pounds of bacon and sundries.
Our total shipments have been 1850 bar
rels pork, equal to 333, 1873 rations 242 bar
rels flour, equal to AZ, 1903 rationis; l5,O5l
pounds bacon, equal to 20, 06S rations; 3,5O3
barrels meal, equal to SCI, 48O ratiOns; 70
barrels beans, equal to 10000 ratiOns
and sundries such as potatoes, krout, etc
Our purchases have been in gross, 1883
barrels meal, $50 barrels pork, 566 barrels
bread, so barrels beans, IS sacks corn, l33
sacks cotton seed, 70 sacks salt, amounting
to $2S,149 40. Of this amount $500 have
been drawn for daily expenditures, such as
drayage, labor and preparing freights. OF
the 5000, we have expended $4l5 ID. The
items for same appear on our cash book.
After consultation with members OF your
| distributing committee, we deemed it best
some action should be taken to procure
supply OF cotton seed Tor planting. To this
| end. for immediate use, we purchased from
| d. Tate g. Co. 1873 sacks of Petit Gulf cot
ton seed at S35 per ton. Through the assist
ance of T. L. Airey, Esq, Of your commit
| tee, we hope we have secured sufficient
| seed to answer our purposes, at greatly re.
| duced prices.
| We recommend to your distributing COM
mittee that as few orders for meal be given
| as possible, as the price has advanced.
Holders now ask $3.50 per barrel. A heavy
| advance of corn and cOrnmeal in the West
| is the chief cause of the advance here. In
expanding the means at the command OF
this committee, we have been guided by
the desire to get the most of good food for
| the least money. As meal has reached such
high prices wa will be compelled to use
hard bread or flour in our future issues.
Your committee have been assured by
| Captain Sullivan, of the United States Com
missary Department., that he would at an
early day be able again to assist us, at least
with portion of our daily issues. If such
should be the case, there will be very de-
cided falling off in our expenditures.
The following is list Of supplies turned
ever to your committee by Messrs. Deeves,
Hubbs & Co., April 25, 1874, viz: 81 barrels
flour, as barrels meal, 18 barrels crackers,
barrels beans, barrels mOlasses, sacks
salt, 3465 pounds bacon, " barrel mack
erel, l barrel grits sack corn, box can
| dies, SI2 barrels krOuC, Z cases peas, cases
corn, 6 cases sausages, case shoes. 1917
barrels -four, IL barrels pork, l barrel rice,
barrels potatoes keg lard, kits salmon,
keg. pigs feet, a barrels beef, 8 barrels
peas, box soap, 2 sacks potatoes. 2 dozen
yeast powders, 2 sacks peas. cases peach
es, kegs behring's, " dozen shovels.
The following is list OF supplies received
since April IS, 1874. to date: 5 boxes soap,
April 81, from j. II. Keller: 2 barrels flour
and barrel meal from Peel & Reid; bar
rels rice from E. w. Rodd g. Sons; 10 bar
rels flour from board of -four inspectors.
From st. Louis relief committee 2.
81 barrels flour, 156 barrels meal, 10 barrels
crackers, 1900 pounds bacon, sacks beans,
cask beef, barrel hams, 2l8 sacks flour.
From the Cincinnati relief committee
May =, 80 barrels flour, so barrels pork, II
barrels crackers. $4,000 pounds bacon.
From the Louisville Board of Trade-May
II, 2l3 barrels -four, 25 sacks corn, % bar.
rels potatoes, 5 barrels NEAL l barrel
crackers, 81 900 pounds bacon, sacks pota'
toes, 2 kegs lard, Is quarter boxes candles,
l package merchandise.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN u. PAYNE,
Chairman Purchasing Committee
In addition to the above report, Mr.
Payne has kindly furnished us with the
following statement of shipments up to the