Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-09
&c SECOND HosPIrAL
For the Insane at spencer and It's Equip
ments

For the Insane &C Spencer and Ats hquip-
ments.
The general public have no idea as TO
what our new asylum is at Spencer,
Roane county, this State. The heaslng'
plumbing and sewerage was placed IN
this institution by Messrs. Trimoie q
Lutz, Of our city, at cost OF about
sixty-three thousand dollars. The
buildings, which are No. 1 and No. 2
ward buildings, each 200x40 feet, sto-
ries high, and the administration build
ing, which is 1O0x60 feet, stories high,
are placed upon a picturesque terrace
which rolls far out from the buildings 10
the creek, which runs parallel with the
buildings. At the creek which Is about
500 feet from the buildings, Is the power
house, which is100x40 feet, two stories
high, and which has attached TO IL
coal storage house which is filed direct
from the coal cars, and this storage
house has n capacity of ten cars, ana Is
so arranged that the coal Is handled
directly into the six boilers whien
staad directly in. front OF the coal
house. The boilers are set in such
position that at least three more boilers
can be set in the boiler house
IL 1t becomes necessary. Directly
over the boiler house Is the launory
all run by power, and over tue coai
house is the carpenter shop. Next 10
the boiler house is the pump room ana
next TO the pump room is the electric
light machinery. The power house and
buildings are connected by brick tun-
mel, 6x7 feet, 400 feet long, Through
this passes the eight-nch steam line,
hung on expansion hangers, and the
main return line. The seVen-lnch water
line also passes through the tunnel and
all the electric light wires. II is lighted
by electric light at night, and ceiling
lights are set in the crown OF the arch'
The inch water line runs from the large
reservoir, which is 1900 feet distant
The pump has capacity OF $500 bar
rels per hour, which requires q good
size creek or stream TO supply It, The
pump room has four pumps injectors
and a $50 horse power feed water
heater, all the water resulting from
condensation is saved and pumped back
10 the boilers which effects great saw
ing of fuel. Two Of the pumps work
automatically aud require no attention
except oiling. The boilers are
six in number, and are connected
with 19-inch steam pipe, from which
there are to be two S-inch steam lines.
Each boiler is independent in all its
workings, and the piping throughout
the boiler house and pump room Is
perfect net work. The electric light IS
generated in the power house, and Is
equipped with the latest machinery.
The laundry has the best machinery
throughout-this contains two engines,
four wash machines, soap tub, two CEN
triiugal wringers, twenty dry racks ana
laundry trays for hand washing. There
are also two large ironing machines,
and the entire washing for the instltu-
ton can be done here in few hours.
The machinery is all induplicate, and
there is very little danger of any break
down, causing delays. The dry room
is heated by the exhaust steam OF the
laundry engines, and the drying OF the
clothes costs practically nothing.
The ward buildings contain bath
rooms, closets, slOp-hoppers and wash
which are on each floor Of the ward
buildings, are well lighted and are sup
piled with sink, hot and, cold water
The hot water is heated Tor ati-the
buildings by the waste steam, ana
which gives abundance OF hot water at
all times, to a boiling point, II desired.
The kitchen is located in the rear OF the
ward buildings, and they contain all
the utensils, necessary 10 make the
same complete. The large oven Is ar
ranged so that all baking can be done
from the kitchen, the range being
monster. The steam tables and steam
kettles are run by steam, water, not
and cold, being In abundance.
The outside grounds have hre plugs
at convenient points, the water pressure
Is about ninety pounds to the square
inch, and this enables them TO have
good fire service az all times; stream
Of water can be thrown over any OF the
buildings, and the piping is so arranged
that the pumps can be used direct on
the fire apparatus. The sewer is very
extensive piece Of work, the depth
averaging twelve feet, and is at some
points as deep as eighteen feet. The
line OF sewer has three catch basins,
one TO each building, so II anything is
thrown IN ~ patients, such as clothes,
shoes, etc, 10 is caught before 1t gets
into the main sewer. The sewer Is
about 1000 feet long.
The ward buildings are heated by
warm air. The air is taken from out
OF doors by mems of suction fan some
ten feet high, propelled by directly
connected twenty-five horse power en-
CINE of the best type. This fan de-
livers about SO, 600 cubic feet Of air per
hour, aud charges the air In all the
rooms aud halls every ten minutes.
The rooms and halls all have registers
for the inlet OF the pure warm air and
a vent register, the size OF which is
little smaller than the warm air regis
ter. BY this means there is q slight
pressure in the halls and rooms, and
when one opens a window or door the
current is outward instead Of in. The
temperature can be held from 70 70 "A
degrees Fahrenheit in any weather by
the manipulation OF the heating coils In
the basement. A report OF the heat Is
delivered by the attendants to the head
engineer every hour.
The second ward building ia heated
by the heaing coils being placed at the
base Of each fue, so in case any acct
dent to fan or engine should occur, the
heat travels up the warm air flies suth-
Gent to keep the building comfortably
warm. The pressure with which the
heating is Gcae is but one to two pounds
and this steam is the exhaust Of TIE en-
gines. the power being used for driving
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