The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-10
DR.. BASS NAMED
As CITY PHYSICIAN
Appointed Temporarily by May
or ID. A. Yeiser.
A Number OF Applicants Anticipated
Many Suggest Medical So
ciety's Proposition.
THE GENERAL COUNCIL ELECTS

DR.. w. Johnston Bass has been
appointed by Mayor ID. A. yeiser
city physician temporarily. to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resigna-
tion last night of City Physician
Robert Rivers The general council
will have to be called together to
elect successor to DR.. Rivers.
II is not known how many appll.
cants there will be for the position.
DR.. Olivia Melon, who received near
~ half of the votes when the annual
election was held in December, stat
ed today that she had not decided
whether to enter the race again or
not.
DR.. Bass Is one OF the best known
and most popular young doctors in
Paducah. He is capable in every way.
and says he is willing to take the po-
sition and look after the work as Il
should be looked after. II is report
ed he will probably be elected to fiji
the vacancy permanently.
1t is suggested by many, howev-
er, that the general council leave
the vacancy untitled until 1t is de-
cided what to do in regard to man
aging the new city hospital The
doctors of Paducah few weeks ago
proposed to have members of the
medical society look after the city
physicians duties free of charge to
the city, which would have saved
the expense of the city physician.
The administration, however,
which was anxious to have as many
people as possible drawing salaries
from the city. proceeded to ignore
the recommendation and elect
city physician, and now that there Is
another vacancy, it is being sug-
gested by many people that the gen.
eral council take up the proposition
made by the medical society, and
not only have the new hospital man
aged capably. but have the duties of
city physician looked after by two OF
three doctors instead of piling it all
on one.
DIR. J. G. Brooks, one of the com
mitteemen appointed by the medical
society to assist in getting up recon,-
mendations for the government and
operation of the new city hospital
called on Mayor Yeiser this morning
with a full report of the OwensbOrG
hospital relative TO the management,
and the profit made annually over
TIE expenses.
The book is cJrpleto and sworl
IT, and the outline OF the commit
,ce for the management. NJ the Pa
9Gcah hospital is on the same lines
IS that of Owensbo . and Mayor
Ye'ser instructed DR.. Brooks to con
fer with the committee to which the
doctors recommendation was. re-
ferred and submit the report of the
Owensboro hospital.
The doctors are taking "a lively in
terest in the new hospital and want
to see it in service as sool as posi-
BILE.
DR.. p. II. Stewart. who offered to
fully equip one private ward in the
new hospital, was present at the
board of aldermen meeting last night
when Mayor ID. A. Yeiser presented !
the offer in regular written form.
81 want TO say word in explana-
tion OF DR.. Stewards Offer" Mayor
Yeiser stated. "He came to me and |
explained that he had been living in |
Faducah long time and could think |
of nothing better to do than to offer
the city what | have just read, and /
hopes you will help him and his /
conscience by accepting"
The board accepted the offer IMAM /