The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-23
HOSPITAL TO GO.
Salvation Army Must Move Its
Hospital
City Council Takes the PreIimi-
nary Steps.
CITY TO PAY EXPENSE
WaterWOrks Resolutions Form
ally Adopted.
Had Been Agreed Upon at the
Executive Meeting,
JITY TO PAY EXPENSE

The Salvation Army hospital Will
have to move from it's present location
The city council took the preliminary
steps to that end at the meeting Thurs
day evening. The hospital authorities
will be requested to move and the city
will pay the expense of the moving. If
this is refused steps will be taken to
declare the place a nuisance.
The city board of health submitted
the following report:
After due investigation we would
recommend for the protection and COM
fort of the citizens who have homes
near said hospital and for the advan-
tage and success of the hospital itself
that it be removed as early as possible
with prOpriety to some other location
of proper distance from the thickIy set
tied portions of the city,
VIM. Wadsworth and Eli G. Foster
were present to tell the council some
thing about the disadvantage of living
near the hospital, but the report was
adopted at once.
After the adoption of the report Coun-
Gilman Drew said: Il do not know
whether this report which we have
adopted will give the people the relief
which they have asked. Are the hos
pital people willing to mover"
City Physician MITCHELL understand
that they are not
Mayor Fellows-Why would it not be
a good plan to have the city attorney
look after this and meanwhile we can
serve the hospital authorities with a
request to move.
Councilman Skinner would like to
ask the doctor if he found things at
the hospital as reported?
City Physician Mitchell-In the main
the charges were true, but in some re-
spects they were exaggerated.
City Attorney Bird-This is an i'm
portant matter and we should be care
full in our actions. I do not believe
the report Of the board of health goes
far enough to declare the hospital a
nuisance and unless it does 1 doubt if
anything could be done by the council
through the courts to force the hospital
authorities to move
Councilman Mergan-I think that we
have control of the sanitation of the
city and if the hospital is a nuisance
and menace to health we have a
right to order it removed.
Mayor FellOws-The report should he
returned to the board with Instructions
that it should be enlarged to cover the
ground.
the house physician that the hospital
people look up another location and I
think they will. The hospital is a Iaud-
able enterprise and a great deal of good
is done there. Many people have been
cared for who had no money and the
board of health went as far as it felt
justified in going.
Councilman Skinner-I think if wonId
be well to give the hospital people a
hearing. This is a free hospital. 1t is
the only institution in the city whose
doors swing open to the poor. A per
son who is hurt is taken in and nothing
is said about pay, and I think it well
enough to move slowly and take no
radical steps until the hospital people
have hearing. I understand that Our
city physician has sent people to this
hospital and we never received anv
bills.
Councilman Drew contribute to the
hospital every month and expect to
continue to do so. do not want to
see the hospital suppressed but think
1t should be moved to a more favor
able location. 1t is a worthy institu-
ton.
Councilman Warner-I think the ra-
port of the committee is all right. IF
the hospital people will move it will not
be necessary for US to take anv other
action. I think the clerk should be in
structed to notify the hospital authori-
ties to move and that the city will
pay the expense of moving
Councilman Warmers suggestion was
adopted and a limit of $25 was placed
on the moving expense
The hospital ought to be moved tO
some more central location, nearer to
the class of people which compose the
larger part of its patients. In reality
it ought to be as near to the city jafI
as possible, 50 that the sick and injured
who are sent from there need not be
carried so far