The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-16
THE CITY HOSPITAL.
A Strong Petition to Council in Favor of
Building Upon the Present Site.

The following is the full text of the petition
presented to the City Council last night upon the
hospital question. The Council awarded the
contracts for the proposed extension by a vote
of 16 to 6;
To the Mayor Common Council and Board of AL
dermen,
Gentlemen-We would respectfully call your
attention to the proposition now pending before
your honorable body relative to the erection of
new city hospital upon the site now occupied
by the old hospital buildings. We desire to say
that this is question to which have given
the most careful and earnest attention, and call
your special notice to the following facts, viz:
The present location presents many advantages
not to be obtained elsewhere. Among those that
are especially essential TO the location of good
nOsptal are large and well-sltuated grounds,
direct sewerage into a stream of constantly run
ming water, and freedom from noise and dust
and the many other disadvantages and annoy
ances so Incident to centrally located hospital.
The only advantage that could possibly accrue
from change OF location is the accessibility
cases, and this is fully provided for
by the plan heretofore recommended by
the present superintendent OF the Hospital i. e:
mat rev rooms be erected and properly
equipped for a receiving hospital in connection
with the city dispensary for cases too badly
injured or sick for immediate transportation to
the hospital. Even If this ia not DONE it is, in
our judgment far better to place the new hos
pital building upon the present site than else
where. We do not believe the present location
is now more subject to the prevalence of malarial
diseases than any other obtainable location. 1t
cdHnOb oe 100 strongly emphasized NnaJ the sur
rOundings of the present hospita! are far better
at present than they ever have been, and thew
Will constantly be improved. With the thorough
drainage proposed OF the hospital grounds and
the erection of the substantial buildings, the
plans of which we have carefully examined and
tnlly approve, we believe our city will be furn-
ished with as good hospital accommodations as
Will be needed for many years. We respectfully
submit that the names attached to tins petition
represent more service and experience
IN connection with the present City Hospital
than is represented by the same number of
names to be obtained in the profession Of this
city, and we ask that 1t receive your most care
full and earnest consideration. Hoping that the
contract for the erection of the new building
now pending before your honorable body will
receive immediate favorable action, we are, re-
spectfully,
r. n. Todd, ". D.; t B. Harvey, NJ. D.; f. J.
Van VOrhts, NJ D, exsuperintendent City Hos
pita; John M. Kitchen, NJ. D., surgeon charge
1861 1865 during the war;; John A. Comingor
NJ. D; Joseph A. Eastman, NJ. D.; ]. W. Marsee,
NJ. d.. ex-superintendent CITY Hospital; Henry
Jameson, NJ D; E. Hadley, NJ. D., ex-superin-
tendent City Hospital; Ira Doan, NJ d ex-house
physician City Hospital; John Chambers, NJ D.;
b. Lewis. NJ. D., andW. H. White, NJ D., pres
emf house physicians.