The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-26
CITY HOSPITAL
SOON COMPLETE
Delayed by Bad Bond
Market and Scarcity
of Material.
BONDS SOLD AT LOSS
Beautiful Site Selected and
Building i'll BE All That
Could BE Desired.

SAptIPA. okla. Sept 2t.--For
many v,are tho citizens have felt tho
need Of hospital, no this Is city
~ approNimaicly 10000 Inhabitants
and thoro b. not q hospital or Hnni-
tlrium VI any Kind in the city when
nm accident happens. as many nave,
the nearest place 10 which thc N
iurcd pcrrin can ho removed Tor
oporntiuu or treatment iH to ono "
the hospitals OF Tulaa, which means
nm ambulance ride OF 10 milca. MANY
lives have boon lost, that might have
hccu saved. had thcrc haou a hos
pitaI here where persons injured or
seriously ~ could be taken for treat
mcut,
Many Academia occur ne the Fris-
co shopH are located here and IA
pulpa ia one OF the division points
for the Frisco railroad. about 100
men being employed In these shops
There are two rcfinorics In tho city
both working TO cnlpacity "a hours a
day and both employ large number
of men. Sapulpa Is also In the heart
ot the oil fields and ,nt least fifty
per cont OF the men employed hore
Rs oil workers who are injured In
Creek county are brought here for
medical attention.
In 1918 $4,000 worth OF bonds
were voted by the city 10 build a
municipal hospital In Sapulpa- This
was the first definite step toward
The building and maintaining OF a
municipal hospital.
When the bonds were put on the
market # was found that the best
offer obthinnble was considerably bo-
low par. due TO the fact that the
market for bonds was Elutted. II
was determined to wait until n more
opportuno time to sell In the mean
time II was proposed that the bonds
be offered In payment TO local con-
tractors for labor ana materials
needed In the construction OF the
building. This also fell through hs
It was found impossible by coutrac-
tors, who wero willing to undertake
the project to obtain labor or ma
tcrial with which TO do the work.
Tho bonds were again offered for
sale and the search for n site begun,
IL was decided that no ordinary site
would do M Il was the wish ot the
people In charge to select n building
ground for the hospital that would
be away from the business portion
OF the city no that noises would MOI
i'a'n " lfA 10 HhNt II tlpt' thNhbI
To he easily reached from all pointi
OF the city. Another item to be con
adhered was that tho location mus
be whore plenty OF fresh air woul,
be obtained at all times
u. T. Crcogan, Joe Strong ana J
j. Coenan were appointed TO selec
the site and many properties wero OF
fered the city on which to build tn,
new hospital. IL was only after III,
closest sorutcnlzinE and the eNorcis-
ing of great care that this committee
arrived at a decision and the DR.
H. A. Matoon property, 205x300 feet
AT bl7 South Division street. was de-
cided upon.
Again no acceptable offer was re-
oeived by tho city for tho bonds and
they were again withdrawn from the
market.
shortly after this the need for a
hospital was brought homo TO the
people OF the city by the death OF a
prominent young. man OF the city
who met with terrible accident I'm
the Frisco yards ana whose life, 4