The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
HOSPITAL AL COWS ".
DRINK BAD WATER.
AS K to Ere ii Meat.

AS to Fresh Meat.
Senator sadler, chairman Of the COM
mites, had u made q thorough private
Investigation OF the way fresh meats We're
purchased for the use OF the patients,
ana, placing Mr.. Brooks 1.-THE steward, j on
tho stand. showed that the contract for or
beef was given, regardless Of pricc,ySto
X a williamsburg butcher.Hslt was tesl-,
fled thai Armour and \ Company hid a
6ialf a cent a pound under tho price ct
which the award was made to Saunders
ma Sons. of this city.
s5 Mr.. H. D. Cole, local member Of the
board which awarded the contract, said
V that Kl!c mad never awarded the beef
contract 10 any except q Nv williamsburg
butcher and that the bids of the big
hackers were not considered. because
4 thpy y ak. not furnish samples, as the
Slsf,tsr.l required. VI Tx acknowledge that
a,laynpJas Iof beef were not y necessary,
Qb4t said that did not matter, as It was
ia law. # I ,3 ia 81 y
5''tThe laws Of the board are the laws
Of tho Modes and Fcrslans. 7" exclalne
Senator Cad Ter. ttsss 4a
h1r., 4.s,l. said the board lett the soloc-
tion 6f 6tlia7 meat tofthe steward, but It
WAS y,pilitea out that tho steward had
test,Pied that there were seven grades OF
best ana that he did not know the DIFF
ferent grades. i ~ Il 55 s II
Lose 5000 AGAR.
Chairman sudler then showed Mr. Cole
that the hospital was losing 1900 year
in falling to accept bids from tho big
packers from whom tho local butcher
buys the beef which they furnish to the
| asylum. and added q Does 1t now show
Chat 1t Is not lack Of money, but lack Of
management, that As at fault"
Mr,8Cole was cross-exnnainedgn lercl-
lessly by the chairman, and II fell back
in tile oft-repeated answer that was
the custom when came on the Board z
After dinner Mr. Saunders. this butcher,
who has the contract testified that he
purchased all tina ment for the hospital
from Swift and Company. He also made
the startling assertion that he would have
furnished better beef at the same price
II the steward had required him TO do so,
Will Conclude Tuesday.
| Tho committed. after an executive sos
sion, announced that 1t had concluded
their examination Of the Witnesses. and
that DR.. Foster would be placed on
the stand Monday morning. This VIII
which should end on Tuesday night.
Captain N1cCracckcn, of Frederlcks-
burg who had been called to testify as
TO certain purchaees made by him for the
hospital, Is III at Atlantic City, and has
asked to be excused from appearing &pe-
fore the committee. s5
Chairman Sadler also announ cedr that
Or. Drewry{ and the Q ther supe rim tendents
or Virginia hospitals for the insane, would
not DO called to testify, and that the
committee was divided on the question
~ IN lliney then, 5S7i yS5 ta5a ri
It Is said that Colonel Lane. & Conlrlis-
s!oner Of Hospitals, on tho paN of the
general board, requested the committee
not 10 call the superintendent, as It
would tendr TO disturb the harmony now
existing,
The Morning Session.
The esth dsy's proceedings began at
$50 q clock.
Mr.. NJ Il, Morris, who has charge OF
the dairy was the FIRST witness called,
lie said there was no proper pasture for
4 the COWS; that the water was not good,
and that there were swamps SO deep
that the cows came In covered with mud.
The sewers ran through the pasture, and
tho springs were In the middle OF the
swamps, The witness said that all tho
water used by the cows was solled from
the sewerage. Mr., Morris thought that
u q big ditch was dug across the pas