The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-17
FRAUDS ON ALL SIDES.
REGULATIONS OF PENNSYLYANTA r.. r..
EMPLOYERS UNCOVERED.

REGULATIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA r. r..
EMPLOYERS UNCOVERED.
Investigations Regun Rt the Grain Elevator
in this City Lead TO the Uneartbing OF
RascnIities and Irregularities i'm Other
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Men Removed.
Investigation into the pilfering of Super
intendent Galbreath of what he chose to
term the " sweepings of the grain elevator
in this city has led to the discovery of .
gigantic system of thievery among some of
the subordinate officials Of the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad Company which already in
wolves the fair name of several persons.
What Galbreath called the "sweeplngs y
have been proven to have been sweepings
of a very profitable character. When boats
loaded with grain leave the elevator for the
different European steamers, they are sup
posed to contain so many bushels of grain.
These boats contain sometimes more.
sometimes less than the stipulated or
manifest" number of bushels, as the
case may be, Whenever there is short
age, the shipper makes claim against the
company, and is paid the value of the
fsshort grain but where more than the
1s manifest number of bushels were con-
tanned in boat, Galbreath, instead of
holding the grain to make up shortage in
some other vessel, disposed of the " over"
grain at the market rates, and pocketed
the proceeds. In some cases this amounted
to over so bushels to boatload Although
Mr.. Galbreath was only under suspen-
sion at the time the charges were
made against him he has since been dis
missed the service. 1t is also reported on
reliable authority that several of the agents
and one or two old clerks in the employ of
the company are interested in or own boats
for the transportation of grain and mer-
.chandise from JERSEY City to the European
steamers ana around the harbor, and that
it has been discovered that these boats are
kept actively employed carrying the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company's freight while
the company's own boats lay idle. The
transportation charges, of course, go into
the pockets of these paid servants of the
company. 1t is not long since d. M.
Munger, who had charge of the lighterage
department of the road, was dismissed
from the company's employ after a service
of over fifteen years and though sc NUNS
the word" among the officials and others
connected with the road, he is said to have
been one of the parties either owning him.
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this traffic. Nor is this all. 1t is rumored
on equally as good authority that an
official OF the road, whose Office is in New
York, and who has been in the company's
employ many years, is under suspension for
practices of questionable honesty, pending
an investigation which is being made at
Philadelphia. The claim is that this
gentleman has profted from -four
samples during the past ten years to the
extent of at least $50, 600. As near as
can be ascertained he has made his
<sprofits" in a very systematic manner.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is
known to be very heavy carrier CT -four.
It is the custom, and has long been,
for -four sampler to sample the
-four. In order to do this great many
men are necessarily employed to stand the
barrels on the pier, heads up, unplug them
and, after the samples are taken out, to
plug them again and place the barrels in
tiers prior to their delivery to con-
signees. An arrangement was made by
which all these samples went into
the hands of one of the officials.
These, it is claimed, he sold and
pocketed the proceeds. Now the COM
the labor of handling this -four they
from the sale of the -four samples,
which, it would seem, is perfectly just
and fair claim. The New York Central
Railroad, it is said receive an annual
revenue of $500 from the sale of its
samples, and the Pennsylvania is a heavier
shipper of -four than the Central.
Another instance of official corruption is
in the case of Reed B. Stimble, who
for many years up to recent date
was cashier at Pier 4, North River
Mr.. Stumble was discharged for an embez-
element of about $1,000 some five or six
weeks ago. He is resident of this city,
and is said to have spent the money on
horse-racing and fast women during his
wife's absence in the country last Summer
The Company lost nothing by Mr. Stumble
his wife having given the Company her
personal check for the amount of the defal-
cation.
The manner in which Stumble was caught
was quite novel. The examiners visit the
different agencies twice year for the pur-
pose of investigating the cashiers accounts.
Up to the time of the last official investi-
cation it was the custom of the examiners
to first go over the manifests, and from
them find out how much money had been
received and how much RENTED. The
balance should be the amount on hand at
the agency. This afforded the cashier, if
he was short, two days in which TO cover
up the deficiency lat any rate until the
examiners had gone. Recently, however,
their method was changed. When they
stepped in to examine Stimbles accounts,
in December, they were met with the usual
sshail fellow well met" greeting
ss Good morning Mr.. Stimbie"
GOOD morning gentlemen answered
stumble his face wreathed in smiles. But
Mr.. Stimble was knocked completely off
his pins when the "gentlemen said in
the next breath " Stimmy Chats what he
was generally called) give us all the cash
you have on hand.
They took the cash and then examined
the manifests and found the cash short by
81, 900. Stumble did not show up again
except to pay up with his wife's money
when demand was made upon him and
then he was informed that his services
were no longer required.
Mr.. Stumble was man in whom every
body had the most profound confidence
and his dismissal was general surprise to
all who knew him.
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