Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-06-11
NEEDS
OF BROWNSVILLE
TOLDTOROTARY.
DR.. B. 0. Works Re-opens the
Question at Weekly Lunch
cons Attend.
DEEP WATER FIRST


A re-opening Of the question OF
building hospital in Brownsville was
made at the weekly luncheon of the
Rotary Club Wednesday at noon. DIR.
LIB. o. Works, introduced by Mayor
A. "A. Browne, presented the case for
the hospital.
DIR. Works said hospital is
necessity for Brownsville, not lux
ury. He praised the work being done
at the Charity Home and the Provi-
dence Hospital with inadequate hous-
ing and meager equipment. He de-
clared the city needs modern hos
pital plant with rs private rooms.
beds for 60 charity patients, serar-
ate tuberculosis ward. a maternity
ward, a children's clinic and, II pos
sible, contagious disease annex
Such hospital would cost at least
$50, 900. DR.. Works favored the plan
of calling on the Sisters Of Mercy to
pay perhaps half of the cost of build
ing the plant and then assigning il to
them to operate. He would call upon
The city and county for part of the
funds and raise the rest by popular
subscription.
1t was the sense of the meeting not
to broach the collection of the hos
pital building fund until the $l25,000
guarantee fund for deep water at
Brazos Santiago Is banked. A dozen
members. including Mayor Browne,
Jesse bennett, City Manager Ander-
son, G. Il. Jessup and others spoke
against starting anything new until
deep water Is landed. Mayor Browne
made passionate speech on the ques-
ton. DIR. Works, himself, explained
that he had no notion Of obstructing
the deep water campaign with the So
|licitation Of funds for hospital now.
However, he said, there is about
S5, 900 on hand that has already been
subscribed toward a hospital, and a
site has been donated. He wished to
get the issue back before the public,
DR.. Works said, to assure them that
their donations will not lie idle for
ever. As soon as the deep water fund
il cinched nc favors taking up the
hospital question strongly. The
chair named Mayor Browne, +. r.
Howard and Charles Hielscher as a
committee to get information on the
hospital question
There were % present at the lunch
con, including four guests: Judge
Forto, Chaplain Harkey, of the 10th
g Cavalry; John Starck, manager of
| the w. III. Putegnat Co., and Dr..
Works. Tn spite Of the absence Of
seven officers and directors of the
club, who left yesterday and today
for the international Rotary conven-
ton at Salt Lake City, the attendance
was as usual, vindicating the promise
of +. II. Howard, director and senior
Official left here, that meetings in the
absence of the ''big six" would be bet
ter than those held when they are
here.
An enthusiastic welcome was given
Rotarian III. L. Fitch, who had just
returned from San Anton 10 with n
contract for half a million dollars
worth of army building in his pocket.
Mr.. Fitch was called upon for a
speech and responded briefly. Rotar-
ian William c. Rivers, brigadicr gen.
eral commanding the Brownsville dis
trict, and Rotarian Farrand Sayre,
colonel commanding Fort Brown,
were asked to discuss the nature of
the improvements to be put in here
under Mr.. Fitch's contract. Both
spoke briefly.