Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-27
HOSPITAL COMMITTEE
TO HEAR FROM STAFF
Board of Managers Have Warm Dis
cussion Over proposed Increase Of
Doctors--W Want Their Opinions
ExTRAVAGANCE is ALLEGED

Action towards obtaining the in
diyidual views of the hospital
medical staff members was taken at
q meeting Of the Board of Managers
yesterday afternoon subsequent to a
resolution adopted by the Board of
Hospital Governors at their last
meeting providing for an increase In
the staff Of two members. A motion
to that effect was the outcome of an
argument between the four members
who put In an appearance after each
had expressed his views on the pro-
posed increase.
Henry w. Jones, secretary OF the
Board of Managers, will today COM
munfcate with the six physicians
comprising the staff, requesting their
objections to the appointment of
two more physicians. The motion
passed provided that the resolution
adopted by the governing board, to-
ward the appointment of two addi-
tional doctors, be submitted to the
staff, and that they be asked to re-
port back to the managing commit
tee.
Alderman-at-Large William D.
voorhees, failed to put in an appear
ance at yesterday afternoons meet
ing, which was held shortly after s
o'clock at city hall. George J. Haney,
chairman of the board; Henry w.
Jones, Edward L. Gridley and Sam
uel G. Garretson attended. Mr..
Haney and Mr. Jones arrayed them
selves against Mr. Gridley and Mr..
Garretson, and the situation was dis
cussed.
Mr.. Jones said he was unwilling
to see the board disrupted. In his
position as an official at the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining plant, he
said, from where many men were
annually treated at the hospital, he
could readily conceive what the out
come of disorganization In the staff
would mean. But he was unwilling
to allow personal differences, If such
existed, to interfere with the con-
duction of hospital matters. He said
he believed the matter could be set
tied, even should the board find 1t
necessary to secure the services of
out-of-town doctors.
Mr.. Gridley and Mr.. Garretson
urged that action be taken towards
the appointment of two physicians,
as last weeks resolution provided.
They were asked whom they would
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Mr. Gridley responded.
The letter written by DR.. Fithian
and published in reply to a written
attack by DR.. G.. w Tyrrell, concern
ing note the former wrote about
DR.. Ramsay, was referred to by Mr..
Garretson. He said, in his mind, Dr.
F1thian's letter was straight-from-
the-shoulder statement of facts, and
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written. He declared that he was
unable to understand why one man
should control the hospital staff and
30 influence its other members that
they would threaten to resign should
DR.. Fithian be appointed,
Neither of the two factions could
agree on the physicians objection to
the two doctors being appointed. So
the motion providing for obtaining
their views and objections was sug-
gested and passed. Following the
receipt of the answers, which will be
before the weekend, the board will
hold another meeting to carry out
their intention of yesterday after
noon.
Then the subject of bills was in
troduced. 1t came up at the meet
ing of the Board of Governors last
week, when 1t was admitted that
bills were paid on the o. K of Miss
B. M. Bamber, superintendent of the
hospital. Yesterday Mr.. Gridley
brought up the subject
81 have noted often that the bills
have been very extravagant, and
sometimes the prices have been ex-
orbitant,' he said. Mr. Garretson
said he had noticed several times
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
ONE MILLION DOLLARS. PAID
FOR LOSSES BY HOME INSUR-
ANCE 90 DFTRFNG THE PAST