, 1877-01-24
M'CLEVEY.
The County Hospital Purveyor
Undergoing Investigation.
Exnerts Show that He Has Been Over
charging for Groceries.
Warden Mclaughlin Speaks a
Good Word for Himself.
Business Done in a Loose Way
at Cleary's Hospital.

The EnEC1Hl AIIiltllLLEG VI illG Aili4tJ atAtu
apnotntcd to fnvcstigato afcCIcyey's alleged
,yeschasges for grocery supplies met at the
.ounty Hospital yesterday morning. There
wa, jarer attendance Of Commissioners. De-
sides tic mcn,bcrs Of tho Committee (Messra.
nral1cY, Ayars, Tabor, Lcuzcn, and Gucnttcr),
Commissioners C1cary, Scnne, anu Schmidt were
nreseut. Aid. Aldtich md ono OF two other
reyt!emcn attended aa grocery cxpcrta 1'y re-
nucss, to pass Judgment on tho quality Of tic
goods supplied, and tho prices charged there
far. sfcClercy nnti Warden Mclaughlin wcro
prcscnt during tho greater part Of tho inquiry,
After some little delay, tho Committee was
called to order iu Tie storc-roont, wllcn Mr..
Bradley tho Chairman proceeded to specify Ills
charges. 1fo Rad:
On tho 18th Of this month, came here In the
afternoon to examine tho goods scnt here by
Mr. McClcsey on a reqnIs[tton, tho. bit for
which had been sent IN to the l}onrl. l looked
ut bnrte! Of eranbcrries standing there flesiig-
and I asked the l!o1sckcepcr II they lad
como on tho rcquisitton. referred to. She
replied that they had. then asked w'cro the
other three barrels called for were. and sie toll
been received. | noticed box Of Castillo soup,
cut up In small pieces, anl Inquired IL tho
toap came In that condition: Her reply was
5 as as9 Saa w pSss ps S12s T1sIs ss
me cumc on the rcauisitIon I'll question; sl1o
further said that that was the OILY box which
had been received. l looked Into tho bean bin
and saw that It contained but q en1nll quantity
OF beans. In answer to my question, the house
keeper statetl that no beans lad como on the or
der. saw kcE of sal-soda In the wash-room
which ! thought had come on tho requfs[tion,
n IN te b Ts Of ates s set
down In the bill the housckecper toll inc was In
tho Office. Thought IL this was tho way We
wcro buying goods for Cook Comfy H1spt-
aa hs n tsf e v "ppf"'ea e aony,ca 9y e wnt s
Sent Senae.t t"o betore ts M board i0a' for pa}'msat
without the Gools bcing tlc!ycrctt-lt was ttno
to investigate and ascertain whether 'Fo were
st fs''Sf @ "'s Is I's sus na' bsfcy" 9'' s% Il
Tho l,ousckccpcr salt. tint was oil tint canlc.
10 tho hest 1T my belief, nnl examined i
closely, there wcro only from, fifty to seventy
Alr. Ayars-lIas there been anv rcquisit!on
since on which barley con1d be 1citTcret1a
The Chalrman-l hnrc not heard OF any.
Mr. Ayars-Nas that BILL sest!!!et! to by the
Warden to tho effect that Tue articles specified
had been dcllycgedl
Ts e. G3s'T!apSe'' here is tho '' you can
one Item q tlo bill was NJ four barrels OF
cFanbcrrlcs at I'll"
s!r, t9ucnthcr-Wlat nro cranbcsrles worth1
A tle req.,:est Of .ho Chairman, Mr; Durron
r"o is tn, ,c s."ncr+ns n,, n ato,c Sn w. .a
IT .1n ,S ,,". harroi 'c" III eto'e S 'so
The CGaiIman-I want you to understand,
gentlemen, that tho csanbcrrlcs saw wcro not
us EGu & nt ~ e1ooe m TWENTY 49,, " @ s9
charges for 12s lbs; the kcX In tho wasll-yoom
was marked lla lhs Last Friday was again In
tho wash.room anil sa's another barrel about
ha u sT, "!G a,. sue eol" no
hal to1he AooIt !tteeu n1!hntcs previous. II
"as Lucy sAoto Ceiucnt' HoH nHat w nHnuFi.
nt hcr u ,fnv"r, ~ ,h itn o ~ i,i sm9 ~ ~ nA
soda Ind .o c4e o 1o nyS
WA N TUG wasl,'llotiso before Christmas. In
tue uccclnbcr plll Of hicCleycY We arc charged
1or @ KSs q sooa ' eonealnlnE ~ us a. ecnts.
c,tna, @ ov w. apkc 'Ssd m M Helos oss
per pound. a
At t'ls m noinit IA Mr: nacnti!cr remarked thas
ns Men Inc '.ss nila @as sSscntea 5cioro TIC new
ct.ltain osercllareGs. Tho Co1'nttcc, however,
bc'tg new TO the business, decided to approve
tfat bt3i and TO p9st themselves a. to the value
more than tho market prices. :.
q, In answer to VI. scanc, tho Chairman said
w cents WAS the standarA price for soda by tic
keE; casks were generally sold ut * cents.
INC lRTcsssgators theu rcpulrcd to tho wasll-
roon, nna found tho two harrcls Of soda as de-
seflned Dy tHe ChalrtnaA. Tho !aundrTman said
!hc larger basIei cane IN on fridayln its present
eohdlt1oil-hali-ull. The tnan WHO ruled III the
nhfsst wa next intcrroEated: he dcclarcl tiat
NC tooK the 0atEeI out ot THO btUrc-r00m about
Wsek aso anu Drought It Into thc Wassi-roun,.
tho I01nni1tlCO returned tn tho 6turr-YooIn,
and the Chairman continued his Interesting
sstory. as loliowa: | ind aso on The bill .'thrcu
poses o. h!lscr-eiosa stnrrl, at l0 cents per
pound !. tue inaract pr!cc Of this article Is q
cents. "fo.tf 0oxca ol coril-starcl, 10I ccnts;n
tAe stahdaftl nrtrc u lo centa.
TIN CASE OF MATCHES
y ttao gce u sllargcu llcre *9: 1t case Of
at' nlsnasnhonh 1 naatstn1o matches, tho standard
PlGs " "nlen u u or F4lD. Then there ia =
paetS ae y 81 oateat a cnafSea sS5 The price Of
e1 ,i,e rI4o ~; .ot n"saI !abc 10 ittuatr,
kct prco "a ca, n. Mrre ms sat ano mnr, a
no1s Narm.1bn toiy. 80 - ~ spanes ZEN, Ivy
sarnplu oI lila to thrcn aiiffsrco. hon.,s toon
ir.s than not.hcd lid rc,re. - n9tpn vl msfe M or
Iu,rhitt1. fla rofrn nnI sTfc. "ht'ut ,.,n ~
wu,II,i In clad tn fttn,si s,,ni, % ,Ma sIls ~
3. cents ,wy nounl; anot,,Tr h,1,sr ~ ~
fired IL 1t tho same nrir,. rha' Va ",
hayo u uf]nc.nutf rj,cst flmInn,r tn ~ ~ 49,. ~
mr. no,,nlisn took sumnin nf ths inwn.sone soasn
ol,n1,' ~ Nv. ~ ''', ~ my same
na,,nJ Thcn ttsrs ess I'd po,,,asis ai hak,nnst ~.
tm,w,lrr st iii cents. wa mr., rrtniIIn, haE;nr-
,wMtIor ~ ti,at ,,ric AMI +I,,s ,rhni.s,iH vaI,.