The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-21
MAYBE IT'S PANDORA's BOX.
Trouble Over Frequently Fumisated d
Trunk in Hoboken

Trouble Over a Frequently FumiSated d
Trunk in Hoboken.
Thomas Hodmett, thfrty-two years old.
of No. 800 Sixth street, Hoboken. AMI
Philip Llnderer, of No 1859 Grand street.
were arrested this morning by Inspector
Garnelli for violating the health laws
The men are fruit peddlers aud were seen
dumping decayed fruit from their wagon
into the street
An examination of the fruit proved
that most of it was either unrips or
rotten.
Hodmett was before Recorder McDon
eugh on a similar charge yesterday. but
was let go with warning. The men are
IN partnership and deal in the "culls" of
The banana ships. They were fined $40
each and the wagon load of bananas
was destroyed.
PERHAPS THIS is PANDoRA's BOX.
commotion was caused about the Ho-
boken police station yesterday, because a.
trunk that had recently arrived from
Hamburg was about to be fumigated in
the lodgers' room.
Although this trunk is not to any great
extent different from hundreds OF other
trunks that have arrived from Hamburg
lately, it seems to have been singled out
for test case. The presence of the
trunk at the police station is explained
by the following letter:
NEW YORK, SEPT. IS. 1892.
To the Health Officer, ioboken, N. J
DEAR sIR-On July Cd my mother arrived at
Hamburg from New York, and left trunk there
containing rugs, wraps and other garments
On September 10th my mother left Southamp-
ton for New York on the Fuerst Bismarck. On
departure she was surprised to find the above
mentioned trunk among her baggage She i'm
medlately reported it to the ships surgeon, who
had it placed in the ships hospital and fumi-
gated daily.
TODAY the Custom TJouso of3oar, ~, 49,, ~
rg-American Company's dock agreed with me
upon the inadvisabiity of opening the trunk
except under such circumstances as public
safety demands. / resolved to have it delivered
to your department that you may subject its
contents to such treatment as you may deem
proper. Therefore piease receive the trunk
(No AID from the New Jersey Transfer and
Baggage Express whom I have ordered to de-
liver it to you.
enclose the key. If you wish me to person
ally attend to olsinfection, will do so at any
hour you may command requesting you to ex-
cuse me from attending between 12 and g. 1
will b ear the expense attendant upon disnfec-
tion. Respectfully yours.
FRED. O. VALENTINE.
The Board of Health ordered the tene-
meut fumigated. The City Physician
said the station house was no place to
tumigate infected trunks, and as Captain
Hayes backed him uD in the matter, the
trunk still lies unfumigated at the ex-
press office. This morning none of the
oTnctals knew what WAS to be its fate, nor
could they explain why it was more dan
gerous alter having been fumigated a
number of times than other trunks from
Hamburg.
Health Inspector Garnelli says that if
that trunk is brought into the station
house there will be trouble
GIVEN A WARNING.
Michael Sullivan, of the Jersey City
Manure Transportation Company, was
hafo D-t,- n -
this morning tor violating the Health
rules. in not providing proper coverings
for his manure wagons. He was dis
charged with warning