The Jersey City news., 1890-08-01
HEALTH and Light.
Doings of the Police Board
Yesterday Muir
phys Report.

The City Health and Police Boards met
In the Aldermanic Chamber yesterday
afternoon. Nearly all the city physicians
were present. At the Health Board
meeting DR.. Wolfson, of the Second dis
trict, reported that he had attended
cases during the past month and made %
visits; DR.. Henry, OF the Fourth district,
II cases, IS visits; DR.. Straughn, OF the
Fifth district. Is cases. 80 visits; DIR. Ever
EFT, of the Sixth district, II cases and 81
visits. Health Inspector Benjamin re-
ported 211 nuisanoes complained OF, lSo
abated; 218 notices sent out 1T9 permits
granted, 5 cases OF diphtheria and case
of scarlet fever DR.. Straughn, OF the
Fifth district, protested against tue drift
of the stories in the published proceed
ings of the Boards last meeting in refer
ence to the complaint that he had refused
to attend a patient whose condition was
serious because he did not consider the
patient within his territory. He informed
the Board that he did not consider a city
physician was subject to orders from
either police sergeant or captain. but
the reason he refused to attend the pa
tient in question was because he was un-
able TO do SO at that time.
President Feeney called the attention
OF the Health Inspector to the cond1tlon
of the sunken lots near Seventeenth and
Henderson streets. Engines stood on the
elevated trestle work at that point, he
said, and dripped water below, where it
had become stagnant. The stencil which
arises therefrom was q menace to the
comfort and health of the neignborhood.
Clerk Rooney, of the County Health
Board, complained that various scaven-
gers were in the habit of dumping night
soil into the Hackensack River, notwith-
standing city scow was provided for the
na trV1nd dot tor ,Tf hi .nfr
THE BAPTIsTs WANT MORE LIGHT.
The Board of Trustees of the North
Baptist Church on Jersey avenue asked
the Police Board to put one of the new cleo
trio lamps in front of the church and a
complaint was received of the dark con-
dition of Columbia avenue in the vicinity
Of No. 79. The New York and New Jer-
sey Globe Gaslight Company, through
its general manager, acknowledged the
receipt of copy OF the resolutions passed
by the Police Board on July to the
effect that unless the company fulfills
the terms of its contract the same would
be declared null and void. The company
argued at length the absurdity of such
resolutions.
The manager called the attention Of the
Board to the fact that the contract stipu-
lated just what the company should do
and the steps to be taken in case the COM
pany failed to perform its covenant. The
manager further stated that on receipt of
the resolutions he had sent men out to
investigate and found that with the ex-
ception OF few on the main thorough
fares where there was much dust, all the
lamps were found in first-class condi-
tion. A lack of courtesy was COM
planned of for not giving notice
Of the lamps that were found in
bad condition. A man had been hired at
extra expense during the past two years
TO call daily at the various police stations
for just such information. Jersey City
had many more wicked boys and rowdies
who break lamps than any other city
which the company furnishes with light.
1t had cost the company $40 for lamp re-
pairs The manager also called the at
tention of the Board to the fact that there
were two parties to the contract, and ex-
pressed the hope that the Board would
rescind the resolution and obiiterate it
from the Boards minutes
President Feeney, who had introduced
the resolution after making a personal in
spection OF the lamps, took the floor and
said the resolutions had accomplished
their purpose. He moved the communi-
cation be referred to the Committee on
Lamps and Lights, which was done.
CHIEF MURPHY'S REPORT.
Chief of Police Murphy recommended
the following officers for general
efiiciency:-Chanceman Kielt. for the
capture of burglar July 3; Captain Nc
Nulty and Detective McNally, of the
Sixth. precinct. for capture of the gang of
rowdies who atrociously assaulted
Ivnny Rosenberg; Patrolmen James
Murray, Frederick Hellmer and Frank
McMahon, for good Judgment in captur-
Ing gang of counterfeit showers; Detec-
tive Dalton, for capture of murderer
euro four days after the crime was COM
mltted relying entirely upon his ability
TO detect from mere description. Patrol
men Archibald, Sheridan and McGnrk
were transferred from the First to the
Second precinct, and Hunt, Johnston and
Murtha from the Second to the First
precinct.
The pay roll, amounting to Sl1, 1,16692,
was passed. The sick roll amounted to
sS63.11 Warden Osborne reported the
receipts for sale of drugs at the hospital
to have been $5S4 40.
Chief of Police Murphy made the fol-
lowing report for the quarter ending
June 30:--Number of persons arrested,
1.764. OF these 60S were committed, 105
bailed, 1872 fined, 81 delivered to other au-
thorit1es, and 798 discharged. There were
l,7sl white persons arrested and AZ col
ored, of 574 had trades. 1,190 had no
trades, l,542 were males and 222 females
The amount of property stolen was
81, ,6S9.35, of which the sum of SS11. 80 was
recovered. The total amount of money
collected as fines was 81. 1856. The num-
Der of ambulance calls was 167; of lost
children, 143; of fire alarms, 3S of acci-
dents, l01; of windows found open, 81; of
persons reported missing and not ac-
counted for a.; of persons found sick
upon the streets, 55; of dead bodies re-
moved to the morgue, %; of dead ami
mails removed from streets, 40; of patrol
wagon calls, First precinct, 391
J. C. AND BERGEN PICNIC.