The morning call., 1893-04-27
THE PESTHOUSE.
A Site Selected Near the
Old Bay View Track.
DENMAN OPPOSES THE PLAN.
The New Hospital Building to Be
Erected as Soon as
Possible.
PESTHOUSE.
DENMAN OPPOSES THE PLAN.

The Board of Supervisors met yesterday
morning in special session. and selected
site for the Pesthouse.
The lot selected is block 491 in South San
Francisco, the piece of properly mentioned
in yesterdays CALL as the land which had
been decided upon by the board.
The only members absent from the meet
ing were Supervisors Day and Foreman. In
the absence of Mayor Ellert, who went 10
Sacramento to attend the Native Sons cele-
bration. Supervisor Mon tgomery was called
upon TO preside.
On the opening of the meeting a report
was presented by the Health and Police
Committee, which stated that the members
had at last come 10 n definite conclusion on
the subject of the Pesthouse. rhe report
said
Your Committee on Health and Police In the
matter OF The location OF a smallpox hospital for
contagious diseases respectfully report that this
matter has been some whit OF an annOyi and
vexatious TASK but which ought to be dealt win
In somewhat Spartan manner II any result Is 10
action should be taken.
1t is well known that for years the board has
been engaged, from Time TO tIme IN ende .Toring
to obtain site, but in spite oil all eBdeayOrs,
owing To The opposition to all sites proposed,
nothing has been don. to secure The removal
from tile present site, and the erection of proper
buildings for tile accommodation aud treatment
of PEOPLE aflicted with infectious diseases.
The duty OF providing for The afflicted de-
wolves upOn the board and The delays that have
taken pace aIe IN xcuSabe aud au injustice 10
The community, who's desire is for It's own pro-
Iecti0n as well as from humanitarian motive, 10
provide suitable buildings with proper con-
Venlences aud care Tor patients afflicted.
Ii may be well Tor lie board 20 understand
that II Will be futile 10 attempt to make any
selection 10 which no strenuous objection would
mol be made.
After recommending the purchase Of the site
ieftrr to the committee further recommended
thar steps be taken by the board 10 cause plans
aud specifications 10 be prepared f0r tile cree
lion OF suitable buildings, 50 that accommoda.
lions Can be provided In case OF any increase Of
this disease for the proper care OF palients.
After The report had been read SUPER
visor kennedy introduced resolution as
follows in the board:
RESOLVED. That the Committee on Health aud
a lot 2OOX4OO feet IN block 49l, III South San
Francisco bounded by Twenty-SiXth and
Iwenty-seventh avenues south, Ii aud G streets.
Upon the u chase aud conveyance OF said lot TO
the city aud county the land SO acquired IS
hereby set aside and designated as the site for
the erection OF The smallpox hospital.
When the resolution was read Supervisor
Deuman interposed strenuous opposition
TO the whole proposition. lie said II was
unnecessary for the board TO buy property
for the hospital. He had seen the land
selected and knew that the city owned 100
lois which were just as ut for pesth0use
the original plan of locating the hospital on
the grounds of the City and County II s.
Uital. Ii that could not be done he thought
the ciiy's land in the neighborhuod of the
House Of Correction should be utilized for
the purpose.
You can't please everybody" he said
TIL only objection to pesthduse in These
localities Is real estate objection. The
pr JUDGE should be ignored. l don't be-
leve il is humanity or just or right to place
Il III
site propose d. The taking of patients
there will be dangerous. II we are to have
pesthouse on outside lands let's 90 on our
own land. Near the Cliff House the city
owns from fifty to sixty lots which might
be available. l don't believe in giving way
to prejudice"
Supervisor James said: 81 am astonished
at the remarks Of the gentleman from
the twelfth. He says the principal objec-
ton TO the PesihOuSe on near localities is
real estate one. The people Of San Fran
cisco govern this city and have a right to
say where this hospital should be. We sim
ply represent the people aud should respect
their wishes. The institution should be
located where it VIII do the least harm to
the least number of people. San Francisco
should say where this institution shall go.
II Is eXaggerati0n 10 say that the distance
is great. We can have an improved adlbu-
lance to transport the SICK so that they Will
not be injured In the few miles travel. If
the gentleman from tue NelIIH says We
must lcOk out after the sick, l say also that
it is our duty TO lock after tie living. There
are 5000 people in this city. and the ex-
Dendiiure of $500 is a small sum when their
health is jeopardlzed. Let us -ettle the
question once and for all. We have selected
a good site and there Is very little objection
to it from the people out there"
Supervisor Kennedy said that since there
was so much opposition to the City and
County Hospital proposition, the board had
nothing else to do but TO obey the wishes of
the people whom they represented. HI was
in favor OF the site and hoped that the sub
ject was settled for god
THE first man that mentions Pesthouse
in this board should lie blown up with a
dynamite bomb, he said
The resolution was adopted, Supervisors
Denman and Goodwin alone voting against
1t.
The following resolution was also adopted
with the same opposing vote:
RESOLVED, That an exp ndlture OF $500 be
and tie same is hereby authorized to be made
Chase of lot 200 by 400, in block 49l, bounded
by Twenly-SiXth and Twenty seventh avenues
south, and q streets, South San Francisco
Tie little End conveyance OF ihis lot 10 he given
TO The cry anc County Attorney prior to the
demand for said amount being allowed and
ordered paid by lie board.
The site selected is one of the lots in BAY
View. near the shore line. II Is near the
Partridge Tract, and Hunters Point is not
far off. The land slopes somewhat toward
the shore. There is only one fisherman's
Il Ouse near the property. Very little grad
ing will be required to build.
All of the members of the board expressed
themselves that they were glad 20 be rid of
a yeXatlous and troublesome problem.
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