Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-10-18

4
From the success experienced in the Is
months, II was believed 10000 for the
purchase OF the property and the improve
ments desired would place the sanatorium
on practical working basis.
The institution was accordingly ineor-
porated as the Randolph Sanatorium with
a capital stock OF $4,000 in shares OF s25
each, and the 6lenside property VAS pur-
chased OF Mrs. Holman for $500. Soon
after the return OF DIR. Clifford from
Europe, the work OF altering and inn
proving the building was begun and in
April OF 1908 the hospital was again
OF ened to the public. From tina. time I'M
III u Was closed in August of this year, il
bad had les patients, and only five
deaths-those i've OF people afflicted with
ineurable diseases who sought the sana-
torium 10 be made as comfortable as POI 81.
BILE IN the few days remaining TO them,
OF the los patients, 81 were surgical cases
aud bot one was lost, whish all must ae-
knowledge is really remarkable show
ing, The sick have been IN ide more COM
Portable; the friends at home have been
relieved Of a burden OF care and labor that
might in many instances have resulted in
additional nlness, atd trained nurses
have been available for service wherever
there was call for them. Is not this
kind OF Insurance our people can not dis
pense withg
The sat atorium Is now in debt because
only go OF the 400 shares, authorized by
the charter and known at the outset TO be
necessary, have been taken. The institu-
tion should belong to the community and
not TO any one or to few individuals,
This was the view OF those who were most
active in starting the enterprise, and ex-
perienee has shown II to be the correct
view. All of our people should feel per-
sonal interest In ", for II affords protec-
ton to all.
There are So share holders, one OF whom
holds so shares; one, 40; one, Ii; four, 10;
one, ); nine, 4; IL, two; and q, one each
making 270 shares Ia all. The debt is
si076, most OF which was occasioued by the
repairs on the building and the fine equip.
ment necessary to an up-to-date sanato-
rum. There is s25S on hand, while the
bills, owing by patients and believed to be
good, amount to 1921. During the last
few months there was small detict in
carrying on the work, due wholly to the
remarkable condition OF health of our
people and the consequently small num-
Der OF patients.
There is no better place for home
than this beautiful valley affords and It
seems as though every resident in il !
should be glad to help IN making it /
comfortable in every respect.
DIR. Clifford, medical director OF the |
sanatorium, followed Col. Chandler and |
pleaded eloquently for the life of this |
life saving institution, whose brief ex-
istence of two years has shown il to be |
of incalculsble value TO the community. /
Not only has it been a blessing to the |
sick, needing hospital care and treatment,
but IL has also been OF great benefit to
the doctors, who are better physicians
and surgeons today for the advantages
afforded them by the Randolph sans-
forum. He paid high tribute to the
medical fraternity OF the town as an able,
selfsacrificing body OF men to whose
assistance and support should be justly
ascribed large measure OF the sana
torium's success. Though not money
making concern, this little hospital has
declared dividends of health that no
figures can adequately represent, and
time and means expended in its service
have yielded something higher and more
satisfl ing to the philanthropic soul than
financial returns.
DIR. G. w. Scott, l.. B. Johnson, L. A.
Thomas and Rev. Fraser Metzger were
called upon and IN brief speeches urged
the claims of the sanatorium upon public
support and expressed lively desire for
its continuance.
The stock, Col. Chandler explained, is
not diyidend-paying investment except
under conditions OF ill health, which it
is hoped will not occur, but it is a large
payer in insurance to ourselves
and in the feeling that we are con-
tributing to the public safety the interest
on the value of our stock. There is the
assurance also that, in case the property
has to be sold, each shareholder is entitled
10, and will receive, the pro rata per
share represented by the stock held.
1t was made plain that unless the 100
shares left unsold we're taken at once the
must remain closed-a con-
.ingency the company declared by vote
% be contrary to their sentiments-and
bids were called for. Ninety-two shares
we're at once subscribed for, Col. Chandler
aking 20; DIR. Clifford, 10; II. P. Sanford,
}; Salisbury Brothers, 8; DR.. E. o. Blan-
,hard, 5; Miss Margaret Walsh, Al V. l.
spear, 4; l.. B. johnson, 4; James Hutch
nson, A A. H. Powers, 4; J. ID. Denison,
|; c. w. Hayward, A; Rev. Homer White,
}; A. Z. Bass, 2; DR.. L. A. Russlow, 2;
Ernest Tracy, 2; Julius Lamson, 2; V. A.
Grant, 2; E. A. Thomas, 4; George A.
pinney, 2.
Twenty shares have since been taken
oy Others interested in the enterprise, and
t is hoped to close out the remaining
stock so that the sanatorium can be re-
)pened nv the first of November.