The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-19
CITY PAID FOR EDIBLES
SERVED At SALOON LUNCH,
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titious statement called for. and not for tn
| amount Of meat actually delivered by me- Hi
| statement was usually made so that I was II
| collect in the neighborhood OF $50 month 1,
| excess OF the actual amount Of goods delivered
| The amounts varied from $40 to $50 per mont,
| The bill to be presented by me would be sen
! TO the steward for approval and then tn,
| amount would be paid by the Auditor
| 1t then became necessary for me TO divide
| up this Sl4J or $3.50 among the three men,
| namely. George Milford "A. E. Piltz and os.
| me. sometimes in currency and sometimes in
| checks. Whenever checks were given to them
| they were checks drawn on the Bremen Bank
| in st. Louis. Sometimes ! sent the money
to them. but more frequently they would come
to my meat shop at No. 2+21 North broadway
and get their share. This money was fire.
auently paid to these three men at my meat
sho:' while my father. my clerk and Miss
Theresa Boever OF No. s13 North Market street,
| who conducted the vegetable stand in my
shop were present. AT various times sent
the money, checks or currency by my
driver. who delivered meat at the city Hos
pital
DRIVER KNEW OF DEAL.
soon found that the driver was next to
tn. deal. and. in order to keep his mouth
shut. they occasionally gave 10 him II quarter
OF beef to sell out Of the hospital meat which
he had delivered to the hospital. and which
was paid for by the city. He would take
that meat out and sell 1t on his own account
and either pocket the money himself or divide
1t up with one of the three men in
charge of the meat Mt the CITY Hospital.
At one time 1 received Il letter from the Sill
perintendent of the hospital accusing my driver
of having stolen two sacks OF potatoes from the
Inn wbi inIi afcsf hat h,p pp1,.
meat from the hospital and sold 1t. but also
other provisions He this coca
sion by Doctor Rassieur. who was standing n,
window VIXEN he drove away with the pota-
toes in his wagon
Il customary for me to collect from the
city on the 18th OF each month. and frequent
~ tried to make these three men wait until
the 18th for their share of the rake-oT but the y
insisted on being paid on the first second day
OF each month. and whenever l failed to pay
them on either one Of these days there were
kicks on the delivery. both as to the quality
Of the meat and the time of delivery but
these kicks were never made excepting when |
did not pay them promptly.
This practice went on until about March,
1901. when / went broke and made up my
mind that there was no money selling meat
to the city under these circumstances, and
when my last bill paid for meat delivered
curing the previous nontn j fdiieu 10 send to
these their share. Upon my failure to
do this. George Milford came to my meat
shop several times during my Absence for
the purpose of getting their share Of the
iake-oft. and finally one night he came again.
found me in and asked me for the money.
which ] refused to pay. He insisted on my
paying the money and I refused to pay it,
He made impudent remarks. Finally, I was
compelled to order him out Of the place
The three men have claimed. and still claim.
that owe money to them. Ny las; contract
with the city for meat expired in either March
or June of 1901. and have never put in a bid
for contract since that time. because I
found that l could not do business without
grating. and the grating was SO strong.
had 10 pay TO these men so much that there
was no profit left for me. besides the incon-
venience of being continually chased by them
for money.
On one occasion Milford wrote me several
notes pressing me for his share OF the money
saving that he had note to meet Oswald
Matt. the meat inspector. did not act like Mil
ford when he came to collect his money. He
would come and politely ask me Tor IL. and. II
refused 1t. he would away, asking me 20
send II as soon as possibly could; but Milford
did not use much patience. He would come and
insist on II. and did not go away satisfied un;
true statement. to the best OF my knowiedEe,
De!iei and recollection. Of my connection Win
and the carrying Vt the system OF grating
at the City Hospital.