The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-27
Fifty-FOurth Annual Meet
ing Of Trustees.
AN IMPORTANT ADDITION.
Thomas P0ynt0l Ives Goddard
House Nearly Completed.
BOARD OF OFFICERS ELECTED.

The 5ith annual meeting OF the trus-
was held In the directors room OF the
Rhode Island Trust Oompany's building
at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. In the
abseuos Of the president. Colonel William
Goddard, the meeting was called to order
by Secretary Charles Morris Smith, and
Ex-Governor Royal q. Taft was elected
president pro tsin.
After the reading of the minutes Of the
last meeting the secretary read the report
OF the board OF trustees, which in sub
stance declares that the institution rs in
mcst satisfactory condition. The most
important event OF the past year has been
the gift tn the hospital by Colonel Will
liam Goddard. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Shsp-
ard and MIR. Moses Ii. 4. Goddard of the
funds necessary TO build the new addition
on the women's side of the hospital,
which Is known as the Thomas Poynton
Ives Goddard house. The report then
p'iine ut TO the memory of the late Il. II. i.
Goddard, reviewing his life and alluding
to bis many charitable works.
The new Thomas Poynton Ives Goddard
house is now so near com pletion that it
Is hopoc 1t may be ready for occupancy
10y the first OF May next 1t has been
built In most thorough and su ubstantial
manner. IL covers space OF about 5OxlO0
feet, ana has three stories and IA base
ment. IL IL Of the same style Of nrch'toc-
ture as the main building and harmon
ICES we'll with IL. 1t is built at the
southeast corner OF the central building
at such an angle as not 10 intsrfere with
the light or air Of the other wards. In
the first and second stories are tho rooms
for the patients, consisting Of four suites
Of two rooms each ana of six single
rooms, and In addition two suites OF two
rooms each entirely isolated from the
other rooms, especially fitted for acutely
sick or disturbed patients. The whole
building is as nearly fireproof as any
building with wooden floor mbers can
Do ade.
The trustees believe that in the near
future it will be necessary to build an ad.
dition Oh tho mems side OF the Hospital
so as to give better accomm odntiops than
they now have for sick Datients. During
the past y,ar they have had drawings pre-
pared for suoh Hospital Ward TO accom-
modate tan patients on each of two stories.
The plans also call for padded cells
Two private bedrooms are 10 be so ar
ranged that patient occupying them
can be visited by his friends without
passing through the ward sitself. The
trustees DO not urge the immediate
building of the Hospital waru. but deem
IL their duty TO inform the corporation
that the time is approaching when it will
be necessary TO build IL.
1no report was received, recorded and
ordered placed OIL file.
The report OF the treasurer, Sir. Moses
B. i. GODDARD, showed that tho funds OF
the corporation on hand Decem ber 81,
1897, amounted to 1914, lU2. 90. The report
was received and ordered placed on fiis
The following new memb beis were
elected William Nelson McVick1r, ID. d.,
John Il. freeman, Charles O. Head, ..Dr.
Frederick &. Sawtells. Charles Ii. Merri-
man, Jr. Ihe reading Of the report OF the
superi ntendent OF the Butler Hospital
was dispensed With, and the trustees were
Instructed to PRINT the report of the SUI
perintendent at n later date. Offices
were then nominated TO serve during the
ensuing year and were elected as follows:
President William Goddard.
Vice president, William hutIer.. Duncan.
Trustees Jabez &. Knight. Royal c.
Taft, Rowland Hazard. stephen Brownell,
John Nicholas 1rown, stephen q. Met
calf, Katbbone Gard nsr. Charles Ill. Mer-
rim. an, Isaac &. Bates. John Is. Freeman.
Treasurer, Moses H. l. Goddard.
Secretary. Charles Morris Smith.
Committeo to audit treasurer's ac-
counts, Samuel Is Dorrance, George NJ.
Smith.
The seorstary announced that tho mem
l ers deceased during the year ending
Dec. 81, 1897, were Elizabeth A. Gamnsli.
Corneiia T.. Green. Elizabeth 5. Bartlett.
The meeting was then declared ad-
iourned