The Washington times., 1894-11-22
MT. PLEASANT Up IN ARMS
Opposition to the Location Of the Con-
tagisus Diseases Hospital.
THBY ARE GOING TO FIGHT 1T
Commissioners Stole March on the Citizens
The Bargain Was Made Early in June
$4,000 Feet of Ground Purchased-Per-

It seems that the Commissioners have been
enabled to keep secret from leaking out.
As early as last June bargain was made for
u site for the proposed pest hospital, and not
until yesterday was the fact discovered. The
ground purchased consists Of 30, 900 feet in a
subdivision of Mount Pleasant known as
Pleasant Plains.'' 1t is located between Bis
narck and Irving streets and Sherman and
Brightwood avenues. The price paid was
80 cents per foot, and the lots purchased are
numbered and and % and % Of block 8.
They lie together, and the site is said to be
most eligible.
The hospital to be located on the property
is for minor contagious diseases, such as
diphtheria, scarlet fever. and typhoid fever.
If the plans the Commissioners have in view
are carried out successfully the institution
will be q model Of its kind
THE TINES predicted more than q week
ago that the Commissioners were about TO
locate the hospital, and in connection there
with published a story Of the good work
done In the matter of securing funds neces-
sary by the Daisy Chain Guild. 1t now ap-
pears that at that tine the work had
been done, and the only reason it was not
made public was that some details had not
been perfected.
II will be remembered that when Commits
FionoT Powell was interviewed by TIE TIMES
several weeks ago upon the subject, he said
that whatever action should be taken by the
board would be hnal, and that in his opinion
the Commissioners would not recede. This
was in substance the opinion given at the
same time by President Ross.
1--WE are going 10 fight it, was the en-
Phatie response made last night by Pres lent
J. W. Somerville, OF the Mount Pleasant Citi-
sens' Association, when asked by the TINES
representative whst action would be taken
with respect to the location of the hospital.
Eve are going TO fight it, he reiterated
tI saw the president of the Columbia
Heights Association, and we have agreed
that a Joint meeting shall be held to take
action.
'We shall try persuasion upon the Commits
aionere first, OF course, but If that does not
avail we shall try the courts.
The location OF the hospital at the point se-
lected affects two schools the Colored Orphan
Asylum and Garfield Hospital, of the public
institutions. 1t is within about three SQUARES
of Calumet place. Mrs. Ger Logan's home.
and besides, nine-tenths of the buildings now
being erected in Mount Pleasant are located
In that section. 1t is a direct slap at our
section
Capt. T. II. Exley, the secretary OF the as
ISOLATION, said the placing Of the hospital at
that point is menace TO the whole commu-
nifty. 1t is an outrage, Rad While 1 have
talked with but lew since / learned Of the ac-
tiOn OF the Commissioners. / have no doubt
the pee lie here are all IA line with the oppo-
sition TO il.
J. M. Crane. a citizen Of Mount Pleasant.
said the selection Of a site for such a hospital
in q section so densey populated would not
be tolerated in any ethsr city of the country
He thought the proper place for the institu-
tion was South OF the Eastern Branch.
n. x. Youngs o. mon was that the people