Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-29
SEES GRAFT BY
PHYSICIANS At
C|TY'S EXPENSE
Board of Health Member AS
serts Some Doctors Charge
for x-Ray Use.
USE HOSPITAL MACHINE,
BUT DO NOT REIMBURSE
DR.. Craster and ex-Judoe
Sweeney Clash Over Slaugh-
ter-house Case.

A charge thar some physicians place
their patients in the City Hospital for
A-ray treatment or examination, keep
them there two or three days, and
then receive fees for the service. with
out reimbursing the city for the use
of the apparatus, was made last night
by DIR. Daniel l.. Mccormick. chair
man of the sanitation committee of
the Board of Health, at the monthly
meeting of the committee.
Statements like that shouldn't be
made by the chairman unless he pre-
sents facts with them," said DIR. Theo-
dore Teimer of the committee.
Il have reliable information" re-
piled DIR. Mccormick. and DIR. c. f.
Webner, of the committee. nodded as
sent.
The incident developed in the course
of a discussion of the request by ply
sicians of the City Dispensary for
X-ray apparatus there. The cost
would be $4,000 to $4,000.
This situation is the reason the
purchase of a separate X-ray for the
dispensary is suggested" DR.. Webner
said to Commissioner Thomas J. Cal
JAM a member of the committee. No
action followed DR.. Mccormick S
charge.
A tilt between former Judge Alger-
non r. Sweeney and Acting Health
officer Charles V. Craster was an
other step toward the enlivening of
the proceedings. 1t occurred outside
the committee room, which was as
far as Mr.. Sweeney got in his at
tempt to present chicken slaughter
house application for Louis Weisber-
ger, at 335 Fifteenth avenue, His
failure to get inside the committee
room incensed the judge and was the
cause of his words with DR.. Craster.
weisberger Petition.
When the Weisberger petition was
presented by William II. Young. chief
clerk of the sanitary department, Mr..
Young reported that in the morning
the legal department had Weisberger
in court on a charge of conducting
his place without a license made by
the health departmest The court ad-
iourheds~they ~oase.~ope. week to give
Judge Sweeney a chance to appear
before the board Mr. Young report
ed Weisberger was operating with
out q license for the reason that the
board had revoked his permit several
months ago because IL was conducted
in an unsanitary condition.
I'VE are suing him in court now.
There is no reason for O. hearing be-
fore us on The subject" said DR.. Mc-
Cormick, and Mr.. Young was in
structed to tell Judge Sweeney the
petition would not be heard.
He returned with the message that
Judge Sweeney wanted to see DIR.
Craster outside.
II am entitled as citizen to a
hearing before the committee" the
Judge declared when the health Off
Ger appeared. DR.. Craster explained
that the committee had decided not
to hear him as the case should be
settled in the court. The discussion
lasted twenty minutes and concluded
with a statement by Judge Sweeney
that he would not let the matter drop
there
Shortly afterward the board moved
to "summarily CLOSE" the WeisbergeI
'ssfo''sV1es"s, Mr, sweeney 5b. today he wa.
surprised when DR.. Craster came
from the committee room to see him
as he had not asked to see the health
officer but a member Of the commit
tee. He Stated he told the health
officer that the department was being
used as catspaw to further the en-
deavors of Weisberger's landlord tc
get the man off the premises.
He stated he had had correspon-
dence with DR.. craster on the sub
ject of the license, and that tive
health department inspectors hat
visited the premises and had beer
promised by Weisberger that iror
coops and other Improvement:
would be installed.
Tax Rate Saves Her.
The high tax rate helped save Mrs
Mueller. of so New street, from an
order by the committee TO do S45i
worth of plumbing work i'm her prep
erty there. She declared she coult
not afford the expense. 81 get $40 8
month rent, but | don't get nicke
out of it," she declared
ut would be a hardship to enforc,
these changes just now, with tn,
taxes high" said Commissioner
Calan. Mrs. Mueller was given a sis
months extension of time.
Beside the X-ray apparatus, th'
City Dispensary physicians asked FOL
a pathologist, n male nurse and {
female nurse. The physicians VIII,
appeared were Drs. II. j. f. Wal
hauser C. r. O'Crowley and f. C
Horsford.
Female Nurse Needed.
DR.. Horsford urged especially thu
employment of a female nurse ant
declared she was needed as a safe
guard for the regulations of the ply