The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-16
MAY INVESTIGATE
HAslFTT COMPANY
Merchants Exchange Suggested
by Importers to Probe the
Charges of Irregularities
Employees of Concern Tell of Al
legged Juggling of Goods
/. in Storage

legged irregularities in the handling of
their goods by the Haslett warehouse
company are now considering the
proposition Of referring the charges to
the Merchants exchange. The ware
house firm Is one Of the oldest in the
city and has always enjoyed the best Of
regulations. Its friends are hopeful
that 1t will soon do something to set
itself right.
The charges Of George D. Mongolia
that the warehouse firm has dealt I'M
fairly with it's patrons are dismissed
by President S. NJ. Haslett OF the COM
pany with the assertion that the
charges are untruths. prompted by the
dismissal OF Mongolia as superintendent
OF one OF Hsslett's warehouses. Men
COLA denies, that he was discharged,
claiming that he resigned because he
had grown tired of the methods en-
ployed by the Haslett company.
Ed O'Brien. who Is In the office of
G. E. Bickford in lower Pine street,
said yesterday that a committee of i'm
porters had investigated the various
charges made by Mongolia and found
them to be true. He asserted that the
Haslett company had not materially
aided the importers when they at
tempted to straighten out the various
discrepancies occurring at the Haslett
warehouses.
Mongolia has been aroused by the
aspersions cast upon him by his former
employers and has found, he declares,
a number of Haslett employees who Will
bear him out in his charges. One OF
these, whose name is withheld because
he is still in the employ of the Haslett
company, made new accusations yester-
day against his employers.
TELLS OF IRREGULARITIES
within the last six months" said
this employee. about so barrels of
'hypo' used in photography were appro-
priated. The initials and other marks
of Identification were scratched of the
barrels and the lot sold.
IT also handled the lot OF ale about
which 80 much has been said. This
ale was received in the warehouse
about two years ago, when there was
no congestion of freight as result Of
the fre Twenty barrels of the ale
were diverted from the lot and hidden
among a number Of cases of paper.
About eight months ago this ale was
moved to another warehouse, where it
Is still hidden"
The employee told also of the peculiar
handling of rice marked for NJ. Phil
lips & Co. and NJ. J. Brandenstein &
Co. A lot of 1S5 sacks with the Phil
lips marking was moved from ware
house No. 8 to No. and covered with
coffee shells, It is charged The rice,
according to the employee. was moved
after hours as 1t was learned that
Phillips was to check his stock in the
warehouse the following morning.
Two barrels of beer" continued the
employee. which had been stored by
Tillnann & Bendel and evidently for
gotten, were sent out TO the home of a
member of the firm. L discovered three
barrels of beer belonging to Sherwood
& Sherwood and reported the matter
TO the book keeper. He told me to for
get about It, as his books did not show
the beer in stock.
Detective Kindelen of the Southern
Pacific is said to be investigating the
ale affair. The company was forced to
stand good for the shortage.
WHAT HAsLETT SAYS
We've nothing particular to say ex-
cept that the stories of irregularities
are without foundation" said President
S. NJ. Haslett yesterday. "All the short
ages referred to occurred within a year
after the fire and were settled for as
they developed. We had various claims
aggregating between $4,000 and $1,000,
which were settled as they were pre-
scented. We had a few lots which turned
out over, our books showing that the
goods had been delivered in full. As
customary, the overs were sold to off,
set the amounts paid on shortages. The
shortages occurred through the acts or
faults OF different foremen. and the
averages occurred in the same manner.
Mengola sold without our knowledge
some months ago a number of sacks of
coffee sweepings and appropriated the
proceeds. When this was reported to
usawe accused him and he confessed.
1t had been reported that quite a guam
tity of coffee had been sold in a rather
mysterious manner. The coffee import
ers were anxious to find out the source.
and 1t was thought Mongolia might be
able to throw some light on it. After
realizing that nothing more was to be
found out from Mongolia the intimation
was given out that he was to be dis
charged the last day of May. We are
only refraining from prosecuting him
at the urgent request OF one of the
coffee brokers'
Mongolia admits he sold some samples
he had accumulated during year, but
denies that he had sold any sweepings
He considered the samples as much his
as anybody's.
Vote for DR.. C. C. O'DonneIl for coro-
ner; the dead will be respected.