, 1877-01-24
~ have not u dated; think # camo on tho

bnt have no. u dated; think It camo on tho
.Q.-on what tlatc did ron receive the barrel
81 bcans3 4. {aftcr examining the mcmorhn-
dumE1 really don't know the date; It " not
hlr. Ayars-1iayc you Memorandum Of re-
cclving barrel Of beans at any tImo about that
date! A.-fcs, sfr; here Is tho due-btfI wllfcl,
catnc-shat undressing tho Chairman] date
were yon l~rc, etrl
Tho Charnan-TlIG 18th.
Tho Warden--Well, then, thta cano on tho
18th.
Nr: Ayars-On the bill, there Is charged n ',ar-
rel Of harley, e21 r,unds; t!iI that come In two
kcgsI A.--Yc*, Sir. We pot quite number of
thugs OH Jan. 2. On Dec. 81 VIC got Il key of
pearl barley.
The Chalrman-Thc rcqusltion calls for ono
barrel q pearl barl.y. You got one krc on tho
elst Of neeetnlser AND the Other on the 18th Of
Januatya A.--Ycs, fir.
a. qes o is,psy ssfy X, xSs ?Ss Al A. hero tho day *''
Q.|1!c ~ soda came IN the barrel rs It IS
nowi h.-lt cainu as II Is nov. MF. McI.auGh-
lin went on to eypta!t. why so much sotla was
1ias hstns useA ah formerly, fcnaskinE that
orcrythlng, III his opinion, was susceptible Of
rroof.
AID. ALpH1cH's OPINION.
Tho professional knowledge ot AID: Aldfteh
was hero tnkcn advantage of. Tho bills Wcro
plase.l into that Eentiema's hands, nna, n1ter
i!c gaYc lIis opinion as follows: With rcEnrsi T.
tho Young llyson on the BILL do not think i Is
what It fs rcprcsculcA; should call It gun
bsreg er e II io IN" @ ss.5 aa 5dsx Is y Is 70 abos sss s
cents too high, aud the coiteo Is cents pct
pound too h!sh. Tho sugarss, arc good. aud
worth the. money, cllargc,i. me silyer'glosts t
sass ss .o : @ as 4a t e @ Ssrtss sIsss a a ' u
1naukcre1," to giro the aellcr q liberal nroas,
sln,.l be SO tllo whole barrels md 3525 Tho
llolt barrel. That would make ~ q, instead
Of S3I5g q appears IN te ,l, aho 9 @ onn,s
prntlt. Fifty pounds bnklng-powIicr Is 2
little indefinite, but prcsng'ing It % q Eond
powder II % cents per pound are obtained 1t Is
oSons Il I. ag; aas Ts here no ceo To eos
tito aoap IL not out Of tho way; 1t Is d goo,i
price, but TO moro than merchants charge. l
think the oatnncal Is 81 too high On the barrel.
/ do not know llsc value OF the corn meal. The
The sal sola s no noro thnn many people
Charge. Tic ratsins md .prlncs, Il Eood, are
not out OF the waY. The four casca Of peaches
il iIrst clnss goods should be worth abo,t LII.
wny. Thu four barrels Of cranbcrrfcs, II they
arc what they pretend to be, cultivated, laand-
picked bcrrlcs' ar9 nut out ot fllc way think
tionatc; they arc sold ns close as $i.15 whereas
1t fs put down here ut 60.
Tho Chairman remarked that lio had bought
the sanc inatehes as low ms 81 md s310.
Mr.. Alarlc!' COMMUNICATIVE table-sait is
10y gives \ liberal profit; aboit TO per cent too
mitch, think. Indigo, tor sngIo pound. u
not out of the way. II good. Vinegar, II good,
IL not too high. have not aeon d samplu Ut
Tilat completes the !tcma.
Tlc Chairman then handed afr. Aalricll the
December bill for criticism.
Afr. AtIreIl-1s t!ifs the original btlla
The CIialrnlnn-fcs, sir.
Sfr. Altlricll-Wl!y, II Is not checked!
Tho Chalrnan-Tllat. is tho way II came into
it this ro!nt tAo Warden suggested the Com
rlltttcc should adjourn for lunch. He vas sick
ot investigations, md would want nj. ep.artu-
nlty of aaytns something on the subject Ut the
present D.lr.
