SULLIVAN COUNTY-PUBLIC RELIEF. COUNTY AND TOWN POOR LAW OFFICERS. Board of Supervisors. Chairman, John M. Watson, Monticello. Clerk, George L. Cooke, Monticello. Town of Bethel.-W. Chester Kinne, White Lake. Callicoon.-Valentine Scheidell, Jeffersonville. County Superintendent of the Poor. Calvin Millen, Bethel, N. Y. Overseers of the Poor. Town of Bethel.-William H. Smith, Mongaup Valley. Cochecton.-George Merschlagen, Cochecton Center. Town of Fallsburg.-William V. Cole, Divine Corners; E. N. Baxter, Mountaindale. Forestburg. John Felter, Monticello. Highlands. Duane Turner, Eldred. Liberty.-Alonzo Weasmer, Dahlia. Lumberland. George W. Wilson, Mongaup. Mamakating.-Peter Hanyon, Phillipsport; Asa B. Jump, Roosa Gap. Neversink. Charles Sutherland, Neversink; Charles V. Keogan, Eureka. Rockland. John W. Bussey, Lew Beach. Thompson. Melvin Coddington, Rock Hill. Tusten. Adam Glaub, Narrowsburg. COUNTY INSTITUTIONS. SULLIVAN COUNTY ALMSHOUSE, Near Monticello, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Rogers June 23, 1904. Keeper.-M. S. Burr, appointed April 1, 1902. Attached to the almshouse are 100 acres of land, 70 of which are reported to be under cultivation; value of land and buildings, $17,000; estimated value of the labor of inmates during the year, $75; estimated value of the products of the farm, $1,400. Expenses in connection with the almshouse for the year ending September 30, 1904, $6,234.33; estimated weekly expense per person, $2.31; expense of temporary (outdoor) relief adminis tered by the superintendent and overseers of the poor, $2,963.53; expense of support in whole or in part in institutions other than the almshouse, $638.39; aggregate expenditures for support and relief, $9,836.25. Total number in the almshouse during the year, 83; remaining October 1, 1904, 47, (29 males and 18 females), including 13 feeble-minded or idiotic, 1 blind, 1 deaf and 2 epileptics; number of wayfarers to whom meals were furnished at the almshouse, 14; number receiving temporary (outdoor) relief, 210; number sup ported in other institutions, 12; total supported and relieved during the year, 319. STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION. Central Office, 105 East Twenty-second Street, New York City. (See New York County.) The following is the visiting committee for Sullivan county: Rev. Stephen Van Rensselaer, President, Monticello; Rev. G. W. Downs, Vice-President, Monticello; Mrs. John P. Roosa, Secretary, Monticello; Miss Edith Bennett, Monticello; Mrs. W. H. Cady, Monticello; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Carpenter, Liberty; Miss Ida Decker, Monticello; Miss Kate O. Decker, Monticello, Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Downs, Monticello; Mrs. E. W. Fairchild, Monticello; Miss Agnes Fairchild, Monticello; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Glennie, Monticello; Miss Harriet T. Jones, Monticello; W. Chester Kinne, White Lake; Dr. F. A. McWilliams, Monticello; John P. Roosa, Monticello; Rev. and Mrs. Emmet Sloat, Livingston Manor; Mrs. Josiah Smith, Liberty; Mrs. James H. Strong, Monticello; Mrs. Edwin H. Strong, Monticello; Mrs. William L. Thornton, Monticello; Mrs. R. B. Towner, Monticello; Mrs. John Waller, Monticello; Mrs. J. P. Welch, Liberty; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Young, Liberty. Sullivan County-Private Charity. FRESH AIR CHARITIES. BENNET BRANCH HOME (of the American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless, New York City), Liberty, N. Y. Established March, 1900. Object.-A summer home for fresh air work among the children of the twelve outside industrial schools of the American Female Guardian Society of New York City. Governing body.-Board of Managers of parent institution. Chairman. Mrs. E. H. Bennett, Mt. Kisco. Matron. Miss M. S. Jacobs. Number of children afforded fresh air relief during the summer of 1904, 100. Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1904, $1,081.38, (of which $294.25 was from donations and voluntary contribu tions and $787.13 from the parent society); expenditures, $1,081.38. ST. JOSEPH, St. Joseph's Station, N. Y., Branch of The Orphan Home (of the Nuns of the Order of St. Dominic of the City of Brooklyn, New York, 153 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.) Established October, 1898. Attending physician.-Dr. Northway Meyer. Number of children cared for during the year ending September 30, 1904, 11 (of whom 3 were supported by public funds and 8 by private funds); number remaining October 1, 1904, 4 (1 boy and 3 girls). Finances included with parent institution. (See The Orphan Home, of the Nuns of the Order of St. Dominic of the City of Brooklyn, Homes for Children, Kings County.) HOSPITALS AND HOMES FOR CONVALESCENTS. ST. JOSEPH'S SANITARIUM (in Charge of the Nuns of the Order of St. Dominic of the City of Brooklyn, New York), St. Joseph's Station, N. Y. Established December 4, 1896. Object. The care of convalescents and those in poor health. Governing body.-Trustees of the Nuns of the Order of St. Dominic. President.-Rev. Mother Catharine Herbert, 157 Graham avenue, Brooklyn. Secretary. Rev. M. Charitas Harth, 157 Graham avenue, Brooklyn. Treasurer. Rev. M. Perpetua Feser, 157 Graham avenue, Brooklyn. Attending physician.-Dr. Northway Meyer. Sister superior.-Sister M. Cajetana. Value of property, $130,000. Number of patients treated during the year, 408 (of whom 353 were paying patients and 55 beneficiaries); remaining October 1, 1904, 26 (5 males and 21 females). Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1904, including balance on hand ($6.48), $19,935.48; expenditures, $19,924.49; balance on hand October 1, 1904, $10.99. Terms and qualifications for admittance.-Free to those unable to pay; others pay according to their means; convalescents and persons in poor health are received. Application to be made to the superior. |