Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

Harrisburg's emergency typhoid
"convalescent" hospital in the capitol
park extension zone will be ready for
occupancy by tomorrow evening or
Thursday morning. Council was Of
ficially informed this morning to that
effect.
Spencer C. Gilbert, chairman and
DR.. ]. NJ. ]. Raunick. the city health
officer reported for the special COM
mittee. appointed for the purpose.
Park Commissioner E. z. Gross and
Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, representing
the Visiting Nurse association, COM
prise the remainder of the committee.
The committee was requested to con-
tinue in an advisory capacity in help
ing the bureau of health to carry out
the plans.
The convalescent hospital will be
located on the top floor of the Nation
al Hotel, Fourth and State streets.
and the city will pay $3.50 rental for
the first three months dating from to-
day, with the privilege of monthly re-
newals thereafter at the rate of $50
per month. The hospital will accom-
modate sixty patients and it is prob
able that the first patients to be taken
to the new quarters will be from the
over-crowded Polytechnic. The Penn
sylvania Railroad company has Of
fered the city the use of sufficient cots
and mattresses; food will be prepared
in bulk at the Harrisburg hospital and
taken to the emergency institution as
required; the supervising nurse will
be in charge while nurses will
be supplied to carry out the physic-
ians Instructions. The patients will
be watched by the same physicians
which attended them at any of the
regular hospitals. Bowman and
company, Miller and Kades, Whitman
Schwarz and other firms will cooper
ate by hauling the paraphernaIia
Fisher Brothers will do the necessary
plumbing; steam heat will be in
stalled; a partition will be built by
Augustus Wildman; the Pure Milk
society and the Visiting Nurse as
sociation will cooperate in every pos
sible way according to Mr.. Gilbert
and DR.. Raunick.
The guidance and aid of the fem
mime hand in helping the city solve
its typhoid problem has been gener-
ally evidenced in a splendid way, ac-
cording to DR.. Raunick, the emerg-
ency volunteer classes of the Red
Cross. the Woman's branch of the
Preparedness society, the Sunshine
society, Girls Aid society, and similar
organizations volunteering for service
Council approved the bond of the
Cumberland Valley telephone COM
pany IN the sum OF SIO,OOO in accord
ance with the franchise requirements
The Globe Indemnity company, o1
Baltimore is the surety.
Upon recommendation of Mayor
Meals, William S. Tunis, agent for the
Van. Dorm company. was awarded the
contract for installing six steel cells
in the police station basement fol
$500. The only other bidder was the
e. T. Barnum Iron company, which
bid sS49. The Aughinbaugh Press go
the contract for furnishing the 22,50(
official and specimen "jitney" bal.
lots at its bid of $272 per thousand
The other bidders were the Telegraph
Printing company and the Star Inde
pendent which bid $3.50 each. The
only new ordinance offered was pre-
sented by Mr.. Lynch which authorized
the placing of River alley on the cit,
map from Wiconisco to Shamokir
streets. Commissioner Gross by resolu
ton was permitted to sell a lot of ole
| fire hose for the benefit of the fir,
department contingent fund.
Riverside residents this evening will
consider the question of annexation
! to Harrisburg. and in order to Obtain
some information as to the possible
advantages and disadvantages tina
might accrue. to city and Riverside
should the busy little suburb become .
mart of HARRISBURG a committee con