The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-09-04

fness goods are never seen Or handed BY the store,
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ss wSsS 81 = iSs &c case Of
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make OUT semi monthly reqaistons Spoa the store
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proper TO add Tor the general stock OF the store.
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to Be s ss
sss 10 one OF the sst section Of ehaDter SIS
necessary to be done to complete perfect par.
0S or any supply Is nesdu for amy
supply FURNISHED by the corpora,on and the several
Inc efpe ns,uTs Of than s. 600 the sans shall be
posals and given to The lowest bidder This
provision OF the law designed TO economy In the
evaded BY the Commissioners Of Uhsriaes and
Of Advertising tor sdposa o he sappes reoues he
ommissioners either purchased the same personally
OF s or the se @
@ by he
are placed by hun in stock and when de-
Gers Of The respective institutions are charged against
the invoices received by the storeSeeperHhose Tor the
goods delivered direct to the store, well those
TINED 70 by the and returned sy HIN to the
trai Once in duplicate one duplicate retained at
the Central ONCE and the other supposed to be trans
ssssSIi anambsr Of instances the books kept by
he ne o
tons are entered have been altered with the evident
ton OF The charter THIS Teen where invoices
slSG fhe original entries showing the correct nature
received the quantity received and the value the reoi
Quantnes goods as received upon different dates So
numerous have these been that the store
uen Of the supplies furnished and received II Is not
S TO goods sctuay furnished TO the department
and the duties which the same were received AS
s ear out cite the following July H.
These purchased from ihroash Louis Stern
Delivered the goods on July q 1873 when ney were Re,
when accompanied TIE goods ceruaed to BY the
me charge tor the goods as stated In the in
mitted N duplicate to the Commissioners, and
The
he eraseS the entry IN his books under date July
and angus, and new bills were made up to cor,
that the goods therein speeihed by on
said respective dates which was not true in point Of
In duplicate 10 the Central 9aiee Each Q! the three
sioners for w yards Melton gray cotn. These goods
s,srnessS u and ma. furnished nsH., d.
yards on August IL The value ''0 Of
The first invoice according sternbachs charge
WAS ti3oo ", and the value Of the second invoice
Ss7y 30. he goods specified In these respective in
voices were received the dates stated by the
keeper and entered by him his books These
record OF the transaction, the original
INVOICES each OF which as shown was above Sl,00U,
five bits were substituted, each OF which less
than 100 and those bills which represented that the
4, D. n he sfnFa-
keeper RENTED TO the Central Office and the bills
on hle In the Department OF Finance and paid by
chase OF Melton gray cloth the subject of
an investigation before the Grand Jury and the
evidence on this investigation was published
deDce it appears that the brought the
attention the Grand Jury that the purchase OF the
goods exceeded in value $780, and that the provisions
OF the charter were evaded by making up ve different
bills for the But the purchases
nour that this system OF evasion OF the provisions
the charter has been most extensively carried Thus
between November IL and a. 1873 the following auanti-
ties OF -four OF the following brands were delivered at
the bakery the l2th 0U barrels OF the Banner 100
barrels OF the Clinton IS barrels OF the fonne and z2
barrels Of the Iowa CIy on November H. 75 barrels Of
Monroe; and there delivered the storehouse
November 10 o00 barrels OF Clinton; November u, &66
barrels Monroe and November 81 l34 barrels OF the
Monroe, being total delivery OF 3l4l barrels As this
purchase exceeded $4,000 an attempt made to
come the objection TO which evidently exposed
and the charter and accordingly entries made by
the Storekeeper IN his books as II he bad received
each Of the dates November S,l ~, H. u Is and
IA barrels being 10 OF each OF the bra nds. Banner
Clinton and Monroe, all these entries subsequently
erased and new eniries substituted, that the a,H
have explained they TACT but that they had
received upon the following dates and N the following