Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-09
HOSPITAL PLAN
To Be HEARD
State Board of Health and
FreehoIders to Inspect
Site Tomorrow
ALSO PUBLIC HEARING
Will be Held at Metuchen---
Not in All Borough However,
Oppose Hospital
ALSO PUBLIC HEARING

NEW BRUNSWICK. May o.
Members of the Board of Freehold
ers and the State Board of Health
will tomorrow inspect the proposed
site for the county tuberculosis
hospital between Metuchen and
Menlo Park. Following the visit to
the site public hearing is to be
held on the question to give advo-
Gates and opponents an opportunity
to be heard.
The inspection takes place at IL
O'Clock tomorrow morning and the
hearing is to be held in the borough
hall at Metuchen at 1880 o'clock in
the afternoon.
Considerable opposition to the
project has manifested itself at Me-
tuchen recently. Clubs and socie-
ties have openly expressed their dis
approval of the idea on the ground
that the close proximity of such AIN
institution would be detrimental to
the present healthful conditions
prevalent at Metuchen. The oppos-
ing faction has been busiiy organ
ising to hight the establishment o.
the hospital and the hearing tomor-
row afternoon will probably be an
occasion for a bitter struggle. Ad-
vocates of. the institution have for
the most part kept silent but in the
face of opposition will doubtless
make themselves heard also.
Opponents state that their disap-
proval is based on the fact that be-
cause the Menlo Park railroad sta
tion will soon be dispensed with;
according to an application to be
filed with the Public Utility Com
mission. Metuchen will become a
dumping ground" as they express
it, for all the tubercular patients
in the county.
Some of those who favor the prop
osition. however, feel that the estab-
lishment of the hospital would be
an asset to the borough and would
bring additional business to the
town. The fact that Metuchen is
the site for tubercular hospital,
they maintain, would argue its case
as healthful location in which to
reside.
Petitions against the project have
been in circulation in the borough
for some time and have been freely
signed. These will be presented at
The public hearing tomorrow.
The freeholders are extremely
anxious to get the hospital under
way this year. The Menlo Park site
is the property of the county. hav-
ing been purchased for this pur-
pose by former board. Plans said
to have cost from $4,000 TO $4,000
were drawn up for the institution
and while the freeholders do not feel
able to carry out the original plans.
they have specifications drawn for a
hospital of 100 beds which they plan
to put in operation as the first unit
in the whole plan.
No other site has been suggested
in Middlesex and it is thought that il
the present site be disapproved by
the State Board of Health. or If the
residents of Metuchen succeed in
staving off the construction of the
hospital there. the land owned by
the county will be sold and en-
deavor to get a location elsewhere.
The freeholders annually appropri-
ate a considerable sum for the care
of the worst cases of tuberculosis at
outside conditions and thier desire
Tor county hospital is based upon
their belief that county institu-
tion would eventually save money
for the county of Middlesex.
Sentiment in opposition to the To-
cation of the hospital at Menlo Park
has also made itself felt here. OF
late. The opinion has been express
ed that the ground there is too low
to make healthful place for the
treatment of tuberculosis patients
and some opponents of the plan go
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