The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-20
WANTS CITY TO
BUILD HOSPITAL
Alderman Mitchell Starts Move
ment for New Plant at
City Home.
PRESENT PLANT ANTIoUATED
Deficient in Equipment and Fa-
cilities to Care for Grow
ing Needs.
PRESENT PLANT ANTIoUATED

Asserting IN its preamble that tho
present City Hospital is deficient in
Facilities and equipment to care for
the growing needs of the city n reso-
luton introduced last night in the
Board of Aldermen by Alderman Nit
cneil. or Clay Ward, directs the Coun-
Gil committee on Public Buildings.
Properties and Utilities to examine
INTO the feasibility of erecting n new
ana modern hospital on the City Home
property
me patron OF the resolution has
long peen known In the Council as an
earnest advocate OF improvements at
the City Home. and was ono or the
leaders in the movement having for ita
object the acquiring of the Memorial
hospital as nucleus for a large down
town city hospital
I'm my opinion the civ committed
a grave blunder when it refused TO
accept the offer of Memorial to turn
over to the city without cost its splen
ala property" said Mr.. Mitchell, In
discussing his resolution last night.
/ supported the project because was
convinced that tho present City Hos
pital was utterly inadequate"
Wants Entirely New Plant
III possible" said Mr. Mitchell, 81
lie the building OF an entirely new
plant on the present City Home site.
The buildings and equipment that are
now there are antiquated and cannot
longer serve our growing needs with
out discomfort and even grave danger.
There is ample room on the pres
ent City Home site for n large modern
plant. ] have gone over the matter
carefully with physicians at the CITY
Home and with other interested per
sons, and all are agreed that the site
now used is in every way suited for
the new plant contemplated by the
resolution In my opinion a modern.
hrcproof, well-equipped municipal hos
pital IL one of the city's greatest
needs
Text of Resolution
Tho text OF the resolution, which WINS
referred to the Committee on Public
bnildings, Properties and Utilities. fol-
lows:
Whereas. the City Home Hospital is
the only hospital owned and managed
exclusively by the municipality; and
Whereas, by reason of the growth OF
the city. the number OF cases said hos
pital is now called upon TO care for has
largely increased. including emergency
cases: and
Whereas. tho present City Home Hos
pital is lacking in size, inconveniently
arranged. and Is not built of nreproof
construction. as we'll as deficient in
modern equipment and facilities to af-
ford the promptest, best and most sue
cessful segregation, care and treat
ment of all forms OF disease and in
jury; and
Whereas. 1t Is apparent that n larger
ana more modern and thoroughly
equipped city hospital is urgently
needed: now. therefore. be II
Resolved. by the Council of the city
of Richmond, the Common Council con-
curing. L That the Committee on Pub
lie Buildings Properties and Utilities
be, and is hereby. charged with
the duty of looking into the advisa-
bility and feasibility OF erecting an up
to-date and modern city hospital on a
suitable site on the City Home prop
erty.
2. That said committee shall have
authority to secure plans and specif-
cations for the construction of such n
hospital. together with an approximate
estimate OF the cost of same and re-
port it's conclusions and recommends
lions to either branch Of the Council