The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-26
FOR A new HOSPITAL
Opinion Of Colonel Il N. BOles Of The
State Board Of Charities.
What WILL SCRAHTONINNS Do

Charities Is Willing to Meet Them
Half Way in a Movement to Give
This City Better Hospital Facilities.
Locations Suggested.
In last Saturdays issue of The TRIB
UNE attention WAS directed to the in.
adequate hospital facilities OF Scranton,
and as the Lacklwnuna hospital is the
cnly charitable medical institution rhls
city affords. the article trented particu
larly of that institution. Ths comment
and interest created by this subject
among all citizens who have the city's
welfare 1T heart invites further con-
sideration OF tho matter
Colonel II NJ BOies, who is mem So
her Of the state board of charities
which recommends or disapproves bills
ior charitable appropriations before
their presentation TO the legislature,
WAS seen yesterday by u TRIBUNE re.
porter anl said:
'Iho public has but small coucep-
tiou Of the sum total of appropriations
asked from thn state for charitable pur
poses or the log rolling process neces-
sary to get the recommended appropri.
atoms through the legislature. Last
year the state board OF charities cut
down applications 10 the extent of
So 600, 600, and yet 81, coo. coo remained
50 you can perceive that demands Of
this kind must be backed by II worthy
object and include certain conditions
which | shall mention later.
For years the state board has
worked toward the ond of making COM
munities support their own charitable
institutions 1t is not fair that Pitts
burg should DO taxed to help support
purely local Object il Scranton, nor
vice versa only mention this 80 you
will understand why the board is dis
posed to curtail state appropriations
for local purposes. Some day, it may
not be for years to come, this idea and
its purpose will prevail.
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE DOT
Now as far rs this movement to-
ward enlarging the Lackawanna hosp-
tal or building a new hospital is con.
cerned, l. as citizen, am inclined
favorably toward it, ana rs a member
OF the state board OF charities would
recommend whichever plan is best.
provided the people of the city will
meet the state half way. The policy of
the board has been to favor only such
objects as are grounded upon the
proper spirit as well as the financial
support of tho city or locality from
which such Objects emanate.
"The statement that q number of
cities smaller than Scranton have SUI
periOr hospitals does not imply that
they are more generously treated by
the state. That greater amount Of
money has been appropriated them is
true; but it is also true that these sew
eral cities have been more disposed to
contribute their share"
In answer to questions. particularly
in relation to increased hospital facili.
ties in Scranton, Colonel Boies said:
THE suggestion that new and
thoroughly equipped hospital be built
on one of the many available sanitary
locations is good one, and | should
perhaps favor the West Side The
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
company owns acres OF unimproved
laid in that section of the city and
from their possessions could we'll af-
ford and would probably contribute u
suitable site for so commendat pur
pose; anyhow, | do not thin there
would be any difficulty in procuring
real estate without expenditure The
whole question hinges on tho spirit Of
citizens generally aud the generosity Of
corporations particularly"
OPINION OF MR.. FARR
The sentiment of Hon. John h. Farr,
representative from the First district, is
voiced in his editorial in the last issue
of the Courier Progress, of Hyde Park.
Mr.. Farr says;
"The Lackawanna hospital will have to
be removed from its present site il it is
expected to be as efficient as hospital
of its kind in city like Scranton
should be-. In view of that fact iJ should
b. located in Hyde Park, where points
entirely convenient to the city at large can
be found. The other side of the river has
the Moses Taylor hospital convenient,
whilo the entire West side has no accom-.
modation, except at great incou-
veniences and loss of time the
nearest point being on the corner of
Franklin avenue and Mulberry street.
This is question that will come up in the
course Of ovents and it will be well to con-
slider it in time. Every consideration Of
room, convenience, comfort and healthful-
ness points to hyde Park as the best side
for the transplanting Of the LaCkawanna
hospital"
The fact that Mr.. Farr is personally
alive tn the urgent necessity of new hos
pital is sufficient criterion that any move
meut Of that nature in the legislature will
receive his earnest support.
If the West Side is selected as the proper
district in which the hospital should be
located, several sites seem available after
only cursory investigation. Several
hundred acres belonging to the Pettibone
estate, in the Deichborhood Of Pettibone
street and North Main avenue and extend
ing toward Providence offer an extremely
advantageous location.
OTHER AVAILABLE LANDS
The Delaware and Hudson and Lacka.
wanna Iron and Steel companies own
jointly high and well drained plot of
ground near the Bellevue line, opposite
No, 33 school and but few rods from
Round Woods, The realty holdings OF the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Wcstern com
pany, considerable portion of which is
adjacent to Tipp's woods, which event.
ually may become park, lie at II high and