Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-07-11
The New Hospital,

The names ofthe Commissioners appointed by Gov
Boutwell,, to select location for the Luuac Hos
ptal, have already been announced. They taken,
from each pc itica party, and in whom the
public will place confidence.
We understand there is considerable feeling manifest
ed in sections ofthe State, in regard to the Ioca
ton of the Hospital and that strenuous efforts will be
made both in the Western section and the Old Colony,
to secure it, We may therefore be pardoned sugges-
ton two to those who feels particular interest there
in. Having had occasion during the last winter and
the preceding one, to investigate the subject pretty
thoroughly, may say that we believe it will be very
important to the institution, that it should be located
where it have less than one hundred acres of
good land, for cultivation and pastuage, attached to it,
and ifthere should be or three hundred so much
the better. The former quantity we deem indispensa-
BILE. The Commissioners must take this into conside-
ration in making the location If they are obliged to
purchase the and they must locate where can he pro.
cured very low rate for the amount of expenditure
is limited, and fear is hardly sufficient for the prop
construction and furnishing of such building as they
are required to erect, with the smallest possible
outlay for the real estate. This understood by
the Committee that reported the BILL and the opinion
is concurred in by acquainted with such institutions
and most competent to Judge. The Committee did not
dare to ask larger appropriations lest it might endan-
ger the BILL and they believed that the compe tition for
the location nigh the offer of suitable real estate
so as to leave the whole appropriation for the other pu-
poses of the Institution.
Wherever the Hospital may be built, it should be at
a distance of half mile more from the compact por-
ton of any town or village, and where it will be in no
danger Of any nearer approach than that to it. We
suppose that from four thousand dollars will pur-
chase the necessary real estate, located in any town
that will be securing it within its limits. The question
for considerations then will be, whether any town can
not afford to give that amount for the purpose of secur
ing ltwheher the value of the other real estate in
the town, would not at be increased more than
that amount, say nothing of the subsequent advan.
tages to be derived from it. The Estate given by
Worcester to the Hospital in this place. is WORTH at
this moment with every building and improvement strip
ped off, not less than from sixty to one hundred thou
sand dollars. We do mol name this with the supposi-
on that estate of similar value will be offered to the
new Hospital. Nor is it necessary. 1t would have
been better, both for city and the Hospital ITSELF
il had been located mile further from town. where the
site would be far less valuable for other purposes.
| We throw out these suggestions for what thew are
worth. Public spirited communities will duly estimate
them, and it is they that generally by liberal and
openhanded policy, best promote their own interests