Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-17
AROUND THE CITY.
Plans for the Organization of
a General Hospital.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES SELECTED
Convicted of an Assault on Mrs
Wiegand, Near Santa Anita.
Other Events.

Iuo duultOEluu VI llo ClISt l. Io5Uy-
terian Church was filled last evening at
meeting called by the different churches
and benevolent societies of this city, for
the purpose of organizing and establish
ing free general hospital, open to per-
sons of all creeds. Rev. Robert G..
Hutchins presided, and in calling the
meeting to order, he spoke of the neces-
sity of this city having an hospital
where all sick or injured persons, with
out regard to their belief, could have
medical treatment and careful nursing,
paying if they were able to do 80, and, if
INDECENT, receiving attendance free. DR..
Hutchins said that st. Pauls Hospital
has been doing work that all denomina-
tions should have shared in, and the
trustees of that institution had offered
about SIS, 1000 in lands and money
toward esta ablishing a general hospital,
provided $50 900 is raised by the churches
and benevolent societies of this city for
the same purpose. Such an institution
as the one proposed is certainly required
in this city; and, while the churches
and societies have their own charities to
look alter, they all will contribute
toward the establishment of this pro.
posed general hospital.
After prayer by the Rev. q. W. Heis-
Ter, Judge Lee. on behalf of the Com
mittee on Organization, submitted re-
port, the leading features of which are
AS follows:
The General Hospital shall be organ
lied under the chapter of the Civil Code
which provides for the Incorporation of
colleges, etc., and the first trustees shall
be named in the articles of incorporation,
and shall elect their successors. The
articles must name all those contribut-
ing to the instituting and endowment of
the hospital, and may designate any
number of societies, religious, benevolent
or social, each of which shall be always
represented in the Board of Trustees.
These trustees shall have control of all
property of the hospital. They shall
have power to institute, manage, and
control hospital to be situated in the
city of Los Angeles, to be known as the
Los Angeles General Hospital" which
shall not only provide accommodation
| for those able to pay for it, but shall be
open, go far as its capacity will allow, for
the recep ion and care of all sick persons
without regard to creed, nationality or
condition. Every patient snail have
the right, at his own expense,
to call in and be attended
by the physician of his choice, and the
trustees shall provide a resident ply
sician OF each of the schools of medicine
recognized by the laws of the State of
California. In the opinion of the COM
mittee, at least $65 900 should be in the
hands of the trustees before they pro-
ceed with the enterprise, and it is recon-
mel ded that the trustees of st. Paul's
Hospital be requested to convey and
transfer all it's property to the trustees
OF the Los Angeles Hospital as soon as
they have in their possession $4,000 in
money or in unquestionale securities.
The committee nominated the follow
ing to be trustees of the Los Angeles
General Hospital: Mrs. Ducommon, of
the Ladies' Benevolent Society; H. G.
Newhall, of the Episcopal Church; Geo.
G. Knox, of the Masonic Order; l. N.
Van Nuys, of the Baptist Church; j. S.
Slauson, of the Presbyterian Church;
Herman Hellman, of the Hebrew Ben
evolent Society H. w. Mills, of the Con-
gregational Church J. NJ. Quinn, Of the
a. O. U. W.; R. M. Widney, of the
Methodist Church; Major L. S. Butler,
of the Grand Army; II. q. Osborne,
member of several benevolent societies;
A. L. Bath, of the Odd Fellows, and
William Lacy, of the British Benevolent
Society.
Rev. DR.. Russell, Pastor of the First
Presbyterian O. urch, moved that the
report of the committee be accepted and
its plan of organization be adopted, and
that the thanks of the benevolent people
of Los Angeles be rendered to St. Pauls
Hospital for its liberal and generous
Offer and, as suggested in the report, the
trustees of that institution be requested
| to transfer their funds as soon as $50 900
is secured.
Considerable discussion arose in regard
to the adoption Of the committees re-
port, point being made that the report
did not designate the medical school to
be represented, and an amendment was
offered which provided that representa-
tives of both schools would be on the
staff. The amendment was lost, and the
entire matter of appointing medical
staff was left with the Board of Trustees.
| The report was then adopted.
A vote of thanks was rendered the
Committee on Organization for the thor
ough manner in which they accom-
pllshed their task, and the meeting, after
the benediction by DIR. Russell, adj