The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-31
new BUILDING
WILL REQUIRE
TAX INCREASE
Hospital Project May Raise
Tax Rate in County Sum
Needed Varies According
to Work Done.
IS COSTLY

A considerable increase in Wayne
county's tax levy is predicted by coun- |
ty officials if the proposed Wayne
County tuberculosis hospital is built. |
A discussion of the project has been
current among commissioners and
other county officials since the pre-
sentation of plans for the hospital last
week
Estimates on the possible increase
of taxes have been made. If the COM
plete hospital is built it is estimated
a levy of IL cents would have to be
made the first year.
If only the central building and
other necessary buildings are built,
excluding the two wings included in
the complete plans, it is estimated
that an Scent levy would have to be
made to take care of this.
May Require Bond Issue.
The plans presented to the commits
sioners last week call for the building
of the central administration building.
This would make necessary the rails
ing of $4,000 by bond issue for con-
struction alone.
Equipment of the building would
cost considerable it is pointed out.
Unofficial estimates place the cost of
equipping the hospital at between s400
and $500 a bed With a 64-bed capac-
ity, as planned for the central build
ing, this would cost the county an ad-
ditional $4,000.
This would probably be taken care
n hU q hnnA iEGna The nnaStinn nf
| equipping the hospital will be taken
up next Saturday at the boards meet
| ing.
| Estimates on the cost of operating
| the hospital for year are placed at
| $4,000 which is considered conser-
vative amount, it is said.
| Based on Other Counties.
The estimate on operating cost is
! based on the amount charged Wayne
/ county by other counties which are
now caring for tuberculosis patients
| According to reports by the state
| board of accounts the cost per patient
is in the neighborhood of $1,000 year
The current expenses of an institu
! tion such as the tuberculosis hospital
which include operating expenses
would be taken care of by taxation
and not by bond issues, it is said.
If only the central building was con
structed and equipped to care for 81
patients the tax levy of the county
would be raised about eight cents, il
is pointed out
A bond isue of $4,000 would have
to be made for the building. The
principal and interest on this for the
first year would be approximately
/ SS 600 The cost of eouippin2 WOulC
| be about half this amount.
The operating expenses of 5000
would make it necessary to raise ovel
100000 by taxation to care for the
hospital the first year. An eight cen
increase in taxes would have to bt
made to meet this.
Would Hire Places
1t is pointed out by some of the off
cials that it would be much cheape
for the county to care for its tubercu
lar patients by paying for their carr
at other counties institutions.
At the present time Wayne count.
is caring for one tuberculosis patient
This is a woman who is being provid
ed for at the Allen county institution
near Ft. Wayne This costs the coun
ty about $1,000 year.
, Officials of the Allen county hospi
tai have informed the local commits
| sioners that they can care for tn,
! tuberculosis patients that Wayn
county may want to send them.
| The Allen county hospital has
capacity of 30 beds and is said to b
| only partially filled. Many of III
f patients are from other counties tha
Allen il is stated