The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-25

Twenty-Five Bricklayers on the Hospi-
Days
Thirty six carpenters, bricklayers
and laborers are at work daily on the
splendid structure designed for the Vir-
ginia College for Young Ladies, situated
on lofty eminence south of the city,
about half mile from the jefferson
street bridge.
The edifice will be three story
framed structure cased with brick, 22S
feet long, with wing OF 20 feet at each
end, containing los rooms. In the
center is cupola which is really an
extra story, containing several rooms,
arranged with q deck roof surrounded
with baluet trade. From this point the
view of the busy city and the beautiful
Roanoke valley, stretched out like
panorama, is sublime and is scarcely
excelled by that from Mill Mo .ntain.
G. G Wilson, who Is also the architect,
Ia the perintendent of construction
and gives his personal supervision to
the work.
The framing and the hsri wood work
Is being done with the very best lum-
Der that can be obtained and the brick
is an excellent quality, made at Buena
Vista. All the framing IL completed,
half the floors are laid, the brick work
is finished up to the second story and
the roof, which is elate and tin, is being
placed on now. The entire building
will, If the weather continues favorable,
be under roof this week. There Is q
large double veranda in front, which
1, already framed and will be
completed as soon as the brick
work ia done. Handsome IN Isl cornices
have been placed on the font and the
chimneys have already been built and
the small cupolas on the wings at each
end are framed.
Mr. Ware, thu contractor, thinks that
II nothing unfore seen happens to pro-
vent it, the structure will DO entirely
completed by July Is. This will give
DR. VIM. e Harris, the principal of tho
school, ample time to have the building
properly FURNISHED in time to CONS ence
the session at the usual time this fall.
The work has been rapidly done as
we'll as we'll done. Little work of any
kind was done on the ground until after
February is, except some little OK
cavating On the site which had been
done in the winter. The estimated cost
OF the structure Is $500 This does
not include the furniture nor the plum b.
ing G. @. Wilson recently went to
Stanton to make arrangements with
some skilful sanitary plumbers in that
city to assist in this work. The most
improved and highly approved modern
plum bling fixtures will be used, and the
building will be fitted up with the best
gas, water and steam fixtures. The site
is so elevated that water cannot be
driven through pipes IN the building
from the reservoir of the Gas and Water
Company, and small eservoir will be
constructed on the high ground lust
south OF the building.
A large sum OF money will be spent
in laying off and identifying the
grounds, on which trees OF natural
forest growth are already standing. It
can easily be made into ons OF the
most beautiful places in the State.
Before the session of school begins
arrangements will be made to have the
Street Railway Company extend the
building. This will no doubt be advan.
tageous to the company as the Crystal
Spring addition Of the city is rapidly
building up.
While the work of construction is
progre ssing SO rapidly on the knoll at
the Virginia College for Young Ladies',
the eminencs just above Crystal Spring
under the shadow of Mill Mountain
where is eing ere cted the City Hospital
also presents scene of activity. This
work is being pushed forward by the
contractor, Frank May. who is now
working force OF twenty two brick
layers and laborers. Only the main
building of tho hospital is being erected
this summer. The main building will
contain three stories besides the attic
Tho first story, which is of stone, is
completed and the brick is being laid
on the second story. II the progress of
the work is not impeded by Indictment
weather the building will be ready for
the roof within ten days. The con-
struction will be done as rapidly as pos.
sible until the whole edifice is finished,
which will IN all probability be within
the next ninety days.
Two-thirds of the money to pay the
cost OF erecting this splendid institu-
ton, which will long stand as monu-
ment to the noble charity of tho people
Of Roanoke, has been contributed. More
is in sig hit and if there is no falling off
in the liberality of the citizens OF this
city, who have ever been so ready to
give substantial encouragement to
cause like this, the entire plans will be
carried out this year.
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