The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-12
M'KANES OPPOSE IT
WANT NO APPROPRIATION MADE
FOR CHARITY HOSPITAL.
UNLESS CITY TAKES CHARGE.
PROTEST AGAINST THE AID ASKED
BY HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

Would Not faNOF the titS Makins y
nm Appropriation So Long as the
Institution Is Not Under the City's
ContrOI-ChiIdren's Hospital Now
Ready for WOrL-Wants 800 a
Uouth-GencraI Matters Passed
IpOn by Council.
The petition for the appropriation of
money for the support of the colored
Charity Hospital was received by the
City Council last night, as was a pro-
test from Dr. Cornelius McKane and
Dr. Alice Woodby McKane, who wrote
as follows:
we. the undersigned founders of
the Charity Hospital, formerly the Nc
Kane Hospital, do honestly and earn
estly protest against the appropriation
of city funds to aid the above-named
troll of the same. Eight years ago we
founded this work in a very humble
way. We have made great personal
sacrifices of time and money. We
fostered and nurtured it to its present
magnitude. A little more than a year
BILE for the colored people to maintain
and properly control the institution.
There was gross misrepresentation of
the funds of the hospital. We demand
ed the dismissal of the guilty party.
We were not sustained by the auxil-
iary board. and in an open meeting
some of the members declared that no
wrong was done-that if they were in
great need of money for their own per-
sonal use, they would not hesitate to
use hospital funds. We could not
agree to this and refused to work with
such men. We asked the governing
board that they be set aside, which
was done. and the last Council was
asked to take the institution and have
the city run it for the benefit of the
colored people. When the matter was
nearing a satisfactory conclusion, the
controlling board reversed themselves
and repudiated us, claiming the colored
people could run the institution without
the city's aid.
Believing that the city would be
practically wasting its funds unless
in entire control. we feel it our duty
to call YOUR attention to the facts
above narrated"
For the ChiIdren's Hospital.
A year ago the ladies who designed
establishing the Children's Hospital
made application for and received an
appropriation of $l0c a month. This
was never paid, as the hospital was
not established. A petition was re-
ceiyed by Council last night, showing
that the Children's Hospital OF Savan-
rah is a charitable institution, duly
Incorporated under the laws of Geor-
gia for the care of sick children. The
petition further showed that the hos
pitdl had been unable to commence ac-
TIVE work because of want of funds,
bat that it is now in a post'cn to
begin it's care of SICK children pro
viGed the stated sum of $10G & month
sis ned by Mrs. j. A. ANllnk, president,
Mrs. II. Z. Dreeson, treasurer, Mrs
J. w. Newman, Jr., secretary, Mrs. r.
S. Anderson, Mrs. George Van Eorr
Mrs. E. II. Gibbs, Mrs. George w.
Ticdeman, Mrs. $. Engel, Mrs. +. A.
Harms and Mrs. c. V. SnedeNer.
Granted No Pension.
The Committee of the Whole report
ed adversely upol the petition OF Mrs.
Margaret Fender, widow of the 10 ote
Policeman Harry B. Fender, who was
shot and killed while in the discharge
of his duty, for a pension for hcrslf
that the city hal already a!:oWed his
family his salary for six months and
had met all the funeral expenses and
that, therefore, it was constrained to
report adversely. The repoct was
adopted.
Suggested Health Precautions.
Two communications were received
from the Georgia Medical Society be-
ing signed by DIR. James G. Van Mar
ter, DR.. Thomas S. Clay and DR.. NJ. F.
Dunn. One set forth that at a meeting
Of the society, held on Dec. 10, a reso-
luton was adopted to the effect that
there is an urgent necessity for the
appointment or election of a bacteriol-
ogist, with official authority. The other
showed that at the same meeting a
resolution was adopted, that, During
the prevalence of contagious diseases
IN the city. the spread of same could
be greatly restricted. If medical inspec-
uon Of schools, by physicians under the
authority of your honorable body, were
to be instituted" The first communi-
cation was referred to the Sanitary
Board, with the request that its views
upon the matter be reported to Coun-
cll while the second was referred to
the Committee on Public Health.
The several ordinances for paving
certain portions of Tattnall. Jones,
Berrien and Forty-second streets, which
appeared in the Morning News day be-
lore yesterday, were read. A petition
was also received from a number of
property owners, requesting the paving
or Tattnall street. from liberty to
Gwinnett, and of Wayne street, from
Iattnall to Gwinnett.
The ordinance to give the health off,
Ger authority to placard houses within
the two-mile limit from the city bound
aries wherein there might be contag-
lous disease, was placed upon its sec
ond reading and adopted.
Petitions for licenses were received
IIom seventy four dealers who want to
retail liquor. There will be many more
10 come in. The applications will be
published, and, where no objections are
,oHered or reasons for not doing so
hnown, the licenses will be granted.
Mr.. d. b. Testers petition for a
franchise for a street railway system
was received as information.
NO election for a chimney contractor
lor the western district was held, as
mere were no applications for the
pace 1t was decided to continue the
advertisement for the election for two
weeks, and the election will be held
al the next regular meeting, which will