Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-18
CONTINUE FIGHT
over LOCATION
OF SANAT0RIUM
Directors Attend Meeting of
Council and Renew Efforts
to Have Action Rescinded.
COMMITTEE is APPOINTED
Another Meeting Is Arranged for This
Evening When Matter is 20
Be Discussed.

Be Discussed.
After the members of the city COM
mission had weathered the exciting eX-
perieuce with the members of the Wo-
mans club yesterday afternoon. they
found themselves face TO face with an
. other determined set of citizens. These
were directors TO the location OF the
municipal tuberculosis sanatorium 1T
/ Thirteenth avenue and Twenty-seventh
street, the site which the city recently
purchased.
Not only men. but women as well,
attended the gathering Ralph La
mont opened the discussion by stating
that the members of the medical COM
mission in charge OF the hospital had
Z insinuated al the former session with
the council that the gathering of OBJ
jectors was not representative Of the
hill district and that most of the party
we're real estate men. He explained
that this was the reason for the large
delegation of bona fide property hold
ers and residents at this second gath
ering.
George c. Wenger declared that the
local medical fraternity were not en-
Jirely IN accord with the view express
ed by the trustees of the institution,
that there was no danger TO residents
in the vicinity of a tuberculosis insti-
tuition. He also said that tAe state
ment made week ago that the city
commissioners had nothing more 10 do
with the institution and that its con- I
troll had been delegated TO the board
of trustees. was erroneous, and showed /
that all appropriations for the hospital /
and all plans for the erection of build !
ings or ether Improvements would 4
have 70 be passed on first by the coun- I
Cn. and therefore they could rescind I
their former action and place the hos I.
pital somewhere else.
Commissioner r. r. Reynolds admit 4
ted that he thought the council aad 4
acted too hastily in the matter in the .
selection OF a site. although he did not .
think the action was malicious and I
said he thought the protest ought to .
be needed
Doctors Not Unit. /
W. VI. Walker then read a petition .
signed By eight local physicians-Dr /
J. {. SouCers. DR.. Charles Freytag, DR..
7
Hall. DR.. J. Z. Assay. DIR. Alfred Stock
er, and DR. +. Bradford-in which it
was stated il was their opinion that
the institution ought TO be at least a
mile outside of the city. He quoted
court decisions where damages had
been secured by residents in the vi
cinity OF Institutions of this charac-
ter for "imagiGary dangers" He said
that there could be no question as &c
the IesseninE OF property values. \
number Of others talked. stating that
they had bought homes near the new
site and that If they had known of the
proposed hospital. they would not have
made the purchases. On motion of
Commissioner Reynolds all plans rela-
tive TO the location of the hospital on
the new site were held up for week
and arrangements we're made to have
a meeting this evening at the council
chambers with a committee from the
Electors composed of w r. Owens.
Edward Brien. II W Litten. Halph La
mont. and W. +. Bailey. The objec-
tors are 10 make report Of this ses-
Edward Brien. Il. ". Litten. Ralph La
Thursday evening on the hill.
Other Business.
With the two delegations" out of
he way the council was able TO as
sumo something of It's usual composure :
md complacency NJ Brotman applied {
or theatre license for a moving pic !
uTe show which is 70 be placed on
linth street and Seventh avenue in I
ne Taxman building. The matter was 7
aid over a week. Theatre licenses /
we're granted 10 Arthur Noeel for a '
movie show al 1903 Twelfth avenue C
nd 20 John Kilco.u for a show on Il
twelfth street and Seventh avenue. :
An ordinance was adopted for :he y
installation of an eight inch sewer and v
x inch water main IN o. J. Brien's
edition on Tweuty-ninth street The
mayer was authorize 10 advertise for
ids for the construction OF a Is. inch ii
torn drain beginning on Fifth avenue a
nd FOrty-ffth street. running south n
D Railroad avenue and east on Rail- a
Dad avenue 20 connect at Forty-sixth :.
,reet. The ordinance for the creation =
Z the Office Of water superintendent in
as brought up by Mayor Schriver nj
Ut was laid over 10 incorporate a num- 81