The San Francisco call., 1897-01-28
WAS WILLING To
PAY FOR FAVORS
Supervisor Dodge Receives
a Visit From a
Milkman.
Dooo-oI &c uic uns r;fo I
A Renewal of His Hospital
Contract Worth $1,000
TO Him.
Was Free With His Money Among
City 0ffcials-The Grand Jury
Will Investigate

Mayor Phelan has addressed q COM
munIcation to Chairman Peixotto of the
| Grand Jury calling attention to charges
of attempted bribery which have been
made against Frank Marty, the milkman
who had the contr act under the old Board
! of Supervisorsf). supplying milk to the
| City and County Hospital. The allega-
tion as stated in the Mayors communica-
tion is that Marty approached Dr. WASH
ington Dodge, chairman of the Hospital
! Committee of the present Board of Super
visors, and certain officers in charge OF
| public institutions, with a view OF cor
ruptly obtaining a renewal of the contract
for supplying milk to the hospital
Mayor Pheian also calls attention to the
report of the expert, W. D. Griffin, of the
Board of Health, sin which serious alle-
contracts to deliver goods and to perform
work.
The NJ ayor volunteers, when the jury
shall undertake the investigation, to lay
before it certain information that is in his
possession. What that information is he
refuses to state.
| A morning paper is authority for the
statement that Milkman Marty sent a
| lIlSlO TO LIT. OOuge 10 give uiIu W uHuSf-
| stand that II the contract were given
| again to Marty he Marty "would make
it all right with the doctor. The doctor
| refused to listen to such overtures, but q
| few days later Marty himself appeared
before Dr. Dodge and in so many words
offered him $1,000 as present If he would
give him the contract for supplying milk
| to the Almshouse and City and County
Hospital
The story went on to say that when
Marty did not get the contract in spite of
| this inducement he went to Superintend-
ent Reddy of the Almshouse and offered
to give him regular stated sum OF $40 a
month and Ed McClung, the clerk. $40 a
month if by the use of their influence he,
Marty, got the contract.
As 10 the truth OF all this DIR. Dodge
will not speak. He said last evening that
! it was farthest from his mind to max 9
any complaint before the Grand Jury
against ''poor devil of q milkman whose
head / myself cut off," The whole mat
ter was extremely annoying to him, he
! said, as he had no desire to pose as 'Mr.
| Honesty come to town."
Colonel McClung being interviewed, said
that there was no truth in the statement
as to Marty having offered him any money
| to recover to him the contract. He said
| that shortly after Captain Reddy became
superintendent Marty had offered him q
piece of money as a present and quite as a
matter of course. He seemed to think it
was all right to do so. There was no con-
sideration offered. Captain Reddy de-
clined the gift, saying that he MARTY was
mistaken in the man he had to deal with.
Shortly after that Marty offered him,
McClung, a S. gold piece in the same
way, which, in the same way, was de-
! clined. There the matter had ended,
Marty appearing quite surprised at en-
countering people who refused money
| when offered to them. Colonel McClung
said he thought the DR.. Dodge incident
together likely to have occurred as re-
lated.
AS Mayor Phelan has brought the
/ matter to the attention of the Grand Jury
an investigation will of course be made,
and it is expected that q great deal of
other information along these same lines
will be developed.
There are delivered to the Almshouse
thirty-ive cans of milk per day, three
gallons to the can, at so cents per can /;
there are delivered to the City and County
Hospital twenty-five cans, making sixty
cans or $50 per day-over $500 month.
This is quite contract in milk, and
| dealers say that the rate of fraction
above cents quart in such quantities
| is quite profitable.
/ Joe King was the chairman of the Hos.
pital Committee of the old board, and it
was he who awarded the contract to
! Marty. The price was reduced by Marty
at that time from go to so cents can.
King declares that he received no $1,000
/ for the contract, either"