City of Buffalo. Fifteenth Ward.-Louis F. Moershfelder, 548 Hickory Sixteenth Ward.-Ernst F. Martinke, 143 Grape street. Nineteenth Ward.-James D. Wilson, 146 Front avenue. Twenty-first Ward.-George S. Buck, 543 Ellicott square. Twenty-second Ward.-William Baynes, 35 Pearl street. Twenty-third Ward.-William E. Shifferens, 102 Broadway. Twenty-fourth Ward.-Frederick Howard, 936 Ellicott square. Twenty-fifth Ward.-Fred. J. Beerman, 236 Gorton street. Town of Cheektowaga. Frank Wildy, Forks. Clarence. Theodore Krehbiel, Clarence Centre. Colden. Orlin J. Colburn, Colden. Collins. Herbert S. Sisson, Collins. Concord.-L. J. Shuttleworth, Springville. East Hamburg. Eden. Frank F. Holmwood, Orchard Park. Charles H. Ide, Eden. Elma. James A. Woodard, Elma Centre. Evans.-John Henry, Angola. Grand Island.-John V. Bedell, Grand Island. Hamburg. John Schoepflin, Hamburg. Holland.-William B. Jackson, Holland. Lancaster. Harry J. Shepherd, Lancaster. Newstead.-Frank S. Owen, Akron. North Collins.-Dennis A. Dillingham, North Collins. Tonawanda.-Lauren H. Hollister, Tonawanda. West Seneca.-Henry C. Lein, Gardenville. County Superintendent of the Poor. Lafayette L. Long, Buffalo, N. Y. Overseers of the Poor. Town of Alden.-Wm. H. H. Holden, Alden. Amherst.-George Zent, Williamsville; John Dauman, Aurora. Philip Fisher, East Aurora. Boston.-Charles Hund, Boston. Brant. Harrison T. Newhall, Brant. City of Buffalo.-Department of Poor. Established by chapter 105 of the Laws of 1891 and amended by chapter 72 of the Laws of 1892.-Overseer, Louis J. Kengott, 44 West Seneca street. Town of Cheektowaga. Frank Kohlbrenner, Forks. Clarence. Frank A. Jones, Clarence; Conrad Lauber, Colden. Harry Troust, Colden. Collins. Nathan Pierce, Collins Centre. East Hamburg.-Ira Smith, Orchard Park. Eden.-David Jennings, Eden. Elma. Julius Marshall, Spring Brook; Cornelius Eise, Evans. James Farrar, Angola; Edward V. Hummel, Derby. Grand Island.-Fred. Ehde, Grand Island. Hamburg. George Reifler, Hamburg. Holland. Floyd L. Hawks, Protection. Lancaster. Frank Hastrick, Lancaster. Marilla.-M. H. Myers, Marilla. Newstead. Charles Borchert, Akron; John Dorsch, North Collins.-D. W. Spry, North Collins. Sardinia. Elisha M. Bull, Sardinia. City of Tonawanda.-Department of Charities. Established by chapter 22 of the Laws of 1903.-Commissioner of Charities, George G. Schwinger, Tonawanda. Town of Tonawanda.-James McLerie, Kenmore. Wales. John Minkle, Wales. West Seneca.-H. J. Twist, West Seneca. COUNTY INSTITUTIONS. ERIE COUNTY ALMSHOUSE, Buffalo Plains, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Dorr December 16 and 17, 1902; June 19 and 20, 1903. Keeper. John Stengel, appointed January 1, 1898. Attached to the almshouse are 154 acres of land, 140 of which are reported to be under cultivation; value of land and buildings, $657,000; estimated value of the labor of inmates during the year, $20,000; estimated value of the products of the farm, $8,887; receipts from sales, $167.50. Expenses in connection with the almshouse for the year ending September 30, 1903, $165,078.69; estimated weekly expense per person, $3.04; expense of temporary (outdoor) relief administered by the superintendent and overseers of the poor, $41,735.97; expense of support in whole or in part in institutions other than the almshouse, $123,211.41; aggregate expenditures for support and relief, $330,026.07. Total number in the almshouse during the year, 3,691; remaining October 1, 1903, 687 (483 males and 204 females), including 14 feeble-minded or idiotic, 8 epileptics, 10 blind and 1 deaf person; number receiving