Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-07-28
TRUSTEES OF THE POOR
Much Business Transacted at Their
Quarterly Meeting Yesterday.
TWO MEAT CONTRACTS AWARDED
Lively Discussion Regarding
Supply of Beef.
NO ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MUTES

The quarterly meeting Of the Board
of Trustees of thB pour was held at the
almshouse at Farnhurst yesterday,
all OF tile members being present. The
chief business OF the meeting was the
matter Of awarding contracts tor sup
plies for the ensuing quarter. but no
contracts were awarded except for beef
and mutton, there being prntracted
discussion concerning the matter Of
giving out the beef contract Contracts
for other supplies will be awarded this
afternoon.
In relation to best motion was
atiunted instruoting Superintendent
Mccoy to have the contractor furnish
whatever is required from cattle weigh
ing not less than 800 pounds.
The hids for beef were as follows:
NJ. j. GallHhger, 6la cents for fora and
hind quarters; Frederick Keinle,
cents for fore quarters and 6la for hind
| qua,ters; Michael Devine, 51a cents
| for fore quarters and 71s for hind
quarters; Y. II. Loiland, cents. for
| fore quarters anil 8 for hind quarters.
The contract was awarded 10 Mr..
Keinle.
! Michael Devine was awarded tho
| contract for mutton. The bids wore
as follows, the requirements being that
fore quarters Of eight ribs shall be
furnished: Mr.. Devine, 6 cents; u. II.
Lofland, cent?; Patrick Monaghan. 0
cents; Frederick Keinle, 91a cents.
| George Gray of this city having sub
nitted the only bid for groceries, II
was referred to Messrs. Hart and Arm
strong, who were directed to compare
the figures with the prices now being
paid for groceries by the board. He
will probably receive the contract.
Expenditures aggregating 81, 96s. 67,
including contract hills amounting t6
| 81, 104. rs, tine payroll for July, amount
ing to S419. II, and miscellaneous bills
wsro authorized.
Superintendent Mccoy made the fol
lowing report OF the population Of thu
almshouse at the present time: White
PERSONS, 19l: colored, %; total, 2l3
Increase over June, z; increase owe
July, 1897, IL. The following death
J occurred during the month: HANNAH
Butcher, oolored, aged CO years
THERESA fIouck, aged GS years; Mar.
Meyer, coIored, aged 70 years, nll o
Wilmington, and Joseph j. Austin
aged 30 years Of Nav Castle.
Application having been made TO
, the admission of John Dale, oolored
i of Delaware City, who ia deaf an
! dumb, DIR. Belville stated that Their
. was no provision for such patients q
the institution and he could not be nd
: mitted until some provision could b
] made The case was continued.
0 Che following report on outside relic
I for the last quarter was read and ar
a uroved Brandywine hundred, s26. 81
D Wilmington hundred, northwest. s64
3 southwest, s5l5. 90; Southeast, 1904. 4C
9 northeast, sl97. %; Christiana hundret
b Sl9; New Castle hundred, 1874. As; Mi
Creek, s24. 30; White Clay Creel
9 sI69. :,S; Red Lion, s62. 10; St. Georgel
s SlS6. 10: PencadHr, S97. Go; App0quin
Il mink. sl5S. DO; Bluokbird, SiS. %; tota
Z g.. 444.T2.
y This following contracts were awarded
!. Coal---J. NJ. Solomon. at s395 n
O ton. The other bidders we're: III
It Charles Warner Co. and the George v
n Bush & Sons Co., each So. 80 per tor
1. Consumers Ice and Coal Co., So. 81
x -Gritienburg & Salmon,
n cents per pound.
. Tobacco George Steipicken. 80 cen
10 per pound.
d Sboes-M. Monaghan: mems shoe
- W cbnts per phiri Women u ooi me'i
II slippers. 90; women's, "a.
Bread-Laurenc Maucher, 25s cen
n per pound.
u Groceries George W. Gray & Go.
10 At the afternoon's meeting DR..
ss +. McOoley of this city was electt
10 coroner'a physician over DR. +.
ID Smith, by u vote of IL to g. d
,e Edward MoCabe resigned.
~ William b. Shnrp 4 Co. we
awarded the contract for dry goods