St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-16
ON The BRACKET SITE
That Is the Location Chosen
for the New Minneapo-
lis Hospital.
The Measure Goes Through
Council by Just the Nee
essary Vote.
Bonds Will Be Issued to the
Extent Of $4,000, Paya-
BILE in 80 Years.
New Ordinance introduced
Regulating Tranfers on
Flour City Lines.

A new city hospital is now assured,
and the Bracket property on Fifth.
street and Seventh avenue south has
been selected for its location. After a
delay of five years owing to supine
boards of health and dilatOry councils
deaf to the appeals of humanity, the
old ramshackle building that has served
as makeshift hospital is to be discard
ed in favor of a large, commodious and
sanitary structure.
The city council at it's meeting last
evening voted to issue $75, 200 in bonds
for the purpose of securing hospital,
which sum, with the $685. 900 previously
appropriated, will buy the Bracket
place. The property includes tract Of
land with frontage of $50 feet on Sey-
enth avenue south and 1913 feet on both
Fifth and Sixth streets. On the land
stands large residence known as the
Bracket house and three other dwell
ing houses, which can very conyen-
iently be arranged for contagious
wards.
Just votes Enough.
There was not vote to spare on the
question OF the issuance Of the bonds.
The charter requires a three-fourths
vote or twenty aldermen on matters of
this kind, and exactly that many were
secured. One more vote in the negative
wOulu have killed the project for which
the humane people Of the city have
been laboring for years to cOnSummate.
~, IL np nntn II
even anxiety when the resolution Of
bonds, was read. 1t was a trying
moment for many, for all knew that
the fight, though suppressed, was none
the less determined. A larger number
Of leading citizens than have
graced the council chamber for
years were in attendance, and
The Gray resolution provides that sew
ty-fiVe bonds Of $1,000 each, dated July
/. 1893, and payable July l, 1923, or in
thirty years, with interest at the rate of
per cent per annum, be issued. Right
after came the attack of the opposing
party, consisting i'll substitute offered
by Aid. Schwartz that action be de-
ferred in order that arrangements could
be made for securing the old-cOurt house
property and tiEkeTing it up at cost of
$4,000. Aid. Haynes spoke strongly in
opposition to the substitute. 1.-The queS-
ton Of
Anew City Hospital
has excited the public interest more
than any other question of recent
times" he said. The matter has been
deferred for several years by tilbuSter
ing in the board of health and the city
council, Had we any assurance that
the board of charities and corrections,
which is delegated by the people
to select for us hospital, had been in
fluenced or biased by dishonest means
in selecting hospital site, there might
have been some reason for postpOning
action. Such is not the case. 1t is the
next thing to criminal negligence to re-
tard this important matter any longer.
We must settle it, and that at once"
Aid. Jennings supported the preced-
ing speaker in manly speech. lit is
neither wise nor just for us to interfere
with the acts of the board of charities
and corrections" he said. 1.-The men,
bers of this board know very we'll how
they relish interference from other
bodies in matters that belong to the
council alone. l, for one, have conf
dence in the honesty ana business abil-
ity of the members OF the board, and
think they have selected a property in
every way desirable for city hospital"
Aid. Schwartz, in explaining his posi-
ton, declared that in the present tinan
cial condition the city was not justified
in expanding 100000 for a hospital,
when the old court house. 95 per cent of
which was already the property of the
city, could be secured for one-fourth
of that sum. He argued that the city
would practically have no hospital, even
II 100000 was expended as designed.
He spoke at some length, but without
avail, for his motion was lost.
Before the Vote Was Taken
on Aid. Gray's resolution the mover
asked the city attorney if the measure
was legally drawn, and City Attorney