The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-22
THE HOSPITAL.
What a Post-Dispatch Repor-
ter Says Of the Insti-
tuition.
A Description Of the Place and
How the Company Cares for
Its Employees.


Louis Post Dispatch visited Sedalia, and
this is what he writes of the Missouri Pa
cifc hospital here:
Corporations are considered soulless, and
railroad corporations particularly so, but
the transformations and perfect manner in
which the Missouri Pacific has constructed
and arranged its hos pital at Sedalia makes
at leas, one exception 10 the rule. When
the hospital was first established at Wash
ington, Mo, there was hue and cry
raised against the company because il
thereafter contracted with ali its employees
to pay of their salary the sum of fifty cents
month for the hospital fund, and this re-
quirenIent began AT Jay Gould and ended
With the huuibIest section hand luas
much as the Pacific employees number
between 500 and 10000, The fund rap
idly became supporting fact, but in the
meantime ihe hospital at Washington
found itself cramped and unable To make
suitable accommodations Tor the demands
made upon il. Finally the Missouri,
Cansas d Texas railroad: Dec. me the prop
erty of the Missouri Pacific, and the form
er's general offices were removed To 81.
Louis. This removal vacated one of the
HaNDs0NEsT BUILDINGS IN sEDALIA,
located about one mile from the depot, in
the midst OF an immense lawn or park
The building was immediat, = set apart a.
a hospital for the entire Gould system at
roads, extending into Texas. Kansas, Ar
kansas and Nebraska, and fitted up I'm the
h2ndsomest and completest manner A
semi circular drive in the front Of the hos
pilal furnishes entrance and exit for the
ambulance. The building is in the shape
of double l. TWO stories high and adorned
in the center opening by flower gardens and
fountains. fine flowers were planted there
by Mrs Thos. j. Ports and Mrs. Dr.
Jackson, who have exerted themselves To
make improvements on the grounds.
Every evening the convaiescenIs are
wheeled out on the broad piazzas' sur
rounding the flower gardens, aud permitted
to drink i'm the perfume OF the conseTva-
tory and the healthiuf breezes that are
waited across the Pettis county prairies
The southern L of the building is divided
by wide hallway, on the right OF which
are the Offices of DIR. Jackson,
THE PHYSICIAN IN CHARGE,
and Superintendent Wesson, which opens
into clean and we'll stocked dispensary,
leading thence into the amputating room.
On the left of the hall are double parlors
for the reception of guests. The main
building contains a large dining room and
kitchen, sick wards and smoking room:
The northern l. is continuation Of the
sick wards. The second floor. is devoted
to wards and the private apartments of
the superintendent and attaches. The cots
are OF painted iron, furnished with easy
springs and the whitest of bed-clothing
There are three physicians and prescrip-
ton clerk In regular attendance, besides the
corps of nurses. walters and cooks. Dr.
Jackson is a tall finely formed, pleasant
faced gentleman, whose entrance into the
various wards causes the dull eyes of the
patients To- become brighter.
Here" said DIR. Jackson, "is a young
man whose foot was ampuiated yesterday.
How do Won feel, my son? Hurts, OF
course it does, but the burt Is only making
il we'll. Cheer up, my boy; yon'll he all
right in few days" and pa;ting the pale
face afiectiOnately the doctor moved from
one cot TO another, explaining the condition
of each patient and
THE CHARACTER OF TREATMENT.
There are now forty five patients in the
hospital, bat all seem To be delighted with
their surroundings The accommodations
are sufficient for 30. Ii Is so arranged that
whenever an employe OF the road or pas
senger Oh one Of lis trains is injured or be-
comes sick. he Is furnished tree transpor-
tation for himself and family t. the hos
pitai at Sedalia. where the party are kept
and cared for, free OF chargc until pronounce
ed ready for discharge Heretofore the acct
dents happening on the various lines of
road through Missouri have thrown bur
dens upon the county authorities, for the
poor workmen could not employ proper
medical attention, or the necessary nurs-
ing. and the consequence was that counties
We're almost daily called upon To foot the
bills. Even tn. N the employees did not al
ways receive that
EXPERIENCED ATTENTION
which their sufferings demanded. The
present movement Is not original, for the
New York Central has magnificent hos
pital, end the Central Pacific has, at o.
den, the finest institution of that sort lin
the United States. The inauguration of
the Gould hospital met with some oppusi-
ton, particularly from the humber work
men, who did not appear TO understand or
the necessity for such an in
Since the removal to Selalia,
all the prejudice against it has disappear
ed, and the employees are commencing To
regard il as their personal property. To
the energy, skill and faithiuIness % DIR.
Jackson and his corps OF assistants, and 10
the interest manifested by Mr. Thomas J
Porter, attorney of the road, is due the
success of the institution.
A Good Foundation.
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