Evening star., 1897-02-25
A Much Needed Institution to Be
Located in Georgetown.
CONNECTED With TEE UNIVERSITY
Money Already Pledged Towards
Meeting the Cost.
PLANS AND PREPARATIONS

1t is practically decided, 1t is said today
by those interested. that Georgetown is to
have a hospital. The projectors Of the in
stituton say that there is no doubt it will
be built and that the question now is how
large it will be and how well it can be
endowed and equipped.
This afternoon meeting of those inter-
ested. including the president and medical
faculty of the Georgetown University, will
be held at the home of the Misses Riggs,
1917 l street, for the purpose of consid-
erins plans and means for the establish
ment of the hospital. The plans have been
decided on, and the meeting, which will
be limited in attendance, will pass upon
these plans and will consider means for
carrying them out. An aid society will
probably be organized and from now on
the work of getting the enterprise in shape
will be the main feature.
Location of the Structure.
The hospital is to be connected with the
Georgetown University and is to be under
the direction of the medical faculty of the
Institution, which will give its services
free. The members have also subscribed
$1,000 year for five years for the opera
ton of the hospital. The building is to be
located on ground belonging to the uni
This has been fixed upon. 1t is to be
Known as the Georgetown University Hos
pital. and WIZ be Incorporated under that
name and as a branch of the university.
1t will be an adjunct to the university,
and the students of the institution will re-
ce:ve all the benefits arising from their
work there This, of course. will be bene-
fetal to the university, but that has not
been wholly the object of the promoters.
who say that there are over 10000 people
in Georgetown who have no hospital IA
clities. Besides this. there is a large sur
rounding territory which is in need of
these facilities.
The Cost and Capacity.
The plans for the hospital have been pre-
pared by architect and have been ac-
cepted They have in view a structure
which will cost about $4,000. and will con-
tain from 100 to $50 beds to begin with. OF
the amount needed $4,000 has already been
pledged III private subscriptions. and the
immediate outlook is for about Sl3,0O9. So
soon as this amount is secured work will
commence on the building. and it is hoped
to begin work within snort time The
desire of the projectors is to have the in
stitution completed and in operation by
October next No subscriptions have been
asked far, and those made nave been
voluntary.
Purpose of the Projectors.
The purpose of the projectors is to make
the institution non-Sectarian. but Arcn-
bishop Ryan of Philadelphia has agreed to
assign number of sisters of the Order of
st. Francis to do duty as nurses. The
headquarters of this order. which is Amer
lean in its inception are in Philadelphia.
The sisters trained nurses in the
leading educational institutions of Penn
syvania and in the hospitals of Philadel
phia. The sisters will give their services
without cost.
1t is thought that after the meeting this
afternoon there will be numerous voluntary
subscriptions. and that enough money will
be in sight to begin immediate plans for
work on the building. That at least, is
the calculation of those Interested. The
medical faculty of the university is enthu-
siastic over the outlook. Work on the pro-
ject has been going on for some time but
few people have been approached on the
subject.