The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-07

Interesting tacts OF the Dlstrlct's |
Affairs During Last Year.
The annual meeting of the board of |
poor directors was held yesterday. An |
organization was to have been effected, |
but after adjourning sine die and |
electing a tempory chairman it was de-
cided to adjourn for one week.
The reason for this deferred action |
appears in the fact that court has not |
appointed a successor to +. l.. Terppe !
1t is presumed the appointment will be
made on Monday. Then it can be de-
termined how best to distribute the
favors of the board.
The annual report of the directors
for the year 1898 was presented. A
large number of copies have been |
printed and were on hand for distri- |
button after the original had been |
sworn to at yesterdays meeting by
all the directors. the oath being admin
istered by e. j. Lynett, notary, who
was summoned for that purpose.
The report shows $91 1887 as the
total amount disbursed The five main
disbursement items were as follows:
Supplies, $34,S57O7 salaries and SER
NibNS, Pi'b@Ju'So, anu lC~
pairs, $40, 1886; outdoor relief $14,266,-
20; miscellaneous, printing and sta
tionery, $3,76547.
OF course the item of outdoor relief
was nearly wholly for provisions,
which cost the district $11.23S. Medi-
cines cost S796. Fuel at cost of $162
was distributed.
THE SUPPLIES.
In the Supplies" department of the
account the largest item was $9,607
for groceries, provisions, etc; coal cost
$5,235; meat and fish, S4,746; flour, feed,
meal, etc, 1890; clothing, dry goods,
etc, s2,247; drugs ana medicines, $1,29S;
shoes and leather. $1,174. 1t cost $27O
to keep the inmates of the home sup
piled with tobacco. an expenditure of
$3.50 was made for a bible.
Under the head Of improvements and
repairs an expense of SS,964 was in
CURED in moving the barns and other
outbuildinge. On the administration
building $1,626 was expended. The
largest item of any under the improve
ment head was $6,90S for an iron fence.
General repairs cost S1,574. New car
pets cost 1887.
The accounts of John Van Bergen,
SllOM p1Oi ,GI-,Of TGCGlNGu anu
$90,216.36 paid on warrants during the
year, leaving balance of $16.996.1S on
hand Jan. l, against which warrants
to the amount of Sc, 590.59 are outstand-
ing.
The inventory of personal property of
the district shows a value of 74SSS29,
| of which $23,OS6 is on the power and
heat plant. The inventory of real es-
tate amounts to 1926, $50. The insane
| hospital is figured at $4,000; female
| building, $37700; male and administra-
| ton buildings, $50, 900 each; "old farm"
156 acres, $4,000; Beemer farm, 140
acres, $11,200; electric heat and power
| buildings, $4,000; chapel, 100000
The real estate and personal property
| combined show total inventory valu-
alton of $780, 43S39.
NUMBER OF INMATES.
Printed with the financial statement
| is Superintendent Beemer's report
| showing that the average number of
inmates at the home during the year
was 443; that the total cost of their
board is equal to the cost of the board
of one person for 161,S79 days.
Among the produce raised on the
farms during the year was the follow
ing: 1000 heads of cabbage, 100 bush
els Of onions, 800 of carrots, 1900 Of
beets, 2,100 of potatoes, 300 of oats, 300
of tomatoes, 800 of apples milk to the
value of $2,931, hay $3.50. The total
value of the produce was $10,9OG
| According to the report of DIR. A.
Strang, resident physician at the home,
90 married males and 81 married
females were admitted and Sc single
males and IS single females. There
were 49 deaths. There were 1926 pre-
scriptions filled.
The directors report that the eXpend-
itures for Improvements and repairs
decreased nearly one-half from 1897.
| During the year the inmates per-
formed all the labor necessary in re-
modelling the upper floor of the insane
| buildings into a sleeping floor for at
| tendants. y paragraph reads as fol-
| lows: I'm the superintendent's report
| there are several items worthy of spe-
cial attention. An increase of nearly
two thousand dollars over that of last
year in the value of produce raised on
| the farms; the increase in the popu-
lation of the farm over that of 1897;
the amount of cash received for the
maintenance Of inmates from other dis
tricts. etc"
REFERRED TO SECRETARY.
At yesterdays meeting the seat of
Director Terppe, recently resigned, was
vacant. The applicants for relief from
his district-those whose appeals were
faVorably considered-were referred TO
Secretary Langstaff.
Dr. J. r. Manley outdoor physician
for the Dunmore and Tenth ward dis
trict, reported for December 81 visits
% prescriptions and the examination of
one insane person. The report of DIR.
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