Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
HOSPITAL ANNEX To
REMAIN IDLE WHILE
FUNDS ARE LACKING
ANNOUNCEME MADE THAT
NEW $4,000 ADDITION CANNOT
BE UTILIZED BEFORE APRIL I
BECAUSE CASH FOR FURNISH
INGS is UNAVAILABLE.

Though complete in It's entirety
standing as monument to architect
ural skill and provided with every
convenience known 10 medical and
surgical science for the treatment OF
sick and ailing, the king-City $4,000
annex to Ryburn Memorial Hospital
is not ayilable for use because funds
are lacking with which to properly
furnish and equip it.
This was announced last night by
Dr. T.. r. Palmer, whose individual re
suits have exceeded those Of any other
person connected with the task Of Sc
curing furnishings for the annex DR.
Palmer by his own efforts and untr
ing zeal for the cause netted the
hospital some $4,000 over and above
construction expenses.
The popular subscription plan inau
gurated after the completion Of the
building seems to have Waned in in
terest and failed in purpose. som,
other means OF purchasing the re-
naming equipment and furnishing:
/ necessary must be invented, nr
Palmer told representatives Of the OF
tawa press on tour Of Inspection OF
the annex.
What the other means will be he
was in Quandary to discover, but II
remains none the less certain that
passing the hat among the townstolb
/ will certainly never bring the proper
results. Much of the furniture for the
addition has been purchased and Is in
place, but there remains unsjpp.ied q
large quantity Of things necessary be
fore the hospital is thrown open for
occupancy Because of the large
amount needed and the sIowness wish
which funds are being donated, Or
Palmer gives as his best judgment
April for the formal opening j
may be later than that he said.
That the annex is modernzed to the
nth degree is evidenced by the great
amount of interest shown in 1t by
medics of distant and nearby cities
Hardly week passes but that some
delegation of doctors comes here tC
inspect it for ideas on their own build
ings All pass upon the local instltu
tion as one of the, if not the, best II
Illinois. If there are any exceptions
to the appearances of the eXterio
thev are so far offset by the interio
that on,y the very best impression Il
left by the building in toto The onl.
exterior complaints heard are agains
the lime seeping onto the walls, bu
that will all be overcome, as thu
bricks are clcansed by the same ele
ments that now make them shov
Whitley chalk here and there.
As an evidence of what it cost t.
furnish the building DR.. Palmer eS
hibted the new X-ray machine an
equipment. a device costing 500
and for which no funds were provide
hy either Mr.. King or the city issti
of $40 600 in bonds. The X-ray roor
is alone a model of its kind and tn
source Of much coyetousness anon
visiting doctors. Other equipmen
: necessary. costs proportionateiy a
much, so it can be seen that the earl
appraisal of what is needed SHOW
!. none too much asked in the way {
. donations through popular subscri
tions.
City Accepts Building.
t Formally winding up Sanders brot
5 ers' contract, the city this morning a
Y cepted the annex as far as work on
pretained to the building. Repor
from the hospital board, the architct
John NJ. Hanifen, and Commission
Meagher were read, and all. shove
that Sanders Brothers had execute
their portion of the work according
y the citys terms and were entitled
D. the last payments due them.
II 1t was accordingly agreed to unai
D. mously accept the building and tn
e. over to the contractor 81 ,49S due b
N unpaid to him. The acceptance do
,e not affect the plumbing. heating a.
"a electrical contracts, portions of viii
remain incomplete.