The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-20

= i AAAG eSelllulS X aJU y ANuES 9NANSANR
on Seventeenth street. the formal pre-
Bentation OF the now Wheeling city ans
hulance. the munlhcent gift Of Mr. SAM
uel s. Bloch. took place. There waa
quite gathering Of citizens, in addi-
tonic the members of the council COM
mIttees on police and health and a NUM-
her OF city oficieis, including Mayor
Butts, Health Officer Jepson and Chief
Of Police Bennett.
The ambulance. said 10 be the finest
IN America, and which has already
haen described In the 1ntclllEcncer, was
inspected ON the ground floor Of the Nv
cry stable. After the vehicle had been
looked Mt by all present, Mr.. Blocn
made the formal presentation speech.
Efe9said:
7''AfF. Mayor and Gentlemen; It affords
me great pleasure to present to the city
OF Wheeling this ambulance. y II snau
be Instrumental IN saving life or IN
Tightening the suffering OF amy unGortu-
nate enough ia. ride In II, shull find my
ETRtifcHtion. wish TO speak IN this
connection Of the valuable nEHiSlnnce
that have received IN edulpnlnE tho
ambulance from DIR. Clyde Ford. to
whom / am under obligations. ] hopS
the wagon Win not he called into use
often. MIR, Mayor, hand 10 you ana 10
Health Officer Iepson the keys and u
list Of the articles that mike up the
equipment OF the ambulance"
MF. Bloch was generously applhIded
when nc concluded. Mayor Butts Ac-
cepted tire Keys and made brief re-
marks, stating that the ambulance
would long he a monument to the gen.
erusity OF Mr.. Bloch. Concluding. he
said: "As mayor ~ the city Of Wheeling,
Mr.. Rloch, I thank sou for this mttnlt-
cent gift
Mr.. Horkhelmer. Of the COMMITTEES on
police, suggested that Captain Dawson.
Of the committee, be heard.
Mr.. Dawson said he could only reiter-
ate the thanks that had been expressed
by the mayor There Ii an old sayin"
that any man whn makes two blades
Of grass grow where there was but one,
Is public benefactOr Looking at this
wagon, which will alleviate much suf-
fcTinE. the thought came to him that
Afr. Bloch is a public benetaCtor to far
greater degree. He could not think OF
any Rlft that would be more useful; II
would be the hest monument that could
he erected to the Eivcr's memory, ON
behalf Of the police committee and also
on behalf Of the efficient chief Of polio"
and his efficient deputies. he would add
his thanks 20 those OF Mayor Butts.
Dr.. Jepson, the city health officer.
was next called upon He did not feel
/. that he could add anything to what had
already been sHid. The sanitary de-
partlnent Of the city government, which
he represented. WIS deeply grateful sor
the muniilcent gift. He had often
heard that blocks are used to retnrd
pFoEFeSS, but in this case "RlnCh' had
figured in advancing progress. He
thanked the donor too, on behalf Of tbs.
medical fraternity Of the city. They,
more than others, knew the need there
waS for AN ambulance such as has
been given the city by Mr., Bloch. In
concluding. DR.. Jepson took occasion to
add his testimony to the efficiency NJ
the police force In aidinE physicians in
emergency cases
Mr. HorkhGinicr suggested that Mr..
Charles Burdett Hart speak on behalf
OF the citizens and the press Though
Mr., Hart did not feel qualified TO speak
for either. he did SO. Fotn, he said.
highly appreciate this beautiful and
useful gift II Is Il good thing when
God puts IL into the hearts of gRpd men
to do good IN these days man Is prone
to look out fur his individual good. II
his good friend. AFR Bloch, was not
present he would have said that in
stances Of ge0d deeds for the nqh4c are
too rare We are prone to cFitICtEe the
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