The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-14

49,. s'4t 'tASS w uaHaie tpS Shltle. ,i.a
Is One instance OF the ever-present fore.
thought OF DR.. Guthrie Is the fact that
he made the gas company put In twelve
cars OF fuel coal in case any accident
should happen to the gas supply. This
insures that al no time will the patient
suffer Tor wart OF heat and leht. I
find that Superintendent Guthrie is
like his good Scotch ancestors, a far
seeing. practical man. Es
+ To leave the power. house on the
banks OF the classic Spring creek, whose
waters the winters name mud and the
summers stagnstlon, Il damned and II
not damned, still damned for crawling
OF and leaving the bottom on top, TIL
some summers shower fills II up with
the soft red clay OF Roane. q like kind
to that which fouclshes In Culpcppe:,
county, Virginia. sab. and 10 conc up
over that 5000 Democratic lawn--de-
serted and forlorn-to the really hand
some and uiceiy furnished hospital. is
an agreeable trip, OF only four hundred
and fifty feet. it brings one into . an
Institution that is kept as clean as the
proverbial Dutch kitchen. II men and
women will go crazy there Is 10 home
where they can be cared for and made
as comfortable as he"n No homes mori
Clearly and none With the same sani-
tary advantages.
To get down TO rock bottom and get
into plain figures and facts as to the
benefits derived from change OF party
management and OF superintendent Is
OF the greatest Importance and Interes.
to the people of West Virginia. I vii!
cite a few}instances In regard to tac
relative expenses under the past and
present management. 1t Is not neees-
sary 10 go back to the beginning, but
use a few deadly parallels OF compacl-
son. during the ilsca! year beginning on
October, Il 1896, and ending September
81, 1887. I,
Dr. Row was superintendent from
October !, 1896, until June /. 1897. when
DR.. Guthrie took charge and the Re-
;publicans rode In the saddle The leg
.islature appropriated for the fiscal
year Of 1896. for current expenses, trans.
,portation, repairs, drugs and the farm,
the sum of S3S,30O. Dr.. Row served
during eight months of this fiscal year
and when Dr. Guthrie took charge June
I, 1897, at the expiration o.. the eight
months $4,000 OF the appropriation had
been expended and debts incurred to
the amour. OF si,24O 49, When DR..
Guthrie took charge on Juue /, 1897, he
Ind only 5000 for oil the expenses
above enumerated aud the 1920 80
debt on HIS hands,. to say nothing Of
depleted stores and supplies SO depict
ed as 10 enable the former management
to make the best possible report at the
expiration OF his appointment. The
former management expended an aver
age OF 81 037 80 per month: hence it was
Impossible for DR.. Guthrie to meet all
the expenses and pay the debt Incurred
by the former superintendent with the
$4,000 that remained. If he had, he
would have been compelled 10 run the
hospital on less than $500 per month.
or about one-tenth of what 1t had cos,
per month the eight months previous.
This, OF course would have deprived the
patients OF 10th comforts and nccessit-
les and although he has cut down The
former mlnagements expenses won
dertully. It will necessarily leave him
with debts at the end of his fisca! year.
Octobe" l.. 1898. deficit made by and
through Democratic management Tho
reduction In expenses has not come of
OF the patients, but from 4 curtnimeat
OF unnecessary labor and smanr minor
details connected With the running OF
the general kitchen, laundry. etc. In
truth, q stoppage Of leakages. but no, "A
curtnilmen: OF supplies. MS better food
In abundance Is being supplied now
than during any previous history OF
the hospital. iS5s
Take the month OF December. 1886,
under the Democratic management. ana
the month OF December, 1897. under
the Republican management and see
the actual difference as shown BIZ the
books OF record. For the month OF De-.
ccriber. 1896. under the Democratic
management. there was paid for Labor
at the power house the sum or sS.3aSS 50.
For the month OF December, 1897, Or.
Guthrie paid sl62 So. less thnn half.
During these months coal was used as
filcl and all conditions were the sannc
GScept t:Ift DR.. Row had to. heat anu
light eight wards with two hundred ami
eighteen patients. while DR.. Guthrie
had to heat and light ten wards 2witil