The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-02

high with handsome Italian porico OF stone and sur
m united by cupola and tnrret In all about one nun.
Executive Department, and contain the board roo re-
ception rooms and Offices &c The corridors VIII 70
built entirely OF sone and OF the aggregate ienetn OF
three hundred and ngty-two feet The four
PAvILloSs
viii be nearly similar In plan and Of course the same IN
elevation The main body Of each is be one hundred
and ihirtyfour feet long by thiryone feet wde with
transverse building at each end forty -four feet long ana
respectively twenty feet and twenty-five feet wide, ana
consist OF basement ten feet aud three Stories eacn
sixteen feet, with.nttics In roof
THE EASEMENTS
VIII contain the culinary department. aundres, omcee
siorerooms &c The nrs story Of the main body divided
each into twelve rooms for the OF private PATIENTS
ana the second and third the large wards for msce
each ward thirty beds allowing each patient
thousand hundred cubic feet while the acs contain
the dosmorss for nurses attendants &C. the END
rooms and the surgeres and the third oor OF larger
end Of northwest pavilion is large clinical operating
room having patent hosting machine TO convey the
patients to either ward The
ARRANGEMENT FOR LIGHT ~
In this room is . principal feature. IL Is admitted
through handsome iron window seven feet widc by
twenty-five feet higb and running through the corn CO
into the roof, which will form elegant feature in
itself, and by which large stream OF light is thrown
directly upon the operating table Tho necessity OF thjs
important point will be understood and duly appreciated
by those familiar with the operation. There viii also
be an extra building In the Of The centre 10 contain
arndries, engine and heating apparatus, with con-
nections TO all parts OF the h0spitaA In which, well
ns Ia the Ventilation OF which, a thorough system "
being conducted and in all other details expense will
be spared which will tend 70 produce perfect model for
the purposes for which the building 10 INTENDED. We
may say here that too much canrs be
corded TO the building committees FOR the assiduus pains
they taxing, and the method they adopting to
object Entrusted Them They liberal In
their measures, governed by SOUND judgment and
ndefatigablc In rendering VARIABLE assistance 70 the
architect who expresses himself ~ being highly fnytu
nate in having such able coadqtOrs TO second de-
signs To produce elegant and substantial 1liidtng
and in every way adapted TO IL requirements they
thoroughly devoting themselves eaf
n - s4ses qs4 THERE ARE NO CONTRACTS 49,
connected with this work, the whole Is doAe BY days
work, the masonry under the direction q Mr. Lnas
Scrudder, and the carpenter wcsk under Mr. Thomas
Gardiner Jr, and N in every yAy donen good and
wcrkmaniks nsnnsr-the whole beiAs under the
superintendance Of the architect d the buud1g while
the cot stone ID furnished by Ness& B. " Carpenter,
from the LOckp0rt limestone quarres The yutttng Is
really most excellent work. This said 70 mo nrst
import alton OF the stone into our city. ltsquaNy OF
durabily and NJ beautiful appearance will 1nk II over
al other marbles; and believe IL htrodcuon here
Is but the pioneer OF It's general usa Wqcannot but
highly commend the course taken with rs building.
and shoul b happy TO hsveto chronicle re enors o.
similar tendency. has y Ill asd ~
f.. THE NORTHWEST VINO
Of this hospital Is being erected d rapidly pro
crossing towards completion when Ane nther parts OF
the building will be proceeded wyd; ahough,tt not
be expected that the entire conception Of the architect
can be embraced until the eye ad ress - the contour Of
IL Whola fE@ff,Hf.. t8 "A & fNpsHlt