The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-22

Wr1 let,tlipred 4llOSpit nl Cor llc W. uie'
white md 8colored, than [or 4 IN aims
house forA tho colorcd a ncurable
- IlNN1OfJ q. WILLIAMS
l., s L.
Mr.. Gunst's Reply.
4 IN HIS recent speech before the COM
ttee8 Oh Relief OF the Poor, Mr.. ,Gunst,
/ n the commitUse, made tlic following
rhplies to the objections raised by ~ y.
4 Witrlams: $53 81. a, 4. \.
4 First, bulisve thnt sucli an lns SUI !!
Il ton car, be made n good a mshousc IN IN
4 good hospital. The# liosrital WI! he ,i
1.-the nlnshousa tt.partment, an g. ~. me
tndigcnts may he no y, setnaeK 20 ens
Il hospital. Th!s can be done " IS
a much less cost than would 2bc req ulred
III a. trect ana maintain the proposed
a emergoncy hospital s33s
Il Second. The members Of tho cont
a ,nittee would certainly not be sat si l
q with the substitute plan. Tho old plan
" hns worked we'll In tho white home,
a and can be worked better IN b '7'lil
4 with some few changes and audi tons y
a Third. Objection. third Is Y a for lore sh
& rropostion, and should not In I'LL fair 4
j ness enter this controversy, and, 70.
!, my mind, would appear most ridiculous
!, Has either plan proSlded for the cost
4 of euuipment? llrnpha tically no N gorS
. can tho doctor givo an estimate of THIS
. phase OF tho PROPOSE tlon; and any fair
= Etnindcd man must admit that, cpndl-
I. tions will regulate this. II the dc otor
6 l.woultl compare the cost OF uulpmenl
Il should the hospital DO transferred 70
!. the centrhl part of the city with tho
/, equipment i the hospital should Pc
- allowed TO- remain ny originally QUIT
,fIline1, II AT, ready to prove that under
r. his plan the equipment will cost not
II Benny short OF 40 per t. mo re- 2a
! Fourth. Does the doctor think TINT
- a structure situated miles from tho
70 city, or, the farm, containing and hous-
,s ing many decrepit co1orcd aged people,
VI, some who require constant q nursing
& Is: viii provide that ver1nin-proot struc-
= ture ~ which he S accuses " the already
adopted plan as not possessln g 4{3$a
OF Fifth A Kitchen can be Very readily
no provided forIf contingencies redu1e Il
d, Sixth. This ] deny. and II, my $denia
II / am supported by the entire force g
ia \ the &institutIon. Not alone am N Il sup
Or ported BY them. but I can with $prid.
g produce records showing committee
..,a for the past ten years, composed 9
ha men Of ability, who have stated, q n
MA )if questioned TO- day would still tt
3s&s that tho foroo would hts5 ad nquate g IS
'p-} placed MS originally outlined and fclnlt
lRss should ;sbe red uced.
eeJGVGnL oGVGltly
pxt would build#inS the centre OF the city
81" very interior hospital The purchas
gS lprice OF the ground would 1 be ighc
az tho architectural ornamentation Owl
AZ Ia OF q flnerStype and moro expensiy
SIS, the size #ofi Il the INSTITUTE Ion. when Il
s# demand became mo re 4 nperat tive. woul
4, be necessarily inadeluatc Il fIis objet
III q ton as TO complete cost being $1,000
de- IS only n supposi til ~ his g W y. 5iB !
committee talthnnEllS onegwn appoin
. cd) has ever passed on 9 4 even Y
.8g3 uuired Into this matter. a But let q
committed admit this fact. Then 81 q
day. IL ali sincerity, What would sant enc
The Ecncy$# hospital cost? say, . slbO,O e
use and thcn tho maintenance Of san
son with s. officers and ttendnnts, 4
9, lights etc, would be not a ss tn
,.or SAC, 900 10 100000 per nnnun = 9 9
LII as.n Is lit a fair presumption to say 40
M Iunless tho hospitals wish 70 n d l'li.
,vay their#refuse on the city, for IVY g cas- Gag
9TH pcrs day. we should entall ms q cost
tho n The time will come, ana come
stcd must e but for ten to fifteen years
ARMY believe NO viii be 8oxemp 5S
ouse Eighth, The durable should rec e
rue flrst attention, 4 t 4 s granted !; but !
Inc " At tho cx pense O tho aged and My
lie ~ not 1T the cost Of deprlVing them
I'M ntMa every comfort OF & living and feal
,ctin-s especially when, IL put upon IN e.sa
supervision, & both can bo apun g az
slons taken caro- o. Il, 4. III 4, Y
tas.e Nnth.If the demand coulu 3p'e5Rs s'.u
Night ~ IN 5imperativc and tho 8neg Get OF
q durable Yoro absolutely ~ apphrent,St
dis we might listen to the propo ton
uthereI II Il b q far greater need 81 ol
I the. vcll equipped hospital for The ourn
ls1' ,yh,te ana colored, than for m 81
IVA ho,,so for the Sincurnblo colored. gya
VIII, n But when we knoW q that the VIM ~
d not with some incidentf tn i'm roVGihet .
house well provided for 20 IN lhal ~
u nd- hospital depnrtmen sand Bthatatlla
It dos ored lnnrm ana stick Q & al y KINDS
\ the hnddlod together In that sharnef
cons neglected, disease breeding, desc
nla IA know n as tho coored almsho
LIZ ~ + SAY without fonrf Of successf VI a
,on ,ns TRADITION that our duty demands 4
~ IA tvo provide this dual institution y
eol- out further delay, Humanity DEM
Il will II, Ana, iii conclusion, to tllis MS
llding. opiectlon, / wo,ild shy, with All
PROOF rospec ct oFnly col league, tllft llia ?
~ medical phrass = in1aah bacau
q s, the have submitted to and consNlted
Y Y sl Nouse rita asnun,ber OF lnyrttn and
,sa',s.1 fassinnnl men, and not q sill gla
q t,lrnn Ho,, has construed his inuurable q
q i city cation to anything else 9 Their III
as fol- disease of some 4 %. II,
This{is not Ills applicn ion, He y
urposo sines the aged and inntln as incul
'e, and Is It a fair prosentatlon?. 70 the
1T Il for ma Y b IA no the medical profe.
SSS gooa yes. 81 THO city Of I3ichl11ond Il ~
mi ttee - "a
.ementD /. asta X,
lit conlnerclat 49,
Z plans here to promote th y y =
90 will faculties T here may 20 IN t9le
being Of some n gen era ~ DC nlte "
tangible desire to aid 'llurnanity,
made claim that while the demand =
olpplete emarrot,cy hospital is mt great
4 b, tho star would be rent rieted to5
~ ~, ~ cal colleges, cutting out over y