Evening journal., 1888-11-01
POOR TRUSTEE MEETING.
Bills Paid for Last Quarter-Awarding
Contracts to Lowest Bidder.

contracts TO Lowest Sldders
The Trustees Of the Poor for New
Castle county adjourned at IL o'clock yes
terday for dinner Superintendent
Guthrie received many congratulations
for the very excellent dinner he had pre-
pared. After dinner, to which ABOUT
forty persons had paid honor, the com
pany broke up into small groups, discuss
ing the presidential situation over Super
intendent Guthrie's cigars. The new
system of awarding contracts was used
tor the first time. BY this system each
article is awarded to the lowest bidder on
said article. It is probable that the gro
GERS, who felt the change most keenly,
will object very decidedly to this. G. l..
Simmons, who was present. said that the
grocers bids were made out under the
supposition that the lowest bidder on an
average would be awarded the contract
for the whole list. In the event Of those
Interested refusing the contract under
these new conditions special meeting Of
the board viii have to be called.
At 2. 10 o clock the board re-convened.
The following bills were ordered paid
John b. Taylor, bread, $77S- 10; Wells
Brothers beef, $1,0s1.77; Hart &
Brother, salt meat, $115.17: g. M. Beas-
ton, mntton, $206.64; payroll, 1888. II
Alexander Chambers, tinware, $4S; Lich-
tenstein & Hart dry goods, 1922. s5; J. f.
White 4 Bro, phosphate, 1910 Jour
nal Printing Company, $3.50; News Pub
fishing Company, 49, 45; Phillips & Kane
gasoline, 1929 49, John II. Moore, cloth
ing, $l4s. So; Finn Brothers, hats, $12
Telephone Co., $43.75; Condor & Me.
Carthy, shoes, sos. rs; Harlan & Hollings-
worth, 1924; Dawson & Bro, butter,
S13S. 75; Delaware Printing Company,
$3.50; First and Davis, stationery, So
James Christy, tobacco, 800 So; II. d.
Hickman, harness, 5000; Dickey q Co..
feed, 1888. 10; Lawrence Burns, horse
shoeing, $20.69; w Baxter q Bro, wills
key, $S2 30; Charles Warner Company
lime, S73. 55; First & Almond, carriage
repairs, $16.S5; r. w Birnie q Son, can
vas Clothes $23.25; John 9. Brison,
plumbing, $2175 w. @. Wood, stove
man, SO; S. q. Simmons & Bro, lumber,
$2567T G. i. Simmons, groceries,
81, $50 SO; total, $6105.66.
Y. James Belt received the contract for
repurt water, elixir ammon, cinnamon
water, capine plasters, cough syrup
James Griffin, Basham's mixture; ii. II.
Watson the balance. The contract for
dry goods was awarded to lichtenstein
and Hart, for goods as per samples and
price
Frank +. Herbert then made few
remarks, in which he suggested that the
board in awarding bids should recognize
citizens and tax payers Of the county in
preference to aliens who offered bids.
The suggestion conceded with the senti-
ments Of the other members.
President Baldwin announced the fol
lowing visiting and inspection committee
for November: DR.. Howard 0. Ogle,
George M. d. Hart and S. A. Armstrong.
A motion Of DR.. 0gle that all bills for
supplies be presented before o'clock in
the morning of the Tuesday before the
quarterly meeting, and that the commit
tee on accounts, meet on that day to cor
rect same, was carried Bills not pre-
scented before a. m. on the Tuesday be
fore the quarterly meeting will be held
over until the next meeting, and the SUI
/ perintendent was instructed TO advertise
to this effect.
Superintendent Guthrie stated that
there was pressing need Of twenty five
new bedsteads for the asylum, The con
tract price Of the last purchased was
So. 3S per bedstead.
In the matter Of extras the superinten-
dent was instructed to act on his owr
judgment in purchasing the same.
Adjourned at 3 o'clock.