New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-14
Br1sY AT THE ESTIMATES.
/. wor,u OUTLOOK BY THEHEALrHBoARD
- rurne DANCER or AN EPIDEMIC UNLESS hoHA
MONEY Is aIvENi

naxoxR OF AN EPIDEMIC UNLESS hohH
MONEY rs 0IvENH
p..-so, Estim.ts yesterday istened to state
..,s ~ Mrs r. X Jones' Of the Boara OF Ni"'o'' "
sbe Chasity gosritsl. in favor OF an aoditonsi
essou for fitting up the rooms occupied ~ sno 'o,N
rr..s without aot-g the question the Board then
hs,ra President Purroy of the Fire Department. ~no
..ksi for the insertion In fhe hnai estimae OF various
iteus which were stricken out In the pro'iso"s 0'
matcs Mono Of his appeals was favofaoy ao'0" vi "
the Board Co.,, ,,...
aid the bouevards aud roads In the upper part OF
the city were ia scandalous condition, ana ne "an'ou
An increased but he did not eetit o
dent Coleman OF the Tax Department. when tne question
of furnishing supplies to public buildings came up e
marked that his acquisitions for needed supPho'
IN his department had been di'honored py inc
Poblic Works Department, and word sent oacA
that while he held In Board OF Estimate 70 MS
present ideas OF economy he could not nave "u"' n'
wanted. general Newton inquired OF DIS deputy ~
Iowber Smith. II he had sent such reply ~ was
developed that subordinate named Burke was ieSpo"
sibe for this proceeding. Por the repair ana rene"a
Of ,ipes and stop cocks etc General Newton urged
considerable increase. Commissioner Coleman asked
how no proposed 10 stop the waste Inc reply was y,
tho employment OF more insi ecors anu "Su clsnan
hIgn,r .aarie, and sopPaxe OF leaks MI C"ieuau
frongut that there many men employ ed unaer
other commits soners doing nothing The app'oIria"o
n TnssSe,' Mr. Nichols and other representatives OF
firm nd
st.ied Amounted TO s40O. 0000O0 year appeared 10
rrge mat Hudson Canal and some other streets On JUG
west s.Ie IN he Wholesale district he repavod, Ihey
nr.ed larger appropriation 10 repair 'n1 snnsr
Newton approved ali they had 10 say; n navi"g
Colemau said there TOUR corporations no" noNis
10 wer to to up these Streets and ne thVugntN Wo
be Y Of money 20 repave them. ine nI" IN,
largely the Item Ior rops'euoho, ".s
Commissioner Voieian opposed IT, snit was sio"e1 w
remain at 1926, 900 In the provisional estimates
tot Il som appropriated for this department was
72O about ~ 5000 more than tee ovisl"na @ n,
OF the Board or Health estimates Was VI
lively character letter was read fro1i the Coinis
siourrs of Act cunts giving their opinions OF what shou
be appropriated for the Departnsu; nS nv ,he Cam
nissioners aud was pr ctically vaiu@.ess. Esen ,S
mcut. OF the appropriations III previous years VIZ
shown To ce misleading rDe MAYOR saiu .ao - soni
ia,y INSPECTORS Colonel EmDOns clark, secretary Vi
the Boar Commission r Johnston SAID that tneio
were no such sanitary engineers III Ieal'y
certiuet TO II By tue Civil Service Examining ooaru'
The Mayor derlared that the Board OF bealth was 10
epousnIe the character OF tue exaU natons "pcn
Tie representatives OF the Health Board ueir"' Mr.
Johsiun az carei city III peril because OF
tbe Inadequate appropriation for Board OF Health
Tbs Mayor declared that lie had no conf ience IN Tue
pre SCI al ministratlon OF the Health Department
Professor Caan Iler ex-presdeut OF the Health Board
arose said that wished TO protest against eutne
down the appropriation Tor the purpose OF pausmhg
He said that changes had heen mauc Ill .he
lion of ne department, since he was member
which lie did not approve, out tney were compa
tiyel, .nmp,rtant He said the appropriation Was not
large enough single smallpox epidenic ia oos'
sdeipha 81 O0O.OU0 aud might cost New iorR ihuch
more its HeaIlh Board were Crippled such an epi-
de,uic might happen here at any time Mayor Grace
sail M bad cOlce from cutting DOWN the ap-
propriation for this year. tOLert H. Shannon III q
speech declared that cpl lemics were tugpeara Inc
Board finally left the appropriation 1or TINS department.
was large reduction from the amount asked for ny the
Health Board