Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-27
oRlNNEll FACTIONS ISSUING
coNTENDlNG STATEMENTS
IN PUBLIC PRINTS
COMMITTEE THINKS BANKS
CAN'T FINANCE CITY PLAN
Claim That Pledges Would Extend
Over Several Years and That Sis.
tiers Could Guarantee Both Mantle
nance and Management - Others
Clair City Has Hospital Tax.
special to Times-Repuolican.

6rinnell, Feb. 21.--The controversy
or neck and neck race between two
hospital projects does not get better
very fast The committee Of promt-
nent citizens who visited Clinton to
urge upon the Sisters OF ST. Francis TO
build their proposed hospital in Grin
nell have published a statement set
ting forth their reasons to be:
l. That the city hospital can not
be financed by the local banks under
present tight money conditions as It
would have to be II pledges We're al
lowed to cover a period OF years and
the $500 represented in the present
city hospital would not be available
as cash until sold.
2. That such a hospital would have
no adequate support guaranteed and
It's efficient management would not be
assured until several years OF eX-
perience had been obtained
This committee. consisting of F. T..
Spaulding. F. L. Abel J. l.. Fellows.
J. r. Lewis, E. F Talbot. ]. II. Nc
Murray. Jr.. H L Boyer and J II. Pat<
ton, interviewed the local bankers and
also B. J. Kicker and DR.. P. f. Somers,
who are at the head OF the city hos
pital project, and the result Of its in
teryiews was 10 convince its m e,noers
that the city hospital could not mate
rialize during the coming year under
tho conditions. therefore they present
ed the matter to the sisters and were
assured that the Catholic hospital
would be built. In private CONVERSE
ton the members OF this committee
decry the fact that there Is a Catholic
Protestant factional controversy on IN
Grinnell with none but Protestants
taking part
Other Side Confident
Tho reply OF those promoting the
city hospital Is that the people OF
Grinnell and Of the country around
want a city hospital as evidenced by
over $50 subscribers pledgtng $4,000
with only two having withdrawn,
namely F. z. Spaulding for $500 and ].
l.. Fellows for 5000 who Joined the
committee which favors the Catholic
hospital Others have doubled and
moro than $4,000 has been subscribed
. by people in the country outside OF
Grinnell which is a remarkable ev!-
denco Of get together spirit. They IN
sisr that they will have 100000 sub
scribed before the building season
opens and that fully one half OF the
entire fund will be available in cash
before July l.
They say that Gr!nnell now has
mill tax for It's city hospital which
"a all the maintenance support the new
hospital will need and that IN view OF
thu well-known feeling IN Grinnell to-
ward anything other than a city hos
pital the sisters would have abandon
ed their project had the other com
mittee not solicited them to stay n.
Doctors for City Hospital.
The following physicians. E E. Har-
ris, 8. G. Buck. O. r. Parish, c. II.
Lander J. r Padgharn, z. G. Bliss, r
M. Cooper, P. E. Somers and e. S.
Evans and the following dentists o..
II. Gallagher l.. @. Lenley. A. J.Brock,
II. 3. Brock and W. p. kinzer signed
the telegram to the sisters telling them
that they had found strong scntl-
ment against any change from present
municipal plan to any form Of de-
nominational hospital"
Talbot and Dr. Lewis are on the
committee which favors the sisters
project while DR.. Wiley IS non-com-
initial
AS matters stand today the sisters
have said that they would build this
summer and the city hospital pro.