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•rm**•d«-til'otfabulous.Intrns«;DISTRICT CHARITIES,We are indebted to Hon* Wh. P. Lkxck-^oxf#ot this city. President of the StateBoard- of Charities, for that portion of theeleventh an nual report of fhe'Board relatingto'thraamuei of the Eighth JudicisaDis-trict. This forms a pamphlet of 75 pages, and gives the results of a very thorough inspection of all the charitable institutions in the district From this it appears^-and no doubt many people will be surprised at the information—that there are no iess—than twenty-three incorporated charities in inis! dry alone, all of which have been investigated- These, with the bockport Home for the Friendless, the Thomas Asyl- j tin* for orphan and destitute Indian« children at Versailles, the orphan asylum at Dunkirk, the Batavia Blind Asylum, the , State‘I^g^/Ux^um (that Is to be) in thm,city. ari^Weeight aounty poor-houses, make up the list of charities as to which the report |gives information. The .management of the (various institutions is given in detail, and} criticism is freely made where called for. j The report must prove ot general interest so jfar as interest ixs charity is general, as its readers may pretty safely retyupon its thor- J oughness, candor and fairness. 1Ho summary Is given of the total work oi; the various incorporated Buffalo institutions,, but it is very large, and we are glad to note that the institutions are generally efficiently \ managed. cThe report laments the enormous and uxs- ' accessary expenditure on the Buffalo State I limne Asylum, for which the State has thus IUr appropriated $1,070,000. all but | 1.000 1uS which has been expended. The Oomipts- I saoners, however, favor continuing it ifcoeosx- c pleaon * Further provision Cor acute cases 1'* -*•“ *« district, they **« *•« 18Iwifeiu pet week m Ctuuik expense M hue reachesgent aad notwithstanding it will require a large sum to pul this institutionm a condi- ( uan to receive from two to three hundred patients, there seems to be 00 alternative . now but for the State to pursue this course. j It is to bd hoped thst this view 0/ the case will prevail with the legislature %xm year and that 331 appropriation suacot to p«t as least a part of the Asylum tn a condition to receive patients will be made The report gives an account o! the charges, agamst the management of the Batavia j Blind Asylum last year, and ©I the mvmi* legation and dismissal of the steward that fat* flawed. The Board of Trustees oUJxat institution are still at variance, antHfre management tri the Asylum suffers on account of U The-county institutions arc very thor* ought? reviewed and cnuciaed From the hgUTes given it appears thaj the Eric\ Coy til v Poor-house U the most cxpcativt*If. and the Chautauqua County the least ^expensively, managed of the eight county \ imi Buttons. Thus, while it costs anraverage of $1 fo per week to maintain pauper* at thciBne County Poor-hcmfe. ty cowl*\uh. and 90^cmu! per capita of the popultUon and makers a tax of t 3*10 mills on the dolUr af a$*e$;»cd valuation, m Chautauqua it ts only jl rami* per capita, and it makes a tax of but 6-ioe! a imIL Expenditures m the other coup tic* range betwdial^h^ limit* The different* between- the ^anige*nc«t m Jfir w and Ortutapqua Counties is worthy af some auhntlon Ail the facu would indicate that Eric County should have the ciieaper and better managed concern It care* for a greater number of paupers and should of course he able to systematise and Imen the cost for each pauper, while giving each belter care. But in fact the'fthautau*!* qua County paupers are much better, as will. as more cheaply cared for The Chautauqua County Poor-house is better constructed and \ better wanned, its surrounding roads and barns art* in much better condition than those ot Erie County. It has an abundant * supply of water, while the Erie County Poor-^housc lacks this eery essential feature In ’than, the Commissioners say. while praising the Chautauqua County Poor-house, that 1 , “the provision mede for the dependent* classes by this f Eric] count/, can no! be said *’ i« be in keeping with the intelligence and •liberal epri£pf its people “In concluding, the report refers to theof f«a#nlwhl«%rf «kmofAnt f A fhmflfns lt;
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Buffalo Morning Express
Buffalo, New York, US
Fri, Mar 29, 1878
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