The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-16

but ofthose buildings that form the rad only two In
progress of erection at present forming continuous line
with the main central building The arrangement Will DO
better understood from tie following description
The House OF Refuge in of erection the
southerly point Of Randas Island comprises two main
edhees Tor dwellings, four shops, kitchen and wash
house arranged in two separate departments, male and
female These eight buildings occupy ground 10 the
tent of two
The two dwellings in the Italian style of architec
ture The principal building, the boys dwelling
prises building 50 by 100 feet and radiatin1
from this centre BUILDING, four wing buildings each
As by $50 feet connected with the building BY four
corridor slsgs each Il by Is fee and At the extrem
ty Of each wig building end building so by IS feet
HE erection Of the radiang wings deferred till
future time The centre building and each end building
each surmounted by dome. The centre and end
buildings four stories high and the wings three
ries and in each part the stories lax feet high
OF the roof Is 90 feet high 4: its dome is 40 feet
diameter Each END building is rs feet high The
wing buildings are sixty three feet high. The two
wings now In of erection extend TO the right and
left of the centre building in line and with the
building present front OF five hundred and ninety feet
located exactly parallel with the of the city OF
New York. The front of the building stands fifty
feet in advance % the front Of the wing buildings
The other dwelling girls il hundred
and fifty feet long and of like width and height with the
boys dwelling The boys dwelling Is of sufficient capa-
city for the mediation of two hundred and thirty in
mates in each wing four hundred and sixty in the two
wings process of erection and when the other two
wings built, the four wings will accommodate nine
hundred and twenty inmates The girls dwelling IL for
the accom- modato Of two hundred aud fifty inmates.
OF the boys dwelling each wing contains in the drst
in the second story eighty eight bedrooms for boys one
boy in each room; the third story like number; and
the attic there forty four Of these rooms These bed
five by eight feet and feet high
and located along the middle of the blding, leaving
hall either side II feet in width The bedroo
two tiers in height in each of the second and third stories
but in the attic only tier In the second and third
stories the doors of the second tier open gallery
Each bedroom has iron lattice door each of
eleven doors is locked unlocked simultaneously b.
key and the lock Is arranged that any door
can be unlocked separately with nut unlocking all the
in tbe Each haa latin tina
connected with brick ventiang shaft three feet in d
ameter in which an upward current is maintained by
the heat from large cast iron smoke pipe located at the
centre and extended to the top Of the ue above the
building There four Of these large ventlating shafts
in each wing building. The first story of each end
building is arranged for a bathing room having bath
ing tub in the centre of sufficient size for fifteen twenty
face is also performed this tub the boys surround
the tub and receive the water in their hands as il flows
IL ets from the margin Of the tub towards the centre
The bowls dispensed with, rendering it almost
impossible for two individuals to the water in
washing and thus preventing the spread Of opthalmc
diseases This bathing apparatus and the buildings gen
orally supplied with Croton water, conveyed
the Harlem river in gutta perchA pipe. The second
story Of each end building arranged dwelling
two families, suite Of apartments each side of
broad hgthese for the accommodation of part of
the officers The third story is arranged for hospital
having twenty eight by fifty two feet for the SICK
and smaller rooms for the nurse, clothing, medi-
cines, &c. The fourth story contains ten punish
boys bedrooms. This story also contains two bedrooms
for the officers The building contains the chapel
gallery, located the third and fourth stories,
and suite of rooms for the managers in the second
story part of the second story together with the first
story and basement contain apartments arranged for the
of the superintendent and in the first story the
reception room, general Office, officers room &c In the
basement, side Of the wide centre hall, the
Kitchen dining and pantries for the Superiutend
ent's family; similar apartments the other side Of the
hall for the sub officers The cooking for the in
mate. Is all done in a separate building, which is
located two hundred and fifty feet distant, and
Immediately in the Of the centre building In the
Kitchen the meals, when ready, are to be placee in
haal.1 o1p thn ltrhA
the door and there rolled out upon railroad truck the
floor of which is level with the kitchen floor and the
truck passed rapidly the railroad to the door Of
the centre building the first story aoor of which is like
the kitchen eor also level with the truck floor Here
the to be rolled off and into the rotunda of the
centre building and from this rotunda wheeled through
the corridor building into the dining of each wing
building The railroad 10 have fence at one side of it,
and ROOF over it. the fence dividing two of the yards
The railroad truck to he Of sufficient size to receive all
the required for the meal al time the wheels
Of the being quite broad prevent injury to the
floors When the rneai ended the plates, pans, &C. in
like manner TO be returned the kitchen. Sewers
laid through the grounds the removal of all
water and into the deep and swift OF little
Hurl Gate, at the southerly side OF the Island
The inmates Of the house are classified those of
wing being permitted to those of any other class
except Sunday and then only while they in the
chapel and separated by dwarf partitions The gallery
OF the chapel is for the girls who enter it the fourth
floor after the boys have taken their places the door
below The girls to be divided into two classes the boy
into four classes.
The dwellings are built with brick. The walls are
faced with front brick the inside well IS the out
ride TO obyiae the necessity Of pasterng tem and they
built with hollow spaces TO keep them dry These
spaces used ventatng ues the roofs covered
with slate In the corridor buildings theNs no wood
used in the floors and roof the beams and flooring
Of iron, and with concrete filing between the beams
The corridor buildings frepcoof.
The front OF tine dwellings, exposed to view from the
river. The front windows to which the inmates have
access guarded with iron sashs to prevent escape
and the erna doors for like reasons also
81 iron The girls dwelling is built essentially in the
manner as tbs oys' only a smaller scale The
washing the whole establlshn emit is done by the
girls. in the washhousc, located in the girls yard