The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-23

buyinr at the hospital was wrong, ana
added that in his opinion q cash discount
could be secured which would haVe
amounted in the past seven years "
more than $4,000 or about sl,5OO year.
Mr.. Brooks took the stand and sa'a
that he had made the alteration IN ny i,
award book by adding the numbers ~,
and that he had meant to do no wrong
Je said he now saw that he had maze
n mistake. Mr.. Barlow, the hospital car
renter. testified that ninety-seven VIM
dows in the Brauer- building, n woman's
ward, were out of order, none OF them
having cords or weights.
Mr.. Wolf the Williamsburg butcher,
testified that his last contract was LOT
seven cents per pound. He said that ne
had furnished bad beef but once, ana
that It happened when he was on t'sh-
ing trip, and his assistant got drunk ana
scne bad lot to the hospital.
",rhey are pretty bad kickers, sa'o
Mr.. Wolf, alludng to the patients.
The Proceedings.
Tie twelfth days session WAS called to
order at $3.50 and Captain j. w. Lane
was called to the stand.
Captain Lane stated that he had ex-
amined his books, and that the so-called
overcharges regarding meal had been oc,
casioned by contracts that Tapped over,
/ q contracts that were not completed
within the specified time, and winch,
therefore, went over into the next quar-
ter.
Witness said the flour sold by him
at retail to the hospital was or Il h'slcr
grade than the contract flour.
Witness here stated that he thought
The hospital authorizes were making
t., rbac CT rhpaO flour,
II was far cheaper, witness said to
buy high grade spring wheat 1lour,
because Il makes more bread-thirty or
forty 1oayes more bread than the win
ter wheat.
Witness was asked If It was an error,
IL he was paid 81 for 200 barrels OF flour
when this contract bid was $40
Witness said that he did not believe
it was so.
chairman sadlcr said that the expert
would produce the original hills, ana Ods
Witness then said that he recoilected
that he had made the charge at the re-
quest of the board who asked LOT 'he
change. a.,
Witness said that on one occasion the
stoward asked him why he charged eighty
cents for meal when the contract calied
for seventy cents, a.
witness again said it was "a Tapped
contract" and that he remarked 70 me
steward, whats sauce for the goose
Is sauce for the sander
witness was asked why he secured on
hnn occasion the contract for meal AT o.
cents against other bidders at VIZ Genus =.
nhen he jwitness) had not even put "
n bid H., ia
Witness said that he got the p'd
through Judge Ghrnett, OF the no',u'
who urged that water ground meai pe
used rather than steam ground iheni'
Touching the matter of star nv
the contract for which had been awarded
tho witness at So when Goodrich and
Sons bid 81. 90 witness said 1t must nave
been an ennor of the award committee.
When asked regarding the price charged
for sugar witness said:
~ think can explain the high price,
'IIease do so,' said the chairman. p
because could not sell It cheaper"
said witness. laughing
Witness said he could not sell at retail
at the same price as wholesale. 4
"If they buy at retail, 1t is not my
fault. l sell them all ! cnn, and | wish
! could sell them more"
Witness said that. as far ms he knew,
Mr.. Brooks had made good steward
and that 10 had always tried to Jew"
the witness down in prices,
Witness said it would be well for the
steward to buy beef from tho farmers
in the ncighborhood. This custom was
in vogue for many years.
The witness then stood aside.
Boudar on Stand.
Mr., II, B, Boudar, the expert ac-
countant, was then re called to the stand.
Mr.. Boudar then testified regarding the