The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-27
FOR CITY HOSPITAL
LADIES PROPOSE TO USE THE BTL-
 LING RESIDENCE.
Board of Managers of Inflrmary Sub- mit a Propoaitlom to Conn mIttee of the City
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The project for converting the old Billing residence on Clayton Street into City Hospital was yesterday laid be- fore the joint committee or the city Council on Finance and Hospitals by Dr. Gaston Griel, City Physician. the Board Of Managers of the City Infirm- ary. and Major R. P. Steiner counsel for the ladies composing the Board of Managers.
 For fully an hour yesterday after noon, in the Council Chamber, an open meeting was held and the members of the committee gave attentive ear to the plans as projected by pr. Gren and the unselfish women in order that Montgomery may have modern hos pital.
 It is proposed that the present site of the City Infrmary on South Perry Street be sold. netting about $20,00O. The Board of Managers have $S,0O0 in cash which they expect to increase to S5, 900 in a short time. Then it Is pro- posed probably to raise s10.00O by sub scriptions. With this money In hand the ladies of the Inhrmary desire to use the funds in equipping the old Bil- ling house on Clayton Street. which Is now in use as a high school for boys. They propose that, after the hospital Is completed, 1t shall be maintained by the city and operated under the super vision of the City Council However, the ladies are still to assist as com mittee or board fin serving the worthy institution.
 In a talk before the committee Dr. Greil urged the necessity of a City Hospital in order that a place may be afforded where the ihdigent poor of Montgomery may receive the best of care and attention. He strongly ad- vocated that the Billing residence be converted into the proposed hospital and that the city appropriate money annually for it's maintenance. He thought the equipment of the building together with all the Improvements necessity to make it modern would cost from $1O,00O to $i2,O00. sepa- rate building in the rear of the main residence should be built for the ac- commodation of negro patients. The maintenance of the hospital. he thought, would cost between s4sO00 and $5,O00 a year.
 The meeting Of the joint committee was largely attended. The members presert were Aldermen Lobman, Chair man, and Aldermen Ruth, A. L. Tyson, Gunter. Strauss, Jones. Holloway, Tait and Foster.
 The ladies composing the Board of Managers were seated In a semi-cfrcle around the committee and Major stein CT occupied a seat close to the com mittee.
 Tn behalf of the ladies of the inflrm- ary, Major Steiner spoke earnestly to the committee. He said 1t was one of the most unseliish propositions that had ever been presented to the Council. All that was asked was the maintenance of the institution. When Andrew Car negie had offered a library to Mont aomery, the Aldermen had jumped over one another to appropriate s5,00O annually for the support of the insti- tuition, but here was an unselfish pro- feet offered by home people, cause that appealed to humanity. He for cibly argued for the acceptance of the proposition.
 Each and every member of the com mittee appeared to be greatly interest ed in the plans projected and there was an impression that the proposition met with favor. However. the commit- tee went into executive session to take the matter under consideration and at adjournment Al the action of the commit tee was not announced.
 It is expected that the committee will submit a report on the project at the next regular meeting of the Council