The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-24
ANGEL ISLAND.
Work Progressing on the Guar.
antine Station.
Ten Buildings viii Be Erected for the Service.
A Ship and Her Cargo Will Be Dsin-
feeted in Two and Half Hours.

alongside and steamed up for trip. ltwas
Lyman Bridges launch, in which he was
about to make trip to Angel Island TO look
after the construction Of the nited States
quarantine buildings, of which work he Is
Superintendent.
step on board" said the well-known
civil engineer to n CALL representative,
''and FL take you over, and you'll get rid
of this fog"
The fog hung so closely to the ground
that it was very difficult to see a couple of
hundred yards and the trip seemed prom
Using, if for no other reason. Gradually the
fog grew less dense and lifted as the launch
journeyed, until, when Angel Island was
reached, it barely touched the top of the
hills at the thOusand-foot elevation.
THAT fog never bothers u.s." said
Colonel Bridges. sit may blow over the
hills toward san Rafael but it never sinks
down into tile Valleys"
The truth of the observation was ap-
parent when the launch rounded the
northern promontory of the east side and
headed into Hospital Cove. To the left
was seen a group of men, perhaps fifty,
digging away at the base of the mountain,
while SAND and gravel, dirt and rocks came
tumbling down toward them, driving them
back and keeping them from working until
the CLOUD oil aust llau cleared away.
EVIDENCES OF PROGRESS.
On the right side of the valley, which
continues from the water front Tar into the
hills, aud whose sides are covered with
small trees and thick underbrush tn depth
TO form Il suitable mountain 1astneSs, was
seen double frame building in course OF
construction, That is our lazaretto,' said
the COVE 'and is meant for the least
durable o. PATENTS. We do not expect to
have many such, but nill be prepared"
On all sides, both on land and water, evil
dences Of progress having been made. A
temporary whaIf has been built, couple
Of tTamWays Wend their crooked ways up
the mountain sides ana several buildings
have been started, some of which are in
closed, while others have only their founda-
lions built.
Tie whole is the future quarantine sta
ton, and not many months will have
passed, after the opening, until most Of the
merchantmen and passenger vessels OF the
Pacific Ocean viii have passed into this
watered port and been examined and dis
infected by the plant to he established for
that purpose. " hen completed. which Will
be in about one year, this station viii be as
well equipped rs any i'll the United States.
There are two others being constructed on
the same IlHuS-oue at Philadelphia and
the other at Boston.
LYMAN Bridges stated that the materials
for the ten buildings for the station are the
same fer each one. Tie foundations will
be built OF blue sandstone aud the frame
structures OF Oregon pine. Everything
seems to be conducted IL the most ecOuomi-
cal manner.
THE DISINFECTING PLANT
The most important feature of the ser
vice viii be the large disinfecting plant II
Will consist Of three chambers Of lacketed
cylindrical shells Of three-elEbth inch steel,
with a tensile strength Of $1,000 pounds t.
the square inch, 4 total length OF forty feet
and an interior diameter Of seven. In these
chambers dry, superheated steam viii be
stored. Adjunct 10 the steam disniectantS
will be various chemicals, such as carbolic
acid. etc. 10 accommodate persons who
are to be disinfCcted building Will he
erected. Its dimensions will be 1876 feet in
width and 20 III length, and 1t viii consist
OF two rooms.
When vessel is found at the Golden Gate
TO have on board cases of dangerous and con-
tagious diseases il will be ordered to the
quarantine station to be diSinfected. both
the people and baggage, before landing.
and the vessel before unloading or going
out - sea. The vessel viii 60 Immediately
20 the station and the passengers will be
allowed TO land, thing never before pos
sible. They are then left at the barracks
while their baggage is opened. There cOm-
mences the application Of dlsinfectants.
The vessel viii 60 Immediately to the
station and be moored at the landing now
undergoing construction After unloading
all passengers baggage and every passen-
ger pipes from one or more OF the steam
chambers will be introduced into the hold
and. with the hatchways closed, the steam
will be let into the vessel.
After couple of hours the pipes will be
Withdrawn. the hatchways and port holes
opened and the vessel is thoroughly diSin-
fected, ready to receive her passengers. In
some cases a carb0lc at0mizer might be
used III dlsntectlng.
A SAVING OF TINE,
In the meantime the baggage viii have
been conveyed to the warehouse and disin-
fected by the same process, and the passen-
gers will have had their clothes and persons
cleansed at the barracks, which is built
alone for that purpose, and not for what
that word would indicate.
BY This method a vessel Will have been
discharged, disinfected, reloaded and re-
leased by the quarantine authorities within
two hours and half 1t now takes from
thirty to forty days, and Colonel Bridges IS
enthusiastic oyer this vast gain IN time,
which he pTOnOunCes sufficient to bring The
merchantmen OF tile world INTO this port 10
discharge cargo and passengers during
times OF epidemic or pandemics.
Among the other buildings to be put up Is
a surgeons headquarters, in which the
necessary surgery will be conducted. Its
dimensions Will be IL feet in width by % in
length. The officers headquarters, a
double building, which is now about in
closed, will embrace eight rooms and have
d
These quarters viii be very pleasant, as
they occupy position about go feet from
aud above the bay, and viii be the most
prominent building as seen from the water.
The LaZaTett0, as one Of the hospitals
will be called, Will consist Of a main build
ing 26X76 feet and adjunct 3GX42 feet in
dimensions, and will be united by a covered
passage. The main part will consist OF two
large rooms, two bathrooms and 4 couple
Uf large wards. The adjunct is for the
f-ar, s1.y,4 my - 1alr Etfa
rooms devoted TO them, will contain dis
Rensary.
BUILDING THE WHARF NOW.
At present nearly the whole force on that
part Of the island is engaged in building the
wharf. which will be 700 feet on the north
side and 100 on the east, with a superficial
area OF 10000 square feet Tor a landing. On
this landing the warehouse, barracks ami
disinfecting plant will stand. The landing
will be protected and built up by piers, COW
cred with Swiss rs phaltum TO depth OF an
eighth of an inch, TO protect them from the
teredO.
The barracks will be twenty-eight feet in
width and 1876 in length, with an ~ on the
east side Of siXty-eight feet. 1t viii con-
tain cots for those undergoing fumigation,
a kitchen. dining-room ana wards NeXtto
this will be the warehouse for storing bag
gage and clothes destined to undergo the
steam process. Neither of these buildings
las been commenced yet
Inc wafer supply 10 very ROOu IL Is
furnished by springs and is pumped into
two tanks of 10000 gallons each, from
which it is distributed through pipes to the
various houses.
Colonel Bridges stated that 1t is possible
that the United States Marine Hospital
might be removed TO the east end of the
island. and that a school for artillery in
struction might soon be built Oh the south
eastern point of the island on ten-acre
plateau.
The money for the work now being done
was furnished by an appropriation OF Sl25,-
GOO year ago, and a bill for a similar sum
is now pending. John w. Windrim was
the architect Of the buildings and plant and
the contract WAS let to the San Francisco
Bridge Company, which has sublet it.
Surgeon w. =. Mcintosh will be put in
charge of the service, with Surgeon j. H.
Bailhache as assistant.
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Terrible Confession.
The mystery of the tragedy last Saturday
al Blissyille is cleared up, says a special