The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-27
WANTS. CHARITY FUND
FOR CITY HOSPITAL
Dr.. Leach Protests Plan Of
Wilder Estate Trustees for
Free Institution

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DR.. r. BJfLeach, of st. Paul, has
addressed to the board OF trustees OF
the A. H Wilder estate protest
/ against the reported Intention of the
trustees to establish a free hospital
Tor the sick and injured among the
worthy poor OF St Paul. He suggests
that the fund available be used to
erect and maintain an addition to the
i St Paul city hospital.
In the first place, DR. Leach declares
| the proposed hospital would probably
bear over its entrance the name cam
herst H. Wilder Charity''- name
that IN itself would needIessly offend
many sensitive, though poor, people
left sF -,
But chiefly DR.. Leach objects that
the Wilder fund for a free hospital
would supply only site, building and
equipment, and would by no means
furnish the 100000 or $3,000,OO0 abb
solutely needed to support the institu-
ton after it was opened *es
The letter to the board Of trustees
folloWs:- $50 Esss
I .. Ge 1Sde In the Pioneer Press of July
Pro;e es1e aRpeared an editorial That
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| with the assertion that sof the million
dollars which it is estimated the hospital
would cost inearly one-half the amount
| rs connqentlysin sight, also that "'Such
| hospital would be, a welcome haven of
i refuge for the hultitudes of sick of the
Northwest. ,5sst q 70 lfs7sa'f2's-r s8l2
4 ,Surmises as TO the probable source of
| the said half million are rampant. with a
| growing .bellef that your honorable board
is to furnish this amount, and possibly
more, the beneficiary of which must bear
| the name over its entrance "The Amherst
1 Is. Wilder Charity" the intent of which
i, GnaIaty rt Isl The care of the sick or in
time to time within the limits CT ST. Paul,
/ Firmly. believing in the expediency. OF
| modations, providing same can be done
without adding cost of separate or extra
aaministratIen etc, and that the move
ment TO establish another and independ-
ent hospital in ST.; Paul would demand ex-
| Ienslye, outlay evidently not fully appre-
ciatso py IFS enthusiastic projectors, and,
hoping to possibly influence your hon
orable board at least to a careful consid-
| GRAFTON Of some facts pertinent to this
question, Ishave the honor to respectfully
That the worthy poor of st. Paul'' are
s snoi, among us who cannot afford to
| charged for private or pay patients.
| and who will not accept such accommo-
datlons as .paupers.
That hospital providing for the sick
| or injured worthy poor of St Paul. at
necessarily reduced rates. must have not
f fsa tna nam, tnree times as many constantly
| That .'the multitudes of sick of the
| Northwest, II able to pay full rates, will
probably Pro not Of, choose hospital bearing
sInliaT institution not so stigmatized and
| atfwh1ch the same professional attendant
IS obtainable,, and such non-residents are
| poor of ST.. Paul ;, - - =
| That the half million confidently in
| sight might purchase a site and a build
Ing ana Its equipment for athat general
| noSpltab'gs but fsen1 whence is to come
| the two or, three millions of endowment,
eee interest fo On which is absolute ne
.Lnat prudent hnanciering admonishes
certainty of sufficient annual income from
wen wen Pa Rae ED iegacies. before accepting
nhat me expenses OF, the Johns Hop
R adn hospital of Baltimore, with its So, O06-
| 600 endowment, together with the profits
| on its full rate pay beds. has had to be
| supplemented by other income to enable
lt TO annually close its books free of debt
| twenty of the leading hospitals of New
York city closed the year Of 1902 with a
| eomplned deficit Of $432. 368.7S,'' and any
| similar institution in ST. Paul not better
| endowed and managed must exnect fo
| meet a Similar fate
mat prices: of most of the rooms in,
| Ttnat projected general hospital if it is
| to obtain aid from your honorable hoard
| must exceed the prices for the same
\ accommodations at similar institutions ii
| our city to1prodhcea surplus with which
| TO meet deficits due to the care of ssflifs
SICK &. or injured worthy poor of st. Paul..
| or It's endoWment must exceed $4,000, 600.
4 That this principle obtains even Il, nh.
1 TIC hospitals whose appropriation must
| equal doiii,le the interest constantly OBJ
ta1nable froIni7 a.. well placed endowment
/ taxed. Stea ~ opei'y
That there is not today. a half dozen
successfully sue financed institutions in Amer
! lea of a magnitude equal to that pro
VIZ the nee aaa THAT nt tasss
bearing millions; else they could not be
;, That st lis fbdf too well known that
t iegacies are spasmodic in coming and rn-
certain In amount and not to be relied
upon, and that none should be counted
upon beyond -itst specified interest as
rellabie asset foE current expenses OF for
needed Improvements
That if we are to extend our hospital
a az, tons through hesassistance. of
| the, Amherst II; Wilder Charity why
| our city and county hospital grounds and
aS =, an annex TO said institution?
Ihat this can be accomplished at one.
| i2urth the outlay required in establish
(besides its ,buiIding) kitchen, laundrys'
engineer and sfiremen, heating and light,
ing plant and superintendent and super
present provided for and which can be
utilized, without extra expense for the
/ care of the worthy poor in such an an
That onehalf of the half million econ-
hdentiy in sight would erect and equip
1 a l00-beds Wilder Charity annex suge
| geSted, while the remaining quarter of a
million well placed would produce a,
goodly income for the care of the same.
/ That any objection to the present name
OF our city and county hospital can be
| readily overcome bysa statute 1egalizing
tne name The st. Paul General Hospi-
tai. or something similar and appropri-
That the present name of this hospital
age by even souT best citizens. Why should
<. That .(cognizant of the phrase ology of
4 the Amherst H Wilder WILD still have
the tenierity to assert that there is no
1 reason VVhV g AroJ ,are-f oJ,r,