Evening journal., 1904-06-30
TRUSTEES ENTERTAIN
NUMBER OF VISITORS
Chester County Officials
Visited County .Almshouse.
Contracts Awarded

Members Of the Board of Trustees
Of the Poor entertained q number Of
Chester county, Pa. officials at their
quarterly meeting held at Farnhurst
yesterday afternoon.
In the party were; j. Preston Thom-
as, j. L. Smith, Or. j. =. Nichols, Dl-
rectors Of the Poor; Jane r. Baker,
superintendent of the Chester County
Hospital for the Insane; Davis Garrett,
superintendent of the County Home for
the Poor, and Mrs. Davis Garrett, ma
tron Of the latter institution.
In the morning the visitors were
shown through both branches of the
institution and expressed great pleas
ure at the manner in which the instltu-
tions We're conducted. At noon dinner
was served and in the afternoon the
trustees transacted regular business.
Contracts Awarded.
At the business session Of the board
the contract for supplies for the fol-
| lowing quarter were awarded as fol-
lows: Drugs, 4. James Belt, the only
bidder; tobacco, Charles b. Harvey. the
only bidder; butter, Odessa Creamery,
at % cents a pound; groceries, William
r. Frank; shoes, Monaghan Shoe Com
thes. at cents a pound; dry goods,
William II. Smith & Company. The
bids in some respects are higher than
those formerly but this was explained
1 by the increase in prices in food stuffs.
There was some discussion over one
bill for outside relief handed In from
Christiana hundred. The bill was for
S6971 for one family and some of the
members thought this was entirely too
much. 1t was ordered paid, however,
and precautions will be taken in the
future.
A bill from the Yale Lock Company
for several locks at $3.50 each caused
some surprise.
The Capelle Hardware Company had
been requested to measure the locks
on the gates in the corridors Of the
hospital and they sent a man over
there but he could not do the work ac-
curately. 50 a Yale Companys man
was sent there. He supposed that the
hospital needed the locks and sent them
thelve. The matter was laid over for
another month.
The bill Of the Christiana Construc-
tion Company for $1,000 for macadam-
izing the main driveway and the road
in front Of the hospital was presented.
There was $3.50 in the treasury received
from the wood that had been taken
from the hospital property and this
much of the bill was paid. A warrant
was drawn for the remainder Of the
bill.
The farm committee was authorized
10 purchase a silo for the farm. 1t is
not to cost more than $500 completed
and on the farm. George r. Roberts
James Polk and w. G.. Knots were
named as the house committee for the
month Of July.
The superintendent pay roll OF
S46S.34 for the hospital and S142.06 for
the emergency hospital were allowed.
superintendent Blackburn's report
was as follows: Number Of white in
mates, 140; colored. 2S; total, 16S; totai
number of deaths during the month. s.
The expenses Of the board this year
were, S3,276.21 lower than those of the
last quarter. The general bills amount
ed to S2.546.75. The outside relief
amounted to S2.32O6S. The total bill,
amounted to S4,S673S. All of these were
lordered paid.
The expenditures for outside reliei
during the past three months were a.
follows: Brandywine hundred, S147.O7
Wilmington, northeastern district
S36S96; southeastern district. S311.25.
southwestern district, $3.50; New Cas-.
tie hundred. S36L7O; White Clay Creel
hundred, SOB; Red Lion hundred, s56
ST. Georges hundred, S26SS0; Pencadel
hundred, S65.50; Appoqunimink hun.
dred, S5LS5; Blackbird hundred, Sl9..
81; Christiana hundred, $2i50; Mil
Creek hundred, S3S
A number of Wilmington visitors en-
joyed the hospitality of the trustees al
dinner.