Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-05
TRUSTEES OF THE POOR.
Award of Contracts and Other business
at Last Weeks Quarterly Meeting.

at Last Weeks Quarterly meeting.
The Trustees of the Poor, at their
quarterly session held at the almshouse
yesterday week, awarded contracts for
supplies for the ensuing three months
as follows:
Beef-Wells Brothers, 6 cents per
pound for fore-quarters and hind-quar-
ters ard Q cents per pound for shins.
Mutton-P. Monaghan, Al cents.
Bread-John B. Taylor, "a cents.
- Shoes-Condon & Mccarthy, 95 cents
per pair; mems slippers, 80 cents;
women's slippers, 25 cents.
Drugs-Herbert X. Watson.
Tobacco-Butz g. Shockley, "a cents
per pound.
Gasolene = Atlantic Refining Com
pany, $l3.95 per barrel.
Dry goods-William B. Sharp &
Company.
Groceries-George W. Gray.
Salt meats-Hart & Brother.
President Nowland presented a bill
of DR.. Frank Nowland, of $40, for
attending the familyiof Frank Dobson,
near Middletown, who were stricken
with typhoid fever and were in desti-
tute condition. The bill was allowed.
The following allowances for out
door relief were made: Brandywine
hundred, $109.10; Wilmington, 1885, 40;
Christiana, $4,000; New Castle, $276.97;
Mill Creek, $50; White Clay Greek,
$106.S9; Red Lion, $77; St. Georges,
$20S; Pencader, $3.50; Appoquinimink,
| $124; Blackbird, $S1.75; total for out
side relief, $1,510.36.
On the recommendation of the finance
| oO,o p,ittoa fba fnltn,u;nrr 1,i11s ,uara
allowed: George w. Lodge & Son,
Taylor, $407.09 IL. K. Watson, $171.59;
Atlantic Refining Co, Sl39.38; Condor
6 Mccarthy, $74.20; j. V. Carlisle &
Co., $43.40; payroll, $3S9.35; w. b.
Sharp & Co., S13325; Hart g. Brother,
| $102.70; Lewis Dc Co., $50; Lobdell Car
Wheel Co., $36.7S; Baxter & Brother,
$S1.75; New Castle Printing Co., $500;
Delaware and Atlantic Telephone Co.,
$43.75; G. p. Davis, S7.02; 5. G. Simmons
4 Co., $16.54; Davis & Co., $500; Finn
Brothers, SO; Cold Spring Ice CO., SS5;
Charles Warner Co, $433.07; ]. J.
Smith, S141.15; ]. T. Mullin, 456.50;
Patrick Monaghan, S79.0S; A. L. John
son, S33.25; Otto & Shockley, $68.64
Total for general allowance, $3,06S.44
Total for outside relief and general
allowances, $5,47e.S0.
The superintendent report was as
follows: Number of inmates, 1893; white
men, 81; white women, 90; white chill.
dren, Z; total white inmates, 1856; colored
men, 10; colored women, 12; colored
children, 2; total colored inmates, 27
The payroll, amounting to $3s9.35, was
approved.
The question of the salary for the
| trained nurse at the almshouse, Miss
McIlvane, was settled by deciding tc
continue her in.that position at s15 pei
| month.
An order was drawn for $1,000, tc
make up the passage money to Scotland
of Mrs. Johnson and her two children
who were recently admitted to the
almshouse ON being deserted by the hus
band and father. She has friends il
Scotland who contributed enough fol
her voyage with the exception of the
sum donated by the board.
Nathaniel Williams, of the trustees oi
the Diamond State Hospital for the
Insane, addressed the board on the sub
ject of a gas and water supply for tht
two institutions. He suggested new
arrangement of the existing contract by
which the State Hospital supplies th,
almshouse with water in exchange for {
supply of gas. At present the State in
stitution supplies all the water and pay!
one-half of the expense of gas. He pro
posed an equal exchange of water fol
gas. The subject was referred to com
mittee, composed of Dr. Springer, Johr
w. Lawson and Delaware Clark.
A complaint in reference to the condl
tion of the old pauper burial ground il
Christiana hundred, near the south
western limits of Wilmington, was re
ferred to q committee consisting o.
Messrs. Groome, Jester and Cloud.
The committee on inspection of aims
house buildings reported finding then
in good condition.