Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-30
Wells -Fargo's Agent Denies Having
Shipped His Coin.
A Very Lengthy List OF Moneys the Treas
urer Collected from the County
On the Plea OF Exchange
and Expressage.

pressage, amount of demand
$225S3. Amount allowed. ....... 115 SO
June %, 1891, exchange. ............ 116 80
September 21, 1891, exchange -. 90 &c
September 21, 1891, exchange...... 81 40
Novem Der 16, 1891, exchange. SO 81
December S, 1891, transmission
December % 2s, 1891, exchange ass ss
January 25, 1892. exchange. ses A
February 20, 1892, transmission
bonds and exchange. .............. 139 O4
May 81, 1892, exchange. ............ 116 05
August is, 1892, exchange. ... 129 O6
Grand total .............~.. $4,717 10
Above are the charges that Treasurer
Jabez Banbury has made against the
county of Los Angeles for exchange and
expressage on moneys and bonds of the
county. passing between Los Angeles
and Sacramento during the past three
and one-hali years.
The facts of the case are that Mr..
Banbury has charged the county $4717. 10
for that which, as far as can be shown
by the records, never cost him dollar.
The HERALD defies him to produce the
receipts for the above charges he has
made against the county, and upon
which he has received the coin.
The reason of this is that he never
has expressed any coin to Sacramento
from Los Angeles, nor has he expressed
any from Sacramento to this place. Yet
he has charged the county thousands OF
dollars for expreseage. 81
In the Republican papers yesterday
Mr.. Banbury printed card in which
he stated:
To satisfy the curiosity OF the HERALD,
will state that the shipments of money
to Sacramento has always been made
for me by the First National, Los Ange-
les or California banks, upon notifica-
ton of the amount and time when it
must be delivered at Sacramento; that
I have always received it there in coin
and paid it over to the state treasurer,
as my settlement sheets will verify, in
accordance with law, and that l have
never made any shipment to or from
Sacramento that have not paid the ex-
pressage on the same.
IL is true that Mr.. Banburv has made
all his shipments of money to Sacra-
mento through the three banks he has
named. These banks have held the
county money for four years last past.
They have furnished Mr.. Banbury with
all of the exchange he required to make
his settlements with the state treasurer,
and that exchange has never COST him a
dollar, Yet he has charged the county
thousands of dollars for exchange"
Every time Mr.. Banbury desired to
make a settlement at Sacramento each
of the three banks holding county
money were notified, and the exchange
was made up between them, and Mr..
Banbury charged the county $1.75 per
$1,000 for it.
Mr.. Banbury says in his card: 81
have never made any shipment to or
from Sacramento that 1 have not paid
the expressage on the eame."
This is true. But Mr.. Banbury never
shipped any money or bonds to Sacra-
mento by express. Listen to what
Agent Butler of Wells Fargo says:
eyes, sir, have read Mr.. Banbury's g
statement in the Times.''
HAS Mr.. Banbury ever made any
shipments of money or bonds to Sacra-
mento by Wells-Fargo?"
"No, sir he has not. Never since Mr..
Banbury has been county treasurer has
he done any business with this compa-
ny. have repeatedly endeavored to
persuade him to give US his business as
has also Mr.. Pridham, but we have fail
ed. 1t would be very nice item."
Now listen to what Mr.. Banbury says
in his card: "In relation to the $780,
600 of court house bonds shipped on
June IL, 1889: If the charge is as stated
by the HERALD, it was based upon the
charge of Wells-Fargo Express company,
and they received all the money paid by
the county on the BILL"
Mr.. Banbury can rest assured of one
thing: "The charge is as stated by the
HERALD" But he misstates the facts
when he says his charge of $l60 65 twas
based upon the charge of Wells-F Fargo
Express company" Their charge for
carrying bonds is rs cents on the $1,000,
and he charged this county $l.75 per
$1,000 for placing 500 900 at Sacramento.
When Mr.. Banbury further says that
"they (Wells-Fargo) received all of the
money paid by the county on the bill, !"
he speaks most ill-advisedly, as the rec
ord will not bear him out.
The manager of one of the leading To-
cal banks was seen yesterday, and he
stated that his hank and all banks in
the city furnished exchange on San
Francisco to customers free. The HER
AID defies Mr.. Banbury to prodnce an
officer of either the First National, the
Los Angeles National, or the California
banks who will make oath that Mr.. Ban
bury has paid them $1.75 for the ex-
change they have furnished him.
Under the laws of the state OF Cali
fornia the auditor of this county should,
between the 1st and the 10th of each
month, examine the books OF the treas
urer of the county. Has that been done
with Mr.. Banbury's books?
No one will dispute the fact that Gen.
H. G. Rollins has made an efficient and
competent auditor in every way, and
the books of his Office are certainly in
excellent condition. In the person OF
his chief deputy and bookkeeper, Mr..
E. G. Wood, he has a competent and
capable assistant.
Why has not the treasurer kept his
books similar to the manner in which
General Rollins has kept the accounts
of the auditors Office? He could easily
have done 30 if he saw fit, and then Mr..
Banbury would have complied with
the law.
The HERALD admits that to keep the
books of the auditors Office in the ex-
cellent shape they are now in requires
ten times more labor and twice the
ability that it does to keep the books
of the treasurer's Office. General Roll
Inns complied with the law, kept the
affairs of his Office straight, made no en-
dea gor to rob the taxpayers. No scan
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