The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-02
Conclusion Reached by the Council
Finance Committed at n
Meeting.
ATTITUDE OF THE COUNCIL
TALK OF HOSPITAL GROUNDS AS A
GOOD LOCATION.
Ordinance ApprOpriatinG Money 20
Pay Judg ments-Remonstrances
Filed-City Affairs.

The City Council will not allow the Board
of Public Works to buy grounds on which
10 place a permanent pesthouse. At an
interesting meeting of the Council commit
tee on finance yesterday afternoon the or
oinance recently introduced at the istance
of the Board of Works and the mayor.
providing that S13,5OO shall be appropriated
for the purchase Of a site for a pesthouse
and for the erection of suitable buildings,
was killed by the committee after a long
discussion. The action of the committee in
deciding to that the ordinance
be not passed will undoubtedly be followed
by a vote against the measure next Monday
night in Codncil
The attitude OF the member of the COM
mittee as shown by the discussion a. not to
oppose the project for a permanent hospi-
tai, but TO stand against any measure which
provides that the city shall spend its money
for more land. A majority of the members
of the committee announced themselves in
favor of a permanent smallpox hospital,
and declared that they would
any ordinance providing for a hospital on
ground already owned by the city. The
purchase of additional land is not wise,
they believe, in view of the fact that the
city owns at present ground i'm suitable
places in and out of the corporation limits.
Smallpox has cost Indianapolis so much
money in the past few months that 1t
would not be good business sense. the COM
mittee holds. TO pay a considerable sum for
new grounds when there are plenty of
places that could be used.
A member OF the finance committee had
this to say regarding the dumping of the
ordinances: The committee decided to
block the ordinance because the city does
not need more ground. There are plenty
of MIA res where "A nRrmanpnt hOSDltAl could
be placed on city land. There are the City
Hospital grounds. for instance. l would be
I'm favor of a hospital being built there.
Competent physicians have assured me
there would be no danger of cOntagiOn
spreading TO the enighborhood. There is
the old pesthouse grounds north of Fall
creek, near Indiana avenue. Why could
not the permanent hospital be built there?
The city also owns land southwest of the
city which could be used. There is no rea-
son why any more property should be
bought.
defeat the project for a pesthouse because
it's members are for such an Improvement
But they want it at some place inside the
city. or least very near the outskirts, so
that doctors could take care of patients
easily. 1 do not favor the scheme of plac-
ing a hospital miles outside of town, where
ii would be difficult for physicians to get
to It."
discussed the request of the Board of
Health for 5000 as a fund to meet quar-
antine and other smallpox expenses. No
action was taken on the ordinance prOvid-
ing that the amount shall be appropriated,
but Chairman Wynne said the committee
will probably refuse TO grant the whole
amount asked. The Democratic members
OF Council are opposed to it. he said, and
II may be found that the board can get
along with less money.
The ordinance which apprOpriates s16.500
to pay old judgments secured. against the
city was for passage by the
committee. Out of this amount Joseph
Tansell, who secured Judgment In 1899. will
get $1,000. with interest at 6 per cent Ida
G.. Mitchell, who got judgment in 1898, will
get s.. 900, with interest at s per cent, and
George NJ. Craig. whose Judgment was
secured in 1901. will receive 81, 100, with
interest al the same rate.