New-York tribune., 1896-05-14
,pR1TATED BY ALDERMEN.
to,pD OF CHARITIES REQUESTS M
MEDIATE ACTION ON HOSPITAL
ADDITIONS

,,oyDy HAS BEEN SAVED AND
NO EXTRA APPRoPRIA-
TIoN is NEEDED.
~. two months toying by the boara Oh A,as, aaa,
i"' 18th the urgent necessity for four aoo'-
@' nu,,dings for the Kings County hosp''ai
a'H'r a,asperated the Board Of Charities al yes
hss meeting Of the Board the following
'ro'' .,.r was adopted and will be sent to the
ls', a =, Aldermen at its next meeting;
p0' On or about the 18th day of Marcn,
whereas nan en- rtment forwarded TO the common
sS.ci Communication sta!hg e1ag inG bndngs for the
sy for ne srsi,eving the overcrowded condition OF
~ spa the ge%Oya raouesR5s Of R 9bas immedae
vOrsposue, ,sken for their erection, and an. .o,od
sisRss.,sas SAID Common Counch mas 'io' ''' "N'0N
p:1ss a Tha this Department respectif'nliy re-
ks YOUR honorable body to take iI'ii'eu'''7
euss,ss, the erection of said buildings
:. ,,n he remembered hat the late iamen'eo
..s ~ Supervisors. after considering the mat
:. those buildings for many months nnaiS
...sorzsd their erection. but after the merging
;, ~. county and city governments MI Du'i'
'. c.,noration Counsel. gave an opinion IN wnich
..a that the buildings could not be con-
NC ...a uhout authority from the Board OF
60 and furthermore. that the construc-
.,rs, be under the supervision OF the CITY
-, n.nsrtuent as the Board OF Charities
oven specifc authority for directing the
work by law
NEED FOR MORE ROOM INDICATED.
rs. ronmjttee on Buildings. Of which Alder
.n stewart Is chairman. after investigating the
n..a tor the proposed buildings. submitted re-
.-. IN tho Board of Aldermen on April 13 recon-
a,ro that the City Works Department De
.hor,zsd N rroceed Plans had already been
s,our and adopted by Lauritzen & Co. for the
,us,rss Two of these structures were 10
,or,da sleening apartments one for men ana
a. o,ber for women nurses. Another oWldlng
,.os for the storage of wholesale drugs, and an
..,.r for male conyalescents. The first two were
.ooh % no 33x55 feet in dimensions and two
.,or,ss in height. The drug building was to be
o-v,o feet and 70 have two stories and base
usnt The convalescent building was to be Zox
6O feet and three stories IN height The COM
r,se stated the situation mildly in its report;
"Ws find that the druggists supplies, as wei
"a varous stores. are al present located in the
basement of the hospital building and certainE
should be removed to a separate building we
also found that all nurses are compelled 10 sieep
N The hospital building. which is more or less
detrimental
o,cuDv good deal of room which is necessary
for the PATIENTS
I'VE also found that quite large number OF
patents at the hospital are oonvaiescen's' no' re-
curing constant attention by the physicians ana
b, the eesort 10 provide places FOR them TO sleep
the hospital becomes overcrowded. and those VINO
IRE in fair state Of health are brought INTO I'M
Mediate contact almost with those VINO are very
In IN o,osing their report the committee stated
hat the new buildings would give 10 oadly
,eeded extra beds, and that the four buildlnes
would not exceed IN cost 500 opO Inc repoIt Mas
igned by Aldermen Stewart, Ruggles, Schiusser
md Maurer.
WHERE POLITICS INTERPRETED.
Alderman Guilfoyle moved to refer the report
,ack to the committee. and this was carried AL
,srmen Dunn. Dunno Guilfoyle Myers, Messin-
yer Singleton. Doyle. Keegan. Oltrogge Wass-
nuth LEIGH. Francisco Haubert. Williams ana
Clark voting for the reference. and Aldermen
Comfy Leaycraft. Stewart, Taylor, Schlusser'
Thompson. Hennessy. Ruggles, Bacher Donlon'
Maurer and Welton voting against II.
Some Of the Aldermen were frank enough ~ SaS
that the reason they voted against this resolu-
lion which would have saved many OF the coun-
tvs sick poor from sleeping on the moor ana
would have removed the danger of the loss OF
MANY lives from the fact that large NUMBERS OF
dangerous explosives and inf1ammable drugs are
stored in the basement OF the hospital buldlne,
was that they wished TO await the result OF the
attempt in Albany 10 legislate the present boaru
OF Charities out of office. and 10 SUBSTITUTE
single headed commission. They were not ex-
pict enough however. to give any reason why
this important work should not be done peiore
new commissioner might take his seat, OF 10 "a!
what difference change Of commissioners Wouiu
make II the work in either case was 10 be zone
under the direction Of the City Works Commls-
sioner.
But, while this argument might explain the de-
lay previous TO the adjournment Of the nsgisla-
ture, Il does not explain the manner IN "hich
this subject is being ignored by the Aldermen
since the single-headed Charities bill was puiieu.
Alderman Stewart tried in vain a week ago Ias'
Thursday night 10 have quorum OF the bulId-
ngs Committee present at meeting. Inc oiIiy
ones who appea red were Stewart. Oltrogge anu
Maurer. Aldermen Schlusser and McGarry were
~ and Ruggles and Messenger were absent.
Ano'ner meeting OF the committee has beeh
ooned 10Y next Friday night.
MONEY SAVED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT.
we can &c, much better class of nurses al
'ne hospital II We are not required to make them
s'eep IN the buildings in which the patients
seep' said Charities Commissioner Henry TO
ii'oune reporter yesterday. Besides we sadly
Aeea Inc bede now used by nurses for patients
"no are now compelled to sleep on mattresses on
@ sne moor. These new buildings, removing as they
ouo, ne nurses and convalescents from the
man building, would come very near enabling us
sent 10 US
rms delay is bad for another reason. This Is
excellent building weather, and II Is passing
ssway 1t should be taken advantage Of If the
sets in"
inere are two large rooms in the basement
c Tea are now used for storing our wholesale sup
~ sw ~, VI drugs, said Commissioner Burtls. rms
s,suIIlon s Is legacy Of former ring rule. ana at
a. y u'ne there Is likely TO be an explosion or nre
M n, VIII result In the loss of many lives
Dras
axsperated at their treatment by the Board OF
ss sss1men Is the fact that they are not asking for
49,. 49, additional appropriation. but that. through
~ - own economical administration OF the de- !
sxsatnent. they have saved on supplies the money |
hsssna h,sn viii cover the entire cost OF these new |
bsd lungs The plans Of the Commissioners nave
asn the approval Of the State Board of Charities. |
r,lnere mere s no hospital in the world. said Com |
M ,,shssoner Burtis. that would allow for minute
az sss continuation Of this danger of having great
'es Oh drugs In the basement.
cHARITIES BUREAU SERIES NOTICE.