Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-10
HOSPITAL NEEDED,
SAYS GRAND JURY
IN PRESENTMENT
Recommends Establishment OF
Institution for Treatment
OF Emergency Cases.
NO INDICTMENT RETURNED
ON HIGH STREET HORROR
Jurors Take Stand That lnves-
tigation Now Under Way
Will Prove Adequate.

That an emergency hospital be es-
tahlished at William and Plane streets
large enough and well enough equlppeo
TO house the Board of Health and the
city dispensary is the principal recoln-
mendation made by the SEPTEMBER
grand jury. which filed it's presentmeht
today. With the completion OF this
now hospital the jury suggests the I'M
mediate abandonment of the present
quarters over Centre Market.
of the High street fire investigation
the jury says that since it is now being
Investigated by the county prosecutor
and a coroner's jury, there is no neeo
of a grand jury Indictment in a case
where the responsibility Will surely De
put where ii belongs.
Following is the text OF the present.
ment:
I'VE have inspected the county jail
and find It in good condition, both as
to the care OF prisoners, food, ieanil-
ness and management. In the opinion
of the grand jury. u fre-alarm signal
box should be placed at the jail 1t
should also be supplied with fire.
extingui1hers such as are used by r1re
departments and with 4 line OF hose
for each wing of the buildings, as none
exist at present.
U-nderkeepcrs' Hours Long.
I'VE respectfully present that the
upder-keepers at the Essex county
jail are now required to devote twelve
To fourteen hours a day, including Sun
days and holidays. in the performance
Of their duties as county employees.
In the opinion of the grand jurors the
ervants Of the county should not be
compelled to work more b a eight
hours in any twenty-four in order to
perform proper and efficient service,
and the force OF keepers and UNDER
Keepers at said institution should be IN
creased so as to make it possible to
divide the number Of said employees
into three shifts in each of the twenty
four hours.
I'VE have inspected the House oil
Detention, which is now Inhabited and
about completed. 1t is well equipped
and under good management.
1--WE have inspected the Newark City
Home for Boys at Verona and find II
u credit to the city, with management
the best.
I'VE visited the tuberculosis hospital
and found 1t in good condition. The
building is taxed to its tull limit OF
patients. There is need of ire escapes,
and the windows on the top floor are
foo narrow and small. The manage
11ent is highly cornmendable.
Al the penitentiary we found every
thing in good order and under a capa-
Bile management.
"The Newark City Hospital was
and the management is all that
be desired. We believe, however,
that more fire escapes should be pro-
ovcrhrooiS Hospital Criticised.
THE Hospital for the Insane at Over
brook was visited. Under the present
administration numerous causes OF
criticism of the past have been RENE
died, and we believe that, considering
the many difficulties attendant upon
the management of SO large an instl-
tuition as this, with such a large num-
Der of patients to care for, and the
many necessary employees to direct,
that there is nov no just cause for
complaint.
1--WE visited the Isolation Hospital. II
is In good condition.. The management
is highly commented.
1.-THE almshouse was also visited n
found clean. A building should
provided in q different location, and
Overlook is suggested. With a new
building, better sanitary arrangements
could be provided for. We believe,
however. that better ventilation should
now he provided in the sick wards.
The management is commended.
we also recommend a strict enforce
ment of the law or laws in relation to
the placing or locating of sufficient
Microscopes In crowded tenement dis
tricts, factories and store buildings.
THE grand jury mas visited the late
fire ruins at High and Orange streets,
but in view OF the fact that the matter
is now being investigated by the prose-
cutor and a coroner's jury we feel that
the disaster is receiving its proper at
tention and hat the cause or causes
for the same will be ascertained, and
that the responsibility will be placed
where It belongs.
1.-THE grand jury recommend that the
property of the city of Newark at VIII
lam and Plane streets be utilized IN
establishing an emergency hospital and
ambulance station, with sufficient room
for the Board of Health, ~embodylng the
city ~dispensary, and that the present
quarters over Centre Market be aban-
doned."
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