Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-11
BRIDGEPORTsS NEW HOSPITAL. An Elegant One Hundred Thousand Dollar Bu1IdfnG-Its Dedication

BRIDGEPORT'S NEW HOSPITAL. An Elegant one Hundred Thousand ! Dollar Bu1ldinG-Its Dedication ! To-Day.
 1 Bridgeport's new hospital stands on the ! highest ground in West Stratford. The site | is a fine one and the outlook from the build ! ing magnificent. It commands an extended view including the whole city of Bridgeport, Black Rock and other scenes. The building ! is of fine quality brick, blue and brown stone | and terra cotta and finer structure is seen in the city. The main building is so constructed that at any time additions can be made. The ground is not all occupied, and it is intended, sometime when necessary to extend their facilities, to build on four more large wards similar to the two already there.
 An ample port cochere ornaments the front of building. It is an elegant affair, the roof being supported by highly polished pillars of Quincy granite, with bases and caps of wrought brown stone. 4 substantial driveway is made by well laid concrete. Granite steps with broad treads and easy ] risers lead to the large doorway. A fine $40 gas lamp of plate glass and polished brass fnishings Eliminates the entrance. The hallway is excellently designed, and gives gratifying exhibition of skilled workmanship. The flooring is composed of tessellated mar ble, and is very unique and handsome. Two broad oaken staircases, exQuisitely carved \ and shaped, lead to the upper story A I glistening brazen chandelier, full of shining pendants and globes of transparent glass, at \ tends to lighting the apartment. On the wall opposite the entrance there are inscrip- l tions cut in tablets of marble. The upper 1 panel is composed of Italian marble, and the ! following is engraved in large letters of gold: EsSusan Hubbeu, founder, $25, ,O0O.'' Under 1 meath that appears in black, EtCatharine | A. PettengiIl, 5000; Frances B. Poneroy, | $20,O00, and Frederick Marquand, S, ,50O. D | The next tablet is of Vermont marble and
 on it is written: ''Inscribed to the founder
 and chief benefactors of the Bridgeport hos
 pital, that their memory may endure and
 their examples speak to coming generations ,
 Below is a sub-base of Tennessee marble.
 | S7rThe whole building is 125 feet long and | there are two wards 95x30 that extend out in | front at right angles with the main building
 These are but one story high, and similar
 wards can be added at any time. Each oi
 these wards is capable of accommodating
 forty or fifty patients with ease. All the
 interior work is ill good keeping with the ex I terior and the rooms, offices, etc., etc., arc I commodious and excellent
 | At present the working force at the hospi
 tai numbers nine and more will be added as
 fast as needed Among them the super
 intendent physician in charge, nurses | 2 laundresses, ward masters and cook
 l The building has been built in a year and
 a half, at the cost of $100,0O0, and S135, OGC
 has been donated by the State and received
 in contributions and bequests.
 l A. B. Treat, of New Haven, did the mason
 building, and W. A. Beard, New Haven,
 the carpenter building; William Kaehrle, 1 New Haven, furnished the brown stone. To- day the hospital will be dedicated with ap- 1 propriate ceremonies. Hon. Henry B. Harfi- son, our next Governor, and number of other prominent New Haven gentlemen will ! be present.