Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-08
PUSH COUNTY
HOSPITAL MOVE
Matter is Taken Up by Free
holders and Board of Trade
m

NEW BRUINS WICK, sept. o.
At a joint meeting between the
members of the Board of Freehold
ers and a committee from the New
Brunswick Board of Trade yesterday,
a complete understanding was ar
rived at over the tuberculosis hos
pital controversy, and the la was
paved for a complete investigation
into the ~advisability of erecting a
hospital in this county.
That the many problems involved
In the erection of such an institution
might be thoroughly gone over, that
the subject of cost and maintenance
as well as the requirements of the
county might be completely inVestl-
gated it was decided to appoint a
committee of five men n women
to consider all angles of the subject.
John A. Manly, chairman of the
trade boards committee on municl-
pa affairs, Robert Carson and Harry
Vida composed the committee, the
former acting as the spokesman. Nj.
Manly made 1t clear to the freehold
ers that the board of trade was not
necessarily opposed to the building
of a county institution but felt hal
the matter should be seriously con
sldered before any actual steps were
taken in increasing the country's in
debtedness.
Several suggestions were advance
ed by the speaker as a means of car
ing for the rapidly increasing num-
Der Of tubercular patients in the
county. While the idea of erecting u
hospital may be necessary, Mr.. Man.
ly expressed the opinion that the
freeholders might possibly overcome
all obstacles by building such an III
stitution Jointly with some othel
county, thereby reducing the amount
of the annual expense.
In the alternative he thought it
might be advisable, to confer with
the management of institutions out
side OF MiddleseX in an endeaVor to
have them increase their facilities |
to such an extent that all patients
from this county might be assured
of admittance. With this idea in
mind it was brought out that d
greater number of patients provided
for at a foreign hospital, for which
this county would pay, would tend
to reduce the cost of caring for each
patient.
Should the f~reeholders conclude,
after a further examination of the
subject, that the most feasible plan
to care for such patients would be IN
erecting a local hospital, the trade
board members recorded themselves
as hoping that the freeholders would
obtain the necessary approval from
the State Board OF Health before
any expense was incurred in the
purchasing of land or the prepara-
ton of plans for the required build
ings.{ Members of the county body
mindful of the rejection of the pres
ent site at Menlo Park by the mem
bers of the State Board of Health,
have declared that If a new plot OF
ground is purchased it will be after
all necessary mat permits or p
prevails are given. |
The director Of the board, William
s. Dey, will name the committee to
eI4vestigate the various angles of the
: situation during the coming week.
1t Is expected that the committee
Will be composed of members of the
board of trade, members of the
County Anti-Tuberculosis League as
well as doctors.
Applications continue to pour into
the office of the board from patients
In al. sections of ~the'county who are
DESTROYS Of being admitted to the
different sanatoriums for treatment
which tends to show the need OF
some action in the matter, as it is a
well known fact that there are hum
dreds of patients in the county Who
required such treatment but can not
be accommodated under the present
situation.
Nine applications were before the
freoholders yesterday for admittance
TO hospitals, all of which were fav-
orably acted on at a cost of $162
n week to the county.
The disposal of the proposed hos
pital tract at Menlo Park is not be-
irg accomplished as easy as had
been anticipated, there being no
bidders yesterday. This tract vas
ordered sold several weeks ago bur
when bids were asked for at the
last meeting of the board nom were
rendered. The matter of selling the
tract was kept open in the hope
that some offers would be made yes
ferday, when it was expected that
Adolph Greenbaum of Perth Amboy.
who was in attendance at the meet
ing. would enter a proposal. He fail
ed to do so. however, for when the
bids were asked for he had left the
building.
The ground still remains the prop
erty of the county though the free
holders have not decided what will
be done with the ground.