Show University Site Chosen hosen for Polio Hospital l I Making aking their decision on medical medical medi medI- cal environmental and administrative Uve tive grounds the board of ot trustees of ot the state hospital for poliomyelitis poliomyelitis polio polio- and other childrens children's crippling crippling crippling crip crip- pling diseases Thursday had decided de decided de decided de- de to accept the University o of Utah offer of a site for tor the new Institution Only remaining step Is obtainIng obtainIng obtaining obtain obtain- ing a satisfactory contract with the university The board had been faced with two offers that of the university and one by Salt Snit Lake county which provided for an extension to the Salt Lake general hospital to be built by the county and then turned over to the state Both offers of of- fers fors included services such as 83 heat light power water ground maintenance maintenance main main- and laundry Acceptance of the county offer would p pose e difficult administrative problems and It would not be justified In assuming cost of ot maintaining maintaining maintaining main main- a county built unit In addition addition ad ad- to the one the state will erect the board felt The university site offers a amore amore amore more pleasant environment and medical facilities will be equal to those available at the county hos hos- pital It was also pointed out that the university site is close to the Stewart training school which could be used for providing education for the crippled chil chU- dren Site offered by the university is on federally granted land and while the school could not give this land to the state it could enter into a term long lease leMe according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to an attorney generals general's opinion Some educational functions functions functions to be carried out DUt at the hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital by the medical school would satisfy requirements of ot the federal land grant Of the given by Utah chapters of ot the National Foundation Foundation tion Uon for Infantile Paralysis 15 already has been used to buy from rom the war assets administration tion equipment originally costing C Clarence l I a are r e n c e c Bamberger chairman of ot the board reported J. J C. C Denton secretary of ot the board and A. A B. B Paulson architect architect architect archi archi- were directed to visit the Shrine crippled childrens children's hospital in n San Francisco to obtain new ideas for the Utah hospital |