Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-03-01
TIE INSANE ASYLUM.

regents are out inspecting the build
ing, preparatory to accepting it from
the contractors. In this connection
brief description of the building
may be of interest to our readers.
The asylum is situated about a
mile north of the Plaza, on the Hot
Springs road, on tract of five acres,
little higher and overlooking the
city, as we'll as the beautiful Gallinas
valley and the PLAINS and mountains
to the east and north. The building
is of Gothic architecture, three stories
high, not including the basement or
the handsome tower royerthe entrance.
The material is the beautiful white
sandstone, so abundant in the foot
hills back of town, with all the trim
mings and ornaments of red sand
stone.
The main structure is 90 feet front,
As feet deep, with an addition to the
structure on the west 65x45 feet, and
sun-bath rooms on the south two
stories high, oval front, Ssxl9 feet.
The front entrance has fine arch
over the door that is one of the
handsomest we have ever seen. There
are half dozen steps leading up to
the first floor from the entrance to
the corridor, from which open lS
rooms, all well lighted and ventilated.
A hall, on each side of which are
numerous closets, wash rooms and
bath rooms, leads to the dining
room in the back part of the build
ing. This room is finely fitted
up with dish closets and all
the necessary conveniences to save
time and trouble. All the cooking
will bc done in the basement and is
to be sent up by dumb walters. OF
the dining room on the north are
couple of neat rooms for the conven-
ience of the employees.
The second story is almost du-
plicate of the first, room for room,
while the third floor has only rooms
for patients, no dining OF bath rooms.
In the basement is situated all the
machinery for heating, ventilating,
cooking aud laundry work. The
heating and ventilating is what is
known as the "vacuum and plenum"
system. The cold air is taken into
the basement from the outside and
drawn through coils of steam heat
ing pipes in a large box by a fan
and then forced through the venti-
lating pipes into the different rooms.
The registers in the rooas thus con-
troll the amount of heat in the room
which does not depend on the heat or
cold of the atmosphere outside. This
is one of the first places in the west
where this system has been put IN,
and Messrs. Sturtesant 81 Co., of
Roston, Mass, are the owners of the
patents and the work has been under
the supervision of Alfred ii. Sanger,
with Messrs Whiting & Angle, OF
Denver, the western agents.
The building is lighted by electric
ity, has water on all floors, from the
Aqua Pura pipes, which pass just in
front of the building, and, in short,
is thoroughly complete in all respects,
In the bath rooms the tubs are large,
fine ones and set in the center of the
room, giving plenty of room for at
tendants, if needed.
So far there are As finished rooms
in the building and few more that
can be finished in the basement when
needed.
We are proud to say that all the
work on the building has been done
by Las Vegas men. Messrs. Hill
and Cavanaugh were the contractors
Of the wood and stone work respect
lively. Mr. Hill has looked very
closely after the carpenter work,
which is of the best. Mr.. Cavanaugh
is noted over the territory for being
one of the best masons in the west,
and the numerous fine buildings he
has erected are proof of the truth Of
the assertion; whether you examine
the front of the building or the back
the same careful work viii be found.
J. S. Elston had the painting con-
tract and did 1t in a way that shows up