Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-19
COUNCIL VOTES $500
TO NEW HOSPITAL
MORE OF AN ENCOURAGE
MENT TO ms .iTUFION.
Amount to BE Paid uHt Of the
General Fund-,!IIrCA Street
Residents Protest. against Brick
Paving --utoVoky Wins Out on
Grading vi D5W6y Avenue
Other DoingS.
I-rom Wednegday,g Daily.l

Tn c.ty cO4lc at It's regular
meet!ac ;.at aGing adopted resolu-
ton IalIa,,..1 by Alderman Ryan
4uthor.~. : ne payment Of $500 cut
Of the general fund for the endowing
Of a bed IL St. Mary's hospital. the
! enlargement by TIE general public
and city. According to the provisions
of the resolution, the owners CT the
hospital manifest willingness to
provide the city with bed in the
ward room of the institution together
with the right TO transfer its erner-
gency hospital equipments from its
present location to said institution
for a period Of ore year from the first
day Of October, 1867, and to take care
of all such cases which are charges
upon the city, To be determined by
the mayor, heath commissioner and
the committee on hospital and
health, upon the uEderstar ding that
no one patiert shall remain In said
institution for longer period than
six weeks and u,,on the further
understanding that said care to be
furnished is to include the services of
a nurse and all hospital conveniences.
In the event the city shall send sever
al patients al one time, the institution
is to give ell the accommodations afore-
said, but IN the event that the total
period of time. considering the time
that each patient was SO in said
institution, shall exceed fifty-two
weeks during the year, then the city
is to pay reasonable charge for
excess. The resolution also provides
, that any reputable resident physician
or surgeon treating without fee, a
| case resident in the city may have
| hospital care without charge by writ
ten application to the proper officers
of the hospital; no contagious cases
| to be admitted however to the hospital
and when d contagious case developes
after admission, the patient is to be
removed at once.
The reported preceding the resolu-
ton was followed by lengthy dis
cussion, participated in by several
members of the council, i'll which
opposition was offered by three, The
other speakers voicing belief In the
merits of the hospital resolution, a
matter that has been before the coun-
Gil some time. Aldermen Hartwig and
Werner were opposed to the resolu-
ton, not because of any desire &c
discourage the enterprise, but because
as they stated, they doubted the
legality of such procedure They were
of the opinion that the matter should
be handled through the county system
Of taking care of the poor, adding
that such an expenditure would be
double taxation. Aldermen Ryan
Russell, Seifert and Lutovsky cham
ploned the plan OF endowing the bed
at the sum of 5000 per year to the
city. There was a flow of oratory, in
which the latter named counCilmen
put up the argument OF the benefits
it would be to the city, speaking Of
the care the patients would receive
by reason Of the presence of trained
nurses, drawing a contrast to the old
emergency hospital. 1t was argued
that this payment was not an act of
charity; the promoters of the hospital
would not accept charity. 1t was
further argued that there Is a class OF
people here who could not afford to
pay for nurse, in an effDrt to show
that some poor would receive the
benefit.
the report OF the hospital resoiu-
ton was finally adopted When the
resolution came up, it was followed
with second spasm in the way of
discussion, in which Drs. Habhegger
and Shinnlck were called upon for
explanations. The question came to
vote, all of the aldermen voting for
it, with the exception of aldermen
Hartwig ana Lehman, DR.. Werner
changing his view at least to voting
contrary to the way in which he had
addressed the council.
A resolution was adopted creating
the office of acting superintendent
of waterworks, till successor is
elected to Supt. Fix. VINO leaves on
the 18th OF August for Waukesha.
The salary OF the acting superinten-
dent is to be at the rate Of $500 per
year. This looks like another stroke
OF economy but of the penny WISE
variety.
The matter of the purchase Of the
strip OF land 20x7G feet from the Cole
estate to complete the government
building site came before the council
last night in the form Of a commun-
icatlon from the trustees OF the
estate. City Attorney kadiDg was
instructed to represent tie city's
interests at a special meeting Of the
county court to be held here today.