The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
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mould be 'accepted"siin order no
ect upon the expert accountant
S@ no members said that they have higl
gard for Mr.. Budar.
A vote was taken. Messrs. sadler an,
Ould voted for "acceptnncc,', Whit
Messrs. Puliam. Rison. Dunn and Roberts
voted to receive and file.n
Misnnarlagemcrlt.
Mr.. Boudar then told at length OF va
\ rtous instances OF acknowledgement nnd Of
Improper awards, naming aome OF thu
firms who received contracts even wher
their bids we're higher than other 30.
ders. When asked why he had prepared
4 the list, witness said.
ITO show that contracts were not given
to the lowest bidders"
Witness also said thnt the state had
\ incurred great loss by the manner
of procedure regarding bids.
Mr.. Boudar stated that lie had been
diligent to discover graft but had not
been able to find any. The loss he said.
to the state was Just as great as though
there had been graft"
Mr.. Boudar said that DR.. Foster, the
superintendent, WAS not responsible for
the awards or for purchases. but only fol-
approving the bills"
Mr.. Boudar, in answer to question,
again stated that the books plainly
showed that the directors and officers of
duty.
Witness said that the Executive Com
n7ittee could easily audit all the bills for
the quarter In half an hour.
Bought at Home.
Of 1,n .i,,ta Z.
out by Mr. Boudar's report is that a
large part OF the supplies purcha sed by
the hospital are bought In williamsburg,
and at enormously high prices, for the
most part from j. w. Lane.
An amusing incident occurred when
Mr.. Ould. a member OF the committee.
announced after Mr.. Boudar had made
ms report. that he tOuld) had been a
I member Of the board during the period
Whlch was investigated by Nh Boudar.
Mr.. Ould was earnest in cross- exam
lining Mr.. Roudar on the alleged nosii-
gence OF duty OF the board in making
the awards of contracts.
AT this point Colonel ,.uwlcss asked
the committee to summon the following
witnesses for DIR. Foster: judge G. i,
Garnett. Captain Terence AlcCracken,
4 1oionel Walter II. Taylor, Hon. George
g. Bland, who will appear on Tuesday
In the early morning session Mayor
Warburton stated that Mr.. j. T. Wilson,
contractor OF the Montague building, used
inferior lumber in It's construction and
saved in purchases from witness the
4 sum Of S17S.
Mr.. A!ard, electrician for the asylum,
testified that the engines Of the ASYLUM
We're bad and that much coal wax con-
suMed IN consequence.
MI Allard rs.:nted the incidents sur
rounding the fight between Mr.. Texas
y Cloves and DR., Foster stating that Mr..
Cloves was drunk and that he used fear
fully prcfane language
The Proceedings.
The tenth mornings session began nj
$3.50, with Mayor Waber;on in the chair.
Witness, continuing his testimony Of
Yesterday along the line OF cheap ium-
Der furnished for the Montague Build
ing, when the specification called for
hish-class lumber: Witness said he had
furnished second-class lumber at a cost
OF so per thousand. The flrst-class lum-
& Der would have cost IS per thousand
more Mr.. Wilson saved therefore. on
the 5000 feet about sl75.
Witness said he could have furnished
kiln-dr!ed lumber at 81 per thousand ad-
ditlonal. blu. that Mr.. Wilson did not
request dried lumber
Witness testified that Mr.. Probasco had
/ l.
Sence as a contractor of large buildings.
Witness stated that the lumber that was
condemned was, he thought, thrown ont
by AR Wilson's foreman, and not by
s MIR. Probasco, the inspector employed hv
the hospital.
MT. Warburton then stood aside.
Mr.. c. f. Allard, the electrician OF
the hospital was then placed upon the
stand. 80
Witness said he looked after all tho
electric works, as we'll as the lights all
over the grounds. as we'll as at the Mar
snail House. which. witness said was
owned by Miss Marshall. a former pa-
tent. who purchased house across tfe
street from the hospital
X Witness said that the electric engine
was out OF date and clumsy. He thought
9 u was an expensive engine. and that It |
would be economy to purchase n new
engine, which he thought would save q
per cent. OF coal. The institution had
4 been IN darkness, witness said, when
i the engine broke down. because IT was
hard to repair. Witness said the er~i-
neer did not furnish him sufficient steam
I to give good lights. Witness said he was
under the engineer and reported only TO
him. 49, -
Witness said Drs Foster, as far as no
knew, was nots*torTiizant of the condi.
ton OF affairs. Witness said there were
plenty of boilers. and that there should
be plenty OF steam. There was plenty of
coal but the orders We're that the steam
should be limited
Told of Fight.
Witness here related the circumstances
Of the fight between Mr. Texas Cloves
Z ana Dr. Foster in front OF the engine
house.
witness said that DR.. Foster ordered
loves out OF the grounds: that Cloves
A1 1,.' OUT ana then came back: that
Or. Foster had a piece OF iron nine in
MS hand. and Cloves a knife.
witness SAW both men mix up and fall.
4 witness SAID ahe ran up and pulled the
Iron pipe out OF DIR. Fosters hams. ann
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