The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-27
ANACONDA news.
lNl Annex 70 si.7Mls
MODERN INSTITUTION


me committee which has charge of
the construction Of the annex to st.
AIMS hospital met last evening at
tie once of Joseph Smith, the arch;-
toct, to consider the bids for the plumb
Eng work.. All of the bids submitted
were rejected. a. some we're not in ac-
eordance with the specifications while
ofhers were indefinite in their terms.
NEW bids viii be advertised for again
ina few days. They will be for plumb
ines heating. ventilation. p~lastering
and electric wiring.
The new annex to st. AIMS hospital
viii be q structure : OF imposing size
an1 viii be built ! q most substantial
0annet. It viii cost about $25. 900.
The n Is to be 100 feet long by ~
6oet wide. 1t In to be with a basement.
lrst and second stories. The east and
&oath front will be faced with pressed
brick. to have stone trimmings. The
building from grade line to the FIRST
noor Will be buiIte0f gray sandstone.
ashler work. The entire building. in
teriorally, will be lined with hollow tile.
and will be finished with the best Sc
Iected pine. polished in natural finish.
The stairs leading to the upper stories
are to be six feet wide, built of oak.
The annex will contain 80 rooms. ex-
elusive of toilet rooms, bath rooms.
serving rooms. closets. etc. 1t will have
an operating room on the second floor,
which will be finished in the latest inn
proved style. The .ioors will be encaus-
tic tile. and the wallis will be wains-
coted to a height of five feet from the
floor, with Italian marble. This operat-
ing Don is to be lighted by q large sky
light. Is by 10 feet.
The heating and ventilation will be
of the latest improved style. The heat
ing will be by the hot blast system.
The plumbing will be h overhead
ank system, with distributors to each
fixture. All will be Of the modern and
latest improved fashion. The plaster
ing will be done In three coat work and
painted with z.nolith. which is germ
proof.
The rooms in the annex range In
area from IL by IA to Is by 10. "a y
st. AIMS hospital as it now is has
about so rooms. exclusive OF closets.
etc. The new annex will increase this
by IS, making a total OF So rooms. !
The work on the new annex is pro-
crossing rapidly and the structure will
be completed by and early date In jan
.uary. The excavation contract was let
TO James Tvohy, me foundation and
work to Beaudette Bros. and
O'Brien; the brick work TO- Smelling &
Callahan; the Gut stone work to Cum
minis & Grant; the carpenter and Joiner
work to johnson & Law: the painting
md polishing to Mahan Bros; the tin
and galvanized iron work to the Ana
conda Mining company, and the plumb
Ing In yet to be Jet. rA.rA
! The gentlemen who compose the com
mittee are M. j. Fitzpatrick. Theodore
Ehret and ]. ". Petritz. The architec-
ture department is conducted by Joseph
Smith.
This Is the second addition to be
built. to the original st. AIMS hospital.
during the past five years. The hospi-
tai a become an institution Of great
Importance to Anaconda within the last
few years. With its modern methods,
careful and attentive nurses. eminent
medical men, modern scientific appli-
ances. st. AIMS hospital is resorted to
by persons In physical distress of all
classes. The sisters who have built up
this a q institution in Anaconda are
deserving of the greatest credit Their
work IL one Of self sacrifice performed
purely in a spirit OF love for humanity.
sisters who have had charge of st.
AIMS hospital have worked hard,
faithfully and steadily to meet the in
creasing demands placed upon them.
They deserve the greatest praise that
a be spoken of them. They have
the highest respect and esteem of every
man m woman in Anaconda, and they
are looked pom As martyrs in the cause
Of humanity. n
That they may receive q Just reward
in the hereafter for their untiring.
faithful, pure and noble efforts, Is the
prayer Of every true citizen Of Ana
conda-
Really the busiest rlace in Anaconda
at present is the st. AIMS sisters hos
pital. There are now 50 patients in that
institution. 80 of whom suffer from the
typhoid fever. and for this large num-
Der Of sick people, there are II sisters
who are charged with looking after and
taking care of them. but this number
of sisters will be augmented soon, as II
can easily be seen that II In too much
work for such a small number to look
after.
Some of the patients who were dan
Eerously sick are getting along very
nicely. Those who were victims Of ac-
cidents are also doing well. Some pa
tients have been In the hospital for
many weeks and will remain there for
many more. Among these are w. De-
vine. who is suffering from typhoid fe-
yer, and who has been there for seven
weeks: r. Carlson. typhoid fever. two
weeks; ID. Lynch. who had n of his
legs cut on at the converters. has been
confined to his bed for II weeks. and
Il will yet be some time before he will
be out; J. r. Murray. who was struck
on the Jaw by an iron bar n had ive