The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-18
Question as to What Consti-
tutes a Sanitarium to Be
Determined in Hearing on
North Second Street Com
plant.
CONFLICTS
WITH CITY's POLICY
Held That Advertising Health
Advantages and Legislation
to Exclude Healthseekers
Form Illogical Combination,

General Importance attaches to the
hearing to be held tomorrow night
by the board OF health on the com
plant made against an alleged SAM
tarlum ON North Second street. The
ruling made rs expected to establish
a precedent On the question raised
by the ordinance forhidding the
maintenance OF a sauitarium within
a radius of one mile Of the city. \
decision may be reached hat VIII
anect many boarding houses 1t h.
the first time, as one city official cX-
pressed IL today, that the ordinance
has been brought Co "a Showdown.
The question that is expected TO
Doe decided Is. When does "a boarding
house cease to bee a boarding house
and become "a sanitariumf
In the ease at issue, the neighh"rs
who formulated the protest against
the house contend that IL is "a snni-
tarium. The proprietor maintains
that the establishment - nothing
more than "a boarding house.
one aspect 81 the cuse tnat Is caus-
ing city officials e. shake their heads
obviously is the illogical attitude
into which the community Is forced
by proceedings under the ordinance
The Commercial club, with the
hearty approval OF the city az large,
Is about To inaugurate a nationwide
campaign Of publicity advertising
A~ibuqueruue's climate. Healthseek-
ED are 10 be encouraged 90 come ana
are Co De told that they VIII be well
come. At the same time the city,
through its ordinance. frowns ON in
coming healthscekcrs, and a very
possible Interpretation Of the regula-
ton nay make Il hard or expensive
FOR them To- find accommodations
Mayor Bontrighs agreed today that
u was Illogical for the city to start
a campaign e. encourage health
seekers To come here ana at the same
time legislate against them. some
sanitary regulation vas an absolute
necessity. however. he pointed out.
and the problem sanitation presented
was q delicate one In connection witt
the exploitation 81 the climate. He
aid he didn't feel competent az this
stage 20 say what would be the best
solution of 10, but he hoped some
way OF making thc city square with
the spirit Of the advertising cam
paign would be found.
Il was suggested that n revision
of the ordinance was In order.
Boarding and rooming houses might
be left free 90 make "A direct appeal
to health seekers. furnishing the nc-
Communications they needed, under
competent supervision OF h health
department. Increased expenses
would attend expansion Of n de-
partment's activities. but inasmuch
as the city as a whole N expected 20
benefit from the expected influx ~
healthseekers and development and
prosperity are expected TO be gen
eral. the money would be well spent.
n the campaign achieves results
such as have been experienced In
towns like san Antonio, which is
confidently counted upon, the eN-
pense would be negligible In proper
ton to the benefits derived by the
community.
The committee IN charge Of the
advertising campaign have stated
hat their efforts are 10 be directed
to getting only weli-to-do health
seekers here. and that n city Is not
Ia be flooded with INDECENT sick
people. To every inquiry received
as % result OF tho advertising. u IS
stated, the inquirer viii be told
plainly that only health seekers with
sufficient 10 maintain them
should come hcrc-that there are no
facilities for maintaining or helping
charity patients aud that men with
out money must work 20 live here. o.
elsewhere, and that health seeke
without would he much
better OF az home among their
friends and ncishhors.
II the plan works as IL is expected
10. a b. held that Albuquerque IA
well afford Ca manage matters frank
IS ns "a health resort, with the mu-
nicipality cooperating with instead
Of hindering those who may wish 10
cater 20 health seekers.