Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-14
COUNTY TO HEAR
HOSPITAL PLAN
Public Hearing to be Held on
Plan for White Plague Hos
pital in MiddIesex.
HEAR ARSENAL MEN
Employees of Raritan Arsenal
Before FreehoIders in Move
to. Have Jobs Continued.

NEW BRUNSWICK, Jan. IL
The Board of Freeholders yesterday
unanimously passed a resolution
calling for a public hearing on Fri
day of next week for the purpose Of
considering the feasibility of build
ing a tuberculosis hospital in Mid
dlesex county. Plans for such a
hospital were drawn up more than
a year ago and the, county has own
ed for several years site upon
which it was planned to erect such
a hospital. Lack of sufficient IL
nances has always resulted in the
work being postponed for the time
being. Ii is now believed, however,
with the drop in the price of bulls
ing that the work cld BE- starfnd
this year.
A delegation of Raritan Arsenal
police representing the police force
OF that government camp appeared
before the freeholders with the re-
quest that the county board do any
thing in their power to have them
continue their work at the arsenal.
The freeholders were informed
that a government order had been
received doing away with the police
force after Jan. 20. The ,men now
employed as police viii be put on
other work, they declare and the
police work will be done by enlist
ed men stationed there. The police
declare they are all ex-service men
with at least two years experience
in policing the plant and, feel that
they are better qualified TO hold the
positions than the soldiers at camp
The freeholders went on record as
approving the retention OF the pres
| ent police and a motion was carried
TO take up with United States Sena-
tor Joseph S. Frelinghuysen the
matter of having the government
order changed so as to allow the
present guards to remain. This or
der, it is understood. affects the fire.
men employed at the camp as wei
as the police.
At the request of Senator Frelin2-
huysen an experiment on the explo-
sive and burning qualities of pyro
cotton, of which there is a large
was conducted on'Dctober 10 and II
according to a communication be-
fore the board from Major r. W.
Case, commanding officer at Camp
Raritan. Three boxes of pyro cot
ton, as packed for shipment, were
placed>on a pile of wood and the
pile lighted, the report said. When
the pyro cotton was ignited il burned
with no appreciable increase OF
flame and required about one hour
and a half to burn out, the report
continued. The next test was to bury
two boxes of pXro cotton, together
with a rs NM shell which was set
off by means of electricity. Although
the shell was exploded no detona-
tion of the pyro cotton followed, the
i . = .r.s. s.Fe
concluded, were conducted by Major
c. L. Harris. Jr., and showed that
no danger should exist from either
fire or explosion as far as the pyro
cotton was concerned.
Bids were received by the free.
holders on August 19. last. on a
supply of tar products at that time
Yesterday the freeholders rejected
all bids.
A resolution was passed telling
County Physician John Suydam OF
their sympathy in the death of his
mother recently.
Spencer Gardner. of 142 Codwise
avenue. New Brunswick, had a let
ter before the board asking SIC
from the county as a result of his
backing his car in ditch along
Middlesex avenue. in Metuchen,
NOV. : w acu Aic NoS otlN lNAiPlA6 -
turn his automobile around. The
communication was referred 10
Counsel f. F. Richardson.
In replying to letter from the
secretary of the Board of Free
holders asking If it would be pos
sible to secure supply of rifles
for the sheriffs office from the ma
tional guard, Quartermaster Gen.
eral C. Edward Murray of New
Jersey National Guards, stated that
no rifles. except service rifles. Were
available and these were restricted
to regular army and national guard
use.