Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29

the county regardless of what action
may be taken in Moline.
That If Moline decides to build
municipal sanatorium, as a branch of
the city hospital, it's citizens must
unite In an effort to defeat the county
project at the polls
Ihat certain Moline citizen will
either donate or turn over to the city
at very small rental a piece Of prop
erty just outside the city limits where
the sanatorium can be erected, and
where cows and chickens may be kept
and the patients thus supplied with
fresh milk, fresh eggs and also with
fresh vegetables during the summer
months.
Or. Selds suggested the advisability
OF making the tuberculosis sanatorium
branch Of the city hospital, although
located on different premises. Should
his plan prove to be legal it would
make municipal tuberculosis sanato-
rum available without extra taxation.
The doctor believes that the fees that
would be collected at both institutions
and the three-mill tax that is now col
iected for the city hospital would main
tain both institutions, after the city
hospital is free from it's present debt,
which 1t is said will be in about a year
from this time. On the other hand,
were the city to take advantage of the
: 10 nd
! torium, there would be an extra one
mill tax. This in turn would mean a
yearly deficit to be paid out of other
city funds. And if a county sanato-
rum should be voted, there would be
an extra tax at one to three mills. 1t
would probably be g. as the law would
| allow this levy.
County Supervisors Weckel and
Griswold were present, and Mr.. Girls
void asserted that a county institution
is the only practical one He gave fig
ures to prove that a city institution
/ cannot be built and maintained by
means of the one-mill tax which the
tuberculosis sanatorium law allows.
The one-ntill tax allowed for mu
/ nicipal tuberculosis sanatorium
would make available annually to Mo-
line, $500; to Rock Island, $500.
Some More Figures.
lowed to levy as much as three mills
for a tuberculosis sanatorium. This
would make available any sum up to
100000 annually, figured approximate
ly.
In all cases, the county institution
must be free one, however, carrying
the 'pauper institution" feature object
ed to by the physicians.
Receiving only $500 year from
this onemill tax, Moline could not care
for many patients annually. as the cost
of caring for one tuberculosis patient
in such an institution ranges from
1854 down to s56S.S1, number of pa
tients cared for making the difference
in cost. The more patients, the less
the average cost, figures given by Mr..
Griswold showed.
1t was estimated that county in
stitution would have about thirty pa
tients and cost of caring for each
would be s659S5, annually
Committee Is Named.
Supervisor Weckel seemed to favor
county institution and several 9TH
ers spoke in favor Of it. Finally on
motion of Dr. Taylor, seconded by the
Rev R. S. Haney, committee, COM
posed of Drs. Gardner, Leopold and
Seids, was appointed to further inves
tigate the matter, and particularly that
point involving the possibility of erect
ing the sanatorium as a branch of the
city hospital, to report back at another
meeting which will be participated in
/ by interested citizens from Moline,
Rock Island and East Moline.