Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-29
Visit Plaza Restaurant

DIR. Wolfram and Sanitary lnSpec-
tor Wilhelm then visited the Plaza
restaurant at 113 Smith street. Dr.
Wolfram describes the place as foN
lows: The utensils were filthy. the
kitchen door had no screen in 1t and
the files were all about in super
abundance. Steaks in the refrigerator
were discolored, stunk and were de-
composing. They were absolutely un-
fit for human consumption. No doubt
many have eaten some of that rotten
meat. The kitchen of the Plaza was
very unsanitary. shall certainly
ask that a warrant be Issued for the
proprietor, Peter Chamas."
"And ughv" continued DR.. Wolfram
when telling OF his experiences. that
lunch wagon at 220 Smith street!
went there at / o'clock this morning
and popped in on them unawares
That place is very rotten and should
be imme ediately closed. There were
reaches over foodstuffs, inside the re-
frigerators and in the drawers where
bread and other food Is kept. The
reaches were everywhere.
There was slime. absolute slime.
In the iceboxes in this place as there
was in the other places, We visited,
and in that Modern place there Is a
hood over the range, and that had q
thick, heavy layer of SCOT on 1t, the
least Jar on which sent the SCOT f1ow-
ing down on the food cooking on the
stove"
Karl Kirchmeir, .he proprietor of
the lunch wagon, was recently picked
up by government officials here for
being an alien enemy and is now un-
der arrest A warrant will also be
issued for the present manager which
will bring him to court where DIR.
Wolfram will have an opportunity to
present his evidence against him.
"1t is highly important that that
place should We closed" said DR..
Wolfram.
In the Star Presto restaurant and
lunch room in Smith street near
State street. DIR. Wolfram said the
food was exposed to flies and dirt but
he found no decomposed food. The
utensils were dirty and the kitchen
very unsanitary, he claims.
Under the counter he found fifteen
cakes, such layers as are used to
make shortcakes, which had been
there since before the Morgan explo-
sion, or since October 4, the proprfe-
tor admitted when Dr. Wolfram con-
fronted him with them. These cakes
were thrown out at the insistance Of
the physician.
DR.. Wolfram continued his inspec-
tions last night when he visited the
Madison and the Palace restaurants in
Madison avenue. The former he said
was in poor and unsanitary condition
and the latter was not very good.
much food being exposed to a swarm
Of flies.
The inspections which DR.. Wolfram
has carried on have taken him to
dairies, milk stations, eating places.
tenements and places of living abode
and for handling foodstuffs through
out the city. He maintains more
forcibly than in his original declara-
ton that this city is a "rotten hole"
that must be cleaned out for the good
Of the citizens who reside here. He
says that punitive action by the Board
Of Health has been so charitable and
in most instances. so absent. that the
violations, fagrant as they are, of the
city health ordinances, have gone by
practically unpunished.
The milk situation,a the physician
says, he will report on later. He
would merely say now that the city
was getting rotten milk" and gave
some startling facts with regard to
certain of the dealers who are sup
posed TO handle a clean product
DR.. Wolfram urges everyone who
knows of specific instances of VIOLA
ton of health laws to communicate
with him at the New Packer House
and he will take immediate action on
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