The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-08

which Major Pangborn aud Mrs. Alexan
der had pledged as Hudson's share to-
ward the salary OF Mrs. Benjamin VIII
Hanson, OF Elizabeth, AS State secretary.
Mrs. Alexander had raised the other
seventy-five.
Several very interesting reports of COM
mlttees appointed to visit and report con-
ditions OF county institutions and city
hospital aud police station houses were
read. The reports will not be given out
for publication until after they have been
acted upon by the Executive Committee
to which they were referred. Mrs. Alex
ander who with others Of a committee
visited the Snake Hill institutions on
Tuesday made several suggestions in
regard to sanitary Improvements at
the almsh0use, among which was
the placing of stationery tubs
in the bathrooms for washing
clothes and better means for disposing OF
garbage. She urged the necessity of a
special hospital for a certain class Of
invaiids in the woman's department.
The committee found fourteen children
suffering with a contagious eye disease,
who, the committee thought should be
kept separate from the other inmates.
As to the matter of indenturing chill
dren the committee believes that 1t
sn1uld be taken altogether from the hands
OF the Freeh0iders and a bureau appointed
by the County Court which should
attend TO the matter and look after those
who are indentured. The committee
that came back TO the institution two
years afterward wearing the same
clothes.
THE JAIL's CONDITION.
The Committee on Jails, City Hospital
and Station Houses, Mrs. u. K. Pang-
born and Miss NJ. +. McCartin reported
that the jail was found in rs good condi-
M fl6 n
improvements were already being made.
The com mmittee found 200 prisoners there,
thirty-hve of whom were women. The
law relating to the separation Of the
sexes was being carried out. Among the
inmates were two boys, and a little girl,
staying with its mother. The committee
thought they should be provided with a
better home.
COMMISSIONERS. EXPLAIN THIS.
At the City Hospital the committee
found the male ward overcrowded.
Twelve hundred and fifty-one patients
had been cared for during the year. rhe
committee thought there should be sep
arate wards kept for maternity and alco-
holic patients, and asked why the money
appropriated for new wing last year
had been used for maintenance of the
hospital. This provoked some discussion
In which some were bold enough TO ex-
press an opinion that possibly the misap-
preparation of this money on the part of
the Police Commissioners was an indicta-
BILE offense.
A marked improvement was fou nd in
the condition of the station houses. The
sanitary condition of the Third precinc t
station house had been much improved
since the committees last visit, but it
was not all that could be desired as yet.
That of the Sixth precinct was found
neat and comfortable The committee
was inclined to find just a little fault
with the construction of the cells In the
new Police Headquarter building and
thought separate cells should have been
constructed for women. The horse for
the patrol wagon. too, was kept too near
the cells.
Treasurer Steiner reported $40 in the
treasury.
MR.. HEWITT HAS HIS SAY.
Poormaster Hewitt was present, He
said his books would tell wonderful
story, and intlmated that indiscriminate
bestowal of charity was brutal and pro-
duced as many paupers as rum. He cited
merely one instance where a woman got
dollar and a half from her husband for
medicine for her BABY. She went to the
Grove street dispensary and got the
medicine for ten cents and then with a
few invited friends got drunk and spent
the entire balance for drink
He could show hundreds of such
cases. The Poormaster did not
think there should be mater
nifty ward aud "a ward for alcoholic
patients at the City hospital. The city
paid the county for the care of such
cases, and the county was compelled to
care for all such cases. As to alcoholic
patients, II such ward was constructed
we would have twenty-five patients
where now we have one. The almshouse
he thought would be in bad condition
SO long as the inmates were huddled to-
gether in small rooms of such a large
building. Such buildings should not be
more than TWO stories in height, of brick,
and the interior finished with hard wood.
1t was decided to hold public meeting
soon at which the Poormaster, DR.. Lewis
and Mrs. Williamson. the State secretary
of the association will be invited to make
addresses