The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-19
SULL|vAN'S Offer
Would Like To Be
Surgeon on Ambu-
lance Duty.
"A CONCENTRATION.
Station | to Be Headquar-
ters for Vehicles Of
Mercy.

All ambulances, with the exception of
the one used by the board of health for
CONTIGUOUS disease cases will be con-
centfated at the Waldo street police
station. That was the decision arriv-
ed at by the committee on finance at
Its meeting yesterday afternoon.
In addition to the above recommends
tionS it was voted to have the mayor
take charge of securing Cne services of
surgeon who shall give his entire
time to ambulance service, the cost of
maintaining the system to be charged
to the appropriation Tor police depart
ment, which will probably necessitate
an extra appropriation Tor this depart
ment later on.
No one would give any outline of the
plans to be followed IN operating the
system until after the recommendation
has been: before. the city government
The general understanding is, howev-
en-, that a surgeon viii be employed
81 driver and possibly another man
in addition to the force already at po-
lice headquarters. 1t is also under
of horses is contemplated to take the
places of the two animals used singly
az present on the patrol wagon.
The big gray which has been run on
the police ambulance for a number of
years, will probably be used on the
sick ambulance, which is to be moved
from Kings stable to the police barn.
The new pair of horses recently pur-
chased win be run on both the emer-
gency ambulance and the covered pa
troll wagon, but it is obvious that it
will be quite necessary to have a night
Shift of horses unless one team is eX-
pected to do the work night and day
In the minds of those intimately ac-
quainted with the situation, 1t is
thought advisable to dispose of the two
animals driven single at present and
to- Secure in their places a pair of hors-
es similar in make up to the new ones
50 as to admit of team that will make
good time either night or day.
DR.. John H. Sullivan came forward
Yesterday afternoon with a new pro-
position, as a solution of the surgeon
question. DIR. Sullivan made ain offer
I'd the mayor that if the city would pro-
vide for location of his office at the po-
lice station and assume his expenses
so far as maintenance of horse and
buggy, telephone and like matters are
poncerned, he would secure an assis-
tant to whom the city might pay
Whatever salary may be agreed upon,
and that Dr. Sullivan would give
his services whenever they might be
required. This plan would insure one
or the other of two surgeons on call
at the station at all hours of the day
or night.
No decision has been arrived at in
this matter, although it is understood
that the members of the committee
feel that one man is enough.
The recommendation of the commit
tee embodies the statement that three
ambulances shall be concentrated at
police headquarters, which is construed
as meaning the sick ambulance form
erly run from the city hospital, the
present emergency ambulance and the
covered wagon at headquarters, which
may be fitted with stretcher and
pressed into service if necessary
The committee voted to recommend
inexpedient to act on the petition for
payment of salary as a police officer to
Capt j. J. Moynihan during the time
he was off duty during the Cuban
campaign. The petition provided for
payment of salary in full for such time
up to one year as the officer should be
engaged in the service of the United
States.
The same action was taken on the
resolution referred to the committee
some time ago. providing for compen-
sation for all city employees while in
the service of the United States. Both
questions were referred to the city So
licitor, who ruled that the city has no
legal right to pay these salaries, so the
resolution has no effect.
The matter of furnishing aid to the
soldiers and sailors or their dependents,
which was referred to the finance COM
mittee has already been attended to.
Inexpedient to act was recommended
in the following cases on report of
the water committee relative to puT-
chasing land near Holden reservoir
ON the order providing for the city
bearing a part of the expense in
cidental to burying soldiers. The state
and United States have attended to
this matter On an order introduced
last year by Alderman Mellen, relative
to considering the wisdom of an or
Finance requiring examination by one
on more experts of all accounts, moneys
on other valuables in the possession OF
= the city treasurer at the beginning OF
the year. The auditors books show the