Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-11-13

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At the residence Of l.. F.Kellogg, Mad,
isou, Wis, by the Rev. Spaulding, NJ. Clsr,
encs Kellogg Of Ind, Iowa, 10 Miss Jpl;e
Adams Of vergennes, Vt.
THE HOSPITAL fOR the INSANE.
aAe Contract ct Description O sAe
Plan..a Splcndla DullAing.
tt. " wa
On the 9Th inst, the State Commissioner,
for the additional Hospital for the Insane, To-
) Gated near this city, let the eonlrasg for the
construction Of onc.half the north wing to
David Armstrong, Of Dubuque, At $751;
including extra work. This the lowest bid,
and according 70 the calculations II sonpe-
lent builders very favorable one for the
State. PROFESSIONALLY It would have Afford
ed much satisfaction 70 our citizens could
the contract have bSeu secured hy some %
Of ths conpetent mechanics d lsdepeeA
dence but Mr. Sherwood was the only local
bidder, aud the amount be considered ne O.
essary for fair compensation Was $4,000.
However, NJ Arms,seng ssrsss p make In.
dependence his hous, and will 5000 move
bis family hi,her. He Is also bound by the
contract to have I'll the stone used in the
construction Of 4hs building eus on the
grounds Of the Hospital Or i tAis ciay. Fer
eli practical, PsrPosss, thsssfss, - con-
tract Is let u one Of or s~a sisisens.
While upon this question Of the contract
i may be we'll 70 mention 49, hsse Phil
adelPhia contractor put IN Nd fss 1000.
Still asosAer IA VAS salyl eseeAlhssthsn
hat Of Mr.. Armstrong.
The general plan q ~ Hospiss adopted
By the Commissioners, > sesr thsl Of the
Peunsylvania Hospital q PhilaaelphiD
which 10 under The gsasssl ssPssis.esdence
Of Dr.. KirkhsigAs. Il Was dss~n y Col.
8. V. Chipnan On sccomp,5 sasd aschhees,
Madison, Wis. who hes visited - less thaa
twenty -ssvsa HospisAb in ssikS b i5osm
himself Of oil The improvements md ssess.
sites Of such Institutions. The results Of
biz investigations are embodied In tAs plans
fnally sdopasd b ~ Commissonen sl;ch
we're subnAtsd V and souewhat revised BY
DR.. Ranney, Superintendent Of the Hos
pitsl = NJ. Pisasast. IT, plass arc e.
companied With very minute Specifications,
which bind the contractor 10 6Sst class work
in every particular.
The general plan Of the building rompris-
Is large central structure, facing The east,
with series Of Longitudinal sad tzAnsvesss
wings IN the north and south. retiring west
erly. The number Of 49, wings on either
side 10 six. TIE present eeossAssias;sdes two
transverse wings eossscssd b 90 longi.
tudinal wing % The nesth ed Of IL psopos>
ed structure. The lsagth u thsss wings ia
about 27o fess. Tbs lssgsA a ~ whole
building vim Be 10 stet II fssslen On.
der contract i abovt ons-6Ah n u whole,
and the cSasrscs requires y to - completed
by the middle Of October 1879. lshsspec.
ted the cost Of h bsilding will BE- abou,
e4so.ooo, or 100000 when completely I'm,
ished. &KET EEEg
| The buildiag viii be constructed in the
most substantial manner. By the specifc4,
,ious and costract he walls win rest On I
footing Of concrete, Is inches thidf ehdsf,
fee. vide. Upon dis VIII Do Pl8esd 4
course of Fairly rock 10 slabasix fet wide And
one foot thick. Above this the basement
walls are TO be two feet thick, built Of prai.
rio boulders, suitably faced. in ranged rock
work, up 70 The wsses table. Above III
water table the facing Of the walls win be
random pointed asher, Fasly Or Epworth
stone, two kst thick. The win.
dow and door caps, rustic corners, water
table and belt course are to be constructed
Of stone from the Anamosa quarries. The
covering will be Of the bsst Vermont State,
| IL BY Is inches, Of uniform color and thick
ness.
j IN tnss,eeA wings n. % h e. asd
The longitudinal wings three stories above
the basement. Every arrangement neces>
sary to secure thorough ventilation, sbnn>
Cant supplies Of hot and cold water and fos
lighting and warming the building, il bad
10 view in the plan adopted. The Commits.
sioners are Strictly carrying esaths purposes
aud objects Of the bill making the appropri.
alton for this Hospital. They will drst COM
plete this fraction Of the whole building in
oeder 10 slFosd Accommodations Or The snior>
Inmates designed to be benefited, 1t the
earliest practicable moment The Asylum
at Mt. Pleasant il full 70 repletion, and
scores Of patients will be waiting the OPEN
| ing Of the Asylum here. The portion now
TO h bsilt will acconoaAts aheaa Dssnty~
i've paaieals. h vhoA bsildiee = calcn.
lated for four hundred.
i Mr.. Geo. Josslyn, who has bssa appointed
Superintendent Of construction Is . Thorough
mechanic and W. saploysl = hss1 ssr>
pentsr in tho construction Of tho Hospital
, at Mt Pleasant Probably the coumissioa.
ers could not have selected psrson better
qualified in al respects for The position 70
which shsy havsappoia.sa hi..
Mr.. Armstrong, tn. eontsaceos, ia mason
By trade, who has bad aa sxpsisscs cfoysr
tveaty years in the erection Of buildinss Of
: substantial and masdvs charaetsr: p .
bailt several Of the public buildings Of 'DA,
bsqse, and has just fnishhd . +hund4 ID
tAossaad dollar mill 10 Wisconsin. He lis
highly recommended BY parties Who ~
qualified % judge Of bis siRcisncy. .f
| Our cilisens may congrasnlsts sheatlsss
that they arsso possess abaildins moss per
iscsly adopted 10 tho purposes for which y
will be erected ihan any other in the United
States. II i not Tie least important matter
also, that the site selected will furnish ~ i'm
exhansible supply Of pure son water ies tho
the use Of the Hospital.
FATAL AccrDExr.-Aa Irishmsn ~ the
name Of Patrick Mccoy, living on ths'rail>
road, three milee west Of town, wasinstant>
II killed this morning, on bis farm. His
horses became frightened and ran away
With him. He was thrown from the wagon,
which passed over him, causing bis almost
instant death,