The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-12-18

country, " Is protected from the sharp winds
of the severer season, while it has all the ad-
vuntoges Of the most salubrious atmosphere,
THE ASYLUM BUILDING.
Seen from the Murfreesboro pike as you go
South the Asylum building presents a strik-
ing and imposing appearance. Embowered
IN trees which act rs setting instead Of hid
ing the structure one could imagine he were
approaching one of those magnificent eoun-
| Try seats for Which our parent country is so
celebrated, where lordly aristocracy saunters
over broad patrimonia acres and shoots the
deer and pheasant IN gray woods where n
score OF ancestors have enjoyal the sports of
the chase. The structure is built in the cas-
telated style, and is exceedingly picturesque
and attractive in its Appearances
| 1t presents front of 4O5 feet, with two
wings running back $50 feet, Mt right angles
| with the main building. 1t is three and four
| stories high without the basement, anG is
| built of brick and stone From the certre
of the main building rises an octagonal tow
er sixteen feet in diameter and twenty five
feet IN height, giving to the whole an eleva-
ton OF about eighty-hye feet. Some iden may
be obtained of the extent of the building
| when we state that it contains 265 rooms. ex
! elusive Of NIL domestic apartments, laundry,
! bNth-roOms, etc Mr.. a, Heiman, a gentle
man of much professional skin, was the ar
chitect aud builder of tie institution andits
cost was about SlsO,OO0, a sum which an,
pears very inconsiterable compared with the
| finished results
Such building could not now be erected
short OF twice the sum above mentioned. The
! foundations were commenced in ls49, and
the main part was completed in 1851. The
original appropriation was only $75 900
which accounts for the delay in completing
the building, which, as flushed design, was
mot realized until 1858 when the two wing.
were ready for occupancy. The building il
constructed with twenty-four octagonal tow.
ers five feet in diameter, and rising eight feet
above the battlemenis, which range from
tower to tower about the whole edifce, toll
lowing the angles Of projections which givt
relief to front and fanks. h.
THE INTERIOR.
| Feeling assured that ou. readers will pc
ruse with pleasure some details Of the interi.
or arrangement, we give the following
Each tinor in the center building has u hal
and large and convenient starr case, which
are intercepted by a corridor ninety-two feet
long and twelve feet wide, whith joins tht
corridors of the wards. These last are of the
same Dimensions, so that when the doors are
opened which divide the center building fron
the two wards there is presented corridor
ZIG feet in length, at each end OF which is an
attendants room. From the corridors ofthe
wards the rooms for the patients are entered,
which are twelve by eight feet. There are
also rooms of larger size, for pay y-patients
dining rooms, water. CLOSETS, clothes rooms
and Stair-cAses in each ward Snd in each
story. The arrangements of the FIRST and
second stories are the same--each story ol
the main building containing tbirty-fouT
| rooms, except the fourth story, which has
| eighteen rooms. In the basement of each
wing is q kitchen forty feet by tweuty-six.
Each story has longitudinal corridor twelve
icst wide running through the whole length
OF the wiDg--two dining rooms twelve by
twenty-six feet each, " hich are connected by
dumb waters With the kitchens below The
wards for violent patients are at the far end
OF each wing, running at right.angles with
the same, each having six rooms eight by
twelve ieet.
Each wing has tower twelve feet square
in the clear, rising above the upper story, for
tue reception Of y water-tank, to be made
available in the case OF fire, which seems al
most impossible, from the fact that the build
ing is heated by steam and the cooking is
done 10 the stone Easements
The supply of water for the whole build
ing is pumped up by means Of steam en-
gine from reservoir TO the main tank in the
centre building, and thence conveyed by
pipes 10 four others in the wings, holding in
all about 8, 1000 gallons of water. We Under
staud that the design is to arrange for sup
plying water fer large portion Of the year
by means of a series of big hydraulic rams,
which are now in progress Of construction.
The ventilation OF the whole building is
carried on by means Of 4 centrifugal fan,
driven BY an engine The fan used tor this
p1rpose is seventeen feet in diameter, and
the quantity Of air discharged may be car
ried AS high rs 70, 900 cubic feet per minnie.
The air from the Ian is conducted by means
Of suitable passages under ground to the
central chambers of the basement 10 the
main building and the wings, and so on
through the chambers of the steam pipes,
where it is heated in cold weather, and
thence TO the verticle lues and through The
building.
IN addition 20 other arrangements for sup
plying water there are two cisteins for rain
water, which contains 10000 gallons each.
y.. OUTSIDE AccEssoRIEs,
The washing for the Institution Is done 10
a small brick building, where the requisite
laundry apparatus is run by steam. The same
building contains q small mill TOT grinding
corn, feed, etc. There are also stables, barns
aHd stock yards, and brick building in
which steam is generated for heating the
building aud Tor driving the yentilAIing tan.
But we should not forget The I...
sRrrS nod
These are several in number under the
eoutsol Of ,be skillfil and expprisnred gard,
ner Of the institution, Mr.. Sharksy. Here are
raised and propogatsd erotes Of all sorts,
which arrive at great perfection. The sever
al buildings devoted TO the purposes are ft-
ted with steam pipes, 50 that the iempefa.ars
eau be regulated 70 any required degree with
oui difficulty. The green houses are consid-
cred by tie snpsfintehdent TO be one Of the
mvat valuable aeceBsOries in the way of
amuIemrnt and suiertaiumrnt which can be
used Ia The treatment OF the unfortunate
sufferers Hhs are confned ir The institution.
II is sad that many vi ihe patients exhibit
great delight IN going through the buildinga
and the hfeliest inierus. IN az they see We
aag IN one Of lhe grteu houses an orange
tree with the irail in all stages ef ripening,