The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
p mciais Of this Institution
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sbe act Juror, the expert accountant
8li ID members said that they have higl
Gard for Mr.. Buda,t
III aA vote was taken. Messrs. Sadler ant
s Ould voted for "acceptance," while
Messrs. Pulliam, Rson, Dunn and Robert:
voted to receive and file"
Mist11aragei11cnt.
Mr. Boudar then told at length Of va,
& rio,s instances Of acknowledgement nnd Of
awards, flaming some of the
tlrnls who received contracts even when
their bids were higher than other bid.
ders. When asked why he had prepared
the list, witness said: ~
@s8.Io show that contracts were not given
n to the lowest bidders.
q Witness also said that the state had
incurred great loss by the manner
OF procedure regarding bids.
Mr. Boudar sta ted that he had oeen
Stilligent to discover graft but had not
been able to find any. The loss. ne SAD,
Il TO the state was Just as great as though
there had been graft
MIR, Bnudar said that DR.. roster inc
1 supcrintendent, was not responsible for
the awards or for purchases, but only FOR
Improving the bills
&s Mr.. Boudar in answer to n question
again stated that the books plainly
showed that the directors and officers OF
the hospital had been dereict in their
duty
Witness said that the Executive Com
n1ittee could easily audit all the bills for
the quarter In half All hour.
Bought at Home.
One of the interesting facts brought
out BY Mr.. Boudar's report is that 4
IL of nhoc I,1
the hospital are bought In Williamsburg,
and at enormously high prices, for the
most part from j. w. Lane.
az An amusing incident occurred when
Mr.. Ould a member of the committee,
announced after Mr.. Boudar had made
his report, that he (Ould) had been a
I member Of the board during the period
which was Investigated by MI. Bouelar.
MI. Ould was earnest in cross exam
ming Mr.. Bou6ar on the alleged ncgli-
gence of duty OF the board in making
the awards OF contracts.
At this point Colonel I.awcss asked
the committee to summon the following
witnesses for DR.. Foster: Judge G. T.
Garnett Captain Terence McCracken
Colonel Walter H. Taylor Hon: George
G.. Bland, who will appear on Tuesday.
In the early morning session Mayor
Warburton stated that Mr.. j. I. Wilson.
contractor Of the Montague building, used
inferior lumber in It's construction and
saved in purchases from witness the
sum Of s17a.
Mr. .Al!ard electrician for the asylum
testified that the engines Of the asylum
were bad and that much coal was con-
sum@d in consequence.
Elk Mr. Alard narrated tho incidents sur
rounding the fight between Mr.. Texas
Cloves and Or. Foster, stating that Mr..
Cloves was drunk and that he used fear
fully prcfane language.
The Proceedings.
The tenth mornings session began at
$3.50, with Mayor Waber;on in the chair.
Witness, continuing his testimony of
yesterday along the line of cheap lum-
Der furnished for the Montague Build |
ing, when the specification called for
high-class lumber: Witness said he had |
furnished secondclass lumber at a cost |
of so per thousand The first class lum-
Der would have cost s. per thousand
more. Mr. Wilson saved, therefore. on
the 5000 feet about S175
Witness said he could have furnished
kiln-dried lumber at 50 per thousand ad
ditiona, blu. that Mr.. Wilson did not |
request dried lumber.
Witness testified that Mr.. Probasco had
never had any great amount of expert
ience as contractor of large buildings. |
Witness stated that tho lumber that was |
condemned was, he thought, thrown out
by Mr.. Wilson's foreman, and not by |
Mr.. Probasco, the inspector employed by |
the hospital.
Mr.. Warburton then stood aside.
Mr.. C.. f. Allard. the electrician of
the hospital was then placed upon the
stand.
Witness said he looked after all the
electric works. as we'll as the lights all
over the grounds. as we'll as at the Mar
shall House. which. witness said, was
owned by Miss Marshall. a former pa
tient, who purchased house across the
street from the hospital. i"
Witness said that the electric engine
was out of date and clumsy. He thought
1t was an expensive engine. and that it
would be economy to purchase n new
engine, which he thought would save %
per cent. of coal, The institution had
been in darkness, witness said. when
the engine broke down. because it was
hard to repair. Witness said the ersi-
neer did not furnish him sufficient steam
to give good lights. Witness said he was
under the engineer and reported only TO
him.
Witness said DrA Foste9, as far as he
knew, was not S"torTiizant Of the condi-
tion Of affairs. Witness said there were
plenty of boilers. and that there should
be plenty of steam. There was plenty OF
should be limited
Told of Fight.
Witness here related the circumstances
of the fight between Mr.. Texas Cloves
and DR.. Foster in front Of the engine
house.
Witness said that DR.. Foster ordered
Cloves out of the grounds: that Cloves
started out, and then came back; that
DIR. Foster had piece OF iron pipe in
his hand, and Cloves knife.
Witness saw both men mix up and fall. |
Witness sad uhc ran UP and pulled the
iron pipe out of DR.. Fosters hanIrs. ana
jumping between them, You shall not |
fight. You shall not hit with, with that |
pipe. and you shall not cut him with that |
knife witness said. Mr.. Allard said |
both men We're bleeding. Mr.. Gloves.
witness said. was full of whlskey, noisy
and bo!sterous. Cloves used very bad
language.
Gloves looked like a crazy man or n