Evening journal., 1893-06-28
A DAY AMONG THE POOR.
County Officials Meet at the
Almshouse.
THE POOR INMATES ARE WELL FED

THE POOR INMATES ARE WELL FED
For Is Cents Per Diem Per Capita; and
- Cents Day win Ciothe, Feed aud
Prescribe for Thcm-Yet the Trustees
Have Been Running Behind and WIN
Beseeeh Levy Court for a Larger APP
propriation.
The monthly meeting Of the Board Of
Trustees Of the Poor was held at Farm
hurst to day Prior to the calling Of tie
meeting the finance committee met and
prepared It's biennial report.
Among the guests Of the board were:
County Comptroller Stats wife and
daughter, President Of the Levy Conrt
Scott and wife, Levy Courtmen Mealev.
| White and Armstrong
Superintendent Groves reported the
number Of inmates to be 191. Of which
number l56 are white and thirty.fve
colored. This is an increase OF eight
over last month. he also reported that
he had abolished the boarder's table and
experienced but little trouble from the
| inmates
The pay roll, amounting to 1895 "a.
was allowed. A recess was then taken
until after dinner At this afternoons
session the Finance Committee submitted
its report. The expenditures from April
30, 1891, 20 April 80 1892 we're as
follows: Curreut expenses, $i7, 423 so:
outside relief. IS. 423 42 mileage and
salaries, S6i5 co. almshouse payroll
g. 480 40; total $50, 693 90 The appro-
priation was $2S COO, thus making a de-
icit Of 81 693 22 From April 30 1891,
to April 30, 1892 the average daily
number Of inmates for the year was
1909; total admissions during the year,
| 2,322.
From April 30, 1892, to April 80. 1898,
the current expenses were: $l5. .223 10 !;
outside relief, S. 2O4 52 payroll. $4,-
0Ol, 33; salaries and mileage f614 l6
miscellaneous, S65; vaccination bills.
$7lS 53; physicians attending outside
poor. $7i painting and plumbing, 81, q
lO30s0 total, $3l, ,s32 81. (The appro-
priation was $2s, O0O-defcit. $S.-
S3221.)
Inmates Cost But ~ Cents Per Diem.
There was an increase Of II per cent.
Of inmates during the past year The
average daily number Of inmates was
l0st and the total admissions
were . Sol. The cost Of subsistence
alone for the inmates for the year ending
March 3O 1898 was $40, 12t. TO- The
number Of days board OF inmates during
the year was 76,1i2 making the cost
only l8i cents per day per capita The
cost, including medicine, clothing. shoes,
tobacco, dry goods, aud whiskey $i2, =
AGA 81, making the cost per day for each
inmate, inclusive, iGi cents
This makes the total cost Of the in
mates for the year $50, 700 q. The total
cost OF each inmate for a day was 27
, cents, including everything
To Appeal TO the Levy Court.
The trustees have the Levy Court
Commissioners out at the almshouse to.
day 90 appeal 10 them for a larger ap.
preparation They will use the areu.
ment that 10 costs but 13 cents a day ia
feed each inmate of the almshouse and
but ~ cents a day to feed, clothe, attend
TO and prescribe for them, and argue
= that they could not make the expense
less.
Mayor Herbert submits Charges.
This afternoon Mayor Herbert, Of New
Castle, a member Of the board, asked
that a committee be appointed 70 inves.
+ tigate charges Of stealing at the aims
house He said that it has come to his
knowledge that Thomas Fox, an inmate
of the institution, had stolen
plow shares, brass and twenty
q bottles aud sold them to a junk dealer In
, Wilmington He further alleged that
Buck Talley, a cook at the almshouse
had stolen quantities Of food took it G,
the woods, and there gave it TO tramps
A further charge was that Tale.
T. i y
5 purchase whiskey at Toman's hotel il
New Castle; that Watson returned will
< the whiskey and Talley gave It TO the
8 inmates in such quantities that they be
; came intoxicated In the charges Mr.
D Herbert exonerstes Superintendent
Groves Of all completely in or knowledge
Of the peoulations.
! Tho Board discharged the cook anC
asked Mayor Herbert to proceed against
8 the other offenders.
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