Evening journal., 1904-12-29
TRUSTEES GIVE
OUT CONTRACTS
Old and New Members of the
Levy Court Guests of
County Institution
TALK OF NEW SURGICAL ROOM

At the quarterly meeting of tie
Trustees of the Poor for New Castle
county held at Farnhurst yesterday af-
L ternooon contracts were awarded for
furnishing the institution with SUP
plies for the next three months.
The bidders for serving the inmates
with tobacco were Samuel Hawkins,
2S cents a pound and Charles p. Har-
vey, 271s cents. The contract was
awarded to Mr.. Hawkins as the major
ity Of the trustees thought his samples
were a better grade.
Other contracts awarded were as
follows Drugs. u. James Belt: butter,
George /. Townsend. Odessa creamery.
83 cents a pound; bread. A. II. Anger
stein, S5s cents a pound shoes, John
]. Monaghan; drygoods, w. Harold
Smith; beef NJ. Matthes, 6ik cents a
pound; groceries. w. +. Frank.
President Henry appointed the fol-
lowing members on the house COM
mittee for January: Messrs. Rice, Tur-
ner and DR.. Ball.
The following communication was
received from the grand jury of New
Castle county:
At a meeting Of the grand jury held
at the almshouse prior to our joint
meeting with your board the following
resolution was unanimously passed:
Resolved, That this grand jury ex-
tends its thanks to the Board of Trus-
tees of the New Castle county aims
house as we'll as to the official manage
ment for the attention shown the
Grand Jury in the examination of you.''
institution and for the excellent end
bounteous repast which they EXTENDED
to the grand jury.
Very truly yours,
Alfred d. Warner, Secretary.
There was some discussion as to
who owns the old Potters' Field which
adjoins Silver Brook Cemetery and the
trustees counsel was instructed to
look up the title to the property. Al
! though it has been used by the county
for many years It is said the ground is
not owned by the county. White Bros,
who take care of the ground. were paid
$50, which is at the rate of $40 a year.
They had received no pay for caring
for the ground for three years.
The committee on accounts reported
the following expended for outside re-
lief during the quarter:
| Wilmington. s2,O9O14; New Castle
hundred, v563.50; Mill Creek. s35;
White Clay Creek. S1O0.65; Red Lion,
S16.25; st. Georges $31O.30; Pencador
$500; Appoquinimink, $4715; Black
bird, S31.34 Christiana, $3.50; total,
S3,S77.S3. The total of all the bills in
Guiding outside relief and general al
lowance was s9.SOS.1s.
The board ordered the bill of Super
intendent Blackburn for s63S.2S to be
paid.
At the suggestion of Secretary Par
ker a committee to be known as the
! legislative committee. was appointed
Mr.. Parker explained that he thought
that there were some things which
come under the Jurisdiction of the
trustees that could be improved on
and that such a committee could map
out these improvements. President
Henry appointed Messrs. Parker. Rob-
erts and DR.. Ball to serve on the COM
mittee.
Many Addresses.
At the conclusion of the meeting
President Henry called on some of the
old and new members of the Levy
Court for addresses. President Chand-
Ter of the Levy Court said he thougkr
the trustees and Superintendent Blac'f
burn had done a good work Other re-
marks were made by Levy Courtmen
Hopkins, Megginson and Willis and
Commissioner-elect Salmon, Brown
land LOgue.
The matter of fving up a surgicai
room and small hospital ward was
discussed and was referred to-a com-
mittee TO cooperate with the Physic-
ians of the institution. Levy Court
Commissioner Hopkins said he thought
the county would make a modern ap-
lpropriation to carry out the work.