Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-31
BoARD or room rnosrnrs.
Regular Quarterly Meeting at rarnhurs
Yesterday.

htbtGNuNgs
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Board of Poor Trustees. at which con-
tracts for supplies for the ensuing three
months are awarded, was held at the
almshouse yesterday. The following
members Of the board were present !;
Chairman, DR.. Springer. Calvin w.
Crosson, John W. Lawson. Michael
Newall, Nathaniel d. Culbert, James
Garman, NJ. n. Willis, Wesley Husbands,
DR.. Enos, James b. Toman, Andrew w.
Webster, Herbert Walker, Conrad Keller
and Harry Salmons.
Superintendent Mccoy submitted his re-
port showing the population Of the aims
house to be rs follows: White men, l49;
colored men, %; white women, 81; colored
women, III white children, b; colored
children, q; total white, oil; total col0red,
80: grand total, ESQ; payroll, SS04.6o.
The following deaths occurred in the
almshonse: Alexander II. Fields aged SO
years; Eliza Dickson, aged % years; George
Danning, aged So years.
Mr.. Lawson read communication from
the Home for lncurables in Philadelphia.
calling attention to the case of John
Glackin, an incurable now at the aims
house. The Philadelphia institution re-
quires an admission fee of 800 before
Glackin can be admitted to tine Home for
lncurables. The board decided it would
be cheaper to place the patient in the
Philadelphia institution than to allow him
to remain in the almshouse. He will be
sent to the Home for lncurRbles.
Mr.. Lawson moved that Il. X. Cochran,
attorney for the board, be instructed to
proceed against patients now in the aims
house who have means of their own and
collect the money due the board for their
maintenance. Mr.. Willis moved to
amend by instructing Mr.. Cochran to
look into the matter before any civil
action was taken and ascertain whether or
not the property belonging to the inmates
was of sufficient value to warrant the at
torney in proceeding against the property.
The amendment was adopted.
Conrad Keller of the committee on
buildings, reported progress in regard to
the lighting of the almshouse with cleo
tricity.
MIR. Willis de sired to know whether or
not the board had duly authorized any
one to sign the contract with the electric
light company for the lighting of the in
stitution. He said the committee which
met Jointly with the State Hospital trus-
tees ehould have referred the matter back
to the board before the matter had been
definitely acted upon.
DR.. Springer said this was his under
standing Of the matter.
MIR. Lawson said he was not present at
the special meeting and desired to hear
read the minutes of that meeting MIR.
Salmons read the minutes of the special
meeting. There was no note of any action
authorizing anybody to sign contract
70 bring the matter regularly before the
board Mr.. Salmons moved that the presi-
dent be authorized to sign a contract with
the electric light company giving it the
privilege OF putting in the lights.
Before this motion was carried Mr..
Toman called the boards attention to a
| pertinent matter in regard to the signing
of contracts. He said there were two sides
to q contract and before the board author.
lied anybody to sign contract they should
see to ii that the company also entered
| into the requirements of the contract. i
Before any action was taken an adjourn
ment was taken for dinner.
Immediately after dinner the trustees
made nm inspection of the almshouse
building ana reported it in good condition.
The board did not begin to award the
contract for supplies until clock.
The report of finances of the almshouse
show that the expenditures for the pas
three months of the present administra
ton arc $69o4,0i, us against SlU, 30S.9i fol
the same period last year; amount saved
| $3,4O0.