The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-05
COUNTY MUST
BUILD OR PACT
is REPUDIATED
Agreement Reached by
County and Estebs Last
Year is Verbal Obligation
To Build Hospital.
MUST TAKE ACTION

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Wayne county must proceed with
the erection of county tuberculosis
hospital at once or stand as repudiat-
ing its agreement with the donors OF
Smithfield, the proposed site.
Last year contract was drawn be-
tween the county and the Estebs. in
which the county agreed to build
hospital costing not less than 100000
and having a capacity of not less than
60 beds The Estebs agreed to give
$4,000 in government bonds. reserv-
ing only the interest during their life
time and for one year after.
While this contract was not signed,
it was verbally accepted by the con-
tracing parties. Esteb's portion Of
the agreement has been fulfilled. but
to date the county has not met the
conditions.
Reason for the contract not being
signed, according to the county at
torney, was because at that time the
county was awaiting the passage of a
measure in the state legislature which
would make legal the provision that
the county pay back interest to the
donors of the money.
Since the passage of that bill, which
cleared the field for action, nothing
has been done about the contract
The county awaited the passage OF
the bill because it was uncertain that
the county had the right to return
| interest on a gift, as was provided in
| the agreement.
Contract Provisions Noted
| II is interesting to note the provi.
! sions of that contract, which was &C,
ceptable to both the county and the
/ Estebs Dec. II, 1920, in the light of
recent developments Following the
| portion of the contract which provides
| that the Estebs give to the county
| $50.o0o in government bonds, with
only the interest reserved for the life
time of the donors and for one year
| thereafter, the contract reads:
| 1T is expressly provided that Ger
| tain conditions precendent shall OBJ
tain before the surrender of said
bonds by US, which are as follows:
Said county shall proceed without
delay to have prepared submitted and
approved by the proper county author
tiles. proper plans, drawings and speci
! lICdIlOHS dlQ the dDpuII6ndhC6S dnQ
! attachments to be Herewith connect
ed, and within reasonable time there
! after undertake to let the contract or
contracts therefor.
Hospital Requirements Stated.
The main hospital building shall be
designed to accommodate at least
sixty (60) patients at one time, and
be constructed of brick. hollow tile
or other as durable material, and
after approved methods for such
buildings: the entire construction, in
Guiding the main hospital building or
buildings, the administration building
kitchens. dining rooms and heating
and plumbing, sewerage and all other
construction and work in anywise a
part of said buildings, or connected
Herewith shall be fairly estimated
to cost at least 100000 when fully
completed.
when the contract or contracts for
the construction of said buildings have
been let, work actually begun and
funds needed by said county, then
said bonds and such Of them as may
be needed from time to time there
after, for the purpose of raising funds
from the sale thereof, by the county,
during the construction shall be avail
able to said county by request for the
delivery of the same executed by said
board with the attest of the county
, auditor and delivered to the trustee
| hereinafter named. which said trus
tee shall then deliver the bonds as
requested
Dickinson Trust Appointed
I'VE appoint the Dickinson Trust
company of Richmond, Ind. as trustee
to hold said bonds until the same are
properly delivered to the county as
above provided. We represent thai
said bonds will be placed with said
trustee at once upon the acceptance
by the county of the proposal in this
instrument contained 1t shall be un
derstood that accrued interest on al
, such bonds delivered to the county
: shall be our property to the time Of
delivery and at which time the obi
: cation of the county for the account
ing of interest to US begins on tbs
bonds so delivered as herein provided
1T is understood that said bond'
shall be called for and used by sait
county to meet as nearly equal al
practicable any other funds of the
: county used in said construction a.
l the construction of said buildings ant
: attachments thereto proceeds"
: A decision on what is to be done i
expected to be reached by the count!
e commissioners when they meet Sat
+ urday.
Byron Hospital Growing
I Enlargement of the Irene Byron tu
!, berculosis hospital of Fort Wayne, l
taking place to meet the added de
L mands. according 10 a letter from Dr
Eric Crull, superintendent of the in
stitution, received by Dr. Oliver \
HUFF, of Fountain City, member o
the local tuberculosis hospital boar
of trustees DR.. Huff wrote DR.. Crul
|. for data to be used in the construction
: of hospital
The letter reads:
"The capacity of Irene Byron Sana
i torium now is approximately 120 pa
!. tients. and is being increased by tn
: construction of the children's buildini
!, which will house 40, and the infirmar.
:, and negro building. which also vii
Z house 40. In addition to this we ar
. now constructing II new bungalow
:. each of which will house two patients
Three weeks ago we had 100 pa
= tients, 10 days ago. we had 110, an
:, our census today shows 123.
! 81 am in favor of always beginnin
= with a large capacity hecaJse of IN