Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1864-04-23

attendance, $1,85 per day-making S3O.45
per week, which suppose was cheap enough,
and / do not suppose the county commission.
ers or anybody else, would bring into CUES
ton the Doctors ability to make Sbundantlv
good and satisfactory all he proposed. If
this be SO. then why was it that the Doctors
proposition, to say nothing of his feelings or
the interests of the Taxpayers and voters of
this county, was so dsregarded by the commits
sloners? Why was it that they let the con-
tract to gentleman Of Idaho city. and pay
him $50 per week for boarding and nursing,
and pay DIR. Harris So per day for medical
notwithstanding $34 per week for each
person; being $3.50 more than DR.. Dan
forth asked, which in six months or wear
would amount to several hundred ifnot few
thousand dollars, which is a direct loss to the
county, Why this loss to the county and
this injustice, as regard il, to its tax-payersP
am not disposed to find fault with or inn
pugn the motives of those in authority, and
Will be charitable in my conclusions with ref
erenee to this staring proceeding on the part
OF tire county commissioners. But would il
not be well to let the public know why it was
That the bid of DR.. Danforth was rejected
and that OF any other accepted at an advance
OF three or four dollars per week for each
SICK and poor person received in the county
hospital tor the next six months. Until can
understand why this was, shall be unwilling
to encourage any one to make propositions
for building county Jail or anything else, un-
less located inside the proper limits of Idaho
city. There are other questions connected
with the building of county buildings, as we'll
as the administration of the affairs of This
county to which | would like to call the at
ention of your readers, but for fear of tres
passing, or asking too much, defer for the
present, but shall ask your indulgence here
fter. INDEPENDENT.
Mr.. EDIToR.-The Board of County Com
1isioners take great pleasure in answering
he letter Of Independent" and through
our paper do express their profound graft
lde for the anxious soliCitude for the welfale
the county of Boise expressed in his dear
liter. The Board, however, will be charita-
lie with Independent" believing that he
as not been correctly informed. The Board
egret exceedingly that Independent
lould use his great influence against it's ao-
on and everything else pertaining to the
elfare Of the county. But the all important
uestion is the hospital contract-and wbv
IT. Danforth did not get the contract-and
by the gentleman in Idaho CITY did get il.
ne proposition of DIR. Danforth is as fol-
VS.: r.a. ...
Now the question is, did DR.. Danforth in
nd to propose to quarter, subsist and nurse
e INDECENT sick for $3.50 per week without
ing hospital physician; and does he in
lde furnishing medicine in his proposal of
|, 10 per dayg The Board did not so I'M
rstand his proposition. I'D
The Board made contract with Drs. Har-
J, Crane and Terry to render medical servi-
5 and furnish all the medicine necessary for
e INDECENT sick admitted to the hospital at
per day for the year, consequently the
,ard could not let another contract unless
2 one now on file was forfeited. .. ..
But why don't the Board bring the hospital
Centerville? Did not DR.. Danforth offer
quarter, nurse, &c. for $3.50 per week,
d that would save the enormous sum of
80 per week for each persona
The Board will inform independently
It three fourths of the INDECENT sick are
nitted from Idaho city and few miles
und it. Now what will it cost to remove
patients to Centerville The Board have
d $40 each for bringing some from Placer
e and Centeryille, and if the Board is cor
fly informed, the patients removed would
e to remain in Centerville Is weeks before
expense would be lessened. Now sup
e three fourths Of the INDECENT sick must
carried to the hospital at an expense Of
J, would the present expenses be lessened?
pose some physician in Boise city had
red to take care of the INDECENT sick, and
forth that he had very fine house there
eep them in, and would only ask SIG per
k each, would the Board be justified in
blishing the hospital at Boise city? The
I'd let the contract to Mr.. Goodrich at
per week, providing he would shorten
time so that the contract for taking care
nd for medical services would expire at
same time, for the reason they believe it
most advantageous to the county.
he Board will wait patiently for the fur
development Of Independent Query.
as Independent" paid any taxes in this
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