El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-27
COMM TEES ON
HOSPITAL NAMED
Council, Commissioners and
Taxpayers Getting To
gether on Plans.

Committees representing the city and
county and the FL Paso County Tax
Payers association were appointed at
q joint meeting Of the city council. the
county commissioners and members of
the Taxpayers association held Friday
morning at the city hall, TO convene
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock for the
purpose OF formulating some plan
whereby the city and county viii CO.
operate in the operation Of the county
hospital
The committee appointed by mayor
Charles Davis to represent the city
consists of DR.. Hugh S. White. city
physician; alderman Frank B. Simmons
and mayor Davis The committee ap-
pointed by judge z. 3. McCiintock 10
represent the commissioners is Dr.. L
J. McCamant county physician; COM
missioner r E Lyons and judge Nc
Clintock. The committee representing
the taxpayers appointed by Charles n
Bassett, president. viii be selected by
him from the executive committee
which consists Of l. : Stewart, John
n. Wyatt, Julius A Krakauer. James q
McNary and Mt. Bassett-
May Result in Economy.
At the meeting Friday morning plans
were discussed whereby the city and
county could each bear an equal snare
of the expense of operating and main
suggested that If this was done one
physician and a superintendent could
be dispensed with by having the city
eruptive hospital and the county hos
stefan. AT present both the city and
county employ physicians aside from
the regular doctors at these hos
pitfalls.
James Tells of Methods.
Mr.. Bassett introduced \. E. James.
director of the New Mexico Taxpayers
association, who was asked 10 inform
those present how other cities ana
counties handled similar conditions de
said that in Milwaukee the county
operates the hospital and handles prac-
tically all the outdoor aid.
Judge McClintock described the work
being done at the county clinic, which
he said was operated at the expense OF
the county and that the majority of
cases handled there were persons re-
siding in the city
Mayor Davis stated he understood
the county hospital was being operated
at an expense of about $4,000 year
and that about So percent of the popu-
lation and wealth Of the county was
within the city limits
Says City Patients 20 Percent.
DR.. McCamant stated that Of the pa
tents cared for at the county hos
pital approximately 20 percent were
from the city and 80 percent from the
outlying settlements in the county.
LII W mite Sdlu ne ocl4EN co II . gnu
idea for the city TO adhere 10 the state
law. which provides that persons nom
residents of the city for six months
and the state for year were 10 be city
patients and those that resided for
a longer PERIOD IN the city and state
should be county patients. He suggest
ed that the city pay the county for its
patients
says County Has Gone Limit.
Commissioner Henry Herring said
that the county had gone the limit ac-
cording to the state law in its general
tax fund and that it was impossible TO
raise any additional money. He said
the commissioners did not have SUI
ficient money TO operate the county
hospital and that II they were not Civ
en- assistance they would have to
close it
Mayor Davis said such action would
be deplorable and that he felt sure
some way could be devised whereby
the city can lend its assistance.
Or. McCamant said that II will cost
approximately sL25 per person per day
for each patient cared for at the county
hospital He said that at times there
were 100 patients AT the hospital, but
the average was about 10