The New York herald., 1869-09-07
TIE UgfOy FERRY COMPANY AyD TIE
BROGKLYY CITY HOSPITAL.

A Slight Difference OF About $4,000, 900 Al.
legged to be Dae tie Hospital from tho Ferry
Company.
For some time pas. it is understood negota.
tions have been pending between certain
highly influential and wealthy citizens Of Brook.
lyn for the Initiation OF the requisite meas
ures towards the commencement Of legal crpseao~
against the Union Ferry Company for the purpose Of
recovering the sum OF s3oOo,oO0 or thereabout be-
lieved to be due the Brooklyn City Hospital By the
ferry corporation under the provisions Of the char
ter Of the Union Ferry Company which provides for
the paymen. to the hospital fund In question Of all
the earnings Of that corporation over and above
their expenses and ten per cent
For several years past the earnings have, 1t ID
alleged increased to so high rate rs to admit OF
the distribution OF extra shares among the stock
holders, at the end OF each half decade Of years,
amounting in the aggregate to a total reserve over
aud above the actual dividend allowed
by law Of nearly twenty per cent or
should have gone, it Is claimed, according 10 law
towards the Brooklyn City Hospital fund. The only
this sc y 70 e ad e Of Trustees lies in
the coincidence, If the circumstance can 20
be termed asn that majority =, of Of the hR0 9l
Company. The rates now paid by poor p4
tents at the hospital range from Ave dollars to ten
dollars per week, which sum could readily be re.
duced to merely nominal cost say one dollar or per-
haps even less. were the fund sufficiently augmented
readily be accomplished were the revenue OF the
institution increased to the proportion which this
stands the income derived is small as not to ad.
nit OF the reception of poor persons who cannot pay
the requisite weekly board, ana these latter are con
where paupers are treated.
AT recent meeting OF the Citizens Reform Asso-
cirtion, one OF the members OF that organization
present, while discussing the abuses OF corpora
IONS charged the Union Ferry Company with
sn aSns e wG updn Their ss psst s Of Of are @ sS
fin time :. ~ sIsalc nad steadily increased and
bany pad been adding 70 the premium on
It's stock by Issuing Gratntous shares to the
the fund OF the Brooklyn CITY Hospital.
In In justice to the representative. OF tne
70 asrs state cGhmRaay shaRe M g. ths sorss meeting
company, Immediately stated that he would anor9
an the facilities requisite 70 committee OF tne Ass0
citation whenever 1t should see ht to appoint sucn
ior lhe purpose Of examining their anars. but nS
reserved the right Of the company 10 issue STOCK
The whole amount c received py the hospital dur.
Ing the year ises was sei,2o7, while ths1expendk
s1 total number mraa spO Of III paten;s tss esfs
lshment In 1ss7-~uS 10 the 1sf =,
snt sI Ss 5sdns RTss'ns ocSea SssT Tss n
the site or Fort Greene was erected in iss o.
s but capaDs E Il mn about $50 psn
hospital Extensive additions ars Wants Of sclt
a o,a thofosgn eOmdr overIiaung and removal a1w
would would be 9, highly beneficial in eradca,in1 'u
presence OF m hospital gangrene which pervnde
,..a 10 an extent greatly detrimental 70 sS
eoNery Oh wounded patients. The chief sT z
~, fS ueriveu rom the Seamcns; ~
Iund, the Brooklyn institutIon ~ e1
fya. lySrte M ol the invalid mariner In tSS
the civ are a,sm ne aScaentally injured throu9 S"7
,hs tns city pays $4,000 year only The & iclovw =
oS oHe ,rnn,n. nanles OF & the members Of Inc
Bensoon, Charles L. Bill, Alexander tSuuF ~. w.
9. cSrne Hhi'9!enden; 9saa Horace B. Claim, pssS
Wood, yosI John Hasey, A. A. Low. fhcIass wSs.vV
pont osaS ws,ep y Pope Henry q Nichols Henry n fSS
s. Tisdaie. D. W. w. Ws,Nsc WW,enNnrds 0yrya Smith, W6sS
ine mayor OF the CITY lie member ex.oiiicso W