The age-herald., 1898-09-22
And Many Friends of the Institution
 Held Yesterday.
THE PLANS WERE OUTLIQi D
Committee Was Appointed to Select and Recommend Suitable Loca-
 tion for the Building
 Being Accomplished

voiced by every member of the board of managers of the Hllman hospital at the meeting held in the Commercial club rooms yesterday afternoon.
 The ladies who compose this board spoke in manner which admitted of very little argument. They said that the time had come when it was practicable to rebuild the hospital, and that they were simply carrying into execution what they had been determined to do ever since the form CT hospital at Smthfeld was burned sev> eral years ago.
 They said that they had invited number of the representative business and profes sional men of the city to be present at the meeting to advise them what amount of money they thought could be raised for the purpose of building a new hospital, and how soon they thought it would be advis- able to start the work. There were over thirty ladies and gentlemen present at the meeting.
 Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, president of the ladies' board of managers, called the meet ing to order and stated its object. She told what the ladies had determined to do, and stated the result they had in view in asking the gentlemen to meet jointly with
 
 also read, showing the work that had been done by the hospital since it was organized ten years ago.
 Mrs. Smith then asked b. H. Cabaniss to preside temporarily over the meeting and E. L. Bridges to act as secretary. This organization was afterward made perma- nent.
 Several speeches were made by MT. Cab- aniss, MT. Bridges, Robert Jemison, M Newfield, D. J. Fox, Rufus N Rhodes and other gentlemen present pledging the heart fest support of the citizens of Birmingham to the noble work the ladies were under taking.
 Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, Mrs. Stratton, Mrs. Tom o. Smith, Mrs. Gray, Mrs. T. H. Mol ton, and other ladies made statements and suggestions concerning the work that had been done and that is to be done in the near future.
 Will Not interfere With Other Hospital The matter was fully discussed as to whether commencing the work for the Hill man hospital would not interfere with the work which the citizens of Birmingham and vicinity were doing for the Sisters of
 
 Fountain Heights, for nothing is further from the purpose of the Hilman hospital governing board than to interfere with the good work which is being done for the Sis ters' institution.
 Present Hospital Net a Private One
 It was decided, however, that their work was so nearly completed at this time that it would in no wise interfere for the Hill man hospital people to start to work. Only about $7,0OO or sS000 is to be raised for the Fountain Heights hospital, nearly all of which has been subscribed and by the time active work is begun for the Hilman hos pital, that amount will have been raised.
 During the meeting several of the ladies referred to the difficulties under which the present Hillman hospital in its temporary quarters, was laboring. Neither the city nor the county assists at all in the support of the institution and it's only income IS $1 200 a year which comes from the S20,OOO originally donated by T. T Hillman. All of the board that is received from the pay patients receiving treatment in the hos pital goes to the ladies, and the net profits from this source are added to the main fund of $1 200, all of which is used to sup port the charity patients. Dr. Copeland. who is in charge of the hospital does not receive one cent from the amount paid for board b yany of the patients
 It will thus be seen that the ladies have only a little over $10O month to run the charity department of the hospital, and when this little amount gives out all chari- ty patients seeking admission have to be ic ha "a W are empty beds. In this way it often hap pens that a charity patient must be re- fused, while a pay patient can be received. This naturally causes some people to think that the hospital is private one, and it is a source of great prejudice against the in- stitution.
 This one fact, perhaps, more than any other cause, has made the ladies determine to get permanent quarters and more reve- nue to run their charity department on, as soon as possible.
 The ladies now have besides the Hillman fund, $5, 100 in bank, and a house and lot on Eighth avenue known as the Hawkins place. which could be used as a temporary hospital, were it not for the strong ob- jections which the people of the neghbor- hood have raised against the establish ment of hospital in that place. The ques- tion with the ladies Is whether they would try to override this objection, and by en- larging the building, establish the perma- nent home of the hospital there, or whether they would select another site.
 Committee Appointed
 On motion of Mrs. Stratton, commit tee of six was appointed by the chair to select a suitable location for the hospital, either a place which already has a large house on it, or vacant lot on which to erect a new hospital. The following is the committee appointed:
 Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, chairman; Mrs. Thomas H. Motion, Mrs. Tom O. Smith,