The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
HEALTH BOARD
EXPLAINS ITS
BILLS :
Says Urgency Of Work at
Dispensary and Hospital
Prevented Advertising.

At a meeting of the Board of Health
last night resolutions were passed OK
planning why several bills had been
incurred to make repairs to the City
Dispensary and tuberculosis Hospital.
This precaution was taken because Of
advanced information obtained by the
members that the Common Council had
planned to probe the Board of Health's
business methods.
1t was said last night that many bills
had been incurred because Of the i'm
mediate necessity of having certain
work done.
When a bill for . range costing
Sa42.50 came up for action Commits
sioner John B. Wood voted negatively.
rho bill was from Ralph b. Schmidt.
The bills which were placed before
the Council for payment are for the
o%verhauling of the City Dispensary and
the %renovating of the T%ubercular Hos
pital at Verona.
For the work doDeat the hospital the bills
aggregate s9,077.7s. and arc payable TO
three concerns. For the dispensary re-
pairs the total of tho bills approved last
night is 81. 50. which is divided among
Eve concerns. In each instance the bills
have been split up, none of them exceed
Ing the limit Of $500. although the work
MAS done cob~secutively.
The resolution setting forth the emer-
gcncy feature OF the bills was passed at
the suggestion of DR.. II. C.. II. Herold,
president Of the board, and David d.
Chandler. health officer.
A bill OF Ralph p. Schmidt for S4S1. 90 for
work dono az the City Dispensary (tbe total
of his bills for work done there was 81, 7l6.-
lb was explained by DIR. Wrightson, who
said that other plumbers had been told to
send their men to the dispensary. but thnt
noDc Of them had gotten their forces there
Oh time. and that inasmuch as Smith had
his men working at Overlook at the fin
fishing touches of a job there, he was or
dered to transfer them to the dispensary.
Mr.. Wood then said that he was not fsmil-
lar with the bill and, therefore, asked to
he excused from voting.
Commissioner John w. DobbiDs explained
bis Affirmative vote by saying that he had
voted so because of his confidence IN the
committee which authorized the work.
commissioner Rutan said that he voted af-
Tentatively because the bills would come up
for final payment before the Common Coun-
Ell and because of the recommendations
made by the president of the board and
the health officer.
In response to an inquiry made some
Gays ago by the City Hall Commissioners
the board authorized a reply stating that
they were well pleased with their present
quarters in Broad street and preferred
renewing the lease to occupying the old
Board of Works building near Academy
and Halsey streets. At the previous meet
ing the secretary was authorized to pre-
pare a renewal lease for the present offices
for three years at a rental OF So. 300 an
I DIR. w 8 Disbrnw renorted To the hoar I'd
that six beds for emergency use had been
.installed at the City Dispensary. Three of
the beds are intended for male patients
and three for women. The question of
securing quarters for the horse and ann
bulance was referred to a committee con-
sisting of Commissioners Dobbins, Kent
and Rutan.