Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-06
Supervisors Agree to Pay More
Than One-Half of Bills For
Detention Hospital
SETTLEMENT WAS AMIcARLE
County Will Pay s446.2s of the Total
of $7e5.o5-city to Pay the Balance
Contagious Diseases From County
May Be Brought to HospitaI--Re-
fuse Hardness Bills.

An an1CaDlG Seltlement, WllHout
either war of words or any personal
feeling, of the bills for the repairing
pital, was effected by tho judiciary
committee of the city council and the
board OF supervisors Tuesday after
noon. The refusal of the board of SUI
pervisors to pay certain portion Of
these bills has been the cause of no
little feeling between members Of the
council and the board.
BY the settlement the supervisors
agree to pay a little more than half
of all the bills, exclusive of the one
for the removal of the hospital from
its old to its present site. This the city
pays. The other bills totaling s765.05,
which are for a furnace, new founda-
ton, mason work in the cellar and
other details, the board agreed to par
ticipate in paying. The county will
pay s446.2S, the city paying the rest,
$31S.77
An understanding as to the future
relative to the hospital which was
reached will doubtless be conducive
TO less friction in the settlement of bills
In the future. The supervisors served
notice that the county would no longer
pay the salary of Mr.. and Mrs. A. n.
Hardness, caretakers of the hospital
when there were no patients This
salary is SIS a month, besides, free rent
Sorht ali u,
visOrs thought free rent, fuel and light
were sufficient when there was no work
for Mr.. and Mrs. Hardness to do. The
council, if 1t retains Mr.. and Mrs
Hardness will pay the SIS month.
Admit County Patients.
The supervisors have the authority
of the judiciary committee for it that
contagious diseases from any part of
the county will be admitted for care in
the hospital in the future This under
standing was reached, with the pro-
vision that the township from which
the patient came, should pay one-third
of the cost of the care. the county pay
ing the balance. This was the ratio
of division by which the ordinary ex-
penses of maintenance of the hospital
have been maintained, the city paying
one third and the county two-thirds.
Criticize the Auditor.
BY resolution. introduced by Chair
man w H. Jones. the supervisors criti-
cised County Auditor Erastus Cornell
for certain changes he had made in the
minutes of the board. which censured
ex-County Auditor w. e. McLeland.
The resolution, which was modified
N,IA
Mr.. Cornell to expunge from the rec
ord the changes and additions alleged
to have been made by him. The
changes referred to were in regard to
a resolution passed by the board that
Carl BAIT be employed to correct fig
ures in the tax books which Mr. Nc
Leland had made. Mr.. McLeland's
name was not in the original motion,
but was inserted by Mr.. Cornell.
The minutes of the joint drainage
beard of Story and this county had also
been changed, and Mr.. McLeland' s
name inserted with reference to omis-
sions made. When brought to task for
making the changes Mr.. Cornell denied
that he had made them.
Mr.. Cornell stated today that he
would not enter into newspaper con-
troversy with Mr.. Jones, but would say
that all the records that would dis
prove the statements made are on file
at the county auditors office. and are
open to full inspection by the public,
and especially to anyone who might
possibly be interested in the matter, if
such there be.
In speaking of the incident today,
Mr.. Cornell said that he had in his Of
flee all of the original records to dis
prove the statements made in the res
olution, and that they were open for
the inspection of any one who might
be interested.