Evening journal., 1895-04-04
THE STATE HOSPITAL.
Trustees Examine Plans for a
New Building.
ECONOMY IvEE ON LIGHTING


Contracts Awarded for Butter, Coal and
Ice for the Entire Seasonal New OastIe
Man oners TO supply Ice for the En-
tire Season for $3.50 and This is
Promptly Accepted.
In quarterly session the Truatees Of
the Delaware State Hospital for the Insane
met at the state building at Farnhurst
10 day. As all quarterly meetings are
for the purpose OF awarding contracts to
the best bidders (uot the lowest) for
supplying the institution with pro.
visions, slothing and medicines, sealed
| proposals from many Wilmington
bidders were opened at II 30 o'clock and
carefully compared by the trustees
The bids for Ice. coal and butter were
advertised for, for "the season of 1895 "
This means that these supplies will be
expected from the successful bidders for
the months OF April, May, June, july.
August, September and October. or
rather until Winter weather sets in.
when butter Is higher, coal is much
higher and Ice is proportionRlly cheaper
in price
| ids for Ice were required to be OF tie
best Eastern or MACHINE ice-no home
pond product Rccepted-and to be &c.
lived In the refrigerator at the hos spital.
The coal Is required to be hard coal OF
the best quality, broken egg and nut.
This must be well screened and put In
the hospital vault with shute wagons.
Butter received for the unfortunates'
meals at Fsrnhurst must be the choice
creamery product.
At to~dsy's session OF the board, Or.
Black presided and DR.. Burton, DIR.
Gilpin, DR.. Cooper and Messrs. Smith,
| Hopkins and Stewart were present.
Plans were submitted from NJ. Il.
Dickinson, No 1T Somerville street,
Philadelphia, for the new building
to be known as the male and female
wards. This Is the building that the
trustees have been trying to get for so
long, and are still hoping for some en-
eourAgement from the Get eral Asse mblyl
Great Danger OF Murder.
IL was reported that the present
crowded condition Of the institution had
assumed q serious state Unless the
new building petitioned for by
the trustees to the General
Assembly, can be speedily erected there
Is constant danger OF the violent patients
killing OF manning each other
An Economy on Light.
According to DR. Hancker's report, the
institution Is saving over $40 month by
it's new system Of lighting ard getting
great satisfaction with the Whining
ton electricity When they were
worrying along with gasoline. the cost
for month was $75. This month the
cost Of electric lightning will not exceed
s3e 80.
Awarding the Contracts.
There were several Wilmington bid
ders on coal as follows
H M Hayes-brolgen coal, 81 05; egg.
81 10; nut, 81 10, all per ton Of 2.240
pounds
George W Bush & sons Company
broken coal, 81 o. egg, 81 49, nut, "a 20.
Charles Warner Company-brokep,
"a OS; egg 81 03 nut, 81 08
w. o. Phillips & CJ.-broken, $f10;
egg, 4.24; nut, "a "a
The contract was awarded 10 the
Charles Warner Company.
The butter bids we're then taken up
and bids were submitted Rs follows:
j Cochran & Talbot, MIddlstOwn Cresm-
cry Best creamery butter delivered once
g week a. Fsrnburst station.
State Road Crssmery, ]. Macslllster.
proprietor. "a cents
Odessa Creamery Company, George L.
Townsend. treasurer, % cents.
Ernest & Kennedy, Sassafras Creamery,
90 cents.
Pierce D. Simpler, st. Georges-Best
creamery bntter, 23 cents.
The latter firm was awarded the con-
tract on the ground that on a former
trial. they gave perfect satisfaction. the
butter being exceptionally good A
rising vote had to be taken to decide
this bid
When the Ice bids were called for,
Joseph H. King, New Castle. bid $50
for the entire season and was awarded
the contract, his ice having been
recommended by DR.. Black as
consigned 10 New Castle, He also bid
32l cents hundred and the Provident
Ice Company. OF Wilmington, bid 30
cents a hundred The $50 bid seemed to
be quite agreeable to the trustees, as last
year 1t cost $40 for stlnted supply Of
ice
Census Of the State Hospital.
DR.. Hancker reported that the popu-
lation for the month ending March 81
Is as follows
Admitted--6 males. 2 females-8; died
/ (Rschel Waters Brown, OF Dover OF
those remaining there are 112 white
males, "a colored males, s4 white
females. II colored females, total,
257 The census March was 1870
males, 100 femsles; total, 230 There
are officers, 20 employees, 20 attend
ants; total 40
Brother and Sister simultaneously
Stricken.
A dispatch to the Philadelphia Record
/. 10 dnu fr.rlA Chnstnr rnrn. Death ana