St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-13
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Minneapolis, March II.
REsURRECTED AGAIN.
Supervisors of the Poor Discuss a
City Hospital.

City Hospital.
eve must have new city hospital"
was the unanimous sentiment of the
supervisors of the poor yesterday, when
they met in regular monthly session.
Eyes but where shall it be located?"
was the question which likewise rose
to the lips of all present. That ap
parently simple, but really most veXa-
tiOus questions were discussed for two
hours and then was not settled.
After reading the report of the month
of February, Supt. Snyder called atten-
ton of the board to the city hospital.
The superintendent said that he thought
it was time that some steps were taken
to provide the city with new city hos
pital. The present structure. on the
corner of Eleventh avenue south and
Eighth street was inadequate and UNI
suitable in many respects. In the first
place, it would accommodate only sixty
five patients. Then Supt. Snyder made
some further statements, which dis
closed the fact that there were some
features or "eXtraS" which Ego WITH
the city hospital that might render a
prOtracted stay at administration highly
uncomfortable. 1t would appear that
while the rooms and beds are kept very
scrupulously clean and neat, no human
agency has been able to eXterminate the
restless bedbug, migratory ''grayback"
and ubiquitous cockroach, which sleep
in the wooden walls by day and hustle
for square meal by night.
So far all was unanlmlty. Mayor
Winston, who visited the city hospital
few days ago. cOrrObOrated the super
intendent, and it looked as if new city
hospital would be ordered forthwith.
II ~
came up. Some will doubtless remem-
Der that the state university last year
offered the perpetual use Of certain of
its grounds near the medical department
free, for the purpose of building city
hospital there. But this offer provoked
| hue and cry from certain individuals,
who cOntended that such an arrange
| ment would strongly tempt the univer-
| Sity medical students to illegally appro-
| pirate the bodies of patients dying in
| the hospital, for disSecting purposes.
| 1t was also urged that students at the
university might "get too gay" in the
way of experimenting. Moreover. the
| noise made by the Short line trains was
| urged as an objection against the uni
| ver5ity location. Aid. Rrazie and
| Gray moved that the offer of
| the university be accepted. Brazie,
in urging its adoption. called attention
to the $500 appropriation made by the
old council. That amount, II expended
| at the university, would build good
hospital capable of accommodating 100
| patients; if expended on some other
! site. the land alone would cost nearly
| that sum. Mayor Winston moved, as
! substitute for Gray'S motion, that the
| city council be requested to take steps
toward the erection of city hospital.
| The mayors motion was adopted.
Or. Weston, assistant city physician,
asked for $500 for the purchase OF medi-
cine for the poor for the year. The
| mayor thought the physician should
make an itemized statement each
month. and that the board should pay
it. If it costs $500 or $500 year. all
right. On tie vote the request of Dr.
Weston was not granted. The Question
was referred to the city physician, and
he will tell the board whether it has
any authority to paw the assistant city
physicians bills. The mayor holds the
principle is wrong.