Show Ma Manti Ephraim I City Councils Favor Hospital Cooperation DELEGATION TO I VISIT COALVILLE 4 Cooperation between Manti ManU and Ephraim in the ilie construction and maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- of a hospital adequate for the two wo communities is favored by the city officials of both corr communities rather than for each to build or acquire a smaller hospital of its own This was brought out at a joint meeting of the ilie two councils held at Ephraim Friday of last week with both mayors and all but one member of each council in attendance No basis for such cooperation was agreed upon however even thou though members from each community expressed themselves as favoring an adequate unit in either city to one which might prove inadequate inadequate inadequate equate in each The idea of a site between the ilie two cities met with a rather cold reception reception recep recep- tion Mayor Gail Jensen stating that he and many others in Manti felt erecting the ilie hospital at such a site would serve as a monument to ili the disagreement of the ilie two communities It was felt that if the two communities ties do cooperate in a hospital project the institution should be constructed in one of the cities A suggestion was made that the community obtaining the building should furnish sixty or seventy per cent of the ilie funds and the theother theother other oilier should furnish 30 or 40 per cent but no action was taken on the matter Mayor L. L Cannon Anderson of Ephraim had charge of the ilie meeting and told of a meeting two weeks ago of representatives of civic groups of the two communities and how it was agreed there that the first cost of a hospital would be a minor matter compared with the ilie cost of upkeep and maintenance Mayor Jensen explained ined a resolution passed by the ilie Manti City council last spring to the effect that the city would furnish ground for build equip o operate per rate t and a ma maintain a a P public hos hospital hospi hospi- i- i tal the size and ultimate cost thereof there there- of to be determined by the City Council Council Council Coun Coun- cil of said city and that work would commence when the city is given by citizens and civic groups as asa asa a contribution and gift toward the initial cost of the institution The money was to be placed in a trust fund in the ilie Manti l City Bank and unless the amount contributed amounts to within two years from the time of the agreement contributions will be returned to the contributors and the City of Manti would not be further obligated to go ahead with the project Mayor Anderson told how Ephraim I has a suitable building which with willi minor alterations can be made into an bed 18 hospital with operating room laundry kitchen etc One re requirement requirement requirement re- re would be an elevator and it now appears that a suitable one has been located Also other necessary equipment for a complete unit soon will be available from government government government govern govern- ment surplus property He said a group of are ready to finance the project immediately and it can be completed within a few months The Manti ManU officials reported they had written to Coalville for an appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment to visit the ilie hospital there which is said to be one of the ilie finest small hospitals in the ilie west It was decided that an Ephraim delegation of five would go along with the Manti group of five to look over the hospital in investigate investigate investigate in- in costs of operation and maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- etc The trip will be made October 16 if the Coalville people approve that date Any further meeting of the two councils is to await a report on the Coalville trip and also other possible |