The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-22
FRIDAY, MARCH %, 1901 1.
DO not letsus always consider WI att q
ever Ia romantic as Incompatible With 4
real life, but let us sometimes take
4 noet At Ma word. Washington Irving
Al,nshouse or Hospital.
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2s'37 Alinshouse or Hospital.
The Times Dispatch has profound res
,.pect and tender regard for Dr. Ennion
Williams and likes his company. 70
2Le At cross purposes will, him OH any
question Of public concern Is lilSe being
2ssuarated from u pleasant Soke-fell low r.
WITH whom ono Is in the habit OF pull
ing. We are genuinely sorry to pc OPP
posed to him, or 10 have him opposed g. 70 Z
The Times Dispatch, on the color cd i;
almshouse matter.
in a communication published in Il to-
days paper Or, Williams says that he
does not understand why The Times
Dispatch Inns referred totthe present
colored almsilouse as "uninhabitab,ltee's
Because the Mayor and other city officials
4 agree that it is unit for human beings /
ITO inhabit. AZ
.'The colored al,nshouse,"5 said Mr..
~ Gunst Of 1.-THE Committee on Relief OF
81 the Poor. In a recent speech. lis q nan-4
u seating, sickening, shameful A Disgrace,
not only as regards its miserable aren't
4 tcctural makeup and its filthy surrou ln1u.-
n inEs ,a but also as regards Its Gbsoluleiy
III repulsive, misunderstanding and Vermin7
making interior arrangement. One riding ! ei
II along Fifth treet sees ~ aliNi "
brick structure in desoiatel and crying
n neglect, surrounded by a few low wood.
II: en- 3 slla mites covered With tin roofs IN
Is fearful half whitewashed, rotten condl-
stinn 1rhs slargeT ZOE these shanti es AS the
for males. From us WINDOWS
i; seen 1eateath ga miserable gply arg ~.
s8$s swamp, filled during many mon tbs With
Il green slime md vile smelling sten le,lh.
we think that Superintendent Davis
and Messrs. Clay Drewry, =. B. rllon r7
IN son. u ohm b. Minor, J I. a. Ilobson John
H 1s,iley and Others who have given this
5 subject attention will concur concur IN Mr. Mr..
Gunst's Characterization 4
s$EE 3SI5 The negro question has nothing to do
$ 5 whit. Richmond cannot in self -rcspeeet
& ssbe the patron&pf such q disgraeeful In Y;
S5s stitution. 1t is also a perfect i'retrap,
}S /. becausel off, tho 3illflalnmablc wooden
ahanticA which adioin tho brick 1'lll I'D
fing,
III 3s There must be a new almshousc fol
( negroes, md the present site is in'prac
#s9 ticable. Moreover, that site can be 8solt
or from $4,000 to $4,000, and the pro
II 8{ cends of sale would be as q credit on tn
soost. OF the, q CIV. b3pNlins. .3s
~ We do an,i6t think Tint 1t would BIO .eithe
wise or economical to build tho no,
B house ION the city farm, The idea g
housing a hundred Or q hundred an
3$5s fifty persons, decrepit or diseased, In
building which would have no runnin
&}t Els water, & no sanitary arrangements an
no protection from tlra Is horrible 70 col
$. template, and the cost Of malntenane
\ in tho Mayors opinion, would be sever
Nj Al thousand dollars more than the cost
r 81 an almshouse on, tile premises Of I
white home, III M
q DR.. Williams says that the new bull
u s55. Ing proposed by the conimlttee vol
cost $4,000, Tho es-Dispatch is ]
IL formed that one contractor has offer
81 to build it for Ss5s.S6s. With tho arc
tects fee this would make a total
something less than $4,000, from VIII
ia to DO deducted the proceeds fir
the sale Of land, With the basement
unfinished, the cost would be furt
reduced by about $4,000.
AZ We shall not undertake to answer in
III tail the objections which Or. Villa
Ss8Sts raises to the proposed building, but
the information OF nur readers we
produce elsewhere the categorical
5a AYERS Of Mr.. Gunst. If the building
faulty the plan should be revised,
/ there must be q new nlnshousc,
sssss3 iiSg HI every consideration Of economy
convenience suggests that It be ere
ESy s4 on the premises of the white home
AS for the emergency hospital
si8sys: @ posed by Dr, Williams that is il q
XII ton .apart, and should not. we th
sshe complicated with the Glmsh
a$s5s question. There must be aosl
81 Or snhrmary, or sick ward--cal
what you may--at the almshouse
| isf us necessary for The care Of sick y
5 ers; and such an infrmary there
lie. no matter. how many cmere
hospitals the city may have elsew
t9ssf we do not deny that Richmond ]
ssss and shoald have, an emergency hos
lsut Is 1t necessary to have 10 new
5ing2 VIVA this city really needs is
hospitals instead Of more Bette
commodioug, ~ We'll equipped, We
tanned hospital than a string OF no
On han-ratioEs. With one such y
The city could well afford 70 II M M
|s We one or more wards therein for enc
81 gases, M s5isfS 81 I'll ifi4