Ar. Lvuzcn moved that the Committee par-
not be put to cxtra expense On ncvonnt of tho
Investigation.
This motIun Has agreed to. aud the invcstIsa-
tlon proceeded. 4 sampc of the H!rup was pro-
nSSd s s,p s ,, th1ah satshfhftsty ts m
found tic charges In many Instances stm'1ar to
those In the january bill. The fturci1 was ono
and onc-l,atf ceslts more than tho usual price
castc soap WIS charged two and one-l,a'f ccnta
six cents lar, hr. Altlrlc declared 90 per cent
TOO high. Sal.ooda WIS charged i've cents per
puull1, whereas IN the Other biz 1t was three
cents. Cranhcrr!cs were tl3-sl too mitch
The Committee thanked MF. Aldrlcil for Ills
courtesy IN attending and giving then, thu beng
fl Of Ills knowledge u tic trade, aud tlat gen
t'nlnan then left tllu ruun,.
Tho Warden asked Air. ,lcclcvcy II he Intend
cd to say anything about tic OyGrellnrgcs.
MIR. NsClcary-l don't know, Alr. bradley
buys goods tho ennso as do, hut By tho way liz
ta!is don't think llo charges anY profit OH Ills
goods.
The Chalrman-Yes, STR; charge a proat.
Is buying from Wholesale or retail dealers. l
um only retail grocer. ! el1nrge my profits,
md 1t Is expected TINT should,
n WARDEN M'L4uo'isS'H SPEECH.
The Wa.dcn-l wlsl, to say n very few words
on this question. hops that anythtng may
let drop will bc taken personally. | nm now
entering Into my fourtl, year rs Warden Of thfs
Hospital, aud tho like Of this has never occlir-
tic otlcu was installed BY John Jones, John
Iicrt!ng, and John Crawf0r.i. During that ycas
Juhn ilrrttne never put bis foot lnto thc flos-
pltal after thut day. Jones eai,u arounh o.
cas!onaliy, anA everything went along smoothly
etnpioyc, Ind anything. to roy, they ssFe told
to 70 to the Warden. II john Jones lsal any,
thing to say o would CONC direct to INC anu eay
u. II there was anything f!u wanted to know,
Tint year think tho Hospital rost QUO. Tho
next yegr Mcssss. t;uentcr, Carroll, l.sssc, n.,J
Joncs werc on tho Committee. They Gun say
themselves HOW tl1rclY VI E1t nl0HE. IhGs1
never was any trouble. When they uskcd any
thing | nevcr failed to give them satisfactory
explanations: T!,oy calne frequently aud weighed
aud received tho guo.ts md checked them
or, in eunIumll,n With myself. Tho
coIItract by some means or other Over!nppctl tho
ycnr md Garno intu June. Shire last July wo
hayn f,Ad III contrart, uDll | hare been Iii the
habit of ,.cttin:, nll this rlaas Ut goods f1n tho
gentleman who had the contract TIC ytar pre-
riots. 10 far as tho tea a euiIru ere conccr1-
Cd, hayc never heard d complaint nlatleagalnst
flieHl. On one or two Oerahtots have hua tn
return come stuff, anl hare always hasl It
changed. l don't watit to find fuut with you,
Mr. Bradley, but | think the least Yon rou'tl
llaVo. done was to walt until yuu had aren mo
Tor ttts explanation bcforc making ynurclIarges;
lcou!d fiaye given 1t to you rs we'll VI to thfs
Committee, and saved allthis trouble and feu,-
dal., We haYu ha4t enough OF this thing In
Cook County, and don't propose To have my
tlinE sAldrd OH MT. came into thts tiHro
With rtpatatfnti, anil 10 help lie tioA I'M
going to try anu kcep that reputation. l,nye
always treated everybody na gentlemen, and
| wnht tlc eai!c trcatIncnt In return. With re-
g1Ed to- the custom Of getting tltnes in
advance, mag say that tt,at system llas pre-
vailed eyer silica llava heen l!ssc. i mover
| thought tlrre was unythng wrong af,orit #, and
| don't think thcEa is anything WRONG ah,,t
this. a1r: Mclaughlin entered into the details
con."stcd with tliu establishment oi d Christ.
InaS dinner III t1B Hnsnta1 ntut nj tt,n