New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-20
PATERSON.
CITY PHYSICIANS AND THE MEDICINES
THEY USE.
A soUABBLE OVER CONTRACTS FOR DRUGS AND

A soUABBLE OVER CONTRACTS FOR DRUGS AND
cHEMrcAIs-NorEs OF LOCAL INTEREST
A contract question which has stirred up con-
troyersy is that Of drugs and surgical supplies
for the use of the city physicians In the Aims
house and Outdoor Poor departments. =. r.
Kinsilla had been the only bidder during long
term Of years This time Benjamin Kent, another
druggist put in bid and Mr.. kinsla neglected
to do So The Aldermen refused TO award Inc
contract to Mr.. Kent and the committee In charge
stood by him and ignored the instructions OF the
Board TO readvcrtise and give the FORMER con-
tractor a chance to compete The Good uoVern-
ment Cub started an investigation alleging mat
manv overcharges had been made by Mr. knslia
in the ctys bills. They went back two years. ana
did And many items Of overcharge as compared
with the contract price. The evidence was SUD.
mitted to the Finance Committee or the Aioermen'
and the defence put in that the overcharges'
had been nearly balanced by undercharges, ana the
Mica made that the mistakes were due 70 careless
bookkeeping The loss to the city ala not appear
10 be serious but startling revelation was MADE
OF the hollow humbug OF the contract system. IT,
was shown that the contract Is dead ietter. Inc
city physicians ignore the kinds OF drugs ana other
supplies designated In II, and order other Vareues'
the difference in many cases. is nominal CONSIST.
ing merely the name OF the whoesa'e house ."~%
makes the articles but on the ground mat these
supplies are outside the contract, the aruss'se
charges price In some cases ten tunes ''a' "A,'eu
for the corresponding medicine plaster OF "a'
over II may be- in the contract and TINS Is Jus''nea
on the allegation that II Is superior ai"0,e' =
For instance. the druggist contracted 10 furn'sh
certain Kind OF empty Pill. boxes for 30 cents
gross and the city physician ordered di"erent
kind in their place at 50 a gross. This was ohy
OF long list OIL sim''a' ''e''' ""
tract figure -
nared A report 10 the Board recommending NAV
new schedule be drawn IR oy y ae really sSoui havs
Nil be named. and also that the Guy p"'S~~
audit the druggists Bills H. A..
most 'fashionable part OF the city DR. rort.T b.
Knnc homoeopatnis phys. ns,o IN c"rrols and
Receives cabs from patients and friends VINO s,sai
the ,se Sr AND and h snk w GSe and children
their honor TO obey the mandate OF the ncai,n au.
nore. .n no, to Sci saxs H. he
sck and removed 10 the Ssneta' no sp,.-a hv ,hs
sne sa The ony outward indication OF auaran-
tine small paper lacked on she IRON and ms, nar,
per % nct pr Theodore Y Kline is the pesi!
der, Of the Board OF Health. by whose orders the
The bel, in the tower OF the new CITY Hall WI!
soon sound alarms for are The striker now sn N ,ns '
Sc,cI 10 10 removed there and will clash
upon the devotlons OF the worshippers below
Lo,-owncrs at Cedar Lawn Cemetery complain no. %
i,lnersn, now.r dealer Is proh,ine by this vandalism.
Examinations for the place of principal OF the hifa
Whit, e aeSsp, place R5S9sH Y next se
on a. the same time Candidates for two grammar.
school princpalships Will have chance TO Try I'r
certificates.
Echoes Of the great strikes in the silk industries
in the spring OF 1894 when mobs kept the town 10
terror have been heard within me ins h rev ahc
tried 70 bow up william Ssranges cSs p,me
By %fan %sS Of sent letters
and t, Jacob m he syssn pos Including
Charles s,aerS.n and Herman Fishbach. were sen:
fenced to state prison. Doebbler Is there ye s:
Gaining H, OF his convc,ion by the upper courts and
Staerken and Fishbach. who were released ia,t,ey,
on which the notorious Justice Of ne Peace stu.s;
bach issued warrants os Mr. Weamann ana sev Tb
conspiracy" consisted in their evidence when eon
Y cppe the Of ina osn GREY Court pomp
stutzbach's commitments by haeeas corpus staer-
saut and battery having been made against them
by some OF Mr.. weidmann's men
The New-Jersey Electric Railway Company. which
runs cars to Hoboken. has double-tracked its line 10
Grandst.
The Union Avenue Baptist Church has voted to
BLOOMFIELD n j.
w. Wallace Christie has resigned as orsanist cs
succeed him.
Th rs m sa d Sa
Sundays. They will likewise close al o'clock week
days, except saturdays.
The Paterson Iron Works have the order to build
The ronwork for the new steamer Of 'he Peoples
Another old eyesore is to go: William Barbour:
Gors Sxssss feet On Garks and ssrsss,
bledown frame structures With substantial bust
Of vh '!HsSr 'F FC Of state
fame. was the executor. Heirs coming OF age made
Alderman Ezra NJ. Stiles Republican Is in Eu-
rope and Alderman Joseph keppIer Dsm1ocrai:
leaves the unlucky number OF thirteen City Fathers
In town.
The registers OF the Asbury Park hotels these
days look Ike pages from the Paterson directory.
SUMMIT.
The Commonwealth Water Company OF Summit.
which supplies Summit. Mi.lburn and South Orange
with water. has made contract TO supply the
Bellevlle-ave section OF Orange with water at the
rate OF 10 cents a thousand gallons.
The residents and property -ownsrs In Spring.
ns.d-ave.. from the Boulevard 10 Keithoch Place.
have aligned petition to the Township Committee.
In which they protest against the grade on thas
street recently established by the committee
Harry T. Randall IL attending the convention OF
the Baptist Young Peoples Union OF America IN
Baltimore as the representative OF the summit
Baptist Church.
Highland-ave., which has been private road Tor
years. has been purchased by Dr. J. Boyd Rish
from the De Forest estate.
ra.sy % .s.n%x S 8 sr T'T Fas
tract With the Peoples Power and Electric Lisht
Company OF Newark In which the COMPANY
agreed 20 light the streets 81 summit BY els'trety
for three years NJ the rate OF 81 NJ a light ySnr
The contract can be extended by me townsn,p
for nfteen years. at the end Of which time sns
town has the option OF purchasing the plant, Tns
contract was referred to the township counsel ano
Will he acted on at the next meeting OF the eo'"'
mitteo.
The Standard Telephone Company II making ei'
forts to place u general telephone system W '""'
init. a..
Tho guests at the blackburn House WIZ ho,1
a fair FOR the benefit OF the summit Ff.rh All az
Convalescent Home on the hotel grounds on i""'~
day, July u. -
tI,.. romnanv No held a meeting last even.