Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-27

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Adjourned meeting CT the Council Of
the City of Perth Amboy. ". j., held
November 25th. 1918. adjourned from
November 18th. The members present
were Aldermen Wilson. Waters. Hilker
Andersen. Riedy. and A~lderman-at-
President Grouse explained the OBJ
feet of the meeting and instructed the
City Clerk to read the following call as
advertised in the paper:
Public hearing will be held egard-
ing Board Of Health Budget for year
1918. at city Hall. on Monday evening,
November 25th, 1918, at s O'Clock. All
persons interested are invited to atteaa-
ARTHUR Z. GRAHAM.
City Clerk"
Mr.. Grouse also instructed he Clerk
to read the replies to letters SEM 70 the
| Of Board of Health Budgets; Paterson.
Passaic, Painneid. Montclair. Bsyonne.
Elizabeth. Newark. Orange EAST
President Grouse then called on the
audience for
Alderman Wilson stated that now
was the time for the tax payers to
state their views. etc.
Mr.. George Haney spoke along simi-
Rev.Wm. Fl. Bawden stated that he
would like to hear one OF the Health
Board members explain why the
amount was set at $4,000.
Mr.. Frank Dorsey spoke ON the mat,
tho letter from the North Public
Health Bureau. which he had received
in regard to health matters. e..
President Dilts of the Health board
I'm answer to inquiry from one of the
tag payers stated that they had asked
assistance of the State Board OF LEARN
and the u. 5: Public Health service IN
making up the budget. and hat after
careful consideration they agreed that
$40, 900 was the smallest amount they
could get along with and carry out the
work they had In mind.
Captain Treadway of the Public
| Health Service spoke on health mat
ters In general and advised the board
Of Aldermen to back up the BOARD OK
DIR. F. C. Bowen of the State Board
of Health read survey taken or the
city In 1915 by the state Health
board. Among other matters. he
stated that the Board Of Health should
pay more attention to giving the Press
data regarding health. matters
Mr.. William Z~angenberger critlclzea
the Health Board for not enforcing the
Mr.. M. c. Larsen spoke along the
same lines.
this was not the time to find fault
| with h Board of Health. but to dis
cuss whether the Aldermen should al
low the Health Board $40, 0O0 for their
budget. He was under the impression
that s25.00O would be enough for the
Mr.. isaac Alpern stated that mas
| much as the Excise Commissioners
made their Board q paying proposition
he saw no reason why the Health
Board could not do MI; Al.
perm was Informed by President
of Health were turned over to the city
Treasury, and that there was a vast
difference between Excise and Health
matters.
Alderman Wilson spoke in regard to
| the number OF employees In the Board
of Health Department.
DIR. Bowen went into detail as re-
| CARDS this matter. and explained IL was
necessary to have highly trained EN-
ployees In this branch of work.
At the suggestion of Mr.. George
| Haney, DIR. Wolfram was requested to
| speak regarding health matters.
DIR. wolfram stated that his main
object In Perth Amboy was to save
lives and he trusted that he had start
ed something which the people OF
Perth Amboy would no doubt thank
him for In the future. etc.
Mrs. o. w. Ramsay spoke regarding
the City dump. and stated that the
Board Of Aldermen could force the con
tractor to properly cover all material
placed at the dumping ground. =.
Mr.. MAIDS Dinesen stated that he did
not think II right to blame the Local
| Board of Health too much. and that
the State Board was to blame In many
cases.
1 Health OmCer WlIlSey bpOho IN re-
| gard to his work. and also stated thas
he hoped the citizens would back up
the Board of Health.
Mr.. Rasmus Hansen, representing the
| Western Improvement Association.
stated that he thought every one in
| the City ought to get on the job ana
make the city a cleaner place to re-
| side in, so that no outsider would be
| able to refer to the City as a dirty hole.
Professor hull stated that the most
important thing Is health. and urged
| that the Board of Health be backed up
| In It's request for $40, 600.
| Rev. VIM. H. Bawden q
| resolution to the effect that the sense
of this meeting was that the Board OF
Aldermen appropriate a sum large
| enough to enable the Board of Health
| to carry on their work successfully.
The following resolution by Mr..
/ Hilker:
Resolved. tina the sum OF ST. 0o be
| and hereby is appropriated TO b
credit OF tho Home Defense Commit
tee. being part of the amount herefo-
fore appropriated in 1918 budget.
1 was introduced, and adopted by the
| following vote: Yea-Wiison. Waters.
Hilker. Andersen, Riedy, Grouse. Nay
| None.
on motion of Mr.. Waters. the City
| Treasurer was instructed to forward
to the City Hospital a warrant for
l a. 600 as per resolution adOpted at the