The daily gazette., 1880-04-28
FIFTH EDITION.
Trustees Of the Poor.

REPORTS AND OTHER BUSINESS.
The following are additional proceed
ings Of the meeting of the Trustees of
the Poor ut the Almshouse, this morn
ing:
The report of the Superintendent
showed that there had been 1928 inmates
during the year, of which number 249
were from lh's city. The number In
the institution a. the present time Is 241.
During he year 2S3 inmates have been
discharged. There were 10 births and
~ d. atbs.
The products Of the farm amounted
to 81 1863. IL. or live stock there are
horses, 9 cows and pigs. There had
b-en S1,214 20 received for b. ard, and
$231.30 from the ,le of products Of the
farm.
The visiting physicians, Drs. Ugle and
Springer, call the attention Of the
Trustees to the healthful condition of
the institution, the year having passed
without any epidemics or endemics
within the Hospital. In regard to the
condition Of the Insane Department for
men, they say:
1--WE cannot urge too strongly upon
you the deplorable condition Of the In
sane Department for men IL should be
looked after at your earliest convent
ence, and We recommend the erection OF
q building Of such size and apartments
as will add to the comfort ard health Of
tb, unfortunate insane"
They close their report by saying:
awe thank your honorable body for
the prompt manner you have always
acted upon our requests for the &C mforts
and welfare Of the sick undor our
charge. The superintendent, matrons,
and nurses have given us very valuable
assistance, and deserve great praise for
the cheerful carrying out Of our wishes
for the relief of the sick"
The Treasurers rebort shows that he
had received $5.4S0.50 as a balance
from 1879, on account Of appropriation
made by Levy Court, $25 900, aud from
other sources, $l406,67, making tn.
totN receipts 31,S93.l7. There had
been paid out as per vouchers So O,0l8.-
So. Balance In hand after January
payments, $18,74.65.
Since the auditing of the above ac-
count, the County Treasurer has paid
the balance in full for the appropriation
for the year 1870, amounting TO S4,36l.-
IS; balance from January, SlS74. IS;
Leaving q balanre In hand for April
allowances. $0239, ,3s.
The liabilities of the Board are /:
Bond, Henry Latimer $4,000; Bond,
Jesse, Lane, $1,000; Bond, S. s. Nor
ris 81 900; Bond, 8. A. Morris, $1,000;
Total liabilities, $4,000.
The committee to consider the altera-
tion and improvement Of the present in
sane department building, submitted q
report, recommending that the building
be remoddelled and improved as sue-
gested by VIM. q. Pierce and Harry
Lape, two contractors they had employ
ed To make . thorough examination of
the building. The details Of the work
to be agreed upon and carried out by the
Trustees, through their authorized com
mittee.
The committee further suggested
that the building. which is now fifty
feet long, could be heightened at any
time should more room be required.
They also suggested that in their
opinion the cost of remodeling the
building could be brought below the
cost estimated by the two contractors,
probably as low as from 90, 500 to &3,-
600. The report was signed by w. s.
Vandyke, Daniel Farra and John p.
Armstrong, committee.
Annexed tc this report was the re-
port of carpenters Pierce and Lape,
who stated that the stone foundation
walls of the building were of sufficient
thickness, strong and good and of
sufficient depth to allow of grated win
dows for ventilation, for which pur-
pose 1t would be necessary to remove
some earth from the cellar. The out
side walls of the building are 13 inches
wide. strong and in good condition.
AS for the rest of the building, moth
ing could be used in the remodeling
excepting brick division wall in the
first story and few joints.
The builders recommended the rails
ing OF the first two stories to height
OF feet, and the addition of a third
sory Of the same height. Such an
alteration would produce building of
q capacity of about 100 inmates. Esti-
mated cost, %, 500 to $4,000.
The report was laid over until the
afternoon session, and the Board ad
journed until Q o'clock.
During the morning bills to the
amount Of about 80, 800 were exam