Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-26

Sixth avenue and Cherry alley. In a day
or two those interested will meet at the real
estate Office of Black s. Baird to organize
a stock company and open subscription
books.
Doctors ard Dentists in Control.
Nearly all the stock, amounting to more
than quarter of million dollars, has al.
ready been reserved by physicians and den.
fists, who are delighted with the idea OF
having a building especially adapted to
their needs, and are anxious to obtain q
financial interest in the same. In order to
satisfy all the proposed investors, no one OF
| the medical profession can obtain more than
$4,000 or less than s., 900 of the stock of the
| company.
The story of the conception and elahora-
| tion of the scheme to erect the building is
an interesting one. For years Jhe leading
| physicians of the city have been dissatis-
| fed with their accommodations A few of
the wealthy ones built Offices especially
adapted to their needs, but the rank and
| file of the profession could not afford the
| luxury of building, and were forced to
| potter along as best they could in rented
rooms. This was the condition of affairs
| when the erection of big office buildings
was inaugurated few years ago. AT first
the modern Office building would supply
their long-felt want, but they quickly dis
covered their mistake
Handsome structures which satisfied their
brethren of the law, and delighted the
manufacturer and broker, failed utterly IN
satisfying the exacting medicos. They COM
complained that the elevators travelled at too
rapid pace to suit their patients; that
there was little or no privacy to be had,
and last, but by no means least, was the
fact that most of the buildings and all of
the elevators were closed or inaccessible at
night
The Movement Cots Fair Start.
About this time a number of prominent
physicians INDUCED in several informal dis
cussi ons on the subject. After weeks spent
in fruitless wrestling with the "modern
Office" problem it was finally decided to
consult with the architects and contractors.
and with this end in view Drs LIE Movne.
DAILY, Sutton, Ayers, Wood and Drake
held several conferences with Black &
Baird and Mr.. Steen, the architect As
sequence to these conferences Messrs. Black
site for a great building which was to be
built and occupied by the doctors ana the
dentists, and to be known to wondering
and admiring pnlic as the medical and dem
tai building of Pittsburg.
A plot of ground at the corner of Sixth
avenue and Cherry alley was finally chosen
and an option secured. Then Architect
Steen was ordered to prepare the plans for |
building which would satisfy his exacting |
patrons After deal of labor and thought |
Mr.. Steen submitted plan which satisfied |
all concerned.
The plans call for an eight-story structure |
of Quincy granite and Pompeian brick. |
The first, or ground, floor is to contain two |
spacious store rooms, one of which will be |
furnished and stocked as first-class drug
shop, while the other will contain all sorts
of surgical and medical instruments and
equipment. Dividing these two rooms
and running the entire length of tine
building is a spacious corridor.
A series of .stairways and three
large elevators will furnish access to the
seven upper floors These elevators are to
be especially designed for the comfort of
invalids. They will be furnished with luxu-
rious bed lounges and easy chairs The
will be SO adjusted that suffering
mortals will be slowly and carefully hoisted
to their destination.
Two Hundred Fine Once Rooms.
There are to be 200 Offices In the building.
They are to be arranged en- suite, and sup-
piled with distilled water and heated by
the hot water system. There will be plenty
Of light and air. When everything is COM
pleted any law fearing citizen who owns an
ache or pain of any kind, or desires to
have a leg or arm amputated, can step into
the elevator and be hoisted to the office of
any doctor that he may select.
Once there he need not stir
from his seat to secure q prescription, cork
leg or the thousand and one other tools of
he medical mans trads All that ID psoes-i