The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-23

Laying she Corner Stone or the fslassd Hes
pssai, H.sehys eIi's Hsspis~L
! sPssoH OF WARRINGTON SMITH, PRESIDENT OF rHE
BoAbD OF TEN G0vsar0Rs-TnE ooLLsTIos
H1O., ETC,
Atsee O'Clock yesterday afternoon the interesting
ceremony Of laying the Of tho Island
Hsspta at prtsent being raised on tbe site OF the old
hospital Bsekwels klsuo We. eooe through 10 the ore
serce OF large number Of invited guests Amongst them
ve noticed hessrs. John Il whitmo,e, William Dsmot.,
ex-senator Hhsop Oohus, Of the aJm or j. b & W W.
CoTpeble contractors Governor Benjamin Pnkn-y, G. T.
Pbhney Kellock superintendent tho Oot dooc Poor OF
New YORK; besides delegates from the Emigration Coca
missoners Board Of Governors, beads depart nens
&C., &C.
ISLAND HOSPITAL
Win re large and commodioas building, in the form OF
double cross aad three and half stories heisn,
Ito total length three hundred and nfy feet i,s
greatest dep,b ope hundred twenty the cen
square two hundred nsty two by ninety feet
The apotheosrys shop and reception for patients
are the ground floor, and also t~o private kn,n
ems for the Of The pbysio ans on the ss,sna
story Doctor SArger's office and the Governors
rooms are TO be located, and the upper
story will be chapel There Will be four wards
floor each Of which will have water closet oscs &c
there will be 74o bets In the bulldog. II viii Do sur
Dcenssa With French MAcsood roof The sals khree
feet inches thick 10 the basement and swo eei too
above the but cling viii Ne supplied With 1ou ppea,
which viii force the air through ali its Apartment Cue
walls will he butt after the Of he RcArii aad
PHI palaces Of Florence, AND 70 cOoss II pearl
large verandahs the north sod the Other tia
euih side, both Of which can he enclosed with gass
covering In the winter rne centre bu dug 70 oe snsd
with otnes the roof ike the Louvre psre fp
tire building when completed, will be appropriated ~
about $3.50 Geo. great deal Of the expense being saved
BY bringing n,o reqnisisin the LABOR Of thoee oo the
ssrd AT present there are seventy stone AID brick
at the work The Carpenter work Is " DO
contract by s Myers, wbose esiinse s $4,000 IL ~
expected that the nosp,ial Wi be completed ready
Icr patients from hence. There have been $4,000
The architects who have toe baildips in charge are
Mess,s. Rcr wick ana Auchmusy, whosea btirs In their
rrofs stion have stood many tests satisfactorily
IAYIsG
All the arrangements hsv'ng been perfected for the
germany, Mr. Wfeke, assisted by tbe wosknso, pro-
cesdtd 70 ay the stone 10 square bed whsh hsd beeo
prepared Tor 1t in the vail roe oox Vas coDpo.ed o.
house Reports lsbf-e7 By Jews OF the Boards Of Gov
ernors State laws orsADzns the Department. Lat OF Gov
erDoIs Of TIE Amsbouse OF 1905 Committees On several
house Department. Newspapers OF the city; Vacntnes
Manual, 1857 Groom Aqueducs Rep,rts, 1851; Acs
Of the gMaturc relative Croton Aqueduct DE-
Comptfolers Reports, 1s56e7 Bills paaa from January
lst 70 March a0th 1858; Coins Of Uss1IaAes rne
stone having been r1ed In s berth py means Of trewe
| and mortar.
