, 1879-01-18
THE MEAT CONTRACT.
Views OF Both Sides on the Sub.
iect.
0'Doantil iTtll l'art The Contract ii $4.30 Per
Hundred ronnds.

hail bccn drawn up and signed by Patrick
O'Uonncfl, and that he lnd furnished bond In
tho sum vi $:N, ,0O. Tho contract binds Mr.
O'Donncll to furnish tho county mat for $3.50
per hundred, which WIS tho contractors inter-
probation Ut his bill. after his styln Of figuring.
II will he remembered that tho 1ubllc Service
Committee fnatlc lis htsl-thrcc cents for The
Poor-il0usc, SIX cents Tor tho 1nsane.Asylum
and llospftat, atl four an one.hdlt centafoF tho
Coulty Agents olliec-nycra9c 8@.G0 per hun
dred pounds, figuring on the consumption of
meat at tho several institutions Inst year while
Ford. hid was ti.45. Mr.. O'Unnnell figured
out, however, the average Ut $40 OH tho con-
sumption Of tho Inst two mouths, will, the at-
tendance at tile Hospital decreased, the nppli-
cauta at tho County Agents Office largely re.
.lucel In number, nlll the Puor-1Iuusc over
crowded. with paupers.
Tha contract will come before tho Board Afo,,-
day for approval or roIcctson, md since It is
drawn for $4,30, nnL thu fact has become gcncr.
ally known among tho Commissioners, 1t IL not
very likely that 1t will inert With nlueh op}osf-
tlosi. The follow1ne Is the result of inteEvlcw-
INK several yesterday who were frientlt ot Fnrl
III the making Of tl!s awar.! and Of several who
wero friendly to O'Dounc1l:
COMMISSIONER ConuRa
says he should favor, II an opportunity occurred,
motlan to reconsfder tho yntc by width tic
snntraet &c! r"r% was grsn to 0pomnei lie w1id
nell at s4.D, considering Fosd's tho cheapest
bid. Ho believes It to be tho clieaprat on nc
count OF what ho thinks would be THO dtllerct'vc
~ TIC quality ot tug go@ta furnished. Acyord-
For'1, which, according to lliH oTopusit,on, was
the sort Furnished tho hotels would 70 as for as
three pounds of the tncat Furnished BY O'Dnu.
charitable beef; and very poor, beot.. Cummis-
eIoncr COburu eays, Gnu 10 rnjlcl tuCr.
elIau,aplc. Thcn, airuin, 10 is opposed
to o'Donnell on , ACCOUNT : Of certain e!tt.
ef the contract, md also some thugs which
l,ayc happcnyl In the past. But tho shlcf point
which iIe makes is that, while F0rd's meat ID
1ltt!c higher, 1t is fnr more nutritious, and,
poses 10 give tho poor ncat. T. ought 10 give
tfsehl something which sustains life, md not thu
rcfuse atu1 fruu rcxas cattle, which Aas no ltfe-
preserving qualfttca In 1t ns all. As for Mnl-
IT, lctnuse that Individual tlitln't 90 before the
Committee and statu his case, while al the other
bidders did. They wcro Informed by persons III
wlH,se Judgment thty had cOnttlcnco thai n,eat
could mt be furnished ut tic prtce-four cents
for wcl, MuIcrous ,nnde his proposal.
Moreover, II O'Donncil was allowed to put In
what amounted to 1low b!l, tho same privilege
should have been extended 10 all thc other btu.
tcrs, and failure to ln 50 was an unfaIrness ut
which hu could not approve.
NR. BENIN
said that II II was In his power to reconsider tho
uwars! lie would do 1t, and Cnyc a. his reasons
tlcrclor That The prize at whlcl! the CONTRACT had
been let was not VDonnelI's bid, a.'! tho az
IN injustice to other bidders, especially
since Auferonc Wus lower bidder. lie took no
| stock In U'Donnel's figuring that Si.3U was hfs
f na vsf5 M ss sofk s u s
by tt,s Dll Board, aud estimated that hts gnrcs
were wrong, uni that, II his nctual hid had been
accepted, II would have been an expensive Job
| fur the county; hence lc had voted against II.
Mn. MILLER
eall that 10 Ind never lnatle any figures as be-
tween tho bids OF Furd mud 0'Donncll, and t,at
},u vuleh for ssia latter bcrausu tia proposed to
furnish neat Ut less pri> tan Ford. lie thuught
iu wls voting III tho interest III economy aud
for tho loves: bidder, and ls wa4 n0w satisfied
that l!e Ind, though tho uward had, lu vicw VI
! new light, bccn irregutnrly 1na,!r. lilo had
never been approachcd BY any onc OH tho snb-
| tcct Ia MI atnprocr manner. anu lie saw M good
tract 1lau been let. liz voted fur O'DonntlI. 10.
licslng TINT Ills It'd averaged $4.3U, mud that It
| was loEcs than Forl's. II It had been other.
wise l'c would not haVe voted 1or Tim, and il
| Interest they would be disappointed. liz had
| never belonged to Rfng,h mud never would,
| aIll when hls lerfn Of oillcc was ended lle was
tsosse %tth puhssc lite.
| NH. BoBsn
hA4 tH futeA tuE EUEA uffAuaH [le ucltGFcu tl{ 10
be lower bidder than O'uOnucft, but hnec itIe
cuntract Ilutl Gcr,l drawn fur a+.W he was not In
favor Ut reconsideration unlcss 1t wis to give
the tt,ns1nct to Muterunc, ur to advertise for
| new reopoauta.
| MR. STEWART
! tonk thr bntnt npstt{nn 1ubatn tnnt,nf}v that Mr.
6enIe .itl, tlt saItl tllat In fuYorig the awa,4l
| tu Ford 0 lad considered tho Lieu a,It wliat
they proposed 10 furnish, US well as their prtso.
llc had iluyrr worked har.lcr In his life tl,an e
looking uptllc meat bstncss, aud lie satisfied
himself, III view OF eyuryt4sg, that For.l's bl,l
would hAyo i,ecu the inost advantageous to tho
cttunty, " well ns tho cheapest. 1le regarded
| O'DollIMilss $4.:W urUposIt0n as at qtirrIy new
Unc. nni tts acceptance uu Injustice to tho otller
bidders, aul expressed burprise that those who
uuposc Ford utt account 1T 1iIs being higher
| bldAlrr than O'l)onuell Ind nut taken up alul.
croElc's hti aud churved that UDun1lull'a i
trEeM1s wrrs guilty Oi al TINT tho C.lnIuittec
ulI Public Serylru had been charged with In tile
| llluttrr fIo llHtl Rince Iearaeu Ut Muleruus's
responsibility, n,nl he wold O,lly tasur a re-.
consideration fur tho purpose of lnQuriug iutu
Ills btd.
was opposed to q reconsideration. aud aatd be
IN Il t,Is