Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-23
BALTIMoREs NEW HOSPITAL.

The Largest AMI most Complete Institution u
the world, Free to All Patients.
Baltimore Correspondence New York Times
The largest and finest hospital In tn,
world has been completed here after ter
years Of continuous work. 1t will b
opened with formal ceremonies next an.
tumn. 1t bears the name Of Johns Hop.
kins, which has been go widely familiarizec
In both hemispheres by the university
which he founded and which Ia said 10 b<
better known In Europe for original work.
In science and education than any otheI
American institution.
Johns Hopkins was poor Quaker's sor
who came to Baltimore from Anne Arun
del county. His uncle was merchant ol
standing in this city. The boy became q
clerk In his store. He developed
capacity that he soon had charge
OF the establishment, and his uncle
started him In busiLess for himself The
result was that In 8 few years the young
man had made money enough to buy out
his uncle. After that everything he
touched seemed to turn into gold. MOrev
ono idea was accumulation. To his nat
ursi shrewdntss he added -psrsimony. He
never spent q cent more than he could
hold. Eyen after he had millions to his
credit he would argue for half hour II ne
cessary to get q reduction on he smallest
purchase. He and John w. Garrett were
the financial autocrats OF the city. He
profted largely from Investments In Bal.
timoIe q OHIO stock, and when he died ne
was msnv times millionaire.
The bulk Of this fortune went to tho ts,s'
hsnment OF u hospital and q university III
bear his name. To the university he gave
II, 500 shares Of common stock Of the Balti.
more & Ohio railroad and his large estate
at Clifton, just outside OF the northeastern
part of the city, an endowment worth over
g, 600, COO. To the hospital he left thirteen
acres OF ground on Broad way, In some
respects the finest thoroughfsre In the city,
stocks ana bonds to the market value oi
$1,000, 600, and real and lessehold property,
mostly stores, warehouses, and commercial
buildings, worth about 81 400. 900 more The
university board OF trustees and the hospi-
tai board are distinct corporations, but the
active management OF the finances of the
trust are In both corporations The leading
man in the management OF both trusts Is
Mr.. Francis L, King, q Quaker millionaire,
who is treasurer of the university trustrees
and president of the hospitsl trustees. In
the management OF the two great trusts
there has been mutual co operation In the
development OF their plans.
The university was opened In 1876 and
Its growth since then has been without Q
parallel In the history OF education. The
number OF students has increased from SO
the first year to about 400 In 1883. The
number OF teachers has increased from &c
in 1867 to about so at present Every
state in the Union and nearly all foreign
countries are represented. Most of the
famous men of science and letters have lee
tured there, and the institution Ia having q
very perceptible influence upon the social
lite OF the city, and is giving 1t an intellec-
tual phase which II never possessed before.
SrIn In RAJ & y
affected the revenues OF the university con
siderably, but the conservative trustees had
q kOOd reserve fund accumulated, and be.
fore this ia exhausted the railroad stoch
will probably bs paying dividends again.
Johns Hopkins was even more Interested
In his hospital than In the university, as ID
proved by the fact that his bequest for II
was much the larger His idea was that l,
should be absolutely the finest hospital In
the world, and that 1t should be entirely
free for all classes and conditions OF hu-
maBitS. In lS75 the trustees decided to
get the views Of tive Of the most distir
Ruished physicians chosen from difiereBI
parts Of the country who had made hos
pitfalls their special study. The five
selected we're Lieutenant Colonel and AS
sistant Surgeon John 8. Billings, United
States army DR.. Norman Folsom, Boston
DR.. Joseph Jones, New Orleans DR.
Csspar Morris, Philadelphia, aud DR.
Stephen Smith, New York. The essays
with explanatory charts, diagrams, 90
from these gentlemen were published by
the trustees in handsome octavo volume
Of $50 pages, and 1t is to day the most valu
able and complete manual ever contributed
To medical literature upon hospitals. DR.
Billings was invited TO act as med!ca
superintendent aud director OF the builC
ings which were in course of erection. He
was sent to Europe to visit all the notsC
hospitals In England and on the continent
The result 10 one OF the finest collections
Of buildings in the world. They are % II
number, ana as they stand on three OF tn
most elevated squares IN Baltimore, being
lis feet above tidewater, they are con
spicuous from every outlook In the city.