Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-04-29
LAST EDITION
HIGH BEEF, LOW SUGAR.
TRUSTEES or The POOR AWARD
QUARTERLY CONTRACTS.

Not Negotiable, May be Redeemed by
the state New oniOers Elected.
Complaint About tho Bread and Meat.
The Morning News Gets the Printing
The Board of Trustees Of the Poor met
IN quarterly session at the almshouse
this morning ALI the members were
present and the board settled down to
business promptly at 10 80 o'clock.
The election Of officers for the ensuing
year was gone into, with Mr.. Lackey in
the chair. Mr. Herbert nominated
Henry A. Rowland for president. Mr.
Garman nominated John w. Lawson
for secretary. Mr.. Rowland nominated
John Guthrie for superintendent
DR.. Springer nominated Mrs.
Mary Guthrie fors matron Mr.. Law
son no minated John N. Carswell for
treasurer. Mr.. Davis nominated DR.
Emil Hertel for almshouss physician and
DR. Joseph Smith for his assistant.
Mr. Clark moved that the secretary
cast the ballot Of the board on all the
officers except physicians. This was
agreed to and the officers above men
toned were declared elected A ballot
was then taken for physicians, and Drs.
Hertel and Smith were unanimously
elected, Dr. Smith was elected coroner's
physician
Mr.. Herbert then offered resolution
regulating the salary of the coroner's
physician concerning both he and his
associate DR.. Smith was called into the
chamber and made satisfactory arrange.
ments with the trustees regarding the
division of his salary with his associate.
William I. Lyman was elected attorney
for the board.
The proposals for furnishing the sup
plies for the almshouse for the ensuing
three months we're then opened, and
they were awarded as follows: Bread
John B. Taylor, Wilmington, 81 cents
per pound Beef-Wells Brothers. Will
mington, (hindquarters 81; forequarters,
@; shins @
Mutton-John Hopkins, Wilmington,
(forequsrters, II cents
Salt meats-Hart & Bro. Wilmington.
az cents shoulders and S15 for barreled
pork.
Gasoline-Domestic Trade Department
of the Atlantic Refining Company.
10 95l00 cents per gallon.
Coal-Charles Warner Company. Will
mington (best quality, "a 30 per 2,240
pounds)
Printing-The News Publishing Com
panY 70 cents per llne)
Dry Goods - Litchtenstein & Hart.
Wilmington, (the only bidders).
Groceries-George w. Gray, Whining
ton
Tobacco-otto Butz, Wilmington,
(24 cents per pound
Drugs Herbert X. Watson, Whining
ton
In making the awards for beef a dis.
cussion arose as to the marked increase
in the price OF the meat Nearly every
bidder proposed TO furnish at two prices.
the 6rst for the best quality OF beef. and
the second for an inferior grade.
Superintendent Guthrie stated that of
late, the meat had been Of q much
poorer quality. probably on account Of
the raiae in the prices of beef A ques-
ton arose as to whether the board had a
right to consider the higher bids. when
1t had advertised to award the contract
to the lowest bidder. 1t was finally
decided to accept the bids only on the
best quality Of beef, and it was then
awarded to the lowest bidder
When proposal was read from <. NJ
Hopes, secretary of the News Publish
ing Company. for advertising for the en-
suing year, there were many expressions
of surprise. Superintendent Guthrie
otAuCA tlhb Ao uhD uut HQNbfL1SeQ
for proposals for doing the
printing and that he thought 1t would be
unjust to give out the contract unless all
tbs newspapers were invited TO bid. Mr..
Herbert said that the proposal was per-
fectly in order and that resolution had
been passed two years ago asking for
e5imates for the work It
was then, he said, awarded
to the Journal Printing Company.
which had since been doing the work
Nearly every newspaper manager knew
that the proposals were in order at each
quarterly meeting The matter was
compromised by resolution to give the
work to the News Company for three
months when printing proposals would
be regularly advertised for
The recent fall in the price of sugar
made a marked difference in the bids for
this quarter None of the many pro-
posals were similar and it required much
calculating on the part of the members
to get at the average lowest bidder
William =. Lyman, attorney for the
board, made statement concerning the
insane asylum bonds, which had besn
taken up some time ago by the Trustees
OF the Poor and were afterward found to
be unmArketsble. Mr. Lyman said that
he, in accordance with instructions
from the board at the January session.
had drafted an act providing that the
state treasurer be instructed to issue TO
the board new bonds to the exact amount
OF the old ones, on the the
old ones being surrendered. He had
placed the bill in the hauds Of Mr.
Cranston in the House of Representa-
tives at Dover. and the bill had passed
its second reading and was now awaiting
his orders
Mr.. Herbert offered a resolution en-
dorsing tie action of the attorney and
approving the bill Treasurer Carswell
made statement as to what the bonds
we're originally intended for. The reso-
iution was adonted