New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-17
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INADEQUATE GUARANTEES FACILITIES
URarNr RECOMMENDATIONS MADE By THE BOARD

OF COMMISSIONERS
ALBANY. Jan. 16-The annual report OF the Board Of
Commissioners Of Quar- milne ssnt ~ tho Lexlis
nre today Messrs Plat and Nichols ask for sppro-
nristoa amounting altogether IL s2443i3. Tho bulk
OF tho report devoted account OF the cholera out
break aud the noel OF repairs and additions
o enable the depart nent cops
fully with similar vsitatohs in the future
The Commissioners noli Governor I'M and his prede
cessor. Governor Cleveland mainly responsible fer the
failure to get adequate appropriations heretofore They
recommend that the usual appropriation for the and
maintsnaneo OF the establishment shall be Increased
from $1,000 to $4,000 so that whether used
ample funds for all CONTINGENCIES should he wtthin their
control It's suggested that the present hospital ship.
the Illinois. Old hnk that leaks like sieve he IRE
turned the United States whose property
she is and an appropriation made fer the purchase
OF suitable vesssl to take her pacs; such a vessel
shoud he properly fitted and furnished for float
ing hospital In OF nesd They therefore suggest
that the sum Of s25,0o) be appropriated fer such
purpose.
The request made for appropriation Of S. 900 to
repair the hospital building Swrourne Island. aud
$1,000 for repairs 10 the dock and png Then fol-
lows appeal for 600 fer crematory he erected
on swinburne Island where the bodies Of these dying
In hospital can be iRcinerated This appeal is
backed up by the statement that the
people living in the vicinity OF seguins Point
where the Quarantine burying ground is located are
continually protesting against the nterment there Of
the victims OF cholera and other contagious diseases and
that the Commissioners have sought In vain for
locality where they could bury such bodies without
giving offence TO any
The biggest appropriation asked for 1921, s43 for
thoroughly Overhaulng remsdeing and putting In per-
feat order what Is known the hospital Of sbserva
ton ON Hoffman Island. Tho Commissioners got s. d.
Hatch tue architect and civil engineer to inspect the
island and buildings and In the main rest their
plea fer the appropriation his report and estmates
Among other things he recommends that the present
concrete WALL about T. feet sng. be extended Sl2
feet further to enclose the whole island and that the
island itself be filed and the surface be levesd with
in six inches OF the grade line OF the buildings as
the wind has blown much Of the original
filing In addition repairs to the three buildings at
present the island he suggests the erection Of q
building 4s by 6s feet aud two stories high con-
tain boer-roou. disinfecting room kitchen and
diningroom two steam pumps connecting with fresh
water and the other VITA salt water. dryingroom etc
He would have built small to the two hospital
buildings which should be 20 feet and two stories
in height to contain avatercs. etc He also the
construction OF ooathouse and states that the entire
system OF water supply needs to be renodeed In his
estimate he alss includes 900 fer repairs TO the Health
officers landing aud house at Clifton
The Commissioners also ask for $500 TO repair tho
Health officers tug and $4,000 for the purchase Of
and Larger tug n view Of the present needs or the
establishment"
Health officer Smiths report to the COMMITS
soners IS appended to their own report
DR.. smith tanks that the immigrants notsuclstty
vaecna ed and It would Iva financially beneficial TO
the steam passenger lines they weud require their
medical officers all sscrage Passengers soou
al or they embark who have not been successfully vac
Gin ited within the last tea He also recommends
surgeons for the detection of mild OF dipththsa
and scarlana He insists the necessity OF thoroughly
everhsulng HsfAan Island, adding to the aceommoda-
usn there.