Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-29

mems Hospital. Thirty-four pupils have
been in attendance. The improvements IN
the building will make it practicable to
instruct each of the medical classes sep
arately instead of If one lecture hall, as
heretofore. The trustees gratefully &C
knowledge the generosity of the govern
ment in taking the full support of the law
department. They have made the tuition
free, and have raised the standard for ad-
mission They request the same :, amount nm fnr
shelves and fixtures Ter the new library
hall, making 1880.
Freclmcn's Hospital and Asylum.
1.-The Freedmen's Hospital was appropri-
ated for and placed under control of the Sec
retary of War by act of March B, 1871, and
transferred to the Department of the Inter-
ior by act of June %, 1874. The supervision
and control Of expenditure of appropriation
was transferred to the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia by act of March 3, lS!s'.
Appointive and general administrative pow
err however is still vested in the Secretary
of the Interior. Dr. Daniel H. Williams,
surgeon in chief, reports that during the
year 1882 cases were treated, of which 6,spb
were treated in the Out-patient department,
19S surgical operations were performed, and
2oS births occurred. The rate of mortality
has been but 10 per cent which is considered
extremely low.
1.-The entire work of the hospital has been
reorgahizea A system of resident internes
and training school for nurses have been
successfully instituted. Young women have
been drawn from every state in the Union,
and this departure opens up new field of
useful employment for EDUCATED colored wo-
men. An ambulance has been added to the
service of the hospital and is doing valuable
work. a complete service will be had out of
this years appropriation. The surgeon in
chief urges an appropriation of 100000 for
a rev building and equipments-Si'ooO for
the building and So, 900 for the equipments
I aSnprially commend
and capable work of Dr.. Williams
Washington Hospital for Foundlinss.
This institution is under the care of a
corporation created by the act of April d.
1910, to carry into effect that provision in
the last will and Testament of one Joshua
Pierce devising to certain trustees fourteen
parcels of ground in the city of Washington
to be held as a site for a hospital for the
reception of destitute and friendless chill
dren 1t is managed by board of directors,
who are required to report annually to the
Secretary of the Interior, and is supported
in part by funds from benevolent per
sons and societies and in part by appropria-
lions by Congress.
THE report of the board of directors
shows that seventy-four children were pro-
vided for during the year, of whom twenty
five were remaining in the hospital June 30,
1895 The deaths during the year were
twenty-three, while those occurring during
the previous year numbered forty-!ive. An
fiscal year to 1000 is urged, in order to meet
increased expenses, the indications are
: that the number of applications for admis
sion will be greatly in excess of any previous
year.
Columbia Railway Company.
president R. f Baker reports dn pur-
suance of the requirements of section IL of
the act of May "a, 1870 the total number of
passengers carried as 2,I07 ,110; average
passengers carried daily, CISCO, and the aver
age daily receipts as s3o219 The receipts
from all sources, including $3,742.61 balance
on hand March l, 1894, We're S11G053.So; the
disbursements during the year ended Feb
ruary %, 1895, $11o, 1921 Twenty-four
thousand dollars of this amount were paid
out in dividends"
Architect of the Capitol.
After reviewing the work of the year the
architect Of the Capitol recommends an in
crease in the number of watchmen for the
better protection of the Capitol grounds, for
an extension of the coal vaults of the House
wing, and for the construction of a ueW
apartment for the kitchen connected with
the House restaurant. Additional recon-
mendations are made for steam boiler for
the House wing, the removal of the asphalt
roofing over the terrace and the substitution
therefor of a copper roof to be protected by
a layer of concrete, and for the lining Of the
plant cases with metal.