Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-21
ANACOSTIA.

AN ADDITION TO THE ST. ELIZABETHs BUILDINGS.
The Government Hospital for the Insane has
received into it family OF buildings new boiler
house. 1t is of Potomac blue stone and is built
in the lap OF ravine. The architecture is rug
ged and the structure looks as though put up
for business 1t fronts about fifty feet east and
west. has depth OF eighty feet and height of
forty. On the north side is brick chimney
that not only rises clear of the ravine but peeps
above surrounding roofs at Washington and
hungers to shake hands with the monument.
This tower il one hundred and five feet from
foundation to cap, with q fiue six feet square
and draft one hundred and seventy-five feet
long. The chimney has reached its full growth
and the scaffOlding will come down next week.
Inside the north wall of tho boiler-house are
ranged the six 60-horse power boilers. These
boilers are to supply steam heat and sweeten
winters breath throughout the institution.
The reason for the selection of the bottom of
a ravine as the site for this improvement
was because it places the first floor of the
boiler house forty feet below the level Of the
ground floors OF the other buildings. This
will cause the condensed steam to
trickle back to the boilers and be revaporized.
At present the main building is fitted with hot
water boilers, two at each end. These are
fred in the basement and DIR. Godding, the
superintendent, desires to avoid any possibility
OF calling into service the scores Of plugs,
standpipes and carriages of hose with which
the institution is equipped. The Toner build
ing has an dependent steam heating apparatus,
East and West lodges. Howard and Atkins
halls, relief, Retreat, DAVIS and Garfield
buildings have steam pipes fed from the 100
horse boilers that siZZle at the engine house.
SO soon as the new order of things begins these
boilers will have only machinery to drive.
The pipe conduits are nearly complete and
things are in such an advanced stage that DR..
Godding intends to blister the first frost that
comes. Another duty of the new structure is
to provide quarters for the engines and dyna-
mos that are in all probability soon to electric
light the grounds and edifices of this ASYLUM.
This is an improvement for which the superin-
tendent in his next report will ask an appropri-
alton.
SUICIDAL ATTEMPT.
One Of st. Elizabeth's inmates named
Mutchal came near doing himself fatal injury
q few days ago. Mutchal's mind is badly out
of repair but during his residence at the hos
pital he has been distinguished for a docile
temper. For this reason he was allowed to cat
at table. While dining he secreted knife, COM
planned of being unwell and went to his room.
The attendant, AIR. Vaughan, missing the knife,
went to Mutchals room. 1t was found that
Mutchnl had driven the knife into his side very
near the heart and was apparently waiting to
die, satisfied that lie had inflicted upon himself
fatal wound. Vaughan deprived him Of the
knife and secured medical attention for
Mutchal, who is doing we'll
NOTES.
Justice Armstrong this morning issued war;
rant on complaint of Agent Key, charging John
II. Southoron, q sub-contrac:or on the cabls
road, with cruelty to animals.
A meeting Of the Citizen 8 Association will be
held tonight.