The Washington times., 1916-12-15

holics picked up by the police. the mentc
al suspects, and the sick prisoners OF
the jail entirely across the city would
be avoided and we have the authority
OF Mr. Thomas H. Mckee. late warden
OF the United States jail. for the state
"The present location of the hospital
ION reservation thirteen) Ii IN the rlght
pace. No possible ground within the
Disetriet Of Columbia Is so wei . STU
could be 20 easily transferred into
spacious home for the unfortunntes VINO
lind their way to the Municipal HOG
r ,ns ,,' For many years year,. p Sss
and Is largely performed in an its
washing. ironing. scrubbing, and all the
details OF sanitary cleaning In ana
the city should know what charge would
be added to the hospital by She taking
OF the hospital away from this help.
"3. The Washington Asylum RIOS
pital is terribly oyercrowded and IN
adequate In other ways.
Twice A. Much Land.
Granted. but Is this any reason why
u new hospital TO overcome this over
crowded and inadequate condition
should be built at Fourteenth and Up
shur. rather than on Reservation IL,
where there H. more than twice the
land available?
-. The proposed site has been pur-
chased for sixteen years"
True. Reservation IS has been
owned for seventy years, more than
four times as long as the site at Four
teenth and Upshur.
"5. 1t is a good site"
1t II not. A portion OF the site Is
already occupied by the Tuberculosis
Hospital erected under an appropria-
ton OF Congress providing that II
shall be for "indigent tuberculosis pa
tients only" and that II should be
erected without reference to existing
or proposed plans for any other hos
pital on said site"
Only small Portion.
This leaves but a small portion OF
the original site available for the
large number OF buildings necessary
for an adequate municipal hospital.
Not only this. the expense to the
taxpayers In acquiring additional land
would be Infinitely greater than thai
Of acquiring land around reservation
10, because OF the fact that the land
at Fourteenth and Upshur streets IL
worth from three to hve times that
in the neighborhood OF reservation II.
20. one large building has already
been erected
Yes. and, NJ indicated In the fore
going. this only leaves about seven
teen acres available for all OF the
| other buildings necessary for the nu'
| nlcipAI hospital. ard that one building
II not a part OF the municipal hospital
proper. but is for tuberculosis pa
| ticnts only"
80. The whole project In a neishbor'
hood Improvement rather than an IN
| jury
This II n matter OF opinion. Against
DR.. Van schaick's opinion, I would
place that OF Senator Lee, Senator
Norris, senator Hoke smith. Senator
Vnrdamsn. and others. Senator Nor
ris says:
"It necessarily will be objected "a
| by nearly everybody living In the
vicinity Of that location.
| would be. " seems To mo, hardship
| " this hospital were To he located
there tFourtccnth and CpShn'
~ think We ought To bear IN mind
| the fact that those who ar" objcctins
| to this location on Fourteenth stree,
are not obJecting to the building al
|
| ccrned, I feel Just as much. In favor
Of the construction OF this hospital
AS anyone else can. IL u our duty
| to provide for It's construction; hi
| n seems to me that II would be-
matter OF economy VI We located tho
hospital on it's present site. and that
| " would inJurc great many people"
would he source or great eNpenrc
and would he source OF largo dam
age to all the people living In this
u la
Fourteenth street or any other reel
Dental section OF. tho city OF wash
ington,"
And he adds that tho citizens OPP
posing tho location of the hospital At
Fourteenth and Upphur give reasons
that 10 me seem sufficient for build
ing tho hospital In its present loca
ton"
senator Leo points out that. to put
I tho hospital at Fourteenth and Up.
shur would dcprcciate the value Of
l 1900 homes owned twhen the fort
cages are paid by industrious, wellto'
purchased their property In good
! As showing the undesirable charac,
/ ter Of this hospital for a residential
section. ] quote from the official re
port Of DIR. Van Schaick's own Board
| Of Charities as To tho character OF the
| diseases treated at this hospital.
as pointed out In previous reports
. the population OF Washington Asylum
! Is made up Of those patients which
are not acceptable to other institu
! lions. They consist largely Of pa
tients suffering from chronic and spe
cific difesses, and In considerable
part OF inebriates and suspected In
sane persons. They also comprise
sick prisoners from the jail and per
sons seld by the police. Many az tn,
| chronic patients are INDECENT anC