Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-24 | Page 10 | Vets' Hospital Start Seen Soon

S ft Construction of ot the th new veterans veterans' hospital l in Salt L Lake ko recently authorized au authorized au- au by th the tho United Stat States s bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau of ot vet veterans veterans' rans' rans hospital board will willbe be undertaken Immediately t if It plans under way in Washington are carried carried car car- ried ned out I L. L H. H Tripp chief of ot the construction con coq division of ot the veterans' veterans hospital board Friday telegraphed hed to Gus P P. D Backman secretary of the chamber of ot commerce request roquet- lug Ing written confirmation of the hospital site for use uso in furthering the project ct The confirmation was wa s sent nt Friday morning and negotiations tione aro are expected to bo be under underway way within tho the next few weeks Photographs of the site which the city offered red to contribute te t to th the hospital project were sent to Washington when tho the proposal was made and the confirmation was a a. written n. n statement that the tho city would contribute tho tile property shown In tho the photographs The proposed site of ot th the tho now new hospital hospital hos hoe pital lies between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues and between C Cand Cand Cand and F o streets In replying to the veterans veterans' hospital hospital hos hoe pital pita board request Secretary BaCkman Backman Back- Back man Inan mentioned Mayor Bowmans Bowman's plans for relieving unemployment in Salt Lake and stressed the tho value of Immediate action on th the hospital construction program