The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-17
FIELD HOSPITAL
FOR STATE FAIR
Elirschbcrg Would Place Fully
Equipped In6rmary in Centre
Of Enclosure.
AMBULANCE AID UNCERTAIN
Difficulty of Movement
Crowded Field Prevents
Prompt Service.

General Manager Abram Warwick, OF
tho Fair Association. requested the Ad-
ministrativc Board yesterday to fur
lance service which the city has pro-
vided In tho past Under the division
OF duties. the matter was referred to
John Hirschbcrg. who took up with
Mr. Warwick tho matter of furnish
Ing the protection desired.
In tho opinion of Mr.. Hirschberg, the
mere stationing of an ambulance in
the Enclosure does not afford ample
protection. The crowds are so dense
as to make tho movement of the large
car difficult, and attended with danger
of injury to pedestrians. In case OF
serious injury. the distance from the
City Home. where tho patient would
have to DO taken. prevents prompt
treatment
The position of the ambulance OH tho
grounds. II appears, is not generally
known. The most serious accident last
year happened within 900 feet of the
ambulance. \ man fell off n merry
go-round, landed on a broken bottle
and bled to death in an automobile In
which he was being rushed to the city.
The bystanders apparently did not
know of the presence Of the hospital
surgeon n few hundred years away.
who could probably have saved the
chance.
FnvOrs Field Hospital.
While not opposed to stationing tho
City Home ambulance in the grounds,
MIR 1lirschbcrg favors the establish
ment OF a field hospital III the centre
of the Enclosure, where it would be
easily accessible from every section
of the exposition. He informed MIR.
Warwick yesterday that II the fair
would install large tent with wooden
flooring, the. city would provide a corps
of nurses and surgeons. as we'll as the
necessary hospital equipment. The
hospital tent. as we'll as the cots, could
probably be obtained as loan from
one of the military companies.
Tho field hospital would be IN full
view of the grandstand. and its loca-
ton would be firmly fixed in the mind
of every person on the grounds. Mr..
Hirschberg would surmount the tent
with a large Sign reading. Field Hos
pital. City OF Richmond" to aid IN cs-
tablishing it's nature and location.
The matter Is still pending, but it is
probable that the fair officials will act
on the suggestion. y troop OF thirty
Boy Scouts has agreed TO patrol the
grounds as first -aid-to- the injured
squad. and would aid materially in the
field hospitals operation, Its estab
lishment, II is believed. would obviate
tho necessity for rushing patients to
the city hospitals through crowded
grounds.
Establish Bridge Ownership.
The board yesterday applied to the
City Attorney for an opinion as TO
the ownership OF the wooden bridge
that spans the raceway on Hull Street
near the south end of the new Mayo
Bridge. In the opinion of the board,
the bridge is the property OF the Nir-
gin!a Railway and Power Company,
since It spans the canal, which the
power company owns. City Engineer
Boiling has reported that the bridge
is IN Immediate need OF important re-
pairs
General Manager Buchanan, OF the
power company, takes the position that
since the City Engineer some time ago
repaired the bridge. the city has as
sumed ownership and jurisdiction. The
company objects to the city's order di-
recting it to make permanent repairs.
and is awaiting the decision of the
City Attorney.