Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-13
TO SELECT A SITE.
Western Hospital Commission
Meets Tomorrow.
MR MEDILL's LOCAL LIST.

Knox County Initiates Rock Island In
Appropriating $4,000 ~ an Induce
ment for the Location-More Fands
Necessary Here.
Commissioner T. J. Medill departs
this evening for Galesburg, where the
com mission meets tomorrow and
starts on its tour Of inspecting sites.
Commissioner Medill has now p
sites. the additional ones being:
j. P. Peterson, Daniel McNeal,
John Konosky, Harriet Snow, C. o.
Areuschield, George McNeal. W. E.
Stevens. X. c. and T. Letsch, and
John Babcock, any portion of 767
acres in Hampton township, known
as WATERFOWL site.
John Ssapr, 351 acres in Black
Hawk township.
Thomas Cornes, 271 acres in Black
Hawk township.
Messrs. Gregg and Corns. tract
OF 26o acres in Coal Valley and Black
Hawk townships.
W. H. Crockett. 240 acres known
as Long View farm in Coal Valley
township.
Messrs. Carr and Lukens, tract 24o
! acres in South Rock Island.
Messrs. Vessel and Vinton. tract
240 acres in South Moline.
Baum tract OF 265 acres in Henry
county on Rock river near Co!ona.
Elizabeth Marshall, 500 acres in
Cordova township.
Edgar Humphrey. any portion of
40 acres in Cordova township.
Knox County Follows Suit.
The Knox county board of SUPER
visors yesterday followed the exam
pie which Rock Island county set
nine days ago. and appropriated $2O.-
900 for the purchase of the site pro-
vided the institution is located in
that county. The Galesburg Register
of last evening commenting on the
action of the board says: 1.-The
board of supervisors today did the
wise and practical thing by voting
$20.0 toward site for the West
ern Illinois hospital for the insane.
The action was taken without any
splitting of hairs or quibbling, or
raising of imaginary troubles. 1t
was stated in the meeting that the
citizens of Galesburg were raising
$40, 900 more. The board was quick
to see this opportunity before it.
With this gift of $30.00O and options
on as fine land for it as there is in
the state. Galesburg will stand a
show to secure the great institution
If Galesburg gets the asylum it will
mean the expanding of a large sum
OF money in the county and will in
crease the county prestige. The ap-
preparation OF $50, 600 is one of the
most praiseworthy things the board
has done"
The resolution provides that the
county of Knox .'ooes hereby appro-
pirate the sum of $40, 900 for the pur-
pose of applying on the purchase of
a site for the location in this county
of the proposed Western Asylum for
the Insane; provided it is decided by
the state to locate the hospital in this
county. and provided that the sum
OF $4,000 or more shall have first
been paid by the citizens of Gales
burg to be used for the same pur-
pose. And the clerk is hereby or
dercd to issue an order on the order
Of the trustees, for said ASYLUM, for
the sum of $780, 900 in payment for a
site for said hospital. when notified
by such trustees that said hospital
has been located in this county,"
A proposition to make the amount
$4,000 was defeated and the original
motion was adopted by vote of 10
to G..
Commissioner w. s. Gale was
present and addressed the board, of
which for a great many years he was
himself member.
More Money Needed Here.
From the fact that Knox county
stands ready to give $4,000 for a
site or none it is imperative that
Rock Isla,d county should raise
more funds. At least SIS, Ooc, If not
an amount equal to the boards
appropriation, should be raised bv
private subscription. And we should
be about it,
This much done it is reliably GER
tain the institution is ours.