Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-29
TRUSTEE PARKER REPLIES.

Editor Every Evening: With your
Formulation, | wish to make few re-
marks in reply 10 DIR. Belviile, one of
the Trustees of tho Poor for New
Castle county. 1t ia such sentiments
az the doctor expressed as 10 what he
would be 10 favor oi--aEd that is o
pesthouse that would oost AZ much as
$40, 0oO-that has piled our county debt
sky high.
Now, 10 regnrd to what have said
about the trustees being behind or
overdrawp, | will say The, trustees
were given $4,000 Tor the past fiscal
year, which ended june Both. There
were orders drawn at the April meeting
that consumed all OF the &I5, 0C0 and
something more than $1,000 besides
this. added to the orders that were
drawn at the July meeting, amounting
10 So, 476. S6, makes 10 round numbers
little more than 5000 that must be
paid out Of the present year's ap.
preparation; which, when paid, will
leavs the trustees hut 1921, 200, instead
of $50, 600, to run the business for one
year. ,g
Why it should cust more now than
in 1882, aud 1858 WHOM times were
harder with the working people, and
with q greater average population at
the hospital indicates that the SANS
care is not taken In regard TO outside
relief. A the end OF 1893 tho trustees
had little more than $500 unex-
1 pended to commence the year 1888
with, on July LIST. While tbs allow
ance was then but S2S,O00 and the
permanent Improvements were over
81, 900 for that year; but on June Goth
| pF flcr thaV nVpFnrnVg N
So, 7D5,7 10. Last year, with $780, GOO
to use, and not so many at tho hospital,
/ VIC are overdrawn more than 5000,
showing that we spent last year almost
one half more than the allowance of
1889, or just Sl2, 900 moro.
The most of this, | believe, coco
through the outside relief; not that
any one is robbing the county, but
simply because the business is not
watched ard proper discrimination
made.
Take this hundred tSt. Georges) |
found three families that contained
from two to three grown meinbets iu
good health that were drawing one so
cents week; two OF them drawing
81, 50 week each and another one liy-
Ing In Kent county who came here once
erery three months. dealt the quarter
allowance out and had it shipped to
Smyrna by freight. There are some
voters In these families, too, What
kind, leave the public to assume.
Now, another word in regard to that
pesthouse: am not aud have never
been opposed to its erection, but, on
the contrary, | voted for it; but when
1t came to changing from frams to
brick, and allowing the architect tn
say what tho additional Cost should be,
then | said no. u Had they asked for
bios tor brick building, aud the
present contractor been the lowest bid
der, then | would not have objected to
him to building it. But. the sttansest
thing of all to me was that there were
SO many that understood that the build
ing WAS to have been brick in the fret
place, and fer that reason when the
matter came up they were in favor Of
brick because they wanted it OF brick,
and not OF frame.
When pointed out that the builder
who had 0lready commenced the build
ing had the advantage of the board by
asking what he chose for making the
change flom franc to brick, one OF tho
committee said such was not the oase,
as there WAS clause 10 the con
tract that gave the architect the right
to say what tho additional charges
should be, If this is correct, l would
like to know how many men IN this
county who contemplated building a
$500 house would be willing to have
the architect to say how much more
must be paid the builder for changes
that would cost as much as 1000?
AS to why was not at the meeting
held in Wilmington, l will say fol- ths
Same reason that MIR. Willis was not
at the Levy Court meeting, which was
that he AID | were thrown from our
carriage, aud my injuries we're such
that required the attention Of a
surgeon.
AS to the letter wrote to Mr.. Lynn,
have no objections to Mr.. Lynn
having that letter printed.
AS to politics being injected into the
matter, |, as party man, desire the
majority party to so conduct nublic
affairs that it may have the confidence
of the public, by administering its
affairs In an economical manner
Joserh q. Parker.
Middletown, August 10Th, 1901.
-as'-s+-----.--+----4-ss-