Show PRISON MEALS I COST GOST 6 GENTS CENTS DOHERTY SAYS Chief Deputy Under Sher Sheriff Sheriff Sher 1 iff Harries Takes Issue 1 With Newspaper Figures Figures Fig Fig- Fig I ures on F Feeding eding C Costs I Salt Lake county expended I for county Jail food tood during March larch I ac according to Chief Deputy Sheriff E. E H II Doherty who announced to today today today to- to I day that he had Investigated and compiled figures for tor comparative I purposes to set aright any misapprehension I that may have been gained by the public as to the average aver aver- ago age per meal cost This Item Is Js incidental to the first quarterly re report report report re- re port of the sheriffs sheriff's office under the 1 I It present administration The Tho complete complete com corn t report will probably bly be bo ready this week I I. I Previous newspaper articles have o been written and published with t the o avowed purpose of ot casting reflection reflection tion on op the sheriffs sheriff's office as to the amount of ot money made by the sherl sheriff under the feeding system at atthe atthe atthe the county Jail jan Chief Doherty said today I have hav done a a. HUe bookkeeping ing lag on my o own n account and found that It cost the county In March about 6 3 1 cents a meal MEALS SERVED My Iy figures show that me meals were served In the county Jail jaU in March and this total includes 1930 meals served to government pris pris- The total cost was or cents a meal Government prisoners were fed 1930 times Umes for which the county is 25 25 cents a meal for tor a tot total l of ot If It the money paid to the county by the government is charged against the money expended by the tho county a balance balance balance bal bal- ance of or 1173 would show In favor tavor of ot the county But according to tomy tomy tomy my way of figuring the county ap applies applies applies ap- ap I plies 6 cents of ot every 25 cents paid I in by the government to feeding and the remaining 18 3 2 cents goes to the tho upkeep o of the Jail jan That would include bedding lighting and other incidentals so that there Isn't much left lett to offset tho county ex cx- cx Chief Doherty charged that the newspapers were prejudiced against the sheriff and intimated that certain certain tain thin articles hinted at graft gran In Inthe n the feeding of at prisoners NO REFLECTION T ON SEEN Of course Chief Doherty said the present administration has not undertaken the feeding of the prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- and the so-called so low cost feeding articles do not reflect on Sher Sheriff rt Harries I am the figures together for future use when the feeding Of the prisoners Inthe in inthe inthe the county Jail will come directly under the sheriffs sherl's office But your office has not as yet et undertaken the feeding of ot the prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- the r reporter porter said Why the tho complaint against the newspapers I Ill admit that Doherty answered answered answered ans ans- but there has bas been left- left handed banded slaps at this office and I want the tho public to know Just what the actual feeding cost Is QUESTIONS BOOKKEEPING Your March figures are not not unlike unlike un un- like tho the figures for tor January and February it was was suggested Of Ot course course you haven't d deducted ducted the tho government allowance of 25 cents a meal That ought to reduce the actual cost to tho the county consider consider- ably S Oh well welt If It you ou are going to keep books that way you wouldn't last long anywhere they'd kick you ou out Doherty said You must un understand understand understand un- un that the 25 cents paid by bythe bytho bytho tho the government for tor their prisoners is for their care cate and feeding g. g You must figure the light and bedding and und other Incidentals and the upkeep upkeep up up- keep leep of ot the Jail |