The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
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fFAsfa a resultof alleged jndisoretlonn Ia
in matters pertaining to- the aWarao Of
contracts for printing the moneysor-
der forms. of the government, q ames
Is Metcalt, for many years superIn.
;tendent OF the money order system or
the postotiice department., "Wednesday
was removed from office blythe post
master general. The, dismissal is the
result Of acts Or Metcalfsin op-
.positionstos the bid Of Paul Herman OF
Rutherford IN 81, the lowest bidder
by $45, ,O00 0Easssa-sn favor of tile next
highest bidder, the Wynkoop, Hallen-
beck, Crawford company OF New York
Of which Mr.. NIetcalf'S son Is an en-
ploye. The story is briefly told in the
letter of dismissal signed by Pcstmas-
ter General Payne, which says:
The charges upon which your re-
moval is based relate to your actions
In the matter OF the letting of the
contract for money order forms. These
charges were made known to you
Wednesday morning, and transcript
Of your answer thereto is enclosed
herewith. @ "
1t appears from your answer, that
when the proposals, Of the different
competitors for the contract for sup
plying money order forms were opened,
Paul Herman of rutherford, n. j. /,
formerly employed as foreman by the
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford com
pany Of New York, by which company
it seems your son is also employed J
was found to be the lowest bidder, his
proposal being S45,0O below that OF
next lowest bidder, namely, the Wyn-
koop, Ilallenbeck, Crawford company;
that the bid Of Mr.. Herman as sub
mitted was. regular In form, and that
he had deposited certified check for
30, 900 us a forfeit. 1t further appears
that within q day or two the Wyn-
koop, Ilallcnbeck, Crawford company
filed protest against awarding The
contract to Herman, alleging that he
was not financially responsible; that
a short time thereafter Mr.. Herman
called at your Office, and you advised
him to withdraw his bid and rcenter
the employ Of Wynkoop, IIallenbeck,
Crawford company, understanding at
the time that such withdrawal would
result in the contract being awarded
to said company and consequently in
a loss to the governments; that you Of
fered to write, and did write, a letter
to said company, apprising it Of your
Interview with Herman, and using
your good offices in his behalf; that
you advised Herman that his $4,000
deposit would probably be returned to
him If he adopted your suggestion.
1t further appears that you regarded
MT. Herman rs possessing the me-
cllanical qualifications requisite to tho
proper performance OF the contract.
and that it was not any part of your
duty to pass upon tilc question Of his
responsibility. financial or otherwise.
1t further appears that hearing has
been had before Gen. Wynne, upon
the question Of the financial respunSi-
bility OF Mr.. Herman: although it
has developed, since the submission OF
your answer Wednesday morning,
that you discouraged the granting Of
such a hearing and manifested a de-
sire that the contract be awarded to
the Wynkoop, Hallcnbcck, Crawford
company
Mr.. Mctcalf originally. was appoint
cd from Iowa and has been in the pos
tai service since 1882. His salary was
$4,000 year. The Wynkoop, lIallen-
beck, Crawford company has been the
contractor for the money order blanks
for l6 years. Paul Herman, the low
est bidder for the next contract, for
mcrly was in the employ Of that com
pany, as also is Norman Metcalf, the
27-year-old son Of the deposcd super
intcndent, who now draws a salary of
s2,250 from the company. Herman
assisted In the drawing Of the speciG-
cations for the contract and when the
bids were opened it was found that
Herman had become a competitor of
the old company, underwriting their
bid by about Si5, 900. The company
protested against IIcrman's bid on the
ground that he lacked the facilities for
doing the work, and Herman asked
for Il hearing, which First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynnc gave last
Monday. Mr.. Mctcalf was opposed To
the letting Of the contract to Her
man on the ground that he was not
able to do the work.
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