Evening journal., 1910-01-27
BOARD ENDORSES
FOSTERS WORK
Trustees Of the Poor Uphold
Superintendent'S Management
Of County Hospital

The management OF James W. Foster.
superintendent of the county hospital. Is
upheld in report submitted to the Trus-
tees Of the Poor yesterday by the COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
charges Of tho grand jury at the Decem-
ber term of court. Tho committee COM
prised 2. r. Harris. r. L. Clark and
John II. Peoples
In reply TO the grand iury's recommon-
dation that ice be used In tho refrigerator
TO prevent saintlng of meat, the commit
tee found that when tho grand
jury visited the institution. the rofrigera-
tor was being repaired but that ice was
being supplied regularly. As TO the quail
ity Of meat provided for the inmates. the
committee declares that Superintendent
Foster had been using FOR his own family
cuts from the meat for the inmates The
committee has been unable TO learn Of any
favoritism IN the awarding Of contracts.
The report follows:
"The committee appointed by the
Trustees OF the Poor TO investigate the
criticism of the Almshouse as con-
tained in the last report Of the Grand
Jury respectfully submit the follow
ing:
'rhe report of the Grand Jury states
that a committee visited the instiu-
ion May il. 1909, and found that the
bath tubs in the womens department
were in bad shape. the coating being
off and the tubs and rooms in an un-
sanitary condition. We have investi-
gated this matter and find that the
building and grounds committee at a
meeting of the Trustees Of the Poor
three or four months ago was request
ed 10 examine the condition Of the bath
tubs and the bath rooms and that the
said committee later reported to the
Trustees Of the Poor that in their opin-
ion nothing could be done to improve
the old bath tubs. but recommended the
purchase Of new tubs just as soon as
the Trustees OF tho Poor considered
that they should expend the amount Of
money necessary to purchase new
tubs; that the committee further re-
ported that disnfectants were being
used in the bathrooms and I'm their
opinion the sanitary condition Of the
rooms could not be improved consider
ing the class Of patients in the insti-
tuition. using the rooms.
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quality of the meat purchased by the
institution and further recommended
the use Of ice to preserve the meat. Tho
committee have found that at the time
the Grand Jury visited the institution
on May II. 1909. that the refrigerator
which was used for the storage Of
meat was being repaired as it had been
leaking. As TO the quality of the meat
purchased for the use Of the inmates,
we have found that James w. Foster,
our superintendent, at the time the
! Grand Jury visited the institution and
since that time, has been using cuts
from the meat purchased for the in
mates on his own table and have never
had any complaints from Mr.. Foster
or his family as to the quality or con-
dition Of the meat. That on the
thirty first day Of March. one thous-
/ and nine hundred and nine, at the
suggestion Of the superintendent. 2
committee was appointed to make ;
contract for ice for the institution 70
the year 1909: on April twenty-eighth
one thousand nine hunded and nine
the committee reported to the boarC
that the contract for ice had beer
awarded to Charles Warner Company
that on the tenth day Of May th'
Charles Warner Company delivered e
the institution 145 pounds of ice; tha
on the twelfth day of MAY the com
pany delivered to the institution 2.a5
pounds Of ice: that on the eleventh
day Of May. at the time the Crane
Jury visited the institution. there wa