This effort at expanding the hospital did not come to fruition. The hospital expansion did not begin until after World War II, when the federal government provided a matching grant and the oldest existing part of the hospital (facing on Rogers Street) was built. Bill Coulter On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Randi Richardson <gftl@bluemarble.net>wrote: > > > Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, March 14, 1930, p. 1. > > > > HOSPITAL ADDITION IS PLAN OF WOMEN > > Local Council Would Double Present Capacity > > > > A move to establish an addition to the Bloomington Hospital was begun this > week by the Local > > Council of Women when official action was taken instructing the hospital > board to investigate the cost of a 10- to 20-room addition. A 20-room > addition with accompanying wards, surgical and other departments, would > nearly double the present capacity of the hospital. > > > > The Bloomington Hospital has been operating under difficult, crowded > conditions for several years with growing demands each month for its > services. > > > > The hospital is supported entirely by its own income, money raised by the > Local Council and $3,000 contributed annually by both the city and the > county. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONROE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >