Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-27
rho CIry Hospital.
THE REPORT or THE CITY COUNCIL. coMMITTRE on
THE sUBJEcT-rHR DEBATE.

THE sUBJEcT-THE DEBATE.
At the meeting Of the City Council, last even
ing, the Special Committee on City Hospital pre-
sentsd letter from Milton jackson and Joseph
A. Bond, Offering to sell to the city their school
building, and accompanying grounds at Eighth
and franklin streets, for Sl7,600, and accept city
bonds in payment for the same, except $1,000, for
which amount the property was mortgaged. and
which mortgage should remain on the premises.
The report of the committee recommended this
property the cheapest, and best adapted for hos
pttai purposes. /. has high and commanding
situation, about 400 feet above the level Of the
Delaware, is 42x70 feet and contains 40 good rooms.
| IL is provided with oil modern improvements and
con veniences, and with little expense can be read
lily adapted to hospital purposes There IL also an
adjoining lot, Is feet front, which would also be
needed, and which could be purchased at $50 per
/ foot, or 5000. Tne committee recon mended the
purchase OF the above property, and asked to be so
| instructed.
Mr.. Fsbger objected. In the irst place, there
were no wards in the building II Is three stories
high, which would render it rather OF q difficulty
in conveying patients to the uppSr rooms. 70
adapt the building to hospital purposes. would re-
quire much alteration at great expense. Bishop
Lees square, between Tenth and Eleventh, and
Washington and Jefferson, was equally as healthy
and eligible and can be procured Tor $4,000. With
the other $l6, 600 appropriated for this purpose
good and substantial hospital be erected, suit
able for the present wants Of the city, and which
, can be added to from time to time.
. Mr.. Quinn said there were twenty rooms on 0nC
7 door Of the building, which could be readily con-
verted into a ward The properly Is remarkably
t cheap. The lot is 95Kl4j, and the building i
three stories high The contract price Of this build
y ing alone WAS over Sl2,0 ,0O0 This property, con
. verted into a hospital, would meet the wants 0
the city Tor the next ten years 1t Is oppoTtuni
d ty which 1t would be injustice for the city to ne
Is glect.
d Mr.. Hayes though. that the property was cheap
. but was hardly OF the opinion that the buildln
NnA Al -
. ty was purchased the owners OF the adjoining lO
10 when 1t became absolutely necessary for the cit
q to purchase it, might ask an exhorbitant pric'
pl which the city would be compelled to pay. Sit
7 should be obtained, which would embrace all th
he ground necessary.
Is Mr.. Quinn said that the owners OF the adoinin
lot could not advance its price, because the pro
., Unity of hospital would deprecate its value III
. lot could be bought at the terms above stated,
o. per foot, or $500.
Of Mr. pickles thought the location was unsurpas
y. ed and that the building could be made suitab
IN for q hospital, at a small expense. The price wi
n extremely low for such purpose. Bishop Lee
lot was very good one, but 1t Is too close to II
ld cemetery, AMI the race, 1t would not be plOasa
re to have hospital close to their drinking wate
while 1t would be highly suggestive, and extrem
ly unpleasant to q conValescsnt patient, to hav
the white stones OF grave yard cleaning at hiI
-, every time he looked from hts window. The pro
10 erty recommended BY the committee. should
bought at once, as the city stands greatly in ne
~ ~ Of hospital. The cholera is approaching Al
20 something definite should be done.
Mr.. Baker strongly favored hospital but thoug
:, the committee should furnish more details, and
W the Council know how the institution was TO be
N y, ranged, furnished and supported.
Mr.. Quinn said the hospital must first be estI
- lished before any contributions for its supp
ny could be asked. He understood that the p, w.
Us Us D. Il. Il. Co would contribute $500 per annu
~, towards a hospital, aud that Pusey Jones Il G
"a would also contribute He thought that ev,
a. man in the city would contribute a dollar or /
per year, to the support Of such an institution
Mr.. Baker said that ii the city is p APpropri
-, $4,000 or $4,000 per year, for the support Of
- - hospital, he would like the committee to state
- Mr. Richardson said that the duty of the &C
ao mttoe simply to advertise for proposals fo
80 hospital lot, with view to purchasing the sal
-, they had no instructions to proceed further.
-, -, MIR. Febiger was only opposed to this 10
, ton, for its lack of adaptation. He called
tad attention of the committee to a lot, 470 feel
hv inches by $50 feet, within two squares of .
ady property, and asked why the committee
ms not reported upon it. 1t Is adapted for
tifv purpose, belonged to the city, aud ifused,
lese whole $25, 900 could be devoted to the erect
,iIe of hospital.
hIIe Mr.. Baker moved to postpone the subj
o 70 one week Lost
aaic The ayes and nays were called for, and
age report adopted by the following vote -
ld Ayes-MesSrS. Gilbert, Heusted, Lyu
ira Mention, Mendenhall, Phillips, Pickles, O
the ley, QuiAn, Richardson, Underwood, Pr
ight dent Maris-12.
: Of Nays-Messrs Baker. Feblger, Hayes
MeIntire--4.