The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-23
DELAY IN THE AMY HOSPITAL.
VIII Be Several Weeks Before Pa
tients Can BE Received.

tients Can BE Received.
1t is not yet known when the army
hospital will be far enough advanced to
admit of patients being received. An I'M
expected trouble has arisen and the COM
pletion of the hospital or portion Of it
viii be delayed.
A good deal of difficulty is being expert
cnced in running the sewer system of the
hospital from the buildings TO the point
where it is to connect with the city sys-
TEN. Nineteen hundred feet of pipe will
nave TO be laid in order to make this
connection, and this must be at a distance
OF from IiVe to ten feet beneath the sur
race lt Is in reaching this depth and find
ing soma ground for carrying on the work
that Is causing the delay
One-nalf of the hospital has nearly been
competed. Capt. McHarg. quartermaster
IN charge Of the work said Yesterday that
the close of this week win probably see
'he Duiioihgs of this half finished to the
extent necessary for their occupancy. and
tlat they might at once be used for the
accommodation of patients were it not that
sever connections have not been made
i ne plan followed in the hospital work
mas been such as 20 admit of half the
puiiulhSS pelng completed and then being
u5ed as q well equipped hospital 1t was
expected that the surgeon generals office
might order patients received by the time
ms nan or the buildings is finished. but
WIZ now be impossible to do so.
capt. McHarg was asked if he Thought
~ HAeIy mat the sewer connections with
me city system could be completed within
TWO weeks, but his an s7ver was such as
TO indicate that il Will require consider
aoiy longer time. All the connections with
the buildings nearest completion have
peeh mace and the plumbing has been
pu' ~ ne work Of making the main
connection, however, has only commenced.
Quicksand is being encountered ar a
swallow depth by the laborors. and they
IN" u hard work to get along Every
loSsIpe pfecaution has to be taken against
the qulcksand getting ahead of them. Sand
p7Bs are used in securing a firm founda-
tioh on which to lay the joints of the
p4pe' even after the desired depth has
been reached
Mr. John F. Dalton was awarded the
contract for making all the sewer .connae-
tons, but as stated in the Nnrnfnee IN.
iS save II up a few days ago as a had
lop, ana Capt. McHarg is now having the
MolA 20 on under the supervision of the
SIS l"eers connected with his office. The
money mat is expended by the govern,
meht on the work will be charged to tba
sever account and the bond given for Mr.
DaItons completion of his contract If
mas assumed such a character however
Ciat these sums will not be sufficient TO
@e!iay 'he cost, and it is believed the
5UYeIIiAeht will have 10 pay sometime
IKE 1900 additional
Ihe contract was awarded for about %
wv Bond was given for Mr.. Dalton IN
me sum of $1,000. It is therefore esfi-
nn@'ed that the sewers Will cost about twice
as much as the contract was awarded
Tor. Mr.. Daltou's boudsmen are anxtons
TO nave Capt. McHarg's office continue the
WORK as they think they may get ont of
we 'uiHg better by this plan. 1t looks
very much as If they will lose the an,ou,t
of their bond in any event
When this week has passed ana Tho
buildings of the first half of the bosnital
nave been completed, the contractors will
continue on the remaining buildings. Most
OF these have already been started ana
they VIII be pushed as rapidly as possihlo
to completion
MAJ. Appel is here with Hospital Stew
ara HarVer and another hospital man to
assume charge as commanding officer &c
soon as the hospital is ready n racai,,o
patients, and, in the meantime. he is en-
gagged in Offering whatever suggestions he
may md needful in having the work take
the course necessary for the best results
Several minor changes have already been
adopted by Capt. McHarg at his sugges
ton, one of these being the placing Of
all the plumbing apparatus of the mems
barracks in annexes to be added 10 the
building instead of in the buildings them
selves The surgeon believes this new ar
rangement will be conducive to better
health The space which was to have been
taken up by the apparatus will be needed
for the accommodation of the hospitaI
force, anyway. Mai. Appel thinks. He
found the provision for the hospital CORPS
did not seem ample aud wished additional
accommodations provided. The plan of
putting the plumbing apparatus in the
anneXes will give this additional space
The delay in getting the patients into
the hospital viii mean that those brought
here will not remain great while before
they will be taken north on account of
the heat. When Gen. Sternberg was in
the city some weeks ago he said the hos
pital is only to be used during the winter
months, and that patients will not be re-
ceived here during the summer. He said
he thought they would be sent north as
soon as warm weather begins
YACHT ELEANOR IN PORT.
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