Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-01-10
THE HOSE ROW.
TRUSTEE BRAY PULLS OUT
HIS NOZZLE.
And Plays While on Trustee
Muller.

1 AS The APPEAL Mas, JnIOuEHou'
the hose controversy fairly given
all sides an equal show, | desire a
small amount of your space in refu.
tation of the misstatements made
in the Tribune by MI. Muller.
Mr.. Muller states that | made
misstatements in my report, but
very cunnIngly avoids saying what
| these misstatements are. l defy
Mr.. Muller to lay his finger on a
single misstatement in my report.
The fact of the matter is, that
Mr.. Muller labored under the I'M
! preston that he was the whole
Board instead Of only third of it.
The Committee on Fire Matters
never had single word to say
about the hose purchase; Muller
went ahead and did everything to
suit himself, consulting no one. l
was kept in the dark, and Mr..
Bryson was also ignorant in the
matter. One single fact of this
affair ought to stamp Mr.. Muller's
reputation for veracity just for
what it is worth. He represented
to the Board that he could send
East for the hose and get it at cost,
giving the city all the profit. Well,
he got the hose fer 80 cents in Chi
cago, and | challenge him right
here to deny that the hose was
anything else than 80 cent hose.
Then, in order to keep the Board
in the dark as he did the Commit
tee, there was pasted thick piece
of paper over the quotations of
Welpley & Co., Chicago, and he
would not allow the Board to see
these quotations. Acting as City
Trustee he kept part of the bust
ness of the purchase from the
Board, because he saw that if he
allowed the Board to see the quo
tations and his bill at the same
time it would convict him of square
falsehood. If the Board and pub
lie do not know what figures lie un-
der that pasted piece of paper, do,
and I here publish the figures ;
they read, 80 cts, 80 cts and 20 cts.
and [ defy Mr. Muller to deny it.
A man must be crazy to suppose
that no one can send to Chicago
and secure quotations but himself ..
| think Mr.. Muller made a mis-
take in recognizing the Fire Com
mittee without authority. Origin
ally the Committee was as follows:
Jacob Muller
George Bryson
Charles Bray.
After Muller had called a meet
ing in his hardware store. he form
ed new Committee as follows:
Jacob Muller
John Schmitt
Ed. Schmitt,
And this Committee proceeded to
transact business with Welpley &
Co. of Chicago. The law says that
all Committees in the Board Of
Trustees shall be formed of mem
bers of the Board. Am | not right,
Mr. Muller?
Another aspect of the hose pur-
chase is worth considering. The
city appears to be purchasing hose
of Mr.. Muller, and Mr.. Muller, as
a City Trustee is buying the hose.
Thus We have the unique spectacle
Of Mr.. Muller straddling the con-
tract and appearing on both sides
of it. Can a man be both pur-
chaser and a seller at the same
time, and the contract be valid?
[ state right here that the Com
mittee on Fire Matters never au-
thorized Nr. Muller to purchase
hose, and we never had meeting,
and Mr.. Muller as Chairman meyer
called meeting. If the Chairman
OF a Committee can transact all the
business, why in the nance of com
mon sense should there be two
other dummies appointed.
My report on the character and
quality Of the hose is absolutely
correct, and | challenge Mr.. Muller
so refute single line of it.
G. E. BRAY.
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