The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-26

NO Me- W HOSPITAL.
Again Lack Of Money Causes
Disappointment to
Health Board.
M'GILL WANTED MORE
Street and Water Board, Toos
Feels the Need of a Larger
Appropriation.

While the tax budget for the next fiscal
year has given general satisfaction there
are several departments inclined some-
what to grumble. This is more or less
proverbial. Nearly all the departments
in by-gone years have submitted esti-
mates that would allow of shrinkage.l
Each department naturally aims to get
as much money as possible for running
expenses. The more they get the better
the showing made Most of them have
become used to having their estimates
cut, and some of them claim that for
this reason they made careful estimates
for next year and left out many not abb
solutely necessary items through fear Of
being cut down in important ones.
The Street and Water Board are not
over pleased at the cuts made in their es-
Inmates of appropriations needed by the
department for the next fiscal year. They
had anticipated the reconstruction of. a
number of sewers that are old and de-
crepit, and the construction of several
new sewers, including one in Bay street,
and the extension of the Grand street
sewer to relieve the vicinity of Harrison,
Monticello and Crescent avenues. The FL
nance Commissioners could not see their
way to grant the money requested for
these purposes.
Commissioners Hauck and Nolan say
the reconstruction of some of the sewers
is absolutely needed and that money will
have to come from the liquor license
fund.
The amount appropriated for street
lighting, ETC., is another disappointment.
The Commissioners asked for $4,000 and
got $145Oo0, or $25, 600 less than their esti-s
mate of what was needed. They We're
allowed an advance of $1,000. They say
that new streets are constantly being
opened or extended and that the city CAM
not be lighted as it should be with the
appropriation allowed They say that a;
careful estimate was made for every item,
and that some were left out through fear.
that the estimates absolutely necessary
would be cut down.
Superintendent Snyder of the Publio
Schools expressed some satisfaction at
the manner in which the Board of Edu-:
cation had been treated. 81 speak only:
for myself" he said, "and not for the
Board The Board made careful -ses-s'
1
for me to say that the Board is satisfied.
inasmuch as it did not get all it asked
for.''
President John J. Mulvaney of the
Board said he had no comments to make.
DR.. John D. McGill, President of the
Board OF Police Commissioners, when
seen regarding the appropriation for the
police department said that he was not
satisfied with the amount.
81 am like Oliver Twist in the matter
T cannot get enough. But I shall go on
with the department as economically as
possible and do the best I can with what
have. I believe in cutting my suit ao-
cording to my cloth. I had hoped that
the appropriation would be bigger so that
the pay of the sergeants could be ncreas-s
ed at least. But this cannot be done very
we'll now as it would be rather hard to
increase the sergeants' pay and not use
the money we have for increasing the
strength of the force. 1t was hoped thai
a number of new men could be appointed
and the members of the different classes
of chancemen promoted. These moves
cannot now be made.
1--WE might increase the force by ap-
pointing number of patrolmen and forc-
ing them to sue for their salaries, which
they would recover because the city
would have to pay under the law cover
ing the point but it would be hardship
to make the men sue, SO we have decided
to watt
Once again the Police Board has failed
to secure funds with which to erect new
hospital. The request for a $4,000 ap-
preparation has been made esveral times
but there is no money to be had for that
purpose at present. Warden Osborne of
the City Hospital has repeatedly called
the attention of the officials to the
wretched condition of the male ward. It
is no use to keep on repairing the
cracks and leaks, for the structure is too
old and it is money thrown away. It be-
gins to look as if the new hospital would
not be built for many years.
DR.. MeGill this morning spoke on the
question of erecting a new City Hospital
in the near future in a hopeful strain. He
said he was not disappointed that the
Board of Finance had not made an appro-
priation for a new building because he
had not expected that it would.
shall try to have bill passed at the
next session of the Legislature making it
mandatory on the Board of Finance to is
sue bonds for the erection of new City
Hospital. I have plans for structure
to be built of iron, glass. cement and
brick without any wood whatever. The
building will cost about s240,000 or s250,000.
1--WE have a fine Library Building, fine
City Hall and a wretched hospital. This
should not be. In the bill which I shall
urge next winter I shall make it plain
should be taken from the Board of Police
Commissioners and place in control of a
board of directors composed of physic-
Sans who can not be Influenced by poll
ticians. I hope the new building will De
under way next summer