The Washington times., 1916-06-25
Senator Chamberlain
Is For Appropriation
For a Mem Hospital
Lawmaker Believes Congress Should Set Aside Sum
For Improvement of Institution, At Least.
DR.. Wiley Believes City Should Have
Better Facilities for Sick.
BY MARY EDNA MOVES wH1TEFoRD.

be no ventilation and one shivers and
smothers at the same timc.
the vcrmin pest seems worse than any
others. and no amount Of spring clean.
lng with every known exteririnator Will
keep the bugs out of sight for more
,hs BEDS s'SF sTe OF fuil II 81 81 them Ana M M
Bed Rug II not the only pest. There
are others whose habits are said to be
even more annoying. They arc all at
large numbers. Think Of the Capital
City OF America having a vermin In
INDECENT sick!
1t makes lit'le difference where the
hospital is located. SO long as It Is new
and adequate. But II does make con-
siderable difference about the name Of
the hospital and the Seogra phical
proximity with the jail. Unfortunately
the hospital was named the Washington
hospital. work house and jail were all
built along the Eastern branch on a
piece OF ground owned by the Govern
ment which vas 40 low and germ-rid-
den that II was Of little use for other
purposes.
Has Been Improved.
As time has Hone on the place has
been vastly improved until II is now Q
pretty good location except for the fact
that It Is Inconvenient to the cars and
beyond the limit OF good roads. II the
hospital In to be rebuilt there-then In
, all mercy to the feelings of those unfor-
| tunates who must fnd shelter In It's
wings. remove tine jail. The work house
has been removed.
Why not select some spot In Rock
Creek Park for the hospital7 The lay
OF the land Is good, the car lines are
near and the roads good. and let the
III people benefit from this park for the
making of which Congress has SO gen.
complaint from neighbors for there
would be none. and a group of fine
hospital buildings such as have been
planned for and wished for and begged
for. would add to the beauty Of the
park and not detract from II.
Or. why no clean out some of the
! alley property and old shanties In the
! southwest part of the city and put the
hospital there? South Washington Ia
proud ~ It's buildings at the arsenal,
why not give II hospital like the
Municipal HOSPITAL would be?
Would Be Improvement.
And on the other hand. why not build
the hospital on the site owned by the
. District at Fourteenth and Upshur
streets? The hospital such as called for
,, in the plans now ready In the office
OF Snowden Ashford. the architect for
the District OF Columbia. would be a
far greater improvement to the neigh.
borhood than countless little houses
cheaply constructed and which will be
shoddy in a few years. The hospital
will be a number OF two and three
story buildings that will In many ways
be like the Walter Reed Hospital group
1t has been agreed by everyone tina,
this army hospital has been the making
OF that end OF town and why not think
the same of the Municipal Hospital7
Because Of the long association with
the jail. Washingtonians seem to have
/ gotten an idea that the inmates OF the
hospital are entirely criminals or Of tn,
lowest possible stratum OF society and
! that the streets ard cars near the hos.
pital are filled with associates of the
stricken ones md that for this reason
not only will the neighborhood be un.
safe. but unsightly.
| This Ia all a wrong impression. Would
that instead OF ilnding so much fault
these croake-s would visit the hospita
and become acquainted with the cond;
tions. defy them to care then whether
the hospital Is next door to them oil
miles away. tvst as long as there Is q
new hospital. for Washington needs q
new hospital somewhere for its indigen
sick. and. II makes very little differenc,
where. the hospital is the thing.