The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-03-16

The agitation in regard to secur-
ing a Sisters hospital for Roswell
that was started last June when Mo
Their Superior Boniface. of Marshfeld.
Wis, made this town a visit, has Ia
ken form again and a move is now un
The matter has been brought before
the Roswell Commercial Club and is
going to brought TO a satisfactory con
clusion, if such a thing be possible.
Plans for the proposed hospital
have been drawn by Architect J.. M.
Nelson, and his son Oliver has just
completed a prospective of the build
ing. The prospective has been placed
in the rooms of the Commercial Club.
where it has already attracted con-
siderable attention.
A three story structure with base
ment is called for in the plans. The
basement is to be made of rock and
to be finished into the living and
working department of the institu-
ton. The ground and SECOND stories
IL Z oS Uldut GA dlu i JIG
utilized for the most part as wards
and rooms for the patients, operating
rooms. etc. The third floor will be
constructed of wood entirely, a man
sard roof making the third story pos
sible with little more xpens than
is required in constructing a two sto-
ry house. The building, as planned,
VIII ost $25, 900 or $4,000. 1t will be
a large institution and will easily ac-
commodate all those who would be
sen to it for keeping.
The chances Roswell has of get
ting the hospital soon are very good.
Recently sixteen Sisters of the Sor-
rowfuf Mother, most of them Germ
ans, came to America from Rome,
and they are soon to establish a hos
pital in the United States. When the
Mother Superior of this order of Sis
ters was last in Roswell. she stated
that this town was next" as regards
the establishment of a hospital. The
that Roswell is now in condition to
maintain an institution OF this kind,
INC an answer to the letter, or the
appearance of one of the Sisters is
expected at any time.
And Roswell is ready for the hos
ty commissioners have given their
promise to help in all ways possible
TO keep the hospital in prosperous
condition. The city and county Off
Gals will send all of their patients
to the hospital for keeping. The coun-
less, and the officials are taxed to
the uttermost in finding places for
them. The hospital would accommo-
date all of them. And the citizens al.
so have promised, many of them. to
II their aid in keeping up the in
The sisters would build
he hospital with their own funds,
md with what pecuniary assistance
he citizens might give, and then it
would be the community's part to
provide patients sufficient to keep 1t
1n its feet. Many citizens gave stand
nS promises OF money toward the
hospital when Mother Superior Boni-
ace vas here last June.
o that the Commercial Club has
up the matter, it becomes the
)art of the individual citizens to do
Ill in their power toward securing
the hospital. That the hospital is a
desirable institution needs no argu-
nent. There is surely no one Who
will not say it Is a thing greatly to
De desired. The hospitals Of the Sis
ters are among the pes in the world.
They are always conducted in a man
ner to meet with the approval of the
highest n best physicians and sur
5eons, as well as a sometimes critf-
public. While the Sisters are an
auxiliary to n church, the Roman
Catholic. they never let tina fact be
in their treatment of patients
or their reception OF those seeking
admission.
The hospital is a good thing. Give
it a boost.