The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-07

Hospital Ono of tho Most Complete
IN All Respects In tho Country,
Few people In this part OF tho coun.
try and in fact in tho whole state arc
aware Of tho progress that has been
mado in tho new hospital for tho III.
sano at Spencer, Roano county, this
state.
Situated picturesquely on tho sido Of
agrcat limo Of hills whose base OF solid
rock crops out Mt frequent intervals, the
asylum buildings command majestic
Wow OF tho country for miles around.
A more suitable location for such On in
Htitutiou could hardly havo been cho.
aen. Readily accessible by rail from all
parts of tho state and with an Rbund.
ance OF purc air, pure wator and pure
food and perfect quiet, oil, the surround
ings conduce to make 1t proper place
for tho treatment Of that most dreadful
OF human atllictions, the diseased mind.
RonliZing these natural advantages, tho
board OF directors left no stone un.
turned to supplement them with tho
most modern appointments for such an
institution.
Before deciding on systems oil heat
ing aud ventilating, plumbing. sewer.
age and water supply II committee OF
the board visited u large number OF tho
/ best state insane aayluns III tho coun-
try, and only after most careful Consid-
Grafton adopted those which seemed
best for their several uses.
THE BUILDINGS coMpEErEp.
Tho buildings 30 far completed are
the first aud second ward buildings,
each 200 feet by 40 feet and three stories
high aad tho administration building,
I 200 feet by so feet and four stories
4 high, all OF brick and stone and having
slate roofs. Two moro ward buildings
are to be added some time in tho future.
4 The ward buildings are arranged as
usunl In such structures with long
corridor down the centre OF each floor
with sleeping rooms, closets, bathrooms
and diniug rooms opening of on each
floor. Tho administration building is
arranged for Offices and consultation
. rooms on the first and second, floors and
/; sleeping rooms for the officers and at
PENDANTS on the two upper floors. Bath
: rooms are provided on the three upper
&foors, and wash basins and retiring
rooms are on all four floors. Behind
( these buildings, and OF no mean archi-
tectura! pretentions, Is located large
and commodious kitchen building, Ia
Z which every device necessary for the
culinary art is 10 be found.
y A detailed description OF tho arrange.
ments for heating and vcntilating,
+ plumbing, etc, or more properly speak.
ing, the sanitary plant, will DO OF inter
est, being by far, next to proper loca-
ton, the most vital consideration in de-
I. signing such MI institution. The board
{ called to Its assistance the services OF
Mr.. II. B. Prather, OF Buffalo, Now
York, mechanical engineer whose
3 specially Is sanitary engineering, aud
. after most careful consideration Of the
systems in use in similar and progress.
Biye state institutions, decided on what
they wanted. Mr.. Pralher prepared
plans and specifications, bids wore ro-
ceiyed on the work and the contract
twas awarded to Mcssrs. Trimble & Lutz,
Of Wheeling, and the plant was succesa-
fully installed the past summer and fall.
PASSES INSPECTION.
~ During the past woek Mr.. Prather has
been making complete inspection and
/ test OF the plants, and with most salts.
factory results. In the basement OF
each building is located largo paddle
/ wheel ian with steel plato housing, or
4 shell, With q direct connected engine
\ attached to tho far for its propulsion.
This ian exhausts the fresh outdoor air
in from outdoors over coil OF steam
( heating pipe, which raises the temper
ature Of the air to the proper point and
then blows this volume OF warm air
y through fiat galvanized iron pines, or
ducts, suspended from the basement
ceiling, and Mt no point over twenty
inches deep, to tho bases OF vertical
flues, which have openings In the base
( ment and which run up in the walls of
( tho building; thence the warm air is
forced up these wall flucs to openings
in several and various rooms and halls
ofthe building, whichit enters through
iron registers (asylum key regstcrs)
placed over the openings into the tlues
APPOINTS about eight feet up from the
z floor.
+ In all rooms and halls having thcse
warm air inlets or. registers are also
} placed vent or outlet registers low down
near the floor line, and from which
wall flues load up to tho attic, oscaping
from the same through louvre venti-
!, lators on the roof. The vent registers
are smaller than the warm mir registers,
and tho constant supply OF the volume