The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-06
FARVIEW CRIMINAL INSANE
Board of Trustees Met, Transacted
Important Business and APP
pointed Chief Bookkeeper.

The board of trustees of the state
hospital for the criminal insane at
Farview held a lengthy meeting at
the office of the superintendent, DR..
7. c. Fitzsimmons Saturday after
noon at which time proposals for
number of contracts for supplies and
furnishings were opened. 1t seems
that none of the firms bidding Sc
cured all of the supplies with the
result that there was such a variety
of bids that they will have to be
tabulated so that the trustees can
take action on them at another
meeting to be held at Farview in the
near future. The proposals are now
being arranged in order at the office
of the superintendent and it is pre-
sumed that the contracts will be
scattered among the bidders.
The only appointment decided up
on at the meeting of the trustees
was that of Buel Dodge, Honesdale,
mention of which was made in We'd
nesday's Citizen. He was selected as
chief book-keeper of the institution
and reported for duty at once. Mr..
Dodge has been lifelong resident
of Honesdale and for the past thirty
years has been one of the Maple
business men. He is about fifty
years of age and is qualified in every
way for the position to which he has
been appointed.
The board will hold another meet
ing at Farview on Monday, Septem-
Der 16, for the purpose of inviting
proposals for the furnishing of the
institution proper. The work at the
state institution is said to be pro-
crossing in a most satisfactory man
ner and fire will be placed under the
new boilers on Thursday or Friday of
this week. The sewage disposal sys-
tenn which has been under construc-
tion for the past month will be COM
pleted and ready for use the present
week. AT the present time a force
of men are engaged in renovating
the bungalow, which was formerly
the old D. & H. Gravity station. The
building will be fitted up for the
housing of the hospital attendants
and will accommodate about twenty
people. The contractors appeared
before the trustees and gave assur-
ance that they will be ready to turn
the buildings over to the state COM
plete in every detail about October |.
There were several bidders and
others interested at the meeting. The
| board purchased a team of horses
| from E. A. Wonnacott, of Waymart,
who was 500 lower than the high
est bidder The contract for a large
stone crusher, boiler and engine was
awarded to the Good Roads Machin-
cry company.
The only absentees from the meet
| ing were Judge Little, who was re-
| ported to be i'll at his home in Mont
rose and Senator Sproul, who was
detained at his home in Chester on
account of an important business
engagement. The large supply houses
| of Philadelphia, Scranton, Wilkes
| Barre, Honesdale and Carbondale
| had representatives at Farview on
Saturday and all of them had
| samples displayed at the institution
which at the present time is a verit.
able warehouse. The kind and
quality of furniture will be selected
| during the present week. After the
coming meeting of the board a com.
plete account of the details will be
| given.
The members of the state board oil
Lunacy are arranging to select the
patients that are to be transferred
to Farview as soon as the buildings
Will be ready to receive them. Work
on the new Delaware and Hudson
station is progressing rapidly and il
is hoped that it will be ready wher
the patients arrive. The followinf
firms submitted bids: Weeks Hard
ware Co., Thomas Leonard & Co.
Spruks Bros, Scranton; Murray
Hardware company, Honesdale; Har
nesses, Andrew w. Thorburn, Pitts
ton; G. w. Writz & Co., Scranton;
w. B. Stansbury, Carbondale; P. F
Gordon, Stone crusher; Thomas
F. Lane G. Co., Bethlehem, farm sup
plies; E. A. Wonnacott, horses anC
lumber.