The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-11-14
THEIR REPOH
DOINCS OF THE POORbM-
MlSSIONERS.
The Report Of Secretary CASTOR lprirhere
with a, his urgent rcquest) shovst
II Cost s5,sso.a6 70 Maintain O.
Poor for Six Months.

Lucky Poor" the appended was ted:
A report OF the poor commIssIonerSwei
that between March - 1891. aud Ssnber
2s, 1891. $3.50 2d OF the comnty's fbhad
been appropriated tochartable purpo4rom
this account one might judge that the lrity
of the people OF Iron county are paul bar
this conclusion would be erroneous. as i've
ARE known 20 exist Within tho county's lt,ia.
ries The luxury m which this lucky iettc
live ~ evident. and brings water TO tho oi
the average extravagnnt millionaire. RE
county charges mentioned have been HAT
Metropolitan, but az this meeting Of the III,
Poor commissioner Frank Raher wasinJc'i
10 remove them 10 CryStal Falls
j. b. CASTOR, 81 Metropolitan, lsu-
perintendent of the poor. takes fp-
tions To the foregoing aud pens tpl-
lowing explanatory letter To this IF:
Editor THE DIAMOND DRILL.
DEAR SIit:-ln your last issitoll
make some remarks concerning thfrr
ol Iron county, which presents s.x-
tremcly Unfair view Oi the matter BEN
| last saw Mr.. Rahcr lone of thPor
commissionersl he assurcd.lne thpn
report was 20 bo published, but dot
prepare me for amy such represelpnn
az you gave II. suppose YOU d,f to
state factS. Our report cOntainriS :
but your article does not A su Oi
the figures reveal the fact that wtivc
used ten thousand dollars in uen
months. OF this think less thipne-
third has been spent IN this Felcllwn-
ship. More money has been I IN
Crystal Falls and that district th.has
been spent ON patients in the hital.
FIVE is the smallest number al lfnts
that have been in the hospitalat ,tine
within year. hope YOU will Nish
our report in full. That shovow
much money has been spent and b IL
ofhas been paid to. The 81, 400 ycpcuk
was set aside lust March for our but
there were orders out for thouN or
twelve hundred dollars which VI un-
paid. ] feel that you have I'd nn
unfair and thOughtless attack nj the
board OF superintendents of the Ifnnd
upon me in particular. | trust kour
sentiments of Justice To correct i'm.
preston made by YOUR last isst The
county has not been robbed. tboor
have been ~ well cared for as FUN
stances would permit aud the rtls oi
our doings are public property. b not
desire newspaper controversy Have
neither time nor an inclination ".
Respectfully,
j. B. drpN.
la Justice to Mr. Castor and llpard
generally the report mcntionts here
given. The report has date october
/ . and while it was not cofred of
enough import to hc sprc9,il the
record book Of proceedings of bounty
board Of superSs. ~ n 4 prove
Of interest to the tax payers Of county
and iis publication in TnFI,MoND
DRILL will be the fuliillme ~ the
request Of the ex-supctintcnth oi the
poor
To the Honorable. the Board oi Sd,isors oi
Iron county Michigan
GENTLEMEN - Herewith We beg LED o submit
our report ofeypenditure- since MA pi, lso',
the date Of our last report
In this connection We beg leave tall your
attention 10 some Of the features otgollowlne
report -
First An OF the expenses incurrS,e east :
ern district of the county the towItf Feich :.
are included In the order, Ia "a yor IInes Is
Gaston: no orders being drawn IA fof any
other person Ia that district. Includes q
funeral expenses. clothing. mcdicinS board, =
ALSO nursing not only for the co0,aupcrs |
domiced Ia the Metropolitan hosHbut for t,
such a. have been relieved outside hospital
Second under the head Of "snsills aud
EXPENSES 81 the Crystal Falls antn River {
districts, ARE included the travelling hscS aud
numerous small items 81 expense ted AMI
paid by the supcrlntendents Of tbor, for
which Il Was troublesome 20 issue y small
orders
Third The unprecedented aud ,ked for
amount oi pauperism occurring dudhe pnSt
summer. due, 20 some extent TO thSguation
OF business has largely Increased kccssary
expenditures OF the board OF the suIiendents
~ the poor. over our estimate okrrh 81,
hence the fund set aside az that tlir over
drawn ia the sum OF about niue huia dollars,
Following is list of the orders ,9i up 10 !
October / covering all expenditures october
/, 1891. with date. amount aud ntai person
in whose favor drawn
Marh ~ 1891.