The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-19
COUNTY PLANNING
TO INSPECT HOME
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of convicts and give the necessary
amount of time to the County
Home that efficient management
of the institution requires. I do not
recall that Mr. Long ever came
before this Board that he did not
get what he asked for, ana also
feel that little Closer coopera lion
of Health with this Board would
between Mr.. Long and the Board
have a tendency to eliminate at
least part of the criticism that we
hear year after year. Furthermore.
l think we should place the County
Home in the hands of someone.
a man trained for that particular
type of work, who can run it
properly"
Chairman Hewlett said that he
agreed with Mr.. Gardner as to the
necessary repairs, but said he felt
that under present arrangements
criticism is bound to crop up every
now and then.
Commissioner Louis j. Coleman
stated that he had personally seen
some of the conditions which are
under fire and oontended that al
though some improvements in
present conditions probably can be
made, first-class sanitary and liv-
ing conditions for inmates cannot
be achieved until such time as the
county can build new home for
aged and INDECENT people.
Commissioner Trask voiced the
opinion that at least a part of the
unsanitary conditions which raised
the ire of the Grand jury, is due
to the filthy habits of some Of the
inmates and said he believed that
it would be a hard task to find
anyone who would take the job of
looking after them and their I'M
sanitary habits.
Chairman Hewlett said that op-
GRAFTON of the County Home is IA
the hands of matron, assistant
matron, head nurse and assistant
nurse, with Mr.. Long, who has
prisoners and tine county farm to
look after, doing the supervising
and buying.
After some further informal dis
cussion, the Board agreed to visit
the home in BODY Thursday to
see what improvements are nee
essary.
With. Commissioners Coleman
Trask, Gardner and Chairman
Hewlett in attendance, the meet
ing was opened with prayer by
the Rev. w. H. Allison, pastor Of
Emmanuel Presbyterian church
and the Commissioners immediate
ly sat as Board of Equalization
for a review Of property tax
matters.
E. H. Munson. owner of the prop
erty at 106 North Front street, now
occupied by the Merritt Shoe Co.
appeared before the board to pro
test $4,000 raise on the assessed
valuation of the property. On mo-
ton by Commissioners Gardner
and Trask, the matter was re-
ferred to the property tax com
mittee for report.
Attorney Jack LeGrand ap-
peared before the Board on behalf
of the Cape Fear Housing Corpora
ton, developers Of the Riverside
Apartments at Sunset Park to pro
test raise of $4,000 in the as
sessed valuation of the land on
which the 50O-unit apartment pro-
ject stands.
Mr.. LeGrand informed the Board
that the 1914 assessment on the
land alone was $3.50 and had been
for many years, but that the 1945
assessment figure placed against
the land by the assessors is $685.
600. He further pointed out that
he had been given to understand
that the total assessment against
the Riverside Apartments, both
land and buildings (when 60 per-
cent completely was 100000 and
that now, with all units complete,
the 1915 assessments against the
property total 81 .225,000 of which
$25, 900 is on the land alone.
Chairman Hewlett, for the bene-