, 1875-02-07
COUNTY SUPPLIES,

Tho Committee on Public Charities OF the
Board OF County Commissioners met yesterday
morning :. their committee-room iu the County
4aiid.ng for tbs purpose OF buying provisions
for the various county institutions for the
month A large table Was loaded with
samples Of all 6osta of provisions,
making the room look Like wholesale
grocery house. There we're present Cou1nis-
sioners Holden. McCadery, Guenthef, Hezsing.
and Dardick. Most OF the samples wore from
the houses OF Mchind.ey, Gichrist' j. Co., and
1amea Forsrth d Co. The former firm was
represented by clerk, and the latter by Hr. G.
F. re.iolat. Mr. Periolat acted as kind q:
expert. and his Recommendation 50 to which
articles we're ethe best and cheapest WAS
usually followed. There seemed be u
kind OF agreement betxeen him and
Mckinley. Giichtlss l. Co., he recommending
1sIen from that firm. as tie could cot faruish the
article It the same low rate, Rice, beans. flour,
etc. w,re taken on the advice of Mr. PeE1olat
without looking much at the samples, hut when
tain w.lich of the SAMPLES was the best One
handful after another parsed into the mouths Of
tbs Commissioners, and not until every alticlo
Of the sanples furnished bad disappeared within
their capacious mzws did they decide to take
the che Apest from the hzm OF Mchindley, CID
cltiet d Co.
The Committee selected from
FEnIo1AT's sAMPLEs
9barre14 OF molasses at IS cents per gallon
ha,reA Of No. 6 sugar. S1 ceats; barrels Of
2ba1reis keTosene q cents; 10 baSs Of coffee,
23x cents IA boxes black tea, So cents 13
boxes Green tea, IS couts So barrels Of rico,
NJ cents; dozen brooms, S19.15; 8bo1es cou-
centtatod lye. "a: boxes tobacco 81 cents Per
pound Is pounds of pepper, % cents 1000
Pounds Goldfish, 55< cents barrel split peas,
az cens; boxes corn-starch. 10 cents tons
GOV feea. SO; zoe barrels potatoos' 30 centa
Per bnsbcL
THE OTHERS
From McKindloy Giichrist i Co. they selected
:. barrel hominy, <4.95. From Boies, Fay i Con-
day, ! barrel Of Nc. l sugar, 1oA cents 10
pounds baking powder. 6 cents. From William
Aeiuhart l. Co, 100 pounds Of iA1a 1t market
price.
The reQnisition 70. dry-eoods 1as divided be-
tween :3tettauer DGos.. Simpson NorWe'l d
}Co,, Carson, Pirio Co.. C. F: Per1olat, and Il
q. Fisher. The goods consisted OF aheetlngs'
|shir.ne. prints hosiery, thread, bnttons: hats,
icte- c. F. Veriolat got tho contract for the
shifting, aud 4. G. Fieher the hats.
! The Committee also allowed Periolat S25 Tor
m old camping-teut that lie with II. u. Mulor
and l. c. Heaing purchased second h.ud last
;Eunmer to xerya tnen Uu fishing trip to Mlchl-
GIN.
! From The above it will be seen that c: F.
,Perioat will furnish nearly tHe entire supplies
Nor tlia month. He exercises \ mysterious iu-
dnenee over the Board Of County Com
Iciss;oners and their Committees. Notwith-
standing the fact that tho firm Of
Carson. Pisie l. Co.. presented to the Com
!nliltee two samples Of shifting. one 1T Is cents
Par yard aud the other At II Il cente. they
enuobt TINT firm, and selected relioIats 1t TX
ce1ts. vhcn thst II Carson, Pirie T. Co.'S at III
cents vas exactly the Same goods, while their 13-
eeft sltirting WIS Worth At least csnts>per yard
more t:,an that selected from Periolat
This uaodus operaudi OF pusc!'Asing county
eoat1at syhtern, and will have 10 b gone
through ~ssry month.
Commissioner John Jones thinks that the new
Way Of purchasing supplies Is regular buIiLuG
I'D -: s.ndle: After yestetday'a t'ansactlons inn,
the pchns Will unluestiouaby xgrss with Com
nlks1c nex IQoes IN lis opinion.