Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-07-03 | Page 6 | We Had Better Forget Bushnell

W We Had Better Forget Bushnell The state welfare commission has written the state board of examiners examine a l letter asking them not not nott to consider acquisition of Bushnell general hospital for use as s a state welfare center The action was taken according to Sophus Bertelson commissioner in inc c charge arge of in institutions ns upon the advice of the d directors rectors of o three affected institutions the state mental hospital the Am American rican Fork ork training school and the state industrial school It is really time for the state of Utah to make up its mind that Bushnell is not suitable for state institutional use There have bave been several careful investigations investigation investigations and and not a single recommendation recommendation reeo rec ree- o ion for acquisition of the former army hospital Thelast The Thelast Thelast last legislature went into the matter and although th they y did give permission for the state to take over Bushnell they were not at all aU enthusiastic over the project And the fact that the legislature legislature legis legis- latu lature appropriated almost two million do dollars lars for state w welfare building is evidence that the solons did not contemplate that the institutions would be shifted to Bushnell It will be e regrettable if some good use cannot be made of the facilities built by the government at it Brigham City ty Complete Complete Com Corn a abandonment of the institution will mean a terrific waste of tax dollars But it is not the state of Ut Utah's Uth's hs h's responsibility to tomake tomake tomake make make- makeup up up waste of money It would be no solution to pour out hundreds of thousands of Utah tax dollars in a vain effort ef- ef effort effort ef ef- fort to salvage millions of U. U S. S tax dollars A As far as the state of Utah is concerned Bushnell is just justa a 5 white elephant cheap elephant cheap to a acq acquire q ir but mighty expensive to maintain Wed We'd better forget it