New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-27
4 NEW CHAMBERS STREET HOSPITAL

THE SITE SELECTED AID WORK WILL. SOON
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For many wears the managers Of the Society OF tn"
N.U York Hospital have realized that their do"hto"h
branch In Chambersst. was totally Inadequate |" sat
re the needs Of the district which II Is supposed 10
cover im the way Of giving hospital ala 10 inc SICK
and injured. IN tho last year or Two several serious
emergencies one OF which was the Park Place dis
ost,r crowded the hospital to rs utmost 'hpl'lF
and main brought iorcibly to the attention OF the
trustees IN. immediate need Of n new building. with
III the modern hospital appliances and particularly
more ward rocm where al least five times th" num-
her of parcnrs which the old hospital could hold
could lee accommodated. Accordingly. efforts to pnr-
chase II noe sit" were made md now nit'r many
months of search ono has Leon selected ana pf's'u'
and soon II new and handsome structure able 70 MI
all requirements will rails" upon the al" ~ one ""'
the trustees eoadcd 10 indignation by the many at
lacks made D. the press npOn III" ChAlb"rs-S' brahcl
~ the New York Hospital. had almost decided to close
mn that institution and let the CIV rcphce II with
an Institution Of IFS own. oth'r"i~" abandon me
district entirely ana leave without ia" accommoda-
tons of Il hospital. Wiser counNris prevailed among
a., ,rust,es however and they d,c!d"d 10 buiit thu
now hospital which they intend 10 BE- 50 perfect that
there cannot be any possible cause OF complaint
The sit,. selected on which the new hospital VIII
bo erected * the triangular plot bounded 10y JAY.
II,ld,on and duane sts.. aud contains about $1,000
unrc feet Of gIOund. The rlnns Of the new building
az, not yet finished but urc FIR enough along to an
,ouncc that ground Will be- broken for the new build
ING on May /. The structure Will be four stories
I'm height with IN additional high basement. II will
fac bullt OF red pressed brick with Berca sandstone
trimmings and In general appearance will resemble
the main hosIi al In Nest fifteenth Il.
The first or main floor, Of tn, building VIII con
tain the reception rooms ana disp"nsary Offices and
room; for the physicians and other members Of
the hospital staff The upper floors VIII he divided
into wards for male and female patients. on"
feature Of the new hospital, which is lacking In tn
present building. will be number Of rooms for
nnv,e treatment Of special cases. and the cpti,n
Of business men who may be taken I'll or suffer
from an accident while down town aud dcse iso.a
lion from the general cases In the in" ward.
TWO elevators will be- arranged for carrying pas
sengers quickly To the upp,r ioo;s. one OF them
will lie arranged 10 drop to III" basement focr, ana
viu b. 80 large that the ambulance bringing IN a
ioor, above thus maldng nee siry onr enc handlll
Of thc patient from the ambulance ID tls bed. III
stables whrr, the ambulanccs. three In number VIII
be kept nstead OF being block distant they ar"
AT present will be- in Tie basement OF the new
The cost Of the new hospital all compete, includ
Ing ;he ,ndOwm, nj necessary to maintain snrh an
institution will IT, over ~ 10000. 1t IS said that
several wealthy Wall street and other downtown
merchants hive promised 10 contribute handsomely
of the Ncw YOIk uOspii, OF porti'n 81 tie hurhn
which 4, not generally known 10 b. pnlllc ~: y
one wear Is expected 10 clapsc between tire gin IN
and the finishing Of the new hospital. II Is then
pear. and theie Will be no possible reason for eou
piainf.