Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1913 — PLAN FOR HOSPITAL FAILS FOR PRESENT [ARTICLE]

PLAN FOR HOSPITAL FAILS FOR PRESENT

Effort to Sell Stock to Physicians and Citizens Did Not Meet With Encouragement ♦ • The physicians of the city held a meeting Friday night and it was evident from the reports made that the plan to take over the Rensselaer by a corporation eom--posed of physicians of Rensselaer and adjacent towns and of citizens ' generally would fail from lack of ’stock subscriptions. Nothing was offered as a second plan and the hospital will continue for the present, at least, under private control. The hospital has proved a splendid thing for the convenience of the patients who have had operations performed and has demonstrated that it is a much needed institution. That it would be fetter if all the physicians of the my and the surrounding towns were interested we firmly believe and there should be enough of these to handle the business end of it even if no others took any stock. As a paying proposition to the doctors there is said to be a question of great doubt, but this is a question that the public can not help out any. The hospital has, however, been filled almost to capacity on several occasions and those who have had friends or relatives there have found it very convenient to be near to them. i