The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-07-27
VETS HOSPITAL
GOES TO ST. CLOUD
FEDERAL OFFICIALS DECIDE
STEARNS co. LOCATION is
BEST OFFERED BUREAU
TO BE EASY OF ACCESS
CONTRACTS WILL BE LET I'M
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WILL
START WITHOUT DELAY

st. Cloud, Mimi, was today Sc
lected as the site of the proposed
new Tenth district Veterans bureau
hospital for treatment of neuro
pschiatric cases. A report in favor
of St. Cloud was submitted by the
Veterans bureau planning committee
setting out several reasons why the
St. Cloud site was preferable to Rob-
binsdale at Minneapolis, and other
sites considered at WATERFOWL, S. D.,
Fargo, N. D., and Brainerd, MINI.
The committee said: X
"The committee recommends st.
Cloud to the exclusion OF all other
sites offered in the Tenth district for
the following reasons:
at is nearer the medical center OF
the district, namely, Minneapolis and
St. Paul. 1t is nearer the center OF
the military population of the dis
trict. 1t is offered without conditions
and is Immediately available.
Building material, granite, can be
secured in abundance at st. Cloud,
being the center of the largest gran
tie industry in the United States.
!. Gravel can be secured on the premls-
Yes, as the result of excavations for
the hospital building. Brick and tile
are manufactured in the city OF
st. Cloud. All building material can
be secured at reasonable and fair
nrices Laborers can be secured cas-
ily at st. Cloud because of the prox-
unity to St. Paul and Minneapolis.
st. Cloud is nearer district head
quarters for the Tenth district, which
will facilitate business which will
pass between the hospital and district
office.
est. Cloud would provide a site OF
easy access from North and South
Dakota, and from the center OF mill
tary population of the state OF MIN
nesota.
nThe city authorities of St. Cloud
make as a part of their offer OBTAIN
ing the right of way for railroad
spur to the property, SO construction
may begin Immediately. The eleva-
ton of land at st. Cloud is adequate
and satisfactory. The sanitary con-
ditions at St. Cloud are adequate and
satisfactory. The reason for not re-
porting favorably on the other sites
.Sfered are as follows: !.
& "Robbinsdale- site is offered
without conditions, and was immed-
lately available. 1t would no doubt
be possibly the ideal site for hos
pital in the Tenth district, but be-
cause of the fact that repeated efforts
have been made to secure an offer to
the government without success for
several weeks, and because of the fact
that two of your representatives VS.
tied Minneapolis last week and en-
deavored to secure an offer without
success, this site is being given no
further consideration.
WATERFOWL, S. De Fargo, N. y,
Brainerd, Minn.-The sites at these
places are not reported favorably TO
YOU for the reason that it is believed
that St. Cloud is more in the center
of the military population for the
district, that these sites are furth-
er removed from the district office
for the Tenth district, that these sites
are further removed from the medical
center of the district, namely, st. Paul
and Minneapolis, and the sites are
not as accessible to the district as a
whole on account of railroad COM
munications, as is St. Cloud.
sInasmuch as time is the essence
in deciding upon the location for a
hospital in the Tenth district apd be-
cause of the fact that you desire to
advertise for bids and let contracts for
Immediately, We are
therefore recommending St. Cloud as
a site where you can Immediately be-
gin work and where excavations and
foundations can be started without
delay" No small amount of credit
in landing the hospital for ST.
Cloud is due to Congressman Harold
L.