Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-11
Ina N,a,u poor House.

L. appears that Mr.. Wm. H. Qui.n Il not
pleased with the quotltious Of he's can remarks by
us in cur issue of Frd'y. lie replies IN card IN
IN the Ereyy Er1sus. he does not deny any
thing We SAID. But asserts thst he "dId not re-
C,ive any benefits directly or o;hei wise What
induced this deniAlg 1t is little 'eGrious-
may lead TO unpleasant reports.
Ii would seem TO uS that nobody Wid receive
any Ied hensht by the institution, beyond the
political paupers' that are to run II ia the inter-
ct OF political stiOn, by taxing the people of
this city As an Institution It is not respectable
as the county "alms house, against which Mr.
Damn seems TO have especisl aversion, not
withstanding he desired not long siuee 60 receive
the appointment OF Treasurer Of the poor.
Mr.. Quinn utters slander agAins. the industri-
ols and selfrelant mechanics Of this city wherein
h, saws The Institution in question is intended
Tor that is, the mechanics aud lAboTing portion.
who scarcely receive wages enough 10 detray the
necessary expenses OF iIfe, aside from supporting
a family in case Of injury sickness. As there
are 5000 persons Of this class in our city.
We will venture To So that Of the 5000" referred
to BY Mr. Qunn not sx willing te be sent to the
hospital. There is not much poverty in the city
as the chairman oi the hospital cOInmIttee would
have US believe. The great mass of The working
men and mechanics sre members of benevolent or
beneficial societies, and would prefer TO remain
in their boarding houses where they receive the
kind attention due them from their brethern of
the various orders, No class, much less the ''ne-
chanics and laboring men" solicited the purchase
of the hospital" buildings. They were bought to
spend the citys moneIto give 1t TO political favor
its The purchase was strongly opposed in the
ID
Of WhSm plainly asserted the truth when he said
It was not needed d-WOuld Be very costly, aud
prove an elephant on tie hAnds Of the city. Ii
has already become an elephant. No body want
el such iustitution-it Is not hos pital IA the
trae scuse Of that term aud cannot Iise above
the standard of "chy poor house" as none bat
plupeTs Will be Whling to 60 to Il. About $50
900 will shortly be expended IA this project, when
all that was asked Of the city by those who org
mated the hospital effort and organized Society
under a charter granted by the legislature, was a
lot Of ground, on which they proposed to build
suitable house. at their own expense, while the
most able medical gentlemen in the city agreed to
give their attendance free Of charge. Tie Society
had been promised about $4,000 to aid in their
hospital project II was to this Society, com
liosCA Va fAOAnAsSe NSAS
made to aid in a work Of laudable charity, by the
manufactures and not 10 the singular enterprise
into which the City Council has blindly embarked
Mr.. Quinn asks this question which is wholly
foreign TO the hospital folly:
why did not the Gazette condemn the expen-
diture u money in opening streets fnE the benefit
Of a certain Improvement CompanyF Did be
not advocate it through his paper Many Of the
streets are now laying as useless as before they
opened and graded
We ReTer advocated ths opening of street for
The benefit Of any company, nor do we know that
any street ever was opened for the benefit
OF "a certain improvement Company" We Ger
tainly never saw petition or signed one for
this purpose, nor were we ever asked by any one
to do 70 or to advocate the opening OF street for
- certein Improvement Company" The gentle
man no doubt allodes 10 the Christisna River I'm
provencnt Company. But he WlH find by exam
iniug the records that that Company expended
many thousands of dollars an grading streets and
building bndges. 1t EAs one Of the main causes
of the erection Of Third street and Eleventh street
bridges and has been TIC iRdireet means of bring
ing more property under the assessment Of the
city 10 single year, than Woull pay for all the
grading that was ever done for the Company, if
there was ever any done fOF it.