The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-01

To-day at nine o'clock a. m. engi.
neers under the direction OF r. III. Souie,
chairman OF the building committee,
Will stake out the site OF the new Roa.
noko Hospital. TOO much cannot be
said of the benefit accruing to tho city
by tho addition to the city Of this earn
estly wished and greatly needed inssitu-
ton.
The directors OF this noble enterprise
are: Il. L. Fishburne, president; Il.
| Rust, treasurer, and ID. S. Meadows,
secretary.
The following gcntlemeu compose tho
different committees: Executive, J..
Allen Watts, chairman; George W.
Ramsey, John w. Woods. Thomas Lewis
and Joseph Fl. Sands.
Finance, Joseph II. Engleby, chair
man; W. q Evans, NJ. Fackenthal and
s. w. Jamison.
Building, R. II. Soule. chairman; J.
Allen Watts. a. 5. Asberry, NJ. Facken.
thai and G. Markley.
The lot OF land which will surround
the hospital will be two acres in extent,
situated delightfully."- upon tho hill ap
preaching the water works, near JetYer-
son street, and commands delightful
view of the surrou nding country. Tho
building, according to the plans, will be
wide and three stories in height: height
of building sixty feet, height of cupola
eighty FIVE feet.
The basement is specially planned
for the kitchen and laundry, and is
divided il TO four sections by large CORR.
doris.
The first department contains a
kitchen and pantry, 15x30 feet. Ad-
joining the pantry and leading from tbs
corridor are two refrigerating rooms for
meats and milk; these are 6x9 feet In
the second department. will be the
nurses room; the third will contain the
laundry and the urth the boiler, en-.
| CINE and coal rooms
The first floor is approached from the
! hill by large porch, 37xl4 feet, and is
divided by large halls. The transversal
hall is 13 feet wide, the longitudinal
hall is feet wide, the whole forming q
maltese cross.
The first department is occupied by o
dining room, pantry, dumb waiter, etc,
| l6x2O feet; also a private dining room,
II feet e inches by Is feet. The second
department is reserved Cor the admins.
tration and contains an Office, reception,
linen and operating rooms.
| 1He oLuer TWO uepartm entS on this
floor are reserved for pay patients and
contain six wards, including physicians
and matrons' rooms, each averaging II
by g feet in siza. The second floor is
divided into two departments. The
southwest end will contain two male
wards, 20 by 80 feet, opposite which
will be two wards the same size for
women patients On this floor there
will also be linen, diet and nurses rooms.
The fourth flooor will be an attic con-
tanning two largo unfinished wards. In
the center OF this floor will be the scr.
wants rooms, servants closets, bath
rooms, etc.
The building throughout will be
amply supplied with bath and toilet
rooms, whiio considerable space will be
devoted to the different linen depart
ments. The basement will be Of stone
and will have q vitrifed brick floor.
The first story will be of brick, with q
cut stone water table. Tho second and
third stories will be of brick. There
will be large outside balconies on tho
first and second floors on two sides OF
the building. The roof will be OF slate,
| with ornamental galvanized iron work.
X. do Saussure is tho architect. and
Frank May the builder. The building
will be completed by July /.