The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-27
A LARGE PROJECT.

Some months ago few citizens came together and
put into definite shape plans which had long been IN their
minds for great general hospital not only to be an
honor St Paul. but supply the wants OF the hospital
population of the whole Northwest This project is IN no
sense rival existing institutions which doing mag
nicent work in St. Paul, a great money-maklng
scheme but the idea is build ideal hospital fitted
with appliances of electric apparatus and hydro
therapeutic appliances which shall be open to all persons
regardless of their ability to pay
1t is not the intention of the committee to ask funds
for charity hospital though the fact that man is I'M
able pay for will not bar him from its serv
ice; but intended primarily to establish tor that
great middle class of persons OF moderate means who DO
ask for charity but who unable to pay high rates
and yet always meet their expenses and never live De
yond their means
The organization of project large as this
must necessarily be non-sectaan not controlled by any
clique and influenced by political religious a1l1a-
tons With this idea the central committee composed
of representative from professional and commercial
ranks who banded together with the sole object OF
building hospital which, far from njurng existing nst-
tutions designed augment and supplement- their
work.
1t has now come to be understood that it is almost
impossible for the sick to care III their
homes With the wonderful increase of scientific know
edge and the necessity of perfect antseptc and sanitary
environment beside the utter inability of the private
furnish appliances and conditions required the
hospital today is greater necessity than ever before
Physicians know only too well that lives have been
sacrificed because of the improper housing of the sick
poor.
1t is the hope of the group of gentlemen who have
this projected institution in charge have in
ton with it great free dspensary where the sick poor
can freely and receive the best medical attention
that money could procure The tremendous
of the existing University Free Dispensary and its
inadequate accommodations for the crowds that daily
flock it amply testify the need of larger quarters
and increased facilities.
Further it is the ambition of the board of trustees
to establish in connection with this great hospital de-
enton hospital for the insane pavilion exclusively for
crippled children, and convaescen home Few realize
the need of the latter With the best intentions it
Bbe for but few hospitals TO keep patients through
long convaescence and in the of the poor and in
digent this enforced turning out and going back to
Squad homes in unsantaTy surroundings often undoes
Ill the good work done by their sojour the hospital
1t is large project and comprehensive idea that
being agtated It's realization would be work of
and involve the collection of great fund of money But
whether its appeal the people be heard favoraby
not, is we'll that their minds and their interests
should be engaged by the consideration of schemes that
have for their purpose the amelioraton of human condi
lions and the tightening of the common lot.