The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-27
| Office:
BURKE
| BUILDING
POOR BOARDS DOCTOR
/, GIVEN BRIEF REST
The Directors Authorizes the Stew
. art at the Farm to Engage the
Nearest Physician Until They De-
|: eide on Their Choice Windy
!. Meeting Contract for Plumbing
= System Awarded to R. M. Vanaan.
other Matters of the Meeting.

The question of doctor for the poor
farm of the Carbondae poor district.
which has been thorn among the
directors for months, threw last nights
meeting Of the board into mild sort
of ferment
Since the board failed to elect a doc
tor, there has been division of opin-
ION as to how to provide "A physician for
rhe sick patients at the farm, partiCu-
larly in case of an emergency. Mr.. Me
Cabe, of the farm committee. favored
the idea OF having the matter rest with
the committee power 20 he given IL To
designate the physician who should re-
spond to these hurried summons. liz
argued at last nights meeting that !!
the stcNald of the poor farm would
have to chase about to locate the direC-
tor OF the ward from which the patient
night have come. his chase might lead
-four miles under the earth, or almost
any place around the horizon. How was
the steward 20 be all-WiSc and know
the whereabouts of the directors. Per
hans" said Nr MctHbC, tuning To adj
dress MI Mcmillan, they might be out
ct the lake. where YOU have been. Now,
how is the steward supposed to know
that? Then the patient is apt To be
kept suffering, or perhaps die
IT'S his business to know where we
are" snapped Mr.. Mcmillan.
Mr.. Mcmillan was opposed tO this
suggestion. lie could not reconcile HIM
self to Mr.. MCCahes view. chiefly he
cause he believed Mr.. McCabc was
using the farm committee, of which he
was a member, for the purpose of fore
ing ON the board the doctor that he
wanted elected. Mr.. McCahc, II might
he said, as explanatory, leads one fac
tion in the fight over the election of
doctor; Mr.. Mcmillan. the other. If the
suggestion of Nh McCabc was approved
OF, it would, MI. Mcmillan apprchendcd,
be a victory for the other side for
there was no reason why Mr.. McCdbe
wouldn't send To the farm the doctor
he wanted, as the boards physician,
Mr.. Mcmillan said this much at the
conclusion of his talk. but he was taken
up by Mir. MCCabe, who exclaimed:
"What is this man, Mcmillan? Is he
a phrenOloGiSt. who can tell what doc
Tor were going Ia send to the farm"
Neither opinion. that of Mr. McMil-
Ian or Mr.. McCabe prevailed. There
was compromise agreed upon. MI.
Burke was opposed to Mr. Mcmillan :
Mr.. McCabe. whom he has opposed in
the contest over the doctorship. His
belief was that the steward at the farm
should be authorized to engage the
nearest doctor in the case of patient
becoming i'll, and he put this in the
form Of motion, which was carried
This settled the doctorship for awhile
at least, though there's possibility
that an effort will he made at the next
meeting to elect one
Attorney II. &. Butler, the board $
solicitor, was present and presented a
report on the unsettled surCharges
of few of the old directors. on hear
ing his report a resolution was adopted
directing that if the amounts of these
surcharges were not i'm his hands by the
time of the next meeting of the board
that he che solicitor) proceed to legal
means 70 effect settlements
The bids for the building of "A dam at
the roor farm, the construction of a
sewer and the installing of plumbing
system and closets in the almShouse
We're opened.
The',Ei1-nf' r. NJ. Nanaan for $7o7 was
found to he the lowest and he was
given the contract The work is to be
commenced at once and carried to a
completion before the fan.
The other bids were as follows: =.
Y, Moran, H,2l&; sullivan & Ryan,
SsIS,6"; Giles & Loveland, $3.50; Horan
z Clune, Ss6i.
The hoard elected Il tax collector to
collect the tax duplicate of this year
The new collector is John j. Jones, OF
the Third ward. There was one other
name proposed, that of w. w. Watt
The only vote Mir. Watt received was
from MI Mcmillan, the one who pro-
posed Il.
The new collector will receive :
Ter cent. on the amount collected. The
duplicate this year amounts to $11 246
The collector viii he obliged to provide
suretie7 bond in the sum of $4,000.
The following bills wcrc6 approved
end ordered paid: Dr., Kelly. $40;
stewart Clune, S3&,&i; Ada Waite, Sl3,
= a. Carroll IS; j. +. Burke. $40: A
NJ. Mcdonald, $40; i. j. Evans, SO
Won Beck Bros, SS,35; Mrs. W. Fl
Evans SS35; Fowler Steam Mills. S46.13
star Clothing House, $I75: NJ. Fl
Sullivan, Sl25. Brennan & Boylan
SS,25; w w Graham, S495; T.. T.. Finn
SASS; Jones Bros, $40; John McCabe
s4S.76