The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-15

-"News," Indeed.
For about six weeks committees from the
grand Jury have been assiduously at work
investigating the different branches OF the
city government
Their investigations have extended through |
a period Of seven and one-half years, or since |
President MADDEN first went into office.
The examination Of accounts was con-
cludcd yesterday, and the final report Will |
be made to-day.
Publications were made yesterday after
noon that ut will be of senatorial order,
containing very salty structures on the city
authorities" And still another "A bill
in chancory will probably grow out OF the
developments made by the investigating
committee. Criminal indictments were pre-
pared, IL is understood, but not presented"
And still another; "rhe report is very vol
luminous" The paper from which these
tracts are made says II Is always at the
| front in giving news
| This is news with vengeance, ana more
| particularly TO the grand jury and criminal
| court officials. The facts are simply ANA
briefly told. The grand jury did investigate
and ii was Of a searching character. II did
|
half years or from the first official business
transacted by Nh. lladdon, Errors for and
| nlniust the city were found and checked OIL
| and stood ms follows: Against the city,
| 500 %; in favor Of the city, $40 balance
| against the city, $4,000. These were maze
up ia tabular form and sent over To Secrc-
tnry Pullen for explanation and rcbuttal
Wherever the latter was possible, Mr.. Pull
len went through the same vouchers IN
which the Jury had found errors. lie
found very many cases where the alleged
errors did not really exist, and In two or
three cases even found where the expert eN-
nmincrs had shot under the mark In ligur'
ing out errors against the city. All these
aud the others were made accurate
In the way IT losses the only party out OF
pockct by the whole transaction II city
Engineer Mcriwcthcr. Some time ago
the authorities discovered these discrcp-
nncics partly through the grand jury's
investigation and partly through their own
careful revision Of accounts. wherever u
PARTY was found TO Ice Oyerpud, the matter
was called 10 his or her attention, aud IN q
very few minutes n receipt from the county
trustee for the amount was outstanding "
undergrad II was promptly settled. Ia this
| way all differences, save one, have long since
been squared That exception Is with Mr..
j. a.. Fugarty, the contractor, who wrote the
| ANONYMOUS note that prccipilatcd the mem.
|
il or not the fact remains that he was ahead
ON his contract Just 1866, which amount
he had received over and above his contract
on a voucher from Mai. Mcriwcthcr As
soon ns the engineer was acquainted with
the oycrpaymcnt lac snt down and drew his
check for the amount rcinnrking: "lhni :
| my error Mr.. FOpurty hasn thing In ~,
world out of which IL can be made 40 I'll
pay IL myself
The foregoing h all there Is In the whole
business II will strike the average lslsincs'
man ~ remarkably crcditablc showing
For streets, sewers bridges, etc, built ~
| under the department during the period
covered, aud the police and iirc department
expenses, fully S2,5u1up, have been paid
out In none OF these departments b. q
clerk employed. Clerical errors. footing up
500 10, IN seven and ono-haf years There
Isn't business house or bank doing any
| thing like that amount Of business, with "a
full force ~ clerical help, that would not be-
| proud uf the showing. At present the city
tuusacts no business with individuals or
firms irresponsible or unwilling to correct
any error made IN settlement, whether for
or against them, whenever IL is made
known.
| An ArrEAL reporter made n still hunt yes
| tcrlny afternoon for Information bearing
upon the character IT the report To be made
los the grand Jury TODAY. lie was entirely
successful aud can assure the public that no
sensational document will be submitted.
Not line II the general report has yet been
: written II will be- done this morning and
= | probably require about twenty minutes
r | work Not structure will hc east upon any
4 city official. aud personalities will be en-.
. tircly avoided There will Ice nothing {,
IA which anyone can take exception, unless h
a, | be- the absence ot these features, which -uWl
! few individual. and corporations cunlossydll
desire tp see embodied. II is meat iur them
Attorney General Peters WIS seen hy a.,
u reporter III, particular line uf inquiry III
~ ryctyi 81 Gen. p,iprs was about the iudiCt
II mcuts and rhnuccy bills. 10 him their an
" uuuucCm,nt was q complete surprise, al
\, though hc would have been the one 90 cithc
i. do ur direct the work. None ~ the formy
10 were ever presented aud the latter was nu
4. even dreamed ui The particulars were in
/, deed "ucWs, aud Of the doublc.distillcd Va
y | figtv.