New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-29
NO MILBANK PAVILION.
MRS ANDERSON,s GIFT TO ROOSEVELT
HOSPITAL REJECTED.
THE REASON GIVEN IS THAT THE INSTITUTION
has NOT MONEY ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN

u.sxor MONEY ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN
rur PROPOSED ANNEX.
~, -. has resulted from the refusal Of
the Roosevelt Hospital trustees 10 accept >"iu'
HI, and needed gift. the Milbank PAVILION IN
A., Ia,,or mart Of last year. Mrs. Abram A. Ander-
,.ooI,bv widow Of this city offered TO give
a. cum of $3.50. 900 TO build and maintain a de-
.uent of the hospital 10 be known as the Mil
h.rk Memorial Pavilion. in memory of her parents
Az, Andcrson's father the well-known Dr.
>o,bank II was agreed that 5000. 900 of the
whole Gift should he used to build. and 10 supply
the structure with the finest medical apparatus
the remainder, Slj0,O00, was 10 he uscd as an
endowment fund for the support of cighty-six
beds and for the maintenance of clinic where
r,adical students would he admitted free Tn,
only conditions of the gift were that DR.. Francis
p Kinnicutt. of No A. West Thirty-sevcnth-st
he appointed the permanent head OF the pa
vilion. and that the attending staff he appointed
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Some persons assert that il was on tins clause
alone that the Offer was rejected. and they also
say that the appointment of DR.. Knnicutt was
distastcful 10 the physicians Of the hospital.
However. preparations were made to build, and
not long ago il was discovered that the cost Of
the building had bca undcItstimitci. ana thdt
in ORDER 10 keen the endowment fund intact II
would 10 ncce>~My to contribute more nonef
To this il II said MIS-. Anderson chcerinlly AS
ssntcd, and she acrrd 10 supply all the money
over 5000. 900 needed for the construction OF the
building in order TO keep the endowment iuho
intact. and 10 give in addition 5000 for ITS
yearly maintenance his appeared 10 h salts
factory for awhile hut il is said that later Tn
trustees discovered that, owing To great lack OF
money they had an elephant on their handS'
and forthwith took measure, To gel ria OF H.
Mrs Anderson. il is said. has already spent about
$50. .OO0 and has entered into contracts TO an
amount that WI bring her expenditures 10 about
Si25.OOO II i now question whether IN"
generous river or the hospital VIII hohor 'n' "c-
mands of the contractors
The trustees refuse To discuss the refusal OF
Mrs Anderson, gift \ physician connected with
The hospital oppressed the opinion Yesterday that
the whole trouble was caused through the jealousy
OF several me,r' cf the hospitals stan, VINO
had n~,d their influence 10 such effect that tie
trustees were forced To TAX" the action thcH dl'
He asserted that jealousy, and that alohN WIS
the cause of jh' trouble nd that the ho'ptai
was abundantly able to support branch oil the
kind contemplated.
James r. Lithrop, the superintendent OF the
ins,itnt,on declined 10 talk Yesterday on the
ground that il would he improper for him TO
sprak on the subject when members ol the "o"fu
Of trustees had refused to dlscd>s the matter
When tie assertions of the physician WHO Ii
ouot.d above were shown 10 him he replied that
the physician did not know villa, ne was taking
nl,out lie said that tie ospltal was not III "a
position 10 support building oil til, mash;'uus
contemplated II, said that he had not hcatd
of the rer otIoh OF Mrs. Andcrsons oHef, pnt he
had understood ,ha. II was under discussion
The report of the hospital for 1881 SAYS una.
the trustees have no money with which 10 er't'
tie needed additional Luildings. nor income enI-
tc,ent To- meet the current expenses OF inaih"'n-
sncc The last report Of Il @ institution discusses
,he rr s-iug need ana drpl"i''> re
lsck of funds with which 20 extend IN" WoIN
In would therefore app ar that Will" tle true'''
wer, Sincer' in th,'r d'sne - create ap"i'iOn"
,oor, they had no means with which TO support
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