The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-20
COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH.
Bids Received For Work on the New
C~onfaoious Disease HOspftaI.

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Contagious Disease Hospital.
At last there is a possibility that the new
Contagious Disease Hospital at Snake Hill
will be finished. It is about five years since
this probe ct was first put before the public by
the County Board of Health, by securing the
passage of an act which authorized the
Board of Freeholders to appropriate $500
yearly for the construction of the building g.
When the Board of Health had received
1000 it advertised for bids, but under the
plans and specifications no contractor could be
found who would do the work for less than
5000. The board concluded to wait for an
other appropriation of So, 500, which was
made during the following year. In the
| meantime the Board of Health had grown
| ambitious and had concluded that the neces-
sites of the county required a larger struc-
ture than had been originally determined On.
It was again decided to wait for O fourth ap-
preparation, which should have been put
| into the tax levy for 1898. The Freeholders
refused to make this appropriation, although
in anticipation of receiving the money a
contract to build the hospital had been
awarded to Michael Brennan.
He did not WORK until the money was ex-
hausted, and while the Board of Health was
waiting for more funds he disappeared and
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ken and Richard G. Washburn, President of
the Hudson County National Bank were the
s~ureties. Brennan's disappearance made nc
trouble for the Board of Health until last
December when the Freeholders, after a
political deal for the appointment of Inspec-
tors to the Health Board, appropriated suf-
fcient funds to finish the hospital.
Brennan then could not be found, and the
Board of Health fell back on his bondsmen.
After several conferences the bondsmen de-
cided to complete the contract, and yester-
day, in accordance with this agreement the
County Board of Health received bids for the
finishing of the work. The bid were as fol
lows
Donnelly & Wilson, plumbing and sewer
ing, 50, 400; Henry G.. Niblett, for all the
work to be done, S7,629. 10; B. Donaldson.
carpenter work only, 50, 795; B. Donaldson
for all the work TO be done, 1896.
The board directed that these bids should
lie over for action at a special meeting.
DIR. Converse was absent from the meeting
yesterday because he was a witness in court
part of the day. Drs. Varick and Mcneil
received a complaint from Henry G. Cross
man of Court House place, to the effect that
a neighbor kept chickens, and for the benefit
of the fowls this neighbor frequently spread
ant over a vacant lot in front of Cross
mans house which created a bad smell. In
spector Tiernev had investigated the com.
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that the neighbor spread straw n not
manure on the ground. The Inspector was
directed to make his report in writing.
George w. Brown, MD, Secretary of the
State Board of Health, notified the board
that he had directed Charles Turner, g
colored barber on Monmouth street, not t.
practice medicine any more unless he OBJ
tanned a diploma. THE JERSEY CITY NEWS
investigated this alleged practice of medi
cine some weeks ago, and foundt that the
ofiense consisted of Turner's having given 8
recipe for a IMMINENT to a friend who sui
fered from rheumatism. The recipe was
one Turner had received from a physician
five years before and had found it beneficial.
DR.. Edward E. Pruss was permitted to
register in this county. He had a diploma
from the State Board of Examiners.
Surgeon John S. Billing, of the United
States Army, wrote the board for some
statistics for a special report he is getting
up. He wanted to show the condition Of
the buildings and their classes, the topo
graphy and nature of the land in the county
the death rate, etc. Nearly all the informa
ton desired could be furnished by the
County Board of Health, and the letter was
filed.
James Hunt of No. 70 Brinkerhoff STREE
reported that a pool of ~stagnant water hac
collected at No. Al Virginia avenue, and that
it was caused by the bad condition OF the
sewer.
DR.. Saltonstan was directed to collect evi
dence, with a view of presenting it to the
Grand Jury, for the Health Board held that
the Street and Water Commissioners were
responsible for the bad sewerage.