Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-06-12
THE MISSION HOSPITAL.
"X'S" STATEMENTS EASILY
REPUTED.

He Was Wrong at Nearly Every
Point. Being Poorly Informed
on the Subject, II seems.
EDITOR THE CTKEN:-Will you allow
me to state ii few facts with regard to
Mission Hospital?
First in reply to KS statement that
this confession OF how il has been re-
ivcd when seeking location IN other
parts oi the city, etc." 1t has never
sought location" anywhere. Wcrentc ed
without the slightest difficulty, two
liiiercnt houses before we purchased our
present location and have never desired
or attempted to locate elsewhere.
Second-As to Mrs. Hawley not know
my Tor what purpose her property was
being purchased, it is very distinctly
remembered by the entire board of mana.
gers and the medical staff that when
they went in body to inspect the
property with view to purchasing it
I = hospital Mrs. Hawlcy made every
effort to sell with the provision that she
could retain for life the use of two rooms
in the building.
The managers have never made any
secret OF their desire and intention to
build at the corner of Woodfn and Char
lottc streets, and when Mr. and Mrs.
Ray made their noble offer of lot on
Last street, it was not accepted until
their consent was obtained to selling that
lot and applying the money to the ercc-
ton of a new building at the present To-
cation.
"X' seems surprised at our dullness in
not seeing the force of his threat, that
t he community will not support the hos
pital unless we comply with his demand.
Had the noble, generous men and women
ot Asllevllle who have supported the hos
pital Tor SIX years, come to us with a pc
tltion to move ii off the face Of the earth
know we would have felt it our duty to
comply with their request but as this
demand comes from persons who have
never lifted a finger to help ) in our
work, VIC fail to bc terrified by their
threats.
Again. We fail to sec the force of the
argument that lot of rs acres is too
small Tor hospital but that one so BY
loo feet is amply large enough.
We are also told that we shall not
build new hospital with every modern
sanitary appliance but may continue i'll
dchnatcly to occupy our present old fash
toned house, because the childrcn's home
is Objectionable. leave the objcctiona-
blcncss of the cliildrcn's home for future
discussion. as it has nothing whatever to
do with he subject before us. Every one
i'll Asheville knows, because the fact ha
repeatedly been published in your
columns as well as printed in the reports
OF both institutions, that the hospital
and children's home are entirely distinct
and separate affairs. After lour years
practical experience we yet failed to dis
cover that our lot was too small for a
hospital, and we loaned the county
commissioners the use of a por-
tion of it to begin temporarily the {.
III. This latter institution will be moved
and permanently located exactly when it
suits the county commissioners and board
of managers OF Mission hospital to do so.
There are other interesting facts with
regard to this matter which hope will
he brought out at the meeting tonight.
The more light that is thrown on this
subject the better pleased will be the
board of managers of the Mission hos |
pital. Very respectfully, +. l.. Patton
80 Charlotte street. |