temporary (outdoor) relief, 5,956; number supported in other institutions, 3.956; total supported and relieved during the year, 13,603. ERIE COUNTY AGENTS FOR PLACING DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN PRIVATE HOMES, Buffalo, N. Y. Agents appointed by the county supervisors of the poor find suitable homes for dependent children. ERIE COUNTY HOSPITAL, Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Branch of the Erie County Almshouse (which see above). STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION. Central Office, 105 East Twenty-second Street, New York City. (See New York County.) Has local visiting committees in 53 counties. The following is the list of members for Erie county: Mrs. Bernard Bartow, President, 481 Delaware avenue, Buffalo; Mrs. Emily B. Alward, Vice-President, 55 Johnson Park, Buffalo; Miss Ada M. Kenyon, Secretary, 359 Prospect avenue, Buffalo; Miss Elizabeth Barnard, 415 Delaware avenue, Buffalo; Miss Bryant, 462 Franklin street, Buffalo; George E. Fiske, 71 Irving place, Buffalo; Miss Agnes Hall, 61 Anderson place, Buffalo; Mrs. Warren P. King, 28 Ashland avenue, Buffalo; Mrs. G. H. Lewis, 656 Seventh street, Buffalo; Josiah Munro, Linwood and Bryant streets, Buffalo; Mrs. Lester Wheeler, 623 Delaware avenue, Buffalo. Advisory members: Chas. P. Norton, Erie County Bank Building, Buffalo; James A. Sweeney, Sumner street, Buffalo. Visitors to Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children, Iroquois, Mrs. Ursula M. Babcock, Silver Creek; Mrs. Flora Hall Sterling, Silver Creek. Erie County-Private Charity. DISPENSARIES. BUFFALO EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, 671 and 673 Michigan Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Prest June 17, 1903. Incorporated February 26, 1876; licensed December 14, 1899, by chapter 368, Laws of 1899. Objects. The medical relief of the worthy poor and the advancement of medical science. Governing body.-Board of Trustees. President. Matthias Rohr, 1088 Ellicott Square, Buffalo. Secretary. Dr. Lucien Howe, 183 Delaware avenue, Buffalo. Treasurer. Jacob W. Diehl, 361 Pearl street, Buffalo. Surgeon-in-charge.-Dr. Lucien Howe. Value of property, $2,240. Number of different persons treated at the dispensary during the year, 2,375; total number of treatments, 12,652; number of prescriptions dispensed, 3,800. Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1903, $2,066.04; expenditures, $1,971.04; balance on hand, October 1, 1903, $95. Terms and qualifications for treatment.-Free to the worthy poor. Application to be made at the Infirmary. CHARITY EYE, EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL OF ERIE COUNTY, (DISPENSARY DEPARTMENT), 166-168 Broadway, Buffalo, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Prest June 18, 1903. Licensed December 14, 1899, by chapter 398, Laws of 1899. Governing body.-Board of Managers. President. Charles B. Armstrong, Board of Trade, Buffalo. Secretary.-F. Park Lewis, M. D., 454 Franklin street, Buffalo. Treasurer.-A. B. Kellogg, 202 Main street, Buffalo. President of medical staff.-B. H. Grove, M. D. Number of different persons treated at the dispensary, 1,548; total number of treatments, 9,279; number of prescriptions dispensed, 1,569. Finances with hospital. (See Hospitals.) EMERGENCY HOSPITAL OF THE SISTERS OF CHARITY, (DISPENSARY DEPARTMENT), 108 Pine Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Prest June 15, 1903. Established, 1902; incorporated February 28, 1902; licensed Object. The relief of the sick, injured and destitute. President.-Sister Agatha Walsh. |