The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-11-18
PROCEEDINGS OF THE PARIS
CITY COUNCIAL.


At the regular meeting of the
Paris City Council, formal &C
tlon was taken on the report
OF the Special Committee having in
charge the investigation of the con-
dltions and management of Massie
Memorial Hospital, which has been
in progress for several months. The
report of the Special Committee fol-
lows:
To the Hon. Mayor and Board of
Council of the City of Paris, Ken
lucky:
Your committee, to whom was re-
ferred the report of the Special Com
mittee appointed to investigate the
| conditions of the Massie Memorial
Hospital and the evidence submitted
| Herewith, do hereby recommend
| that this whole matter, including
! the evidence taken by said Special
Committee, be referred to the Board
/ of Commissioners of the Massie Me-
| mortal Hospital with the following
requests, tO-wit:
The evidence herewith submitted
to your Board indicates that there is
more or less dissatisfaction over the
| management of your institution.
We respectfully request you to
examine this record and take such
steps, as, in your judgment, may be
proper to relieve and remove such
Objectionable conditions as may ex-
| ist.
We further request that you make
special effort to establish and
maintain an efficient training school
for nurses employed by you, and
especially to improve the treatmer
OF special nurses
Respectfully submitted,
j. j. VEATCH,
Chairman of the Board.
Following the receiving and fling
of the report the Council passed an
ordinance authorizing and empoW-
ering the Board of Commissioners of
Massie Memorial Hospital to adopt
reasonable rules and regulations for
the conduct and management of said
institution and to provide for the
reasonable enforcement thereof.
On the passage of the ordinance
the Council divided three and three
Mayor January casting the deciding
vote in favor of the ordinance.
Councilman Catesby Spears was alb
sent.
Mayor E. B. January presided,
and Councilmen Ankle, Christman,
Doyle, Merringer, Kiser and Veatch
were present.
Mr.. Peale Collier, Secretary of the
Board of Education, presented re-
port from the Board, stating that
the recent issue of $4,000 passed
before the outbreak of the war for
the purpose Of building two wings to
Street and an addition to the Col
ored school building, had been ex-
hausted as result of the high cost of
materials and labor, and that an adj
ditional amount aggregating $4,000
would be needed to complete the
structures.
The Board asked the Council to
authorize another bond issue for
that amount, and to order an cleo
ton at the earliest possible moment.
The matter was referred to the FL
nance Committee of the Council, who
will report at a special meeting.
During the discussion of the issue
Mayor January informed the Council
that the city was in serious need OF
fire truck with bumper attached.
The present apparatus is practically
worthless, and he said the city would
be in a dangerous condition If big
fire should develop.
City Engineer J. A. Stewart filed
his report approving the construction
of the southeast sewer recently con-
structed by D. A. SAINT, at a cost of
| $4,000, as having been completed
and approved. The matter was re-
Lferred to the improvement commit
| tee