The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-27
Impetus Given Movement by
Call Which is to All Citizens
Interested to Attend Meet
ing Next Tuesday.
Is For the Purpose of Accusing
Interest and of Securing Exc
pressions of Opinion From
Many Sources. Offer Made
Sometime Ago.

OOnetlrnc ago.
An impetus was thrust into the city
hospital situation yesterday, when q
notice was sent out by the chamber
of commerce calling a meeting of that
body, at which other citizens are re-
quested to be present. for Tuesday
afterr DON. at o'clock at the A.
sembIy room of the new chamber
| building, Sixth and Main streets.
| The meeting will be for the purpose
of injecting enthusiasm in the move-
1 ment designed to give to the city for a
! indefinite period the use as city
/ hospital the old Virginia hospital
building at Eleventh and Clay streets
adjoining the Medical College of Wire
ginia and to add expressions OF
/ opinion from leading etizens-pro-
fessional and business men--as to the
vast Importance of the acceptance OF
the offer of the executive board or
the college to the city.
/ City's Own Hospital.
For many years the people OF Rich
mond have advocated the construc-
! ton and maintenance of a city or
/ emergency hospital, away from and
aside from the almshouse. The city
! hospital at the almshouse. it y said In
equipped as fully and completely as
any hospital in the city This Was
brought out at a hearing recently be-
/ fore the council committee on utilities,
but the prevailing impression Is that
the city almshouse and the city hospi-
tai should be distinct and separate
from each other.
{ A resolution adopted by common
council. coming from the COMMITTEES.
accepted the offer of the executive
hoad % the college for the free use
of the building known as the Virginia
hospital, owned by the college This
building was for many years one of
the leading hospitals in the city. 1t.
has recently been abandoned as
hospital and is now used as home
for nurses.
The Medical college board. feeling
that the city might save much money.
and might at the same time secure
a suitable building for an emergency
hospital together with the great adj
vantages to be derived from connec-
ton with the college offered the use
4 of the building free of charge
This offer was discussed by sub
committees of the committee on util-
tiles ard by the committee itself. This
committee embraces Aldermen Mel
ton. Powers. Bliley and Mitchell;
Counc!lmen Milis. Atkinson. Radcliffe.
Pollard and Pollock. Mr. Mills Is
chairman. Mr. Powers subchairman.
Resolution of Acceptance.
The committee adopted a resolution.
which was forwarded to council with
the recommendation that it pass. This
resolution was considered by common
council and with an amendment. in
ltroduced by Mr.. Umlauf. seconded by
Mr.. Vondelehr. and opposed by Mr..
Pollock, was adopted The resolu-
ton reads:
Whereas the present City home
lacks proper accommodations 10
operate a city hospital with any great
degree of success in connection with
home for the INDECENT: and
Whereas the separation and segre-
tgation of these two departments APP
pears to be not only necessary, but
timely and particularly desirable as
remedy for an unfortunate condition
that has existed at the City home too
long already: and
Whereas the executive committee OF
the Medical College of Virginia, in its
desire to bring relief to the situation
at the City home. has submitted an
offer t. the city of Richmond tender
ing, without cost the Virginia hospi-
tai located ut the northeast corner OF
Clay and Eleventh streets, equipped
and capable of accommo dating about
E125 white patients. also. the two
buildinrs located at Nos. 1920 and
1222 Eas. Broad street as home
for nurses; and
Whereas the central location of
these two hospitals affords exceptional
advantages in handling quickly all
emergency cases, both as regards Its
convenient accessibility TO the danger
zones of the city and the convenience
and speedy attention OF the STAN
surgeons and physicians who are
calledNin all such cases:
Nov. therefore. be it resolved by the
council of the city of Richmond, the
board of aldermen concurring:
!. That the offer of the executive
. committee Of the Medical College OF
Virginia to allow the free use OF the
Virginia hospital for the operation
: by the city of Richmond of public
. hospital together with the buildings
| at Nos 1870 and 1922 East Broad
| street as a home for nurses. herewith
| accom- panying. be, and the same Is
| hereby. accepted.
That the committee on public
| buildings, properties and utilities be,
| and is hereby authorized with the adj
| vice az the city attorney. to enter into
/ an agreement. TO be prepared by him.
| with the said executive committee OF
the Medical College of Virginia for
the occupancy of aforesaid buildings
by the aity of Richmond for hospital
purposes for a period OF ten years. or
| longer or shorter term as may be
the pleasure of the city council. but
in no case not exceeding fifteen years
| except by mutual agreement provid-
ed. however, that any INDECENT patient
in said hospital may be allowed to ~
| attended by his or her family ply
| stefan when the services OF such at
Il tending physician meets the approval
IIof the chief of the visiting STAN d
said hospital; and provided, further,
that the visiting staff OF the said hos.
nital shall be elected or appointed and
| constituted as required by the ctty
ordinances now In force.
Left Up In the Air.
II This resolution, as amended. waa
adopted by common council by a larRs