The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-02
City Fathers Win Not Pay Half
Bill for Treating Children
Who Were Cared for at the
Hospital.
HOME OFFICIALS ARE
WR0TH At TRUSTEES
Stated That WernIe Board
Asked for Bill Time After
Time, But Hospital Board
Ignored Request.

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That the Wernle Orphans home
board feels as though the board OF
trustees of Reid Memorial hospital
has acted in a very unbusiness like
and somewhat insulting manner to-
ward them could be inferred. last ev-
ening by remarks made by Council
man Won Pein and Mayor Schillinger.
They stated that the Wernle Orphans
home board has told them they were
willing to pay the full amount Of the
hospital bill for the treatment OF the
children, i'll with typhoid fever last
summer and fall. and that they had
requested the trustees Of the hospital
to send them q bill time and time
again. However the trustees seem to
have ignored them and In q desire to
show the responsibility council pre-
sented q communication containing
provisions for payment to this body.
This communication was presented
two weeks ago and was taken mp last
evening for final action. 1t seems NJ
most improbable that 1t viii ever be
considered again by council az IL was
laid on the table indefinitely after
Councilman Bartel tried to have Z
motion passed which would provide
for paying half the bill
0astel 10 the Reoeue.
Az the communication from the
trustees Of the hospital w1s quite
lengthy. 1t was requested that It be
read again last evening. After its
reading Councilman Bartel sprang to
his feet and moved that the city stand
half the expense of caring for the
Wernle Orphans Home patients ct
the hospital. The motion was sec
Onded by Councilman williams. lt
was amended by Councilman Left
wich, who asked that 1t be laid on
the table. Before taking the vote
which resulted In .Leftwick's amend
ment being passed. thus laying the
matter on the table. several council
men and the city attorney took occa-
sion to express themselves relative
to the communication.
Charge Not Just One.
City Attorney Study declared that
many Of the inmates OF Wernle's
Orphans home were from out Of the
state and II was not Just to charge
the city for their care at the hospital
any more than 1t was for the city to
pay the expense Of inmates at the
hospital from other cities. Sarcasti.
cally he mentioned the fact that it
seemed very unbusiness IKE for the
trustees to ask the city to nay haif
the cost OF caring for these orphans.
Councilman Won Pein stated that
the communication sounded well on
the surface but that 1t appeared very
unbusiness like to him. He declared
the Wernle board had asked for tho
bill several times but that the trus-
tees had never needed their request.
Thought 8ni Peculiar.
McMahan then stated that a. the
hospital was more or less private he
thought IT rather peculiar the trus-
tees should ask the city to pay but
half the BILL He declared thu Il vas
approximately $1,000. Williams re-
ferred to the meeting Of the council
and the hospital trustees 1t the Com
mercial club rooms last fall. 1t which
time an agreement had been reached
whereby the city would agree 10 pay
half the expense Of the instituti0a.
He expressed It a. rather yellow
In the councilmen to lay down. On
this agreement Several speang to
their feet and declared that the agree
ment between council and the trus-
tees was for the city to pay half of
the expense. II. after considerutioa.
the council felt justtfied in doing ..
The Aasys1f sesasmsst
Mayor SchiIfinger stated that n
physician for the orphans during their
Illness he was acquainted vfth tho
facts He stated that Rev. Feeger. q
member Of the board. had aa1ued lGr.
Rupe. the president. several timos foe
the bin. He stated that the Woansa'
board wanted to ny the I'm - IS
felt 1t had beeo treated in vesy ~
courteous manner by the trustees d
their continual rsfusnl - give them .
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