The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-05-22
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REPORT OF w. NJ. HALL IN THE
Poor House MATTER.-We give be-
low the report OF w. NJ. Hall, Esq,
appointed by the Court, auditor to
take testimony, find the facts and
make report, &c. 1t will be seen that
the facts as found by the Auditor,
are unfavOrable to the retention of the
Mill by the County, though the ex-
animation into the affairs of the Mill
was confined to the period anterior to
1860. Our information is that the Mill
has made a handsome return to the
County since 1860. The order of the
Court, which we append, and which
was made after Mr.. Halls report was
filed, disapproves the proposed sale
of the Poor House property, but ap-
proves the proposed erection Of new
Poor House.
To the Honorable Tie JadgeS oJ TIE
Court Of Quarter Sessions Of Bedford
county, dt april Sessions, 1868.
The report of William Maclay Hall,
auditor, pro ut certificate of appoint
ment hereto attached, to take testimO-
ny, find the facts, and make report,
&c, in the matter Of the recOmmenda-
tiOn of the Directors of the Poor and Of
the House of employment of Bedford
County in regard to the erection of a
new Poor House, and the sale of the
present Poor House property, respect
fully represents:
That having been first duly sworn to
perform the duties Of his appointment
with fidelity, and having given notice
of the time and place of hearing by pub
licatiOn in both newspapers publish
ed in Bedford proceeded to take testi-
mony, full notes of which are hereto at
tached. And your auditor reports the
following facts as deduced from and
sustained by the testimony:
First That the buildings on the pre-
sent property are not at all suitable for
the proper maintaining and employ
ment of the Poor. That the building
known as the poor house is entirely
too small of incOnvenient arrange
ment; lily ventilated; with no means
of keeping the sexes separate; no ar
rangement for heating except stoves
no proper place for keeping a patient
with contagious disease; no proper
place for insane persons; no running
water in the building, nor water clos
cts; and that there is an imperative
necessity for the erection of a building
in which the defects above enumerated
would be remedied.
Second. That there is an open space
between the Stewards house and the
poor house, which is about $50 feet
long, so feet wide, from the turnpike
to the race, which would be suitable
for the erection of a proper poor house,
that the mill race is an admirable sew
er for carrying off all offensive mat
ter; that the old building could be re-
tanned and used to advantage for way
farers; that the spring at the foot of
the mountain, which now supplies the
property with water, is ample and new
er-failing, and can be carried in pipes
to the top of a three StOried house; in
short that there is no better location as
to water and sewerage to be found any
where.
THird. That your auditor has exam
ined with some care the accounts,
check-boOks, and auditors reports of
the Poor House from 1913 to 1860, in
elusive that the remainder, from 1861
to 1868, were not examined for want of
time that the manner of keeping theac-
counts, checks and reports for the said
years, is neither business-like nor accur-
ate; that there are great Obscurities and
opportunities for lrOrs, ,and some things
which look very much like errors :;
that no prudent man would manage
his business or keep his books as the
IF
Mill have been managed and kept !;
that, as per statement hereto attached,
the receipts of the mill over the eXpen-
ditures from Dec. ,, 1912, to Jan. |,
1861 amounts to S544.S6, being S30.27
per annum, and that in fact if all the
expenditures for the mill, race, dam
and miller's house, and in managing
and carrying on the business of the
mill and the bad debts made for mill
products, could be arrived at with pre-
cisiOn, the expenditures of the mill
during said period have exceeded the
receipts probably by considerable "a
mount.
Fourth. That the mill and Miller
house. with about two acres adjacent,
including the upper garden and ground
enough to make basin to hold sup
ply of water, could be sold for from
eight to twelve thousand dollars.
rim. That the Poor House farm
contains 520 acres, most Of which is
mountain land. That, apart from the
mill, this would sell for from four to
six thousand dollars that except a
good garden of an acre or two and a
tOlerably good meadow of about
twenty acres, there is about forty acres OF
cold and wet secOnd-class farm land,
and the remainder is mountain pas
ture and timber, most of it Of very lit
tie value.
.Scth. That certain persons have Of
fered for sale farms, as per offers here
to attached, as follows:
1st. The property Of John, Samuel
and Daniel Snyder, situate in Snake
spring township, containing 173 acres
and allowance of per cent, and adjOin-
ing lands of w. FOrney, Michael Ware
ham, Andrew SnOWberger, John Sny-
der and Michael ;. Ritchey.
This tract is offered at the sum oi
sixty dollars per acre in payments, and
is reported to possess a never failing
stream of water which can be carried
to any part of the building.
Second. The property of John Ha-
fer, situate in Bedford township, con
tanning 100 acres more or less, and adj
Joining lands of VIM. Smith, the Holi-
daysburg turnpike on the East, lands
of Samuel DiehI, David Points, Charlie,
Stuckey, and Ezra Williamson.
This property is offered for the sum o.
seven thousand dollars, and is reported
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