, 1876-02-21
COUNTY CONTRACTS.
How tho Man Who Furnishes
tho Conf Makes tho
Most Of It.
The Way He Gives Short Measure 10
thu Poor Who Ara Supplied by
the County.
Something for tho Commissioners Il
Thoroughly Investigate.


place Ia thcse columns calling attention 10 tbs
1n.1,.v ,nd nnsntitv of nrnr,sion. being dcal4
,,,t ~ ,1,s n,u,,n,. - N. f1,,ntv Agcnts or,,,
~, NJ. ~ .ue pHaF'4 .,s,s "' ao s 5as.~
hurtncts near the Agents ofice, and who "aa
daily brought in contact with the unfortunRtes.
and WHO. being cI,sritab,y Aisooeed, bad taken
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met 10 ascertain low we'll the5 we're being
heryod. Tho article cailot particular attention
to tho cass Of m aged widow tatly, who
h.d .t,tnd liar ar,.v.nc.. IN lin,
m,,,, 49,. IL ,,s ..a. ~ .,a
""" seA'' "ot o'e"' an" nay
was endoaToisng to l!Ss and maintain dtcrcpit
daughter on nhat hte raa .ccelYug, wlct VAS
naad 10 bc OF
t,yyn,on or&1try A,p sron7 er1our.
~ INV, 'e',t' H."1' "u ,ro." "'.o"t "Auu''
searched ouk tho writer md through him tho
mdow in question. Hhn MAS found living on
North IIalnted htrect, in anything e.sa ,hsu
nte.,nnt nuartcu. nor .n.rtnnnt. hotnp v.t,t,.
ai'5 under the esuo"a'k. tier situation "as
found equally ~ pitlah!0 a. Bt!o bad pictured IT,
From hor manuerH It was Yosy evident tia. shs
had aeen hetter dnv.. and her condittou Mr.
ps1'ca s ~ 80 se,l'g upon nos num- ,. wv "as'a.
noh VITA alnR!o saAlst = neSonu WEE 1Aa 11sao
yer tew aa.s I&ser, 70 tna thas hhe hao ttse
dflfch from hef aboue
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because she "hs IN arrears Iof Tehs. Ene vas
!ouEa' anHoteft III t!lo 'a,1o !eSsHSst Muo III az
oettcs IihEns VI tn'tu. nua talhe1t Isn.:' l'us
hot comP!AnlnR!S. bns Nhht ene fnia may Prove
OF htefeet 70 snc rano, a. sno ."'ng nor ,,ta tac
contractor 10 sapny INC pour Win coal - nlllhS
hiB contract ana new no Is thhkne MONEY ,1 net
story DO ttne' ny Geanng out anols "eiHht 70 slio
paupcra. hnn SAD thst zig hfat notea az.
cscpAncY ID tie eoa' aei'eIeu ~ sGMpellue tue
alze Of tho plle OF 9etgh1ot WIN hef o"n ffotn
eho same wagon. Hef pio "ae ny LAT toe
largeat, and u sho bad received hAlf'ton ler
no'giloor could M not haEo hAd more .hhn : 1uas,
Tor OF ton. 1hfs Has sho aInt Eme she nao
had occaslon .... ...........
TO QUESTION TIE ACCURACY
OF tho coM delivery, bus ehe Old nnt complain,
in fact bad no room to, from the fact that che
knew tfie was favored beyond her neiRhbor.
But her suspicious we're lEoused. and from that
noticed falling OH III tho amount gran hce,
which drove hol to buy coal from nelghboElng
yard to holr out hor auppl3: She bad no money.
qua1te- Of ton. When luis rss delivered she
had 1t put In barrels, and tho quarter Of
, ton measured TWO and threo-qnatter
barrels, WAeu this had been used up
nho won't 70 the County Asent's otiee for Al
othcr laf ton, TO Hlltch she wss by this tlule en-
Titled. Nheh thA "aB dehTefeo. sho 1901
tho pFecsutlon 70 measure 1t, also, 10 TIL
same barrels, And found thhs II fnesbured 1onl
barrels anu fraction lnss than IN eighth. Ot
| the basis of the quarter OF son purchased
| which tA iatf 70 estimate on under Tue clftum
htanecs, tho laif-ton delivered her By taocount!
| contractor was .-..
| SHORT JrsT nAnRE1. AND HALr,
| OF fraction lcss than one-fourth! IakinR ehti
- specimen Of the deNse!ios " tne CONTRACTOR,
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