, 1874-08-29

pound ~; not h tho contract or proposal.
"Ono-qMRrter pound enrly whto beans for
accd ak 45 q buslol - not In tho contract or
"oua.half pound rod poppor seed At 81 a
"ono pound mushmelon seed At s2.5o"; con-
tract PRICE, $le5.
potatoes at 8 tG5 bunhol and y oo,its per busel
Tor cartngo"; no nlusiou to carriage was mails
in tho contract or proposal.
| 9T1sUrs.
Seven bhrrels Of slrup ut 45 conts gallon II;
dnte Of this Jill, April y, had boen furnished ut
20 conta gallon.
air. Rount.eo suggcssed that testimony be
taken taken aa 70 tho ohange In Birups, Aud what oc-
Commissioner Johnson remarkod thai tho
change wah nude bcoa,tso tho Board Of Health
oondolnhcd tho 20.cent sirup.
The Co.nnittco decidod to hoar evidence OH
I the matter, and
| DR.. DRN O. MILLER
was called and examined by Alr. Rountrco
q, Q-Do you know anything sbu,lt tho 1unlity Of
the Hirup that was delivered at tho poot-lfouso
last spfingi Al know abont tito qunlt, Of
tlat dollSorel at tho County Agents, ii that il
Q.-Stato wlint you know nbout It. A.-Dur-
ing last spring sont n sanitary policeman to
collect samples Of sirup from difreront parts Of
tho city to hayo thom analyEod, md among them
|
enmploa wore numbered, and sont 70 Dr. Dlanoy
for examination, aud when ho hont them bacls
altor mating tho analysis the aample nhIoh cor
sanid 'front.' ~th s IT, essy csnsy ss sso o
analysis Of il, but it had in It in tho neighpor-
hood Of an ounce Of free sulphurlo acid to tho
e ssao ia purtes Ss 'ha N IT, s'H L ess Ses rp sp' that
waH not fit for uso. I then tont down to hlr.
Pcrolat, ~ do not know whother you hevc lilo
notice or not,--but sent you All official notice
ordering you not to sell any Of 1t IN this marriott,
know how many barrels there Hero; tho police
man who went down told Inc tlors wofo twenty.
Mr.. pefiolat-rherc were seyensoea barrcla.
DR.. Mlllor-1t waH III the ueig ghborhood Of
| twenty. sont tho olfscor down there to soizo
| tho stuff and condemn 1t.
OILS that oil you know about tho matter
| A.-That IL all know about tho sirup.
| Commissioner Hortlng-What do you know
| about
TnH TEA?
Dr, Mller-1 examined tho ten, and con-
sidored that 1t was not fit for use. and sc,lt a
communication to tho Board protesting against
| itH uBe.
Q-Whas about your communication to tho
Board in regard to vegetables for the Poor
House md InHano Asylum Al remember
| Heuding communication. It was reported at
tue Health-Ofioe that only beans wore furnished
the paupers, and l Bont d letter to tho Boar1
otlor vegetables bo aubstitutcd stating tlAt tho
| exclusive use of bcRns waB not conducive to tho
| health Of tho inmates OF tho Asylum and Poor
House, aud requesting that tufnips and potatoes
| be used.
Q-Do You remember that you catno into tho
| room whcn the Committee on Public Charities
was in session, md protested againnt bonding
! out the ten md tue Hlrup? A.-fes. Tho airup
| WIS not lit for uso. 1t was polHonous-not all
solutoly 30 and AZ to the ten, do not beioyeit
| Waa ten.
Commissioner Durdick-Do you know whethor
that tca was tho tea furnished to tho Poor-Houso
| mud Insauo Asylum? A.-Tho sample oumo
| from tho County Agents olico, and tho Ban,lary
| policeman got a sample Of similar airup at For
Byth l. Co.'S store.
Commissioner Lonergan was examined upon
Miller said about tho poor quality Of thu tea mud
slrup adding that be had spoken Of tho matter
to other Commissioners, and tho Committee Oh
Public Charities concluded to furnish better
goods, aud selected tho 5G-cont ton.
Commissioner lIertlns testified to the same
| effect. Ihe Comntteo thought at first TINT Dr.
Mlllor Ind business to interfere, but thu out
sido pressure was 60 ercat thu. 1t was decided to
furnish better tea aud 5irup.
Commissioner johnson hthtcl that perioAt
came to the Committee and anil tho Board OF
Health had condemned tho s,rup. mud It would
not do for him to send any moro or It to the In-
Bane Asylum.
Commissioner Dusse had heard somo talk
COMMISSIONER HARRIS
s'Aa next intorrognted. lie know Of the change
Icing made. DR.. Topo Ind said it WAS inju-
ticious to purchase such sirup-thas it would
umttor was talked OF by some Of The Comulia-
| siouors, bnt who lie could not tell. Tho COIL
tanntor did not insttgato tho changa.
Q.-Do you know whether the Warden Of tho
l1lhane Asylum or ttlo Po0r-Iouso has in his
p'asession copy Of tue contract9 Al do
nut.
o.-1Iavo they samples OF the goods to be
furnahedi A.-Thoy had up to within a month.
p.-:Do you know xhethcr, when goods aro
ordered and received tlcr,, they compare them
with the samples to see II lhoy correspond? a.
II do not
Q.-1lov can tlloy or the Committee know then
that the goods recolyou nro Of tho B1n6 quality
rs san1pios2 Al can Btat6 for tho intorma-
tion Of the Committee That have boer to tic
Asylum probably twice week for q long timd;
ana, Furthermore that have made it a par
ticuar point to oxanino the supplies, and II any
| thing vas "forg I called Tor tbs BamnleH, ain
satisfied that tho goods supplied layo been bot
ter than tho samples.
Commissioner IIarris stated further, that lio
| had not ae6n tho samples for tho lust four
weeks. Ile had mover compared the goods re-
rived Gt the Institution. As far AT be kt6w, tho
Warden examined the goods aont thern. Tie
roquisitlona wore made out by the Warden and
| eent 10 the Daard, who retorrcd them to the
NoA!Hktlcos Au4 tAo1 apFIuftA VI dtIHEA uht
the Items. and reported their action back to tlo
Board. II the B1afd conchlttd 10 their report
the Warden purchases tho articleH. Tho coil-
tractor presented lis bills, and they woro ro-
; felred to the appropriate committcoB, who aln1-
tied thom. They roierfed to the contract to do
" termlno their accuracy Whenever ther6 VAS 4
doubt about The prleo.
Q.-Ifow does it happen tl,on TINT when tho
contract calls for strip ut al cents gallon tho
bill for 45 conts gaElon was auditeds A.
That IL something l cannot clearly determine In
my own mind at this moment. It was under
stood that no we're to got better quality Of
Hirnp.
Commissioner Herting remarked that Com
missioner Harris was not present whom thu
chango WIS made. As ho remembered It, tbs
ii cont Brnp was ndopted because it vas tLo
next lowest in price.
Tho Co1n,nitteo then adjourned until q O. clock
:llis nltetluun.
THE DIaun EpAECrEa.
Tho following tables show tue discrerantIoa
discovered yesterday:
Po0n-ItoUsE.
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