The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-06
DIR. M. j. WILLIAMS
SUCCEEDS STRANGE
Chosen Outdoor Physician for the
Providence District.
DR.. JENKINS WAS ALSO NAMED
Director ShOtten's Arguments in His
bers of the Board..TO Readvertise
for Bids for an Electrical Plant on
Account of an Omission in the
Specifications.

DR.. Morgan ]. Williams, of the West
Side, was yesterday chosen outdoor
physician by the poor board for the
Providence portion OF the district to
succeed DR.. A. Strange who was at the
last meeting of the board chosen resi-
dence physician at the Hillside home.
DR.. Williams has for some time been
outdoor physician for the West Side but
will now have charge of both and re-
ceive therefor $500 per year
Thomas Shotten, the director who
represents Providence. nominated DR..
Jenkins as DIR. Strange's successor. He
said that 1t would be unjust to the peo-
pie of his portion of the district to go
to the West Side when they needed the
services of a physician and that it
would be much better for all concerned
to have a physician located nearer to
the people he will be called upon to
treat. DIR Paine nominated DR.. Will
liams. Mr.. Shottens argument evi-
IDENTIFY did not have a very powerful
effect on the directors for DR.. Williams
was chosen, Dr.. Paine, Mr.. Fuller,
Mrs. Swan and Mr.. Langstaff voting for
him and Mr.. Shotten and Mr.. Tereppe
for DIR. Jenkins.
READvERTISE FOR BIDS.
After the minutes of the previous
meeting were read Mr.. Fuller of the
home committee announced that in his
mail yesterday he received a bid for the
electric plant at the Hillside home.
There was no mark on the envelope to
indicate what it contained and he
opened the letter and found that the
bid enclosed was unaccompanied by a
check for five per cent. of the amount
bid. He looked up the specifications
and found they did not provide for the
five per cent check. In view of this
omission he moved that all Of the bids
be returned unopened, that the specifi-
cations be corrected and new bids ad-
vertised for. This motion was seconded
by Mrs. Swan and unanimously agreed
to.
The case of Mrs. Catharine Sampson,
cOlored, the mother Of six children, who
was deserted by her husband five weeks
ago was referred to Director Fuller
with power to render assistance 1t
was decided to purchase special eye
glasses for boy named Henry Epp-
stein, who has been a hospital patient
and whose parents are unable to buy
glasses for him.
SAD PROVIDENCE CASE.
william j. Thomas, of Providence.
who is almost blind as result of mine
accident, was allowed IS per month for
three months. Superintendent Beemer
reported that Patrick Mcguire, who
was In the insane department some
time ago and was released by order of
court, returned to the institution vol
unfairly last week. Steps will be taken
to have him examined and regularly
committed.
A communication was received from
James Jones, of the Jenkin township
poor district, asking If this district can
take care of their urgent insane cases.
He was requested to appear before the
board yesterday but failed to do so.
The superintendent's report showed
that during May there We're Ill males
and 30 females in the home; number al
last report 1l9, number admitted 10, dis
charged 16, died 2, number there at
present 1i1.
The report of DR.. Ben T. Evans as
resident physician for May was read by
his successor, DR.. Strange. Number of
patients treated: Sane 81, insane 20;
number Of patients in asylum May 30,
10; received during month z; dis
charged 2; remaining. June /. 175.