Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
MAY ADD $500
TO COST OF BARN
FreehoIders' Building Commit.
tee to Recommend Changes
in Overlook Structure.

The new COW barns at the Essex
County Hospital at Overlook were
inspected by the building committee
of the Board Of Freeholders yester-
day afternoon. As the barns will be
completed in a short time, the COM
mittee made the inspection with a
view of recommending changes that
seem necessary before they are ac-
cepted 1t was decided to construct
an additional silo and the chairman,
August L. Lacombe, was authorized
to advertise for bids.
The ACCESSIBILITY of constructing a
eesspool at the rear of the building
was referred to the chairman and
architect to report back. A runway
TO the entrance of the new building
for the cattle to be constructed by fill
ing in and grading was agreed upon,
The matter of changing the flooring
and installing individual drinking
troughs in the old structure, in addl-
tion to other improvements already
provided for them, was referred to
the chairman and architect.
The proposed changes may add ST.
500 to the cost of the plant, making
total of about S1S,445. The original
contract with E. NJ. Waldron & Co.
for the construction of the new barn
was for $15, 769 and for the improve
ments in the original building, $176.
Preliminary plans for a dormitory
for Juvenile tuberculosis patients at
the Soho Isolation Hospital, to in
clude a kitchen for the entire tuber-
culosis group, were authorized to be
prepared by the architect. 1t is pro-
posed to construct a building to cost
between $4,000 and $4,000. the money
to be raised by bond issue.
Blamed for Heating Trouble.
A communication fran the Under
feed Stoker Company of America, eX-
planning the repeated burning out of
the f1reboxes at the heating plant of
the Overlook Asylum, charged that
the trouble was due entirely to bad
management on the part OF the
operators.
1T appears to make no difference
as to what instructions we give as to
carrying the fires or cleaning the
fires" the letter stated. they go right
on and do just the same as they for
merly did and contrary TO our in
structions. : have never been in
boiler room in which the stokers were
so poorly handled as they are liz this
one. and they persist in carrying the
fires SO high that the air cannot go
through and over the top Of the fires
To draw the gases through to the
tubes, and this is the explanation Tor
burning out the fronts"
Chief Engineer Ward told the COM
mittee that this was partly true, but
that II had been remedied by partial
reorganization Of the force Of stokers.
Another reason, he said, was the poor
quality of coal furnished the lnstitu-
ton. Mr.. Wards statements were
confirmed by Director Evans, who |
said that the coal had been very bad, |
and he agreed with Mr.. Ward that !
the trouble was undoubtedly at an |
end. The chairman was authorized !
to have the defects in the fire boxes |
remedied, procuring the necessary |
supplies from q list submitted by the |
stoker concern.
That the establishment of an iso- |
lated heating plant for the proposed |
new firehouse at Overlook would !
be more practical than the present |
system and cheaper than tunneling |
for the installation of connections /
with the institution heating plant
was agreed, upon the recommends F!
tor of Architect Joseph b. Allen. The |
cost of the plant, Mr.. Allen said, |
would be about $500.