Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1886-07-07
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The Insane Asylum of Arizona has been completed and accepted by the Board of Directors.
 It is magnificent structure worthy of any of the old and wealthy states ol the Union, and an especially creditable and valuable acquisition to this terri.ory;and no cheaper building has ever been con- structed on the Pacific slope. Consid- ering the heavy cost of material and labor in Arizona compared with less remote localities, i: is matter Of great surprise that so much has been accomplished for the amount of money expended A brief description of the asylum as it stands completed will prove interesting to oar readers.
 The plans and specifications were adopted las, September and approved by the physicians of the asylum at Napa, California, who considered them as nearly perfect as possible; such minor changes as their experience suggested were made in the original plans These plans were selected from thir- teen differen, sets sen, for the considera- ton of the commission and they were prepared without cos, to the territory. Messrs Stewart and Hatch visited both the Napa and Stockton asylums, and carefully studied the structure of the buildings and consulted with the physicians in charge with a v:ew 10 se- curing the maximum benefits and i'm provements to the building they were about to erect
 The building is all brick. 7S6 fee: in length, and 100 feet Tn depth. The foundation IS laid three feet m the ground on hard-pan, with Portland ce- ment, thirty inches base, walls seventeen inches thick to the second story, upper story thirteen inches. The structure IS virtually three stories high as the base ment is finished completely like the up- per portion of the building. The asy- lum is divided into three parts, VIZ; mid de building. east and west wings. The middle building is for the executive de- partmen,, the east wing for male pa tients ana the west wing for females. The first floor of the main building has the following rooms:
 Superintendent's office, examination office, directors rooms, dispensary and hospital; also three sleeping rooms (front room double) with fire-places win man ,els, and plain, nea, furniture, through out
 A large hall-way,welve feet wide, anda handsome stairway lead to the second floor which contains double parlors, su- perintenden,'s chambers. private sitting room. matron'sroom-s with fire-places; also two extra chambers and dining room with dumb waiter 10 kitchen in basement Every room fourteen fee, in the clear, the woodwork handsomely grained and finished in a very complete manner. Water closets and bathrooms, with hot and cold water or every floor The wings are connected with the main building by bridges artistically arched and completely finished, covered. and fully protected from lncleinent weather.
 The wings each have wide hall. twelve fee,) and dining room on each floor wi;h dumb walters leading 10 kitchen, sixteen rooms on each floor, wire screens to windows, the corners of each room rounded, the walls plas- tered with two coats of hard finish, water closets and bathrooms, with hot and cold water sinks in both storIeS; fire hose, &c. Also ] violent cell for refrac- tory patients on both floors. At the bridges leading from the main building to the wings are ops slat doors for sum- mer and closed ones for winter and iron doors sliding out of the walls to close in case of tire. The original contract did no. call for finished basemen,s, but it was considered advisable 10 raise the building and increase its capacity. So the basements are now finished Ike the first and second stories increasing tho capacity of the asylum Iso patients.
 The kitchens are in the rear of the basement and connected by dumb wait CTS to the dining rooms and hospital above; cemen, floors. hot and cold water. drainage. Sc.
 The bakery, laundry, and boiler-house are separate buildings twen,y-fve feet to the re,r of the main building; bakery furnished with brick oven, laundry with tubs, steam washer. tables, etc Boiler house with steam boiler, Worthington improved pumps, pipes connecting with main building for hea,lng purposes. The yards for patients are built in the rear of