New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
Funds For Park Department and
 Tuberculosis Sanitarium May Be
 Appropriated By Common Council

public for some time and needs no | detailing tonight, To put the case ! bluntIy, We have an expenditure Of q few thousand dollars thrown on the scale against the lives of great i number of our residents, and you 1 are asked tonight to determine what ! the decision will be.
 i "Onr superintendent Of health has listed 3lO cases of tuberculosis here. Of this number, many have tried to gain admittanCe to SanitariUms, but cannot do so. We have a building that can afford treatment 10 about 40 of our own patients. and 1 refer you 10 any physician for the answer to the question of whether we can prOlOng lives if we recondition this hospital.
 '"Thc cost Of rcnovating the build ing will he about $5,5OO. l ask your honorable body to approve a trans fer from the Venercal clinic fund of $3.J0O and from the incidental fund of $2,0A0, 10 meet these bills. Work can proceed at once, although it will not be legally possible to transfer from the clinic fund 10 the hospital account of about six weeks
 Tn the interest Of scores of mon and their families who are appr. ch- ing the holiday season Witm scarcely enough 10 feed and clothe them selves, and of those stricken by the White Plague, l ask your approval of the recommendations contained in this report
 Respectfully submitted
 "A. NJ. PAONESSA, Mayor"
 Judd Opposes Project
 After Councilman Sablotsky had moved 10 adopt, Alderman Judl arose and voiced opposition, say ing that the board Of finance and taxation had considered the projects and decided negatively, after mak- ing allowance for expenditures Of $lfO.U00.
 Admitting the tuberculosis situ- alton 10 be bad. the alderman ar sued that it had been so for many years and that the sanitariun, aft cr being repaired on a previous oc- c2sIon, was then allowed 10 fall 10 pioccS. While approving the bond "Su"s. Alderman Judd was appre. h"nslEc that the proposed transfers would take too much from the emergency fund, and in the event Of snow might put the city ill an chj}1rl~sSing pOsition
 Mayor PaoncSsl advised him that the men being given employment Iii parks are the men who cannot do heavy "'pich and shovel" work, auI unless given this lind of labor, they will be required to seek aid from the welfare department. JIe also advised that the finance board dId not disapproVe of this kind of work, but baked on the special tax.
 If We had illness n our own homes, We wouldn't hesitate to make the appropriation for this sanitarium. Gentlemen there isn't enough money in the world to buy what we hope to gain in prolonginy HNc5.' the mayor remarked.
 Alderman Nair expressed Willin%- ness to vote for funds to furnish medical and nursing aid, but uucs- toned whether the isolation hospi- lu can ever be made fit for human habitation, and whether Dr. Dumonu would recommend that it be used The alderman said the dog pound committee did not think the base mont of the building fit place to keep dogs.
 Dr. Dumont Explains Need
 Dr. L. J. Dunont, superintendent Of health, was asked by Councii- man James r. Murphy to give his views. He agreed that the building was in bad shape, but said he has the word of Inspector A. x. Ruth crford that it can be put in shape for $5,5UO. He told of the need for a sanitarium and for an isolation hospital 10 be ready for epidemic5 The City's failure to afford mcan, of proper isolation resulted la, week in a scarlet fever case spread ing to include three other members of the family including the likoli- hood of q mastoid operation for the mother Of the sick children.
 C. F. 0. Assn. Project Killed
 On motion of Councilman Lucian Macora, the application of John Smolak and others, that the mayor appoint six members of the CitizAns'