Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 3, Number 3, September 1993 Page: 115
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Indigent Care and the County Poor Farm
Table 1
Synopsis of
Colorado County Poor Farm Contracts
1883-1895Term Winning Bidder
Oct. 1883
to Sep. 1884
Oct. 1884
to Dec. 1884
Jan. 1885
to Dec. 1885
Jan. 1886
to Dec. 1886
Jan. 1887
to Dec. 1887
Jan. 1888
to Dec. 1888
Jan. 1889
to Dec. 1889
Jan. 1890
to Dec. 1890
Jan. 1891
to Dec. 1891
Jan. 1892
to Dec. 1892
Jan. 1893
to Dec. 1893
Jan. 1 894
to Dec. 1894
Jan. 1895
to Dec. 1895W. F. Neal
W. F. NealW. E. Bridge
W. E. Bridge
B. F. Toliver
W. E. Bridge
W. E. Bridge
C. A. Williamson
David Steiner
David Steiner
David Steiner
David Steiner
David SteinerContract Terms
$12 per month for each of the first ten residents,
$8 per month for each additional resident$15 per month for each resident
$1440 per year minimum for up to ten residents,
$8 per month for each additional resident
$1164 per year minimum for up to ten residents,
$8 per month for each additional resident
$800 per year minimum for up to seven residents,
$8 per month for each additional resident
$1000 per year minimum for up to eight residents,
$8 per month for each additional resident
$900 per year minimum for up to eight residents,
$7 per month for each additional resident
$870 per year minimum for up to eight residents,
$7 per month for each additional resident
$750 per year minimum for up to eight residents,
$8 per month for each additional resident
$850 per year minimum for up to eight residents,
$8 per month for each additional resident
$800 per year minimum for up to twelve residents,
$5 per month for each additional resident
$775 per year minimum for up to twelve residents,
$2 per month for each additional resident
$725 per year minimum for up to twelve residents,
$2 per month for each additional residentNote: In two instances, because one or more payments were evidently not recorded in the Commissioners Court
Minutes, the figures have been extrapolated for the full year. The final payment for 1886, which should have
covered the period from November 15 to the end of the year, is not recorded. The county had paid $1018.95 to
that point, a figure consistent with the contractual minimum. Similarly, only one payment for the year 1895 was
recorded, that one for $241.67 for the first four months of the contract. Two more identical payments would have
raised the total cost to the contract minimum. The payments made to Williamson in 1890 also included the amounts
due him for his services as physician to the county farm. These have been excluded for this table. In all, he was
paid $1040.00 for operating the county farm and attending to its residents in 1890.115
Final Cost
$ 741.80
$ 234.70
$1442.50
$1164.00
$ 874.60
$1020.45
$ 909.25
$ 870.00
$ 768.58
$ 850.00
$ 800.00
$ 775.00
$ 725.00
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