The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-12
THE IMPRESSION CORRECTED
First Ward Will Take Care of Sewer
Extension; Committee continusd;
Another Nesting TO Be Held.


was very light, and the meeting was a
little late in getting organized. w. A.
Funk was elected chairman and DR.. f.
d. Frandenburg secretary.
Architect Schippel addressed the meet
ing, saying that he and Dr. Brandenbmg
had last Saturday visited the hospital
at Rochester and thoroughly inspected
1T. They had been treated with great
courtesy, and had learned much. He al
SO presented a report of the progress
made toward selecting the soliciting
committees for the hospital to be erect
ed by the German Lutherans in this city
There seems to be a misapprehension on
the part of the public, he said, in re-
gard to the management of the pro
posed hospital More Lutherans pat
ronize hospitals than any other. denomi-
nation. The Rochester hospital, although
conducted by the Catholic order, in 1901
had 2,l04 patients, of whom the Luther
ans led with 52S, the Catholics follow
ed with 4l6, Methodists 25S, Presbyteri-
ans 9S, ETC., and 500 were non professed
The Lutherans have but few hospitals
for it costs them more to conduct hos
pitfalls than it does the Catholics. The
Lutherans must hire and pay for train
ed nurses, while the Catholic sisters dc
the work without compensation other
than their maintenance.
Mr.. Schippel said that the Lutheran
hospital was to be called the Mankato
hospital, and was to be non-sectarian
no preference to be given to Lutherans
over any other denomination. All pa
tients would be treated alike. The Blue
Earth Medical association will direct
the conduct of the hospital, and what
ever the physicians say regarding the
care of patients must be followed re-
CARELESS of the hospital association.
which will be secondary. The success OF
the Mayos at Rochester is due to the
backing which they have received from
the citizens, who gave them an opportu-
nifty to demonstrate their ability If
Aiankato viii back it's hopsitals as well
as Rochester has done, Mankato will
have hospitals that are without a super
ior
DR.. Brandenburg said that Mr.. Schip-
pei had been added to the committee
that was appointed at the last meeting.
The committee had been well received
BY those whom it had approached about
serving on the soliciting committees.
The hosital will not be sectarian. No
religious services will be held there eX-
cept such as each patient wishes. The
Mankato physicians will have full
charge of it, and they will appoint a
committee to assist in preparing the
plans. The German Lutheran hospital
association will have the business man
agement. The more than 500 Lutherans
who in 1904 went to the Rochester hos
pital would stop in Mankato if they had
hopsital here. The hospital there is
one of the best in the world, and brings
thousands of dollars to the city, and
the new one will do the same for Man
kato. The Fourth street location is
good and convenient, but more room is
needed. On the prairie there is a whole
block, and the more the matter has
been considered the more the location
there is favored.
The meeting voted to continue the
committee.
Mr. Funk said that there had been a
misapprehension on the part of some,
who feared that the Lutherans would
get rakeoff from the hospital. Even if
this was true, which it was not, it
ought to make no difference so long as
all patients had the same privileges at
the hospital as the Lutherans, and at
the same price. When the people know
that there is no graft, rakeof or special
benefit that the Lutherans will derive,
the project will meet with more hearty
support. The Lutherans are not going
in to make money, and have no oppor
tunity to do so.
Mr.. Schippel said that there are some
trained nurses at the Rochester hospi-
tai, aside from the Sisters. Thirty con-
gregations in southern Minnesota are
ready to back up the Lutheran hospital,
so it cannot fail for lack of funds, nor
will there be any need for boarding pro-
fits. There will be but two funds, the
first to pay the expenses of maintain
ing the hospital, and if there is anything
left it will be used for improvements.
The hospital will be enlarged as the re.
quirements demand and as the associa-
ton has the money to pay for it. There
positively is to be no graft anywhere.
DIR. Brandenburg said that the sub
scription lists would be ready today.
and that one clause provides that the
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