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Clir MIKES INITIALJOPLIN».A commltfrv* iifpvlnted at day’a council meftinf is to co-oper-ato with the Joplin Welfur* hoar I and the Joplin Provident Association in completing: plan* for a city detention horn©.The committee named i* Mayor .1. F. lt;*borne, Oeorge lt;1. H ruder, commissioner of revenue, and J. F. J*e©. cotnmiixioncr of utilities.The committee I* to report within •‘reasonable time” and is expected to formulate some plan of procedure.Mayor Osborne said h* felt sure that a plan could be work'd out centralizing1 all charitable activitica with a quarantine home. He said further that he believed with the two proposals submitted together at a bond election for a suitable amount, they wouldreceive the necessary two-thirds majority.‘‘There Is not a question of a doubt but that the city is in need of a home for the use of charitable dependentsand a no wdetcntlon home,” said th©mayor.Jt has been proposed that the site of the Provident Association home. f»U Kentucky avenue, be used as buildingrite fcr a detention home, hut it isthe plan of the ( ..urn 11 to erc*ct it la j lt;an outlying portion of the city.Along with th© crying need . f \ hdetention home is that of a city hospital. The establishing of a city hci«It a! is favored by Mayor Oeborne,rr R B 1 yler, lt;’ity ) yeielan Williams and other city officials. There has been considerable pressure brought to bear in establishing a temporary city hospital at the Providenc Association quarters. It is said such an Institution could be made almost self-sustaining and therefore eliminate a big expense in hoepita! bills, of city prisoners.III!
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Joplin News Herald
Joplin, Missouri, US
Wed, May 01, 1918
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