The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-16
$4,000 BUILDING
srEMs TO BE PROPOSED FOR MAR
NE HOSPITAL.
LOCATION SEEMS SETTLED.
looks LIKE LOT AT ABERCORN
AND YORK STREETS.

Expectations Exceeded by the Bill
for the Establishment of a Hos
ritaI Here, which Names $I5O,OOa
.s the Amount to BE Expended.
Additional Grounds Will BE Sc
cured-Expected That Two OIL
cqrs and About Twenty Men Will
Re stationed Here, if the Bill Is
Passed by Congress.
The expectations of those interested
were exceeded in the announcement
from Washington in the Morning News
Yesterday that the bill for the estab-
ushment of a marine hospital at Sa-
vannah provided for an expenditure of
s15O.OOO for the building and the ac-
ouisition of additional ground. 1t had
been thought that $125, 900 would be ap-
propriated.
From the statement that the appro-
piation is to be used for the building
and the purchase of additional ground,
il is inferred that the government lot
at York and Anderson streets has been
definitely fixed upon as that for the
site provided the bill is passed. That
lot is the only one owned by the gov
eminent in Savannah that is available,
and it is reasoned that it is intended
TO erect the hospital there.
Mayor Myers has information that
leads him to believe that the Abercorn-
York site will be used, and that it is
the purpose of the government to buy
the additional property through to
Drayton street, in order that hospital
grounds may be laid off and kept for
the use of the convaleScents. He has
favored the location since the inception
of the movement for the establishment
of a marine hospital here.
The Mayor is well pleased that Sa-
yannah is to have SO handsome and
substantial building. He said he had
heard of but one objection that had
been offered by neighboring residents
and property owners. DR.. M. F. Dunn
is said to be the only one who has
objected to the hospital.
Health Officer w. F. Brunner was
gratified to see that the committee had
determined to report favorably upon
the bill. He said that the establishment
of the hospital here would mean an
annual expenditure by the government
of about $4,000. in addition to the ad-
vantage of having the building, which
would add to the architectural attrac-
tions of the section where it is built.
Nearly all of the expenditures for
maintenance, DR.. Drummer said, would
he in Savannah. There is now about
$4,000 a year received from the gov
ernment for the treatment of sailors.
This goes to st. Joseph's Hospital.
Two officers of the Marine Hospital
Service, DR.. Drummer believes, will be
stationed at the hospital, if it is estab-
lished here. They would have the serv-
ices of force of about twenty assist
ants.
The Abercorn-York site is regarded
by DR.. Drummer as by far the most
convenient and satisfactory that the
government could secure for the build
ing. He has been investigating, with
the view of ascertaining what other
suitable or available locations might
be secured.
DR.. w. c. Hobby, Marine Hospital
surgeon at Savannah, has been active
in gathering information and statistics
regarding the hospital. The matter that
DR.. Hobby furnished will be at hand
for the use of those who favor the bill,
should any fight be made upon it when
il is repOrted back to the House