, 1876-10-08
THE NEW HOSPITAL,
Informal Opening Of Cook COIN,
tvs Great Charity.
The Building Pronounced Satisfacto~.
in It's Appointments.

some years ago. the Board OF County snnr,
visors, feeling the necessity OF better act,ou,p,s
datfous for its wards, purchased lot corn.r -,
| Wood and Harrison streets for the erection ~.
new County Hospital. The purchase NAV h...
been straightforward, and then again It NAV n.s
| have been. But, whether it was straight or ~.
] 1t Is fact that the purchase excited ppbc =.
mark, and the purchasers were the objects ~
great deal Of criticism at the time. The srho,,.
went forward nevertheless, and yesterday ths
new Hospital was formally opcoei-.s
institution OF which Cook Conn.,
may well feel proud, and whto5
has already excited the admiration Of thu -,
tire country, il nut the world. It's architectrs.
already fully described in these columns :
after the most approved style, and its fntero.,
arrangements, as IS we'll known, are comhin.
ton OF the excellenctes Of all similar institu.
tions. an idea Of which was gained at great ~
pense and after months Of study. Althouph
but partially completed, as it stands It Is ~
ornament to the city ard county, and, thoupb y
has cost considerable money, and its histofr b +
not entirely dfsconn ected with rpno,.s
Of fraud, etc, 1t is an Institution ~
which the public. should congratulate itself
Its cost, 50 far as the work has gone, Including
the buildings and furniture, and excluding "
cost. of the lot, figures up in the neighbore
hood of $500, GOO, which judges say is not ass
unreasonable.
THE OPENING EXERCISES
we're informal and without ostentatton or shov
4 majority Of the Committee on Hospitals Of
the County Board was present, headed by tha
Chairman, Col. Ceary, and many citizens r.
the forenoon few OF the patients in the old
HOSPITAL had been removed to the new buflsinc
and assigned quarters, and the mass OF the he]1
had also been transferred for the occasion.
Ihe warden was there to superntend, uai ;
the several parties who had participated n
contractors Ill the erection Of the building Were
on hand to direct visitors aud point Out the
beauties and advantages OF the structure, which
in cou1parison with the old rookery on the oor.
ner OF Arnold and Eighteenth streets, are BE-
the visitors, and the whole institution was n
running shape The furnaces were fired, md
their capacity to heat the establishment
was fully tested. The kitchen, laundry, and
engine house we're in full blast, and the wholo
scene vas that !t OF lite and energy in the minus-
was only equaled by the appointments
OF the interior, In which moth
Ing but the most approved machinery
and the greatest mechanical skill had been en-
p1oyed. Nothing was wanting, and thegreat SUI
prise was to all ookerson that the County Board,
such work. The praise, consequentlv, for tho
.1cel1ency and completeness OF the structure,
yas divided between the contractors for tle
Tork, and the Committee OF the Board, who
lave had the same under their special care.
THE CONTRACTORS
we're assiduous in the discharge OF their oblfgz-
ions, especially Messrs. Sexton and Hogan,
those work speaks for itself; and it Is reason
bly, believed that their assiduity vas
lot without its reward. The Com
nittee was known to have
,een industrious, and the Chairman, Col.
;leary1 had frequently sat up at night broodin9 !
'ver the charge given him, while his felloF.
members had Joined him in anxiety and labor to |
make the Hospital what it is, an ornament to [
he county and city, and monument to,tha. {
harity OF the public,-for all Of which they d.
erve the puhlc's thanks.
The building will now accommodate $40 NJ f
tents very comfortably, aud in m emergency 4
he number could be almost doubled Thcre &
70 fear, however, that it will be overuowded.
or the reason that the number OF PATIENT
t the old Hospital has been Il
hort Of its capacity, and for +
he further reason that. when the institutions E
ntirely occupied, and the old structure is ahau +
oned, which will be during the next week, nex e
ules Will be adopted to govern it which viii et. E
ectualiy provide against such acondition. Whep II
is fully occupied the public will be inyttedM 4
isit it, and meet those who have had its con- B;
tructfon in charge, aud to visit it will pay III E
le for his trouble, E