The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-14
PRISON DIRECTORS.
Awards Made to Supply Commits
sary Stores.

The Board Of State Prison Directors held
@ meeting yesterday at San Quentin, at
which were present Directors SOnntag
Chairman. Craig, Stump and Devlin. Alb
sent, De PUe.
The principal business Of the morning
session was the opening Of bids for the
years supplies. Nearly 1O0 representatives
of mercantile firms were present Previous
10 opening the bids bills amounting to S18,-
O00 were ordered paid, and the sum Of S23.-
30 was appropriated to pay for 1000 bales Of
lutte which have just arrived from Calcutta.
-Four bidders arrived late and wanted their
bids received, but the board refused. After
opening the bids, and while they were being
tahulated by clerks, Warden Hale made his
report, stating that the arteSian wells in
Happy Valley are in good order; that the
style Of convicts' pantaloOns will be
changed, and that Isl, 225 Of the 300, 600 bags
had been disposed Of, and that about $1,000
worth Of repairs had been made,
The Directors while in executive session
decided to abolish their Office in the Phelan
Building. Hereafter their meetings will
he held At San Quentin ard Folsom. Night
work in the jute-millS will be discontinued
from and after July Isl, and the Warden
was instructed to have plans and specifca-
tions prepared for an addition TO the mills
-Four years ago the Legislature appropriated
$4,000 Tor that purpose.
AWARDS MADE.
After lunch the Directors and commercial
representatives Teassem5led, and the con-
sldprati0n of bids was taken up. The flour
and coal Will be tested before the contracts
are entered into. The following awards
were made:
Phelan Fish - MackereL, Eastern sugar
cured hams, Goldfish, cheese, roll butter picked,
extra light bacon, bayOs beans, onions, 10, 600
pounds coffee, dried apples. baking POWDER
CItIOn, canned corn, horse radish, lines, lemons
maple sugar. French mustard, canned peaches,
black pepper, pearl barley, peas, pickles,
yTunes, Taisins, sage, salt, pepperSauce, catsup,
CASTLE soap, $4,000 pounds Golden sugar.
Jones Co.-COhee, 10000 pounds Costa
Rlca; o. q. Java, $500 pounds; curries, eX-
tracts Of lemon aud vanilla, jeiiies, matches,
lice, Worcestershire sauce, SOAP, crushed sugar 5
syTUD. 1900 gallons.
Haas Bros.-Cofee, 10000 pounds Costa Rlca ;
o. q. Java. $500 pounds; candles, mustard
sardmes soap, notified Casuie soap starch.
Msu, Sadler & Co. - Alspee, barley, soda
crackers. honey, hops, cove oysters, soda, eOm-
llOu starch. sugar vinegar
H. EhTmand & CO.-DTed apples.
3 Buckeye Milling CO.-Buckwheat, cracked
wheat, corn meal.
sGstuckp Howard Co.-Frssh roll, butter,
F. Il. Rammer-Cabbage. corn in SACKS.
John <. English-Nhile beans, carrots, pota-
toes.
Goldberg, Bowen 6 Co Cocoa in cans. cram
h. Levy & Co.-Cinnamon. cream tartar, cur
rants, curTant Jelly. mscarOnt, mustard, paper
bags, Cayenne pepper. cube sugar.
-Welman, Peck & Co.-CaperS, pearl barley,
Mission soap and Candle Works-Soap.
Oppenheimer & 20. AMI j. a. DEinkhOuSe &
Co.-TobaecO.
ReddnqIon & Co., Mack & Co. aud Worden s.
CoDsUT1srsI loo f,,r,nany Ina
Starr Co.-Wheat In sacks, feed barley, bran.
Whittier, Fuller & Co.-AlcObol, oils paints,
except some small amounts
j. g. JOhUSOn-Oats, hay.
N0OleD-mills Of Nap1 and Marysyille and
Murphy Grant & Co.--TWelVe hundred blankets.
Levi S.rauss-StrlDed goods for convict cloth
Ing.
Del Monte Milling Company-Graham -four,
b0miHy. GA meal.
c. L. Whitney s. Co.-Salt salmon.
Merry, Fault Co.-Mess pork.
BmsDEMEANoRs BY CoNvICTs-
Warden Hale mada the following report
Of miSdemeanOrs committed by cOnYicts and
his report was placed on file:
Charles Irwin, No. 9044 for having opium,
tools and citizens clothes in his cell; Will
lam Madden, No 1886, for dealing in
opium; Peter DuppeT, No. IL, 212 for an at
tempt to escape on May 9Th; Henry Baker,
No. 1880, for dealing in 0 ium. Irwin was
sentenced from SOnOma County for four
teen years for burglary and grand larceny
in October, 1879, and forfeited credits in
1880 Tor attempted escape.
Madden was sent up from San Francisco
County for five years for burglary in Sep
TENDER, 1889. Dupper is from Tulare
County, whence he was SENT July, 1890. for
five and a half years for robbery and in
Juring public jail Baker is from San
Francisco County for fifteen years for burg
larry committed in 1884. He lost sixty-seven
months credit.