Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1881-01-11

IDAHO CRY. January Sth, 1881.
ED. WOMB: The action Of the
Board Of County Commissioners III
letting the contract for maintaining
the County Hospital for the ensuing
year having been assaiIed throug
your columns BY i disappointed ap-
pllcant for the position, justice to the
Board demands that true statement
|of the affair be published.
The law Of this Territory IN regard
% the care and medical attendance 81
the iade emit sick and insane, very
properly, does not contemplate the let
ting Of contract for such services to
the lowest bidder. nor does ii require
the Board to advertise for proposals.
Ior receive them. The Board Is au-
thorizcd to let such CONTRACT to suit
able persons On such terms as the
Board may deem proper.
The action Of the Board, then. il re-
fuslng the contract to an inexperienced
person without facilities for properly
caring for the patients when an offer
was made at an advance of only $75
(not $3.50, as stated by MorrelI) by \
man who has made the care Of the
sick study, and who has facilities for
their accommodation and attendance
unsurpassed ii the Territory, is not
only warranted BY law, but will, /
think, be acquiesced in by every citi-
zen who properly regards the welfare
81 the county poor and sick.
Another point that undoubtedly had
great weight with the Board was the
TACT that majority of the heads Of
families in idaho City protested
against the location of the County
Hospital within its limits, knowing
BY personal experience that conta-
gious diseases were liable to be
spread by contact with the patients; ;
that property would be endangered by
insane persons running at large in the
town, that the personal safety of any
individual could not be assured while
they were allowed 50. to do, and that
the morals of the young would be
contaminated by the beastly exposures
and indecent practices which have
heretofore characterized many Of the
ldIotlc and insane patients; in fact,
that the location of the hospital in the
midst Of families was an unlnitigated
nuisance and an almost unbearable
lnflction upon the community. The
following is the protest handed to the
Board for their consideration:
To the Hon. Board of County Commits
sioners of Boise County.
/ GENTLEMEN:-The undersigned resi-.
dents of Idaho City most earnestly protest
against any action of the Board removing
The County Hospital to this place, as we
consider that the health and comfort of the
Icommunity as we'll as the welfare of the
patients themselves requires the location
of the Hospital outside of the limits of any
town or village in the county
Jonas w. Brown, James Ell. Hawley. s
G. Silsby, w. Ell. Tincher, f. Miller. w
w. Hooton, s. w. Wulff, f. Small, q. B
Holland, John FL. Runyan, J. Cave, M
Smith, John Richie, Jos. Hill, N. Haug
Jos. Demasters, Luther Coshow, Geo. W
Stuck, j. Garrecht r. Crawford, w. A
Pitzer, Martial Ellie, p. Linville, B. Fl
Smith, ). T. Tinsley, John Kennaly, w
Taylor, Mrs. G.. Mautz, CHI Marcus, j. 3
Emery. Jacob Phillips, III. Freidinger
VIM Lauer, Mrs. M. Zapp, John Suhlsen,
Mrs. Foster, Jas. Davis, Heinan Jones.
i One glance at the names appended
to this document will dispose of the
charge that the Board was influenced
Ihy party considerations in refusing
the proposal of Mr.. Morrell.
/ The action of the Board then was
mot only based on the law but was !
reflection of the wishes Of nearly the
lentire community, and a benefit alike
to the patients and the county.
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