The Portland daily press., 1884-01-04
On 11stIlNI' 80. s',..s...
REPORT. OF THE TRUSTEE


At the close of the forty-third year Of ths ex-
isteAce OF the hospital, the trustees report that
monthly visits have been made and every ward
carefully inspected, and they find the internal
workings ana general management of the hos
pital such as to afford as good facilities for
the comfort and recovery of the inmates as
eau DO found in similar institutions elsewhere,
The moIiuary record of the past year shows
an unusually large number of deaths, the In
creased mortality occurring during the latter
part OF the winter and continuing through the
spring.
The new pavilion for females, authorized by
resolve of the Legislature of 1881, is now
furnished and occupied, the superintendent
having transferred portion OF the patients to
thelr new nome Each room is furnished
wish an ash Vardrobe, comnlode and table and
CHAIR and rocker, q wooden bedstesd, wire
spring bed ard hair mattress with new and
suitable bedding. The dining rooms are furn-
ished with ash tables, damask and linen table
covers, and sufficient dishes and cutlery. Neat
and appropriate gas fixtures have been placed
in the balls.
second pavilion for male patients is now
under process OF erection, in accordance with a
resolve of the Legislature, which appropriated
$4,000 Eor the same The trustees deemed it
necessary and important to connect the two
pavilio's with each Other and with the chapel
building, By means of corridor running on
direct line from the chapel baildiug to O
straight line leading from the vestibule OF one
pavilion TO that of the other, then, turning at
right angles, right and left TO each building.
making soma It's fest in length Messrs. M %
Foster q Son, OF WaterviIle, who secured the
Con..rs9et,- have pushed the work forward as
latiu ny as the-eontract reqaired; tho CORR lor
.Inu 0l.e ela , were not 80 far advanced as
came, but are now enclosed ami rani.lIv ! n
preaching completion. The pavilion Il oloead
in and well secured against frost,
The trustees have expended and paid for
steam heating, ventilating, plumbing aud
grading, cementiDg CELLAR, painting walls, fur
nlshng, etc., IN the fret pavilion, 80 $40 81, the
bill for elevator net Included; and second
pavilion, corridor aud tram way, SIS, 1925
Ia order to provide supply OF water for the
hospital the trustees decided early ia tbs sum-
mer to supplement the old water works BY
placing the new pump on the bank of the
river On a hFm foundation and extending q
fouT-noh suction pips from the pamp Ont into
the river one hundred and fifty feet for the
purpose CT securing as pure water as possible.
The pump has been connected with the pipes
OF tbs OLD water works By means of eleven
hundred feet Of four-inch pipe, so that water
is taken from this bed OF the river and forced
to tue highest reservoir, known as the Granite
Reservoir, whence it is drawn and distributed
as the needs of the hospital require The
capacity of this pump with moderate pres
sure OF steam Is 1000 gallons per hour. This
has involved an outlay CT $222929. Other
improvements have been made, the most i'm
poi t11e ooing IL tho sewerage lnS mas D6ou
torned into the river several hundred feet be-
low the pumping station, and, with the inn
provements made in the heating apparatus,
&c, involved an outlay of So 604
The greenhouse under the care OF Mr.. Al
len has not only furnished sufficient plants and
flowers for the hospital but has furnished to
outside parties, for which the hospital has re-
ceived in cash 1854.
The trustees in accounting for an apparent
deficit of S6,6l1 OF in net receipts from the
previous year, say they have paid 81, 229 90 for
pumping station, ETC., $360400 for boiler
house, engine house, enlarging and extending
mains, and So 546 81 to Mr., NoSes on cont act
amounting in ali TO $8,1799 81. This amount is
outside OF the ordinary current expenses of the
hospital.