The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-27
NEW safe BUILDING.
Will Be Asked for by the Trustees of
the Connecticut Hospital for the In

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the Connecticut Hospital for the In
sane.
The Hartford Times says of the pro-
posed dining hall buildingfor the Con-
necticut Hospital for Insane, for which
the legislature will be asked to grant
an appropriation.
In general the views of the new sup
erintendent, DR.. Page, have been given
regarding the congregate dining sys-
tenn which he proposes to establish at
Middletown, and which is similar to
that established by him at the Danvers
asylum in Massachusetts. Here now
ever, he proposes to not only cohceh-
trate and systematic the dining ar
rangements, but also the storage OF all
supplies, the laundry and kitchen work
and the bathing arrangements; so that
with less help, less power and much
less waste, all this work can be done
easily, not only for the present num-
Der of patients, but for largely IN
| creased number.
Messrs Curtis & Johnson of this city
who have designed all the buildings Tor
the hospital work as architects mas
been satisfactory to the trustees, were
asked to prepare the plans for this
building, and it is through their cour-
tesy that the details Of the proposed
building can be given.
The building will stand in the rear or
main hospital and will be 1872 wide by
252 long, two stories high besides the
basement, which, on account or the
sloping ground will be wholly above
! ground on one side, making on the
east practically a three-story building
as shown by the illustration.
The dining room will occupy nearly
all of the second story, being 100 feet
by $50 feet and will accommodate l,5O0
| to 1000; it will be Is feet high, ana
lighted on all four sides as well as by
a large motor running nearly the whole
| length over the center of the room
| There will be a large serving room on
| one side and on the opposite side plat
| form for the orchestra who will play
for the benefit of the patients; across
| one end will be visitors gallery, while
arrangements are also provided for pot
ted plants and flowers, giving the
room cheerful and attractive appear
ance. Elevated passage ways built of
steel anu uI6DIOOl Will III AVN NAAi''
| floor to the second floor of the main
hospital, the middle hospital and main
| cottage; this building being situated
| between these three buildings. In TINS
way two-thirds of all the patients in
| the institution can reach the dlnlnS
! hall easily, comfortably and in perfect
I safety. Opening from these passages
| and also from the hall are three broad
| flight of stairs enclosed in solid brick
| walls and leading to the ground and
| to each of the other floors.
| The first floor will contain storage
| space for all the groceries, meats and
provisions of all kinds for the insti-
| tuition, separated cold storage COM
partments being provided for the meat,
milk, butter, etc, Adjacent to these
supplies will be the kitchen with am
pie room for all the cooking apparatus.
From the kitchen hydraulic lifts will
run to the serving room above. In the
rear of the kitchen will be dining
room for the employees. On this floor
will also be the ironing room, tewing
room and sorting room for the clean
clothes; also sitting room for the fe-
male patients who work in the laun-
dry. 70
In the basement which will be amply
lighted on all sides, will be the laundry
and drying room. From the laundry an
elevator will hun to the ironing room
above, also to the roof, which will be
utilized for drying the clothes in pleas
ant weather. Adjoining the laundry is
the sorting room for the soiled clothes
and beyond this the dressing and bath
rooms In the bath room will be
large swimming tank, and ranged along
the walls on either