San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-02
BANKERS
OUR CITY HOSPITAL,
NOW READY FOR THE RECEPTION
OF PATIENTS.
A Large Sum of Money and a fine
Public Building Saved the City at
Small Outlay.

In company with Superinten-
dent of Public Works Micklejohn,
a visit was paid yesterday by a
LIGHT reporter to the city hospital,
which is now being made ready for
the reception and housing of the
pauper patientswho have been cared
for at the city's expense, at Santa
Rosa hospital, ever since the for
mer city administration abandoned
the building as unsafe.
Mayor Paschal and the sanitary
committee of the city council have
had this building under careful
consideration for a number of
months past and after having the
the opinion of many experts upon it,
decided that the city need not suf-
fer the loss of the splendid struc-
ture, which cost $4,000, when a few
hundred dollars in repairs could
set everything right. The contract
was accordingly let to Mr.. j. G.
Marshall for $4,000, and under the
supervision of Architect Goodloe,
the work of repairing has pro-
crossed so rapidly and thoroughly
as to render the building ready for
occupancy next week. When they
commenced work, the cellars were
full of water and the walls
were cracked, and the building
appeared to be anything but
safe. The defective pipe in
the cellar, which caused the main
damage, was repaired and the eel.
lar pumped dry and aired. The
cracks in the walls were cemented
so artistIcally as to defy detection,
and steel braces were put over
every door, thus strengthening the
building to higher degree than
ever. The stone work Of the out
side walls was also thoroughly
cleaned and frightened, while the
wood work, shutters ard even fenc-
es we're reprinted.
Inside, every piece of wood work
visible has had it's coating of paint,
while the walls glisten in newly
spread kalsomine and hard white
finish. From garrett to cellar the
house hassbeen cleaned and reno
waited and the plumbers and cleo
trio light men were just finishing
their work. The gas fixtures have
been allowed to remain, but AZ in
candescent lights have been put in
and will be used.
In the hospital wards new beds
and bedding will be replaced, for the
old worn out furniture, and every
bath room, closet, hall, store-room,
and even kitchen and refectory
evidence the cleaning process they
have undergone.
The grounds about the building
are being cleaned also, and will
be given in charge Of the
city park keeper to be beauti-
full and set with flowers and green's.
There are over 600 squares of
kalsomine and paint covered in
this building. This represents co.
600 square feet.
There are 14S pairs of window
blinds, SO doors, 9S transoms and
three flights Of stairs, all reprinted
nicely.
The blinds are painted green, the
walls gray with a finish of lavender
and lilac.
The repairs and Improvements,
including the stocking of the dis
pensary, is estimated by Mayor
Paschal to sum up about as fol-
lows:
JIG. Marshail's contract, $4,000.
Plumbing and lighting, $3.50. New
furniture, etc., $500. Dispensary,
$3.50. Incidentals, 500. Total,
S4,100.
The patients will be removed to
their new quarters about the first
ofnext week, when the building will
also be ready for inspection by the
public.
"A boy giving his name as Nose
Owen, was arrested by officer Ca
dena this afternoon for throwing
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