Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-11-06
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TRUSTEES OE The POOR.
Award of Contracts for County Hosptta
for Three Nfnnths

Award of Contracts for County Hospital
for Three Months.
AT the afternoon meeting of the Trustees
of the Poor at Farnhurst yesterday week, con-
tracts for supplies for the county hospital
for the ensuing quarter were awarded as
follows:
Shoes, NJ. Monaghan; dry goods, William
3. Sharp & Co.; groceries, William E.
Frank; butter, 90 cents per pound, Odessa
Creamery; bread, 235 cents per loaf. g. HI.
Huber; beef and mutton, NJ. Matthes, 6A
cents and cents per pound; tobacco. G. r.
Haney, 27 cents per pound; drugs, S. O.
McKeeyer, per schedule list.
The hospital committee reported that il
had been asked by Superintendent Hancker
of the State Hospital how much the trustees
would charge for the board of smallpox
patient and nurse in the Emergency Hos
pital. Chairman Polk OF the committee
said. that the committee had decided that 50
each per week would be a fair charge for
board for the nurse and patient. This
report caused discussion as it was thought
that it was establishing a precedent that the
board would not be satisfied TO continue.
Mr.. Murphy said that he thought it would be
better TO give it free in this case than to make
such small charge and that he favored no
| charge in preference to the figures men
| toned in the report of the committee.
Mr.. Fahey moved that the matter be re.
| ferred back to the hospital committee for
further consideration. The motion was
passed.
It was reported that the expense of running
| the almshouse was $500 less this quarter
| than for the corresponding quarter last
| year. This decrease is thought by some oi
I the trustees to have been caused by the
| scarcity of coal. In previous years the out
| side relief has given away to the poor q
| great quantity of fuel, but the strike pre-.
vented this charity being practiced this fall
The board ordered paid the bills of Sim.
mons q Bro, sos, for cernenting basement
floor; W. H. Heine's bill for plumbing,
S32s, and Architect Rice's bill of S110.1 10.
The house committee reported the institu.
| tion in excellent condition.
MIR. Rice reported that the roof of the
| building was leaking badly at each corner
| and recommended that new cutters and
| valleys be put on the roof. After consider.
able discussion and reading of bids which
showed that the work would cost over 81 600,
| the matter was referred to the committee
on house and grounds with power to act.
That Superintendent Blackburn did not
understand his orders TO burn the old pest.
house at tarnhprst seems like special act
of Providence, for 1t now looks as ii the
building will be useful this winter. 1t was
not generally known that the old building
had not been destroyed until yesterday after
noon, when Mr.. Blackburn asked for in
structions as to having it repaired. He said
that he did not quite understand that he
had been ordered to burn the building until
short time ago and that he had seen DR..
Lowber of the State Board OF Health, who
advised him to keep the building.
The trustees expressed pleasure that the
pesthouse was still in existence. At present
there are 20 cases of smallpox in tine
Emergency Hospital.
The bill of Candy Cox, for work at the
Emergency Hospital, amounting to S57,
was ordered paid.