Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-21
East Washington Citizens Are OPP
posed to the One Recommended.
MR.. N. l. WELLER GIVES REASONS
Mr.. B. H. Warner Defends the
Decision of the Committee.
CHARACTER OF THE MEMBERS

contagious hospital In the eastern sec
ton of the city. President Tucker and sew
eral other members Of the Northeast Citi-
zens' Association were also present and the
meeting was determined. Everybody made
q speech against the proposition advanced
by the board of trade to locate the hos
pital, and 1t was agreed to hold another
meeting on the 9th to take further
&C ton.
At the next meeting members OF the
Anacostia, Benning, Brookland, Langdon,
Winthrop Heights associations and also
members Of the board of trade will be in
vitel, although 1t will be really a joint
meeting of the East and Southeast asso-
Citations, and 1t was decided that the ex-
ecutive committees Of the two assocla-
lions should complete the arrangements;
A joint comInttee to prepare formal
statement to lay before the meeting was
determined upon. and President Babson,
DR.. S. S. Yoder and Mr.. Nj. l. Weller were
selected from the East Washington Asso-
citation. In the discussion of the acton
of the selection of the site made by the
board of trade committee the ground was
taken that the site was bad because proper
sanitary conditions cannot be secured
In such diseases, 1t was urged, decided
Importance attaches to keeping up the
general health of the patients but a nos
pital at the site named would render them
liable to attacks of malaria. Extracts
from reports of Maj. Hams and DR.. Ham
NETT were read to support this statement.
What MIR. Weller Says.
When Mr.. NJ. l. Weller was seen by
Star reporter today he attacked the report
of the board Of trade committee and the
manner in which the resolution was passed
at the meeting on Monday night. He said
he didn't know what the Commissioners
would do, but that the opposition of the
citizens of East Washington to the placing
of the hospital in the rear of the jail was
because they believed II would be murder
Gus to put such an establishment within
hailing distance of the outlet of the larg-
est sewer in the District. Il maintain"
said Mr.. Weller, that every man who
would voluntarily vote to send poor, help
less, afflicted children to that miasmatic
locality deserves to be bI anded as cain.
We resent this attempt also" he contin-
ued, for another reason, which Is that
we are endeavoring to relieve this section
of the city from the presence of the jail,
workhouse, almshouse, &c, having re-
ceived assurances from our congressional
friends that soon as the condition OF
the country improves to justify the outlay
sufficient appropriations Will be made to
remove AL these institutions to some re-
mote corner of the District, with this hope
in view OF speedy realization.
MIR. Warner on the site Selected.
Mr.. Brainard II. Warner, president of the
beard of trade, talked to a Star reporter
hospital for contagious diseases recon-
mendad to the Commissioners for selection
by the committee OF the board of trade,
consisting OF Mr.. Henry A. Willard. Mr..
Thomas J. King, Col. Myron NJ. Parker,
eX-ComIhIssoncr of the District; Mr.. Chas.
b. Church, MIR. Thos. w. smith, Mir. Brain
ard ii. Warner and Drs. Il. L. Sewers, q.
l.. Magruder and w. Johnston.
Mr.. Warner said: THE committee was
appointed at the instance of the subcom-
mlttee on appropriations OF the House,
who were ANXIOUS 10 have an expression
from committee large enough to fairly
represent the community, and who would
look at the question in all its bearings re-
lating TO the material welfare of the Dis
trict, and also from medical standpoint
The members OF the committee are so well
known that their ability and desire to act
fairly Will hardly be questioned.
After careful consideration continued
Mr.. Warner, the committee decided to
recommend the location of the hospital on
reservation ID. which lies between the
United States jail the poor house, the
work house and the Eastern branch.
personally examined the site several times
and in company with prominent citizens,
who are not members of the committee,
and ell Were agreed that II presented the
best advantages for such an institution
with the least possible objection. The
property belongs to the government and is
entirely separated from private property
by the institutions named.
Il do not think that the location of the
hospital there will damage any property
in East Washington. l see ii is being stat
ed that there is too much malaria in the
neighborhood; that great injustice will be
done to the whole eastern section of the
District, and a large number of objections
raised which really have no foundation in
fact. The public institutions named should
all be removed at once if there is sufficient
malaria in their locality to be used as an
argument against the hospital"
The Composition of the Committee.
Mr.. Henry A. Willard, who was elected
as chairman of the committee, was for
merly a member of the board of public
works, and is a large property holder.
Col. Myron MSParker was formerly Dis
trict Commissioner. These gentlemen were
selected because their official experience
made them peculiarly valuable.
DR.. Sewers, DR.. Magruder and DR.. John
ston were named after a conference with
the president of the Washington Medical
Society, and have all had wide experience.
The former has treated more than 5000 con-
tagious cases during his connection with
the hospital on Blackwelfs Island New
York. Mr.. Thos. J. King is secretary of
the Builders Exchange. Mr.. Chas. b.
Church is a resident of South Washington
and president of the Independent Ice Com
pany. Mr.. Thomas w. Smith Is a leading
lumber dealer and connected with various
Institutions of this city. Mr.. b. II. Warner
is president of the board of trade and also
of the Emergency Hospital, and is largely
identified with everything that concerns
the city.
This completes the personnel of the COM
mttee that decided on reservation IL
the most appropriate spot for the con-
tegious hospital