Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-12
Tt1E scsgEnaER INVESTIGATION
Nat ~sich F14s case 81 > eoi ~
LQ..en 40 Pro.s u

tls special COMMITTEES al goiulea ~ ~
sssiizaEa tbs charges II eorr4DEou ln tie
eng seaseEger sersles. nset 4t tns oalce "
LIE Board ~ hsaitli ..sI q .ll- Alcsrusu
L.-aDlsfe aad Crutt4e zsrs present. ths
isru.ef presiding sls1 lslals- Henaesses -eg-
il..< a. Secretary Heurs b7o@l. eolgred
iaal ITO presented .hs AFFIDAVIT ~ t1e Cg4L
eil. cE4rallZ tlat -ulalf x BsLs. l1el.l. 80
ctg scaFei.g .ger- acre --lllfs ~ 1sercnar--iil-. (.
thai tleg charged for s fgL load 81 Tea CaI-
reis ~ refuse -1sl tAeg Lzd removed ouly
thrac tslr. etc.. vs. lLe urst s ltle-s
eillet he s4l1 tl1t le kurkcd f9l oli-all
EFo years ard Il ~as quite tnree
geais ago .hat slel he commenced
small and E5ul lnsisi ail u4t ua1ef-laut the
business AID -OOD - le lralAe4 lhcl-s
tfle5 dlscn A. zed him AMI hired h0lla1d1r-
~ ni- ste al i -4slt that he Als% positive
" -ilaf k1rF AISLE "a gntcllee VI 9fur-ciltEz
lra a. described m als AFFIDAVIT. tlaL tlrs
@oui4 - ~ 3 sallt which contained about
three OF foaE barrels taAe tne contents and
distribute it about equally aluon- thv Ten
Ia rels ga the wagon au4 lhel charge Tor
taI load 0f Ten barre.s. he cogld nOtglEe dates
OF Tell @heEs tbs parties LFed $40 were
thus Osefchar zed Mat heich had ASKED
him 10 maze the a-hdayIt and DC had told
the truth anl NOTHING, but Lhe trafu.
ar. small "a ttie1 called and deuled that
BrOsu 5 statements were true. Said Brown
~a- dl,chir ged because ne was late ln get
tIug t. WORK aud AEted % quit before the
last load for the day ~ts dumped. ho
small had uot teeu -caFruscr since DO
sold ouL 10 eommclI three years ago. lie IS
nov employed IL cleaning alleys, eLc., bs tho
Board 0f Health y lien ht "a, . -cavcn-ser
le nefef had any trouble in collecting bills
and newer gave lls men Orders % 10 ~ork IA
lhe Uay described hy Brown. Sometimes
charged extra Tor extra wOrk, such a. Oirn-
ng drilu-, etc Never charged by cubic
feet but b5 tle loD-sO much Tor cleaning q
vault Mr. boumelu accent the hrst -yl-
laoie ~a- tAen called aud his story was
suDs,L5ln tiill; the same Mr. Small $.
he II nov d licensed 5cayeuger, employs
-four men aud tWo teams Is not with them all
the time. they dOVOrk, report the amount 10
hun, aud ho charges accordingly. They
might sometimes have taken out three bar
rels and reported ten. bat he had gwen them
no such orders. Both he and Mr.. Small con.
side red Brown an honest man and a good
worker. bat he liked short hour.
Hendrkus kebus a scavenger who worked
with Brown. WA called said he did not think
that they did business ~ described by Brown
could not say what Small Co. charged
reported the work correctly and had nC
orders % DO otherwise
Mr. Bro1n was recalled and said that he
expected another man - be present u
c0rrobOrate MS stOrg. bat that
he understood that Small Gno
Bommelji had visited the man early yester
day morning and had succeeded IN getting
him drunk - that he was not able 10 be pres
ent. Small and Bommell denied the charge
of getting the man. Smith II his name, drunb
bat both admitted that they went 70 see him
but were unable % find hun. Mat Nelct
said he had been 10 see smith III the evening
and found him lying on the floor drunk. MAJ
f, had his array of witnesses present and want
ed 10 prove that members of the Board OF
Health had received money from the scav
engers a. bonus for giving them work but
wa informed that the Board was not on tris
and he would have 10 20 to another commit
tee. Mr. Bommelji then stated that ne eX
pected 70 be- married-wanted 20 20 and get
a wife-and asked the committee TO adjourn
Adjourned until Saturday night