Mr. SMITH stepped on IL, and ssizcg msllss struck
three blows, after which he aAd'Geptls men, In the
stone Of the Island Hospt. permanently laid"
(Cneera)
W. sith then pped forward TO tho front OF tho plat
form spo sao that by self imposed ask by
resolution Of the Board OF Governors OF the Anshouse
he presented himself that interesting for ,s
purpose Of ADDRESSING them. He pov appeared bsfore
them on behalf or the Board TO welcome hem there
Mr. smith having entered into minute detail Of the plan
OF bucirg, continued say that eli understood ths
necessity OF tnst important structure when The large
number tia. depended and public char,y
a ri
wells Island need mot be sought fer In tho dusty archives
at the Tast lts commencement lived IN tho memory Of
msny who .hen present After reviewing the
wert ing Of the cid hospital froc IN establishment To
time burned, he speaker said that the 2bta
OF February 1851 tue Board OF Governors appointed
COO mission 10 esamipe It's condition and Ia
sirsr 9Th SC An.r . careful thorough examination
nsss s,rs ns!.r ana careless msnrsr' saS thai, =.
! public building, vas ieproach " any city
fbose OF them present. Who bad eesn coenec'st
the fact ta' the building most faulty 10 It's
ton. IL represented ~ beng dangerous aud
planned Of beng usbeaiSy by ali TIE pbypcs~ns, and
IL exsegersion q cay that curing Tue eigat Year,
bad been s,sndpgn han cost moro Tor Att and
repairs than the Original ny for erection xas
therefore resoveo ,hst the ony means OF adapting Ii
hospital N the purposes Tor which intended
cidsnt accomplished tnst desgo by Dire. n Il hsd not
been destroyed In thai IN NJ probability tho bald ns
-oud have fallen down. soa lesrfoi Of life
have necessarily srsued 81 far ~ the department
coucerssd nothing could present garius evidence,
Of deceptian and fraud; and The design dsser.
4 miBation the the B1ard u b-r
sDosedse 81 that fact No greater csgrscs could fall
| opcn q public man usn that he ~as party 10 the
\ w1apr,opraiion Of such . fund charity ~ thai
| Now, having demolished the old wooden sesnties,
| hey erecrng their place Q psrmaneot
hudns Which would be IN ornament To that New York
garden OF charity. BE trusted that the same attention
ard discipline wond be continued 10 that nobIs institution
bso characterized the Old under who had do
voted their time and taiepis-any Of them for ysa-s-to
BY the end Of 1859 they hoped u cornplets iba.
portrait work But With sadoess they looked
iorwsrd TO is occupation u vas true tns. msoy, p,r
hars ost OF bose wno would refuge "slsnd
Hoepap' would be victims a poD1t'on brought On by
hves Of shame and crime, ard perhsps had great
csim on their charity otherwise you'd be occtsd
rney had no great saifAun IN Looking over The Ist Of
tnoee psten's for they dwgrzced the aoi vuy
| prcstfuted charity. Their lives marked by no
traits Of improvement aud ccpseqseu,ly heir claim
hao org been the object Of the B,aro Of Governors
separae the most deprsvcd from the youthful and
least ogenalnr, and hoped that could be
| 70 marc that institution vha, u ought 70 be-
such a. commended s~f the requirements Of largo
city bearing IN mind always that 70 accomplish thst end
hey should watch s progress bold ctr officers 70
styc account Tie chief responsibility rested upon
Governors snd the efficiency Of the medical nsads
Of the nstiiucp ftey might look upon everJ cisss Of
tnose mere children, all Of whom req,rcd
gree and a,ernon Having uusd win them 10 the
10 ,nsr power would be sde Tor the good govern neot
welfare end prosperity Of the city they bound
serve, srd when their time In ns service would have
p,teo that better mon might DO called 70 al the ropousI
bic places they nlled thst day.
COLLATION..
sumptuous and recherche dteunsr Ia forch>sb
provided IN the tAstefuiy tucd mp dining Of the
BOARD whiihcr all present invited prcceed 70
pleSlsh the "iu~Nd man" The President, Mr.. Smith,
Tosp o ~. y ana snS oSoy q se@
York; "Gov. q Smith, tho Washington OF the Aims
bouse Department "rhe health Of ex Alderman Her
rick Of the Nlncs4erth ward &c and sf,sr hours
tf oly and rsorsl enjoyment guests dispersed and
the proceedings terminated