Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-12
TIE HOSPITAL PROJECT


And il. Connection with th" Associated
Charities M"vcmcnt--A Detailed History
OF the origin "i tn" tnt.rpri>".
A> the u,cmrnt in behalf ut hospital
in this city has assumed a new phase. a
brief history of The origin aud growth Of
the rntrrprt,, l. appended
In closing up the business Of last winter
the W"m"mo R,u,.,nl,ut Nu.i,.t, came {"
the conclusion that their organization was
not strong enough Ia cope with the mCTra~-
ing pnyrrtl and Nicc naturally consequent
on the grnNth nf the city. The scheme of
Associated Charities. A. worked in tmCiu-
natl. Buffalo. indianapolis and other cities
was talked of. and Mrs john F"n~. Mrs. +.
l.. Burhwaltcr Mrs. j. Il. :. i,uv. and
I other ladies prominent in the society. spent
great deal of time during the spring
and summer in collecting data and carefully
st ldying the subject. Early last autumn
the leaders held meeting and discussed the
subject. At thI> meeting a committee t"
work mp the scheme was appointed. and If
this committee .Tohn Fon- was a member
Just here the matter stood for over a
month
In conn~rlrn with this. il should he
stated that the old REruRIIC. Years ago.
repeatedly urged in editorial paragraphs
/ the building and equirp!ug "f a city hospital.
and at one time a wealthy and pUhlir-Spirited
citizen. who has shown his lihrrality in
more ways than une. tried tu secure a suit
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hospital purposes. but failed. And re
Gently. during the last tw" months. the
/ GLoHE-RETIRIIC resumed operations in
this direction and chcrrfuly gave up space.
time and labor to interest the public in tine
movement. Two articles oi length were
devoted to agitatlng the subject. and no op-
. portunity in preparing the accounts of acci-
dents published was neglected tn remind its
readers OF the Necessity of hospital. One
of It's representatives visited all the clergy
men OF the city and arranged that on sun
dal. November I'D. all uf them should
make from the pulpit an appeal for
the hospital. In the meantime. the articles
published created great deal of talk favor
was want which had long been felt and
was Al once rrrnSuiL"l and all over the
city prominent men and corporations eN-
pressed their willingness /" cooperate
whenever corporation should be organized
I" push the work.
On November 10th several prominent
citizens received postal cards from
John Fo"~ requesting them 10 meet
AT the Office of Bowman y Bowman on the
evening of November -. At this meeting
the Associated Charities WAS talked over.
and the hospital. a. can hc seen ~ the re-
/ port published un the following day. was
discussed a> nn" prominent good that wa~
t" be- accomplished it this conference il
WAS determined Ia hold public mass meet
ing at Blacks on SUNDAY evening. November
-. the same day appointed for the agitation
al the hospital scheme by the churches. Al
thi~ mass meeting an rl"gurnt and rffecting
speech by Rev. W. II. Warren was devoted
t. pressing the need Of hospital and
people inferred that the hospital was To- he a
prominent feature of the corporation there
organized. Thus. 10y connecting the hos
pital suggestion with the Associated
Charities, the popular sentiment was
aroused. and the A>~",iatrd Charities was
organized and put upon il feet with the
enthusiastic support of the people.
The Board Of Charities proceeded at once
I" complete il organization. and to put ii
in practical operation. and it, members have
performed their difficult task with great
skill and ability. At the meeting of the
corporation twelve members of the board
were elected by ballot. Aftcrward Rev
William H. Warren WAS elected president.
and he was authorized tu name the standing
committees. which he did. 10 general salts
faction.
At the meeting Friday night. Mr.. Bow
man reported in substance. from the hos
pital committee. that the only way 10 ac-
compi~h the object of the friends of the
hospital WAS Ia invite hithrr the Sisters
OF Charity. and let them labor for
the cause aS they have in DAYTON. Unless
this were done. MI Bowman thought that
the Associated Charities should drop the
project all together. and leave ii for a sep
arate organization 10 take up the enterprise.
The GLoHE-REruBIIC hopes that there
will be- no hitch in this Hospital movement.
1t i evident that popular sentiment is in
favor of the enterprise and it i quite evi-
dent that with men and women of integrity
and character such A. those who composed
md Af