The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-22
WANT MEMORIAL
OFFER RENEWED
Chairman Mitchell Reopens Mat
ter of Acquisition of Hos
pital by City.
OTHER PLANS ARE UNCERTAIN
Bill for Soo6.So Presented for
Repairs to Motor Ambulance,
With GO Hours Work.

With a view OF reopening the ques-
ton of acquisition OF the Memorial
Hospital as a city institution Tor the
relief of the INDECENT sick, Chairman
.itchell, OF the Council Committee on
relief OF the Poor, introduced IN that
committee last night and had releTEea
10 a subcommittee resolution re-
uuesting the trustees OF the Charlotte
Williams Corporation TO renew the
offer made TO the last CoUncii. Inc
resolution sets forth that the trustees
offered to the last Council! the present
Memorial Hospital building with Its
ground, valued at s250.o00. subject
only to a mortgage of $4,000. Ihe
CITY Attorney at that time prepared
an ordinance accepting the Donation
but the matter had not been nnaiiy
passed upon when the old Council ex-
pired by Limitation. Therefore. MI.
Mitchell proposed that the Committee
on Relief OF the Poor earnestly re-
quest the trustees Of the Charlotte
Williams Hospital to renew their onsr
to present the hospital to the city
upon the terms set forth in the ordi-
nance prepared by the city Attorney.
At the request of Mr.. Mitchell. the
paper was referred to subcommittee
consisting of Messrs. Welsh, Cmiaut
and Moore
star Recommends Change.
This subcommittee has already be-
fore il a communication from the VS.
iting staff of the City Home Hospital
setting forth that the present 1dciti-
ties at the City Home must be greatly
improved il that Institution Is 10 De
operated as city hospital, and recon-
,nending that the committee look INTO
the alternatives of acquiring some
other existing hospital or OF ereetihs
a mode:n city hospital on some CEN
trail location. ,,-.,
The offer made by the Charlotte Wal
iiams Corporation was allowed to mans
fire before one committee or anotheF
for nearly two years without any an
swer whatever being made TO the
donors. 1t is now ming 10 De reco On
the city. the plan for erecting mil
lion dollar free hospital, as outlined o..
some members of the committee Is al
least very far in the future, IL II IS
ever to be cOnsummateo. ana inc O.
themselves is in accepting the memo
rial offer and making the best possin!e
use of that building. or OF renting the
old City Home.
CABS for ChauMeurs.
Tho committee last night olspoSeo
Of the much discussed question OF caps
for chauffeurs of the city ambuiances
nv ordering the bills paid Inc caps
cost g.. so each Under the ordinances
the chauffeurs provide their own UNI
forms but the committee constr oeu nc :.
law to imply that caps are part VI
. the automobile equipment: ana uhoei
This guise ordered the bills PAID
| some months ago the committee pur.
chased a new motor ambulance C,r IRON tor
the American Locomotive COMPANY toa
s.aso II being promised at that tms
that the eomPany would a, t nish. 'ns Bill BIZ
| "nrsssnfed for ss6SSo for rebuild
ing the old car all Of tn, nsr1 stems 1hs Fs sody
ms ing - raw taken off and rebuilt by
h hnoihs 'f firm. The bill includes an
item OF $50 hours time IN werk Tx 70 70
H. old machine, and was LAID over u
bear from representatives OF the Amer
ican Locomotive Company. ,a
aids were opened for pa nting anu
~ work at the City Home. and con
tracts were awarded subject TO f rorn nIi
nsEinr further special appropris-
ton for the City Home efpe wiSs been
toxbanSted