The daily gazette., 1883-07-26
POOR TRUSTEES.
The Afternoon Session of the Board The
Deliberations in Detail,


Deliberations in Detail.
After dinner, yesterday, the Trustees of
the Poor convened ln the Board room at the
Almshouse and continued their deibera-
tions. The following are the proceedings
in addition to those published in yesterdays
GAZETTE.
The attention of the Board was called by
Mr. Dean to the fact that the ord passed
at the June meeting for the closing of the
Trustees Office on Sixth street had not been
carried out. Mr.. Lackey of the commit
tee ON offices gave as his reason
that the Office could not be done without as
the Trustees were not willing to be bothered
at their homes at all hours of the night and
day by applicants for charity.
Mr.. Dean wished to know whether the
orders of the Board were to be carried out
and said 1t was like the city of Wilmington
trying to override the Legislature.
Mr.. Bradford wished to save the county
$500 and did not want to make it to easy
for paupers to get into the Aims
house by delegating the authority
of the trustees to one person. Mr.. Lackey
said that couatry people and tramps came
in for orders and thought the Office was
public necessity. Mr.. Dean thought the
country members had as much to do as the
city members, on account Of the greater dis
officer was costing about 81 ,008 year.
After some further discussion upon the mat
ter and an explains ton from Mr. Farra, the
motion of Mr.. Williams, "tha. the order
passed in June be carried out at once" was
then passed.
Mr.Cooch wished the telephone taken out,
but the suggestion met with such decided
opposition that the matter was deferred.
The following report for the quarter was
made by Superintendent Guthrie: Admitted,
100; discharged, ITO; births, z; deaths, n.
Present inmates-white men, So; white
women, AZ; white children, O.; colored men,
12; colored women, 20; colored children, 4;
insane white men, 26; insane white women,
"a; insane colored men, 8; insane colored
women, 5; total, 210. Number of deaths
during the past month, IL.
The manner of Fisher getting away from
the small pox hospital was explained by DR..
Oglo who saw what things Fisher took away
and paid him $3.50. After seeing the wagon
leave the building the Doctor drove in town
and soon after heard the alarm OF
fire. The report that he or any trustee
ordered the building burned he deemed as
untrue, and stated that on the morning after
the fire he had directed Phi lip Dougherty,
former inmate, to throw some old blankets
which some one had dragged out of the
building into the smouldering fire. Dough
erty evidently thought the officers wanted
the whole thing thing burned out, and
stirred up the fire SO that all the refuse
matter was destroyed.
At the suggestion of W. T. Lyman, ESQ.,,
attorney of the Board, a resolution was
passed requiring the Court of Chancery to
appoint G. L. Jemison trustee of Charles
Hendricks, vice Benjamin 8, Booth, de-
| ceased,
Mr. Williams of the Building Committee
reported that the committee had paid out
last month SIC, $50, making total to date
of $50, ,125. .56. The monthly payment, due
next week, will be about $1,000. The plas
tering of the insane department is finished
and also all the woodwork except the stairs
| The walls of the Almshouse proper are VI
to the third story; after which the BoarC
adjourned.