The Jersey City news., 1901-09-05
way of the articles furnished by his
firm, all of which he said were Of the

way of the articles furnished by his
firm, all of which he said Were of the
best.
Former Senator Jonathan Blackwell
had also furnished some of the groceries,
not say. He said the goods were first
class and as cheap as anybody could fur
nish corresponding grade.
Charles tH. Cook from whom the butter
had been purchased, said the butter sold
was good.
The members of the committee held a
conference during the recess hour. after
which Curtis Knowlton, representative
of Miles, Corson & Company, was called
by Mr. Buchanan and questioned as to
the eggs furnished the institution by his
firm.
at some length, telling of the source of
supply and the manner of handling eggs.
The firm, he said had been furnishing
eggs since june 1897. to the hospital. Since
January last, he said, 500 thirty dozen
cases had been supplied. All the eggs
were handled by an expert, who had been
given instructions to throw out all but
the very best.
L
MIR. KnowIton said it was impossible that
eggs after having been candled could be
other than fresh if used within rea-
sonable time. He declared that the firm
| had never handled what are known as
lined eggs.
Mr. Knowlton admitted having receiv-
cd four complaints from Warden Hayes
as to the character Of the eggs. The
| firm, he said had still continued to fur
| nish the eggs.
Mr. Buchanan, with the evident inten-
| ton of showing that the eggs could only
| be obtained from a large city, asked Mr.
| Knowlton as to the number required at
| the hospital, and was surprised to receive
] the answer that it was very small
| John G. Grear of Philadelphia, the
| firms expert, who had tested all the eggs
! furnished the hosital testified in answer
| to questions by Mr.. Buchanan that all tie
| eggs were we'll selected, large, clean and
| strictly fresh. He explained in detail the
| process of Gambling eggs.
| Fred Holz, who has furnished fruits
! and vegetables to the hospital, was an
! other of those who declared his goods
| were of the best, as was ]. w. Atwood
| the fish dealer.
| James .McCarther, an attendant in the
hospital since May last, said the potatoes
served were dark in color and smelled
| strong The eggs were stale and some
/ times rotten. He never ate the meat
stew served Wednesdays. but had heard
| others complain of it, The prunes had
been pretty fair but not as good as now.
| Miss Mcmillan, another attendant, who
had been seven years in the hospital, did
not consider the food unfit to eat and had
not noticed any change in the condition
| in her hall since the petition.
! Miss Ida Shenk, a dining room attend
| ant in Hall No. IL, said the potatoes had
been poor for six weeks, some of them
being decayed. She had seen bad eggs
| and had heard the patients complain OF
| them. A bad odor was often noticeable
1 from the eggs when they were brought
/ into the room Since the investigation
began soft boiled eggs had been served
/ and the size of the prunes had been in
| creased
/ Miss Shenk was glad the investigation
had started, believing there was grave
need for Improvement.
The committee adjourned for two
1 weeks, first giving Mr.. Backes leave to
! inform Mr.. Walker of any witnesses he
/ might desire to have called.