The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-25
The Hospital Matter.

The special committee on hospital
presented the following report:
The Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother
are DESTROYS OF entering into con-
tract with the city Of Mankato to as
sumo the management ofTourtellotte
hospital for the term of ten years on
the following conditions, viz:
That said city provide said Tourtel-
lotte hospital with city water and
sewerage, or if not sewerage, continue
to keep clean the present cess pool, as
the city is now doing; further, that
said city keep In repair said hospital.
The latter meaning to keep up neces-
sary general repairs incident to such
building, not including any changes
in present structure as it now stands,
and the above repairs not to exceed
800 per year, during the life Of their
contract. The city 10 be freed from
any expenses connected with said hos
pital aside from those herein mention
ed; the city to retain the ownership
and supervision of the hospital
through board of trustees, and the
behests of the donor carried out in re-
gard to caring for the city poor as far
as practical under a careful and eco
nOmical management of the affairs of
said institution.
This contract on the part of the
Sisters is wholly and absolutely con-
tingent upon their success in securing
contributions to the extent of sc, 900
from interested citizens of Mankato,
who desire to aid them to that extent
in the erection of another and more
modern hospital, to be erected and
built on site in close proximity to
the business and residence portion of
the city, whereby they would be en-
ab.ed to better administer to the
wants of the sick, disable and wound
ed, and especially that class requiring
surgical operations. The amount Of
Sc, 900 so contributed will be added to
by like sum from the Catholic So
ciety.
The committee recommend that a
contract upon the conditions herein
recited be entered into with the Sis
tiers for the term of ten years, believ-
ing that the terms, conditions and
desires of Col. TOurtellotte will be
equally or more fully realized than
under former management.
Respectfully SuDmlUUeu,
AIDS FRITZ,
HIMMELMAN,
ADAMS,
Committee.
Aid. Fowler moved the adoption OF
the report, and the motion was car
ried without discussion.
Aid. Zimmerman stated that an
agreement had been prepared in
blank, to be executed in case 1.-THE
&c. 900 is raised by the citizens.
The city recorder read the agree
ment.
Mayor Pau said that he had taken
care to see that it did not conflict
with the provisions of Col. Tourtel.
lotte's deed.
City Recorder Brown read the con-
ditions upon which Col. TourtellOtte
had made his deed.
Aid. Fritz stated that the record of
the hospital trustees show that the
first year there were As patients, and
the past year 1872. The hospital has
cost the city from $4,000 to $4,000,
during the seven years and half that
it has been in existence. During the
year that the Sisters have had the
hospital, the institution has been
self-sustaining which shows we'll.
Attorney W. f. Hughes appeared
for VIM. Siebert and asked that the
lower city market be cleaned up, and
fence be built between it and his
property, which is over run with peo-
pie. It was referred to the commit
tee on markets.
B. P. w. Turned Down.
The board of public works reported
that it had decided to charge the
sprinkling contractors $1,000 a year
for water used. and submitted rule
to carry this into effect.
Aid. Fowler said that this would in
crease the sprinkling assessment, and
that it was no more than right that
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