National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-10
rHE NEW ALMSH0USE.
gSCCIPTfOy OF THE PROPOSED WING.


BuiidiuH suitabie for the Purpose TO bc
Constructed style, Comfort, Cenven-
Ir,r. and Fc tho Modern Iu-
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THE Ne" WiNo'
Tradition, VIII DC star'ou Nv 'no 'ou ,,, '
orncr OF the present Oulluing, unu VIII run
asst 100 tcct ny 70 ieo'"Iuc' iuu , vAea'ae'V
or tue basement VI 'no Nv" puns ~ ~
NC story lower 'hah 'ie 'o
resent ohllu'hs' o"i"s W wv b'S"'
tation OF inc gruunu. -,-
The first story VIII be arranged LOT maio
md female llnInr-rooms for the inmates Of
no oInsb,usc with n wide staircase lending
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wv "ifN' 49,,
ngi also male and lelnao Jimmy
oOms for the c.nvlcts OF the work.
,ouse. with similar staircase, as
,ho,c dcsrrIbcd LEADING, 10 the uppcr stories.
- I.,,iIdi,,, r,,nri,o ,ong,-
III inc cenue VI tno Ounus' - 70.
udinally, VIII DC corrluoI Wu ice' "it0'
ctwccn the rooms described. In the centre
4 the buIldIur between the above staircases
m iron cato will be placcd, thereby shutting
~ ~" CAV W ~ -, L.. 90 ,vo,r.
III all communication WIN "'n' "as
Iousc. Only one staircase lcaus 10 mo oaso-
ncnt and that from the alms-hOuse portion
n tho building communicating with q corri-
To- -, ,ra, T., Tho or.t-.tory This floor con-
W w VIC. 10 ~ ,.,'',.., -. ,,,,,,. hoLory
ans tue kltcho"' s'o'o-'oO''s, y'
aundry, drug-room, nre-room and water
Iosets. Around the present building an area
to,,r toc, eide will he cxcayatcd and sunk ono
V ~ -, a., ,,.o.,,,, aoor With all tho
W. 'o'O" '"o ,.at.a rho ,o,nd.-
ieceosary sewers Ior uia,nuso' , ~
Ion or footing courses VIII oo oi O'ue snen
tone thirty inches wide, laid In bod of
.or,oD, and UclI anshcd through with cement
' W." ~, I'asa,,,,I,, hommcrcd down.
nortar anu 'hV''"S"'' -. - ii, -.
The thickness OF tue paseulSht s 49,. III
twenty-five lnches' OF goou naIu ,,IaS S, aHu
good cement mortar a'i ~ o,'tn, Ihe weiis
ri - -I.L,s.,, t,,,hna ,bIcl tho outside aur-
,ces ~ thn same broken with pilasters
.wenty-sevcn inches wide and twenty-five
nchcs thick and about hitech iroul eSuue ~
enue. lnc ioo Nv, m,l on NJ Tho prcscnt building,
,n ad ,hn cnrnIcc with The brick dentils under
Il will be OF tho same character Of
leslgn as that OF the present Dnlluing ING
ioor ana wlnuo" uini, ,in,sss,ais az aiso Tho
,sss a,,S ,-,,iovs az AZ present In tho old
,YiIding. The skiTting will 10 u inches
.hlck and inches wide, splaycd on tho top;
AL the windows In the workhouso Poruonn oL
the structure VIII nave Ji.l ,,roa ho.ie
placed ycrtcally anu nF9ceu WIN =, ~ ..S,aDna
zontal bars linen oy lhvhos, ne'i T.,s 80
10 anchors hrmly set into INC vans. ano 20
'taircases ieet VIDE, WIN De ,,' ~, ~, ",
ron, with four carriage sngs ~ Hys.,osrnpr
WITH newels, raus anu pnus ,t, .,oa,e5 10
4 neat pattern when VIII DC sG,e aI ~ ~
the architect. On eaen nopl ~ 80, s,ho
viii DO placed IN tue cotIlupt pSs" -, ~
iaircases separating the Worhnouso iioui W
llmshouse. All the noOts VIII " I'm .ao,',.
lre-prooi by using Vlneh ngns nV hon ,ha
md towering brick arches between tneuli tno
launches filled up with concLetc anu s', AN,
Dedded into tue same, 10 WhiSh uile hot,h,
20 nailed and carried up 10 tuo PLoPoii nSb ~.
20 correspond with tue noors III thS ""J''"s
building The division OF
THE UPPER STORIES
will bc the same ma those in frst story, aud
NJ, - a. ,,i,i no ,mnlv sunnlIed with
1no uppoI nOo's "Hl w ~" ~ i,,,s ,,,,n1o
waterior the wash-roonis' os'n.ioon,, P,uns
baths, water-closets, &C., by means oil largo
tank placed into tho roof, with q capacity OF
. noo ,oIIons into which water will be intro
stOVO sa'o, nv - $50, ~, ,ho hoso-
duced oy iorco pump 'oea'ou on s,o oaoo
ment. All the water from the roof VIII empty
into this tank. In the basement the whole
aoor will be OF cement laid of in squares In
,.,I,.,,o, a, ,,,,r1 Crcot care will bc taken
'iiii'a 'A y. 'i"s' ,e,' -. ..,s,o-as,o
20 secure the best drainage ana sewea,age:
The basement noor OF the present ounain ng
VIII DO laid on IN Similar manner, anu eelis