Show I This his Calls for an Inquiry J I PARLEY WHITE member of U the e state e public welfare commission has made some charges in connection with the proposed purchase purchase pur pur- ch chase se of land adjoining the state stat tuberculosis sanatorium at Ogden for the erection of a state miners' miners hospital which cannot be ig Ig- Ig nored They warrant a reopening of the question question question ques ques- tion and an investigation to determine whether the construction of such a hospital is necessary nece sary and whether the price the state h has S agreed to pay for the land is fair and right Mr White charged that the other two welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare commissioners who recently voted to approve approve approve ap ap- prove the transaction after the purchase was authorized by the state board of examiners had previously examined the acre site and concluded it would probably not be worth in excess of from 2500 to The agreed price however is The Theland Theland Theland land is valued on the books of the Weber county assessor at It has said Mr I White no water rights except a small spring Mr White further charged that there was no need for such a hospital to treat miners suffering from silicosis He said the welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare commission has provided care for such patients in the past at a Salt Lake City private private private vate hospital Although there is a bed 14 capacity Capacity cap ca ca- p city never more than 11 it patients have been cared for at any anyone one time during the last year and a half and at t present the there e are only six patients notwithstanding that our welfare directors in the 29 counties have contacted at atour our request persons suffering from silicosis h rl with the idea of giving them free board and room and the best of medical attention at t the Salt Lake hospital The commissioner said a surVey survey made bythe by bythe y the state chief mine inspector and a road commission agent revealed only 26 persons who would consider entering the miners' miners hospital hospital hos hos- pital ital if it were constructed 1 There is no need for additional land at atthe atthe atthe the site of the tuberculosis sanatorium Mr White declared the welfare commission having having hav hay ing lag determined that the sanatorium could be beI I satisfactorily operated with less than one- one half the land the state already owns at this site These are allegations We dont don't know whether they are true or not but they sound true rue enough to make the people of this state wonder wondel what is going on It It doesn't I make sense to pay for land which is only assesse assessed at at It t doesn't make sense to buy additional land if the state already owns more land than it heeds needs at the site It doesn't make sense to build a hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital to care for from six to 26 patients Lets Let's have this whole question threshed out in the open Lets Let's be sure we know what were we're doing before we spend a lot of money which we may not need to spend I |