Excerpt from Report of State Tuberculosis Hospital Commission, 1907-08 The site three miles east of Rockville, known as the Rockville site, was selected. The stations, East Rockville on the Central In diana Railroad, and Sand Creek on the Vandalia Railroad, are each about one mile from the proposed site of the buildings. The pro posed line of extension of the interurban railroad from Danville, Indiana, to Rockville passes through the site. The site consists of 504 acres, and cost the State The citizens of Rockville and vicinity paid $700 cash and the owners threw off from their Option price. E. L. Adams and Wilbur Harrison donated a free right of way to the value of $350 for a railroad switch, and the Vandalia Rail road agreed in writing to enter into a contract to construct feet of switch at a cost to them of This makes a cash donation of The general feeling of philanthropy and friendship prevailing in Parke County for this special cause we consider worth more than the cash donation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.