The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-19

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DESCRIPTION OF Tux BuILDIsa--vrsrr or THE ao.wp
or GOVERNORS Ard orHEss TO THE PUBLIC Is.
sTIrUTI0Ss ON BLAoxwELL's ISLAND.
on Thursday he Board cf Governors with about svbv
in Fiicd guests, visited the new SMALLPOX Hospital
with Is just completed on Blsckwes Island. The com
pa lett Bellevue Hospital al the foot Of Twenty sixh
street. ct TX NJ, in the steamboat King Philip ana
landed "a the Lunasic Asylum BlAokwels Island. Al
ter visiting that Institution they walked down the saud
,hrcugh 81 the public Institutions, 10 the Smallpox
Hospital which situated the southern point Of the
Island Hers they remained tme and minuieiy ex.
AHMED thai mag li csnt structure, Union
"a, IN beauty elegance and finish By xny building IN
The Island.
The hospital commenced the LIST OF April, 1854,
under the supervision OF Joseph Keepe and compsted by
bis successor John Fitch Tho building has been erected
In accordance with the plsns " James WICK Jr OF
has been finished by Mr. Aaehmuty, Mr. Rem WICK avlag
TO Europe Toe buioing ,ted Of SIN n
y cut hard and dnrsbie Dine stone, qnayret tna
Island The style OF architecture Is the carly EngIisn
Gothic The hospital 10 lt4 feet Ia eogth, as feet Ia
breadth and three stories hign 1t rests on heavy
base, and 10 surrounded By bold stone cornics. Tao
principal front looking towards the city broken by
massive stone porch, sirmoun,ed by orel
window. The north And soath fronts have stoae Day
window bracksiied out upo0 the seooad aaor rae root
Ia OF slate, pierced with clusters oil tall chimney shafts
ana surrounded by ecsgouAl stone cupoia. In toe
Interior corridors cross each other on each door
u entire length and breath VI The bu ding Toe stair
cases are Of iron Tho nrs door coataas sats OF
Tor The ply sciAn, matr0n AMI servants Gso ktcaen
Ginning, dry and .tofe rns second door
taLs es b, rooms Tor charity paensiour four
I6 feet by IL fses; t.ey calculator to
from fifty 70 sxly patents. Tho third story coz
who are 40 Q TO pay tor tier treatment For 10.
stance tho traveller boarding. ~ hotel, q veal ny
city mercssnl on being attacked win the sm.li-
fox beiofs had 90 p1ce Tor receiving res sut
they be carried 10 iris hospital resolve every aen
siol and have every ccufort for moderate expense.
The hospital wa accom- nuda over OF hundred pAisats
The ceilings throughout the building sufficiently lofty.
yeptilaton Is secured by arduc cDn asDtei vita
chi macy and winasai, aad Communicating ny hiss in
sucked froa The rooms by fdss connecting with furaae
IN The capoa which furnace Can only burn by drawing
tho rom the tors az tne rooms beo &c iced Is ras
plan na, arfsiy necn tried win Advantage in tne Peal
ten,isry hospai. me uuldiag AMI fnisning, 8
Chiefly IL. soTk 81 psaoa la9osers the eace 81
In Ec,pG does InrGy sight dollars
while competent judges STATE tDai II the work ls1
done by conrsc.u wodd have cost one nundrsd hoasaod
dollars,
roe Governors ofthe Amshouse hayo crested for the
purposts " = smallpox sogpsl, bulldog whlca. for
atuess eiisbiy and a1apsauoa u s intended uses,
wl bes couparisca with bny similar establishment Ia
the New o. ODD wosd. Located at Inc pointed evtte-
NJ % Of a narrow island - The sound Vnch separs,
Lug Island the niani at very coaye1 ca.
distance from tbs depsey populated metropolitan CITY,
ihe lew hospital has 81 HE scvaolages o. drcc. expo
cure 70 the sueams OF pure af waited Log
Is.na AND directly up the bay OF New Yorx from IN,
broad Atlantic salt Tater forced through the baud
III
and cold IA aud salt water baths eich door rae
grounds between The hospital and tie Penit nary
tastsiu.iy lad out Fog ish garden, and will 90
Charming pace Tor Vie convslesce1
TIE company siler Guly examining The building adj
joarnsd ba good warm dinner, to which t5sy, after
being ezposss for time to the biting COLI and the
bleak pieitrg wire a. Il swept dowa upon them iron
the oneD SogEa, DID ample jr.,ics Simeon Draper the
PRESIDENT Of tho Board sai a. The head 0, tho table toe
Ray Mr.. Van Pei. ass c. pes arg and then the coma
ny 'aid to- After Teasing h3lr upon toe TAT
OF the land, and drinking acuntanty OF /" Raeni-h
WINE ihey gIyo inemsclre. UP TO tho agreeable plea
OF giving ioassf ard making speeches.. Mr. Draper
introduced Gov. Isaac rosrseua tue Chairman OF the
Conn mttee upon bulldog Smsllpox HOSPITAL ".
Tow nd made very Interesting spesah. Hs showed
the ptcesty thst sxisud for this buding specified the
iuconveneace and iDadequacy a. the present miserable
little eden shpntes for the use and OF persons
suffering from emap3x thso scoarste description
Of the new building, wnioh he said Will afford mno
dstuIs only 70 tooye rendegs sufferer, who
upon The cssiy Of tho city, but TO others, who, bsog
willing 10 expose their families friends Z, tae hszsls
OF taxing the DISEASE giing and able 10 pay FIR re-
quisie attention Tue location OF the iustituton the
temperature Of the place ana tie sir, always pare an
fcsh, were corsdered exceeds Ry favorable AZ an in
stance OF the necessty OF this building, no said that
some members 0f the Legislature were taken sick last
winter, apc fading wiling to receive them,
carried TIE Albany Poor House, where they suffered
ever thing but cath. Speeches male and toasN
Civ, by Dr. weed, Of Bellevue Hospital Rev Mr.. Van
Petit Simeon Draper, Councilman Pincxney, Joseph b.
Bsrnuu and others, after wbica the company returned
to the city, highly pleased with everything but the
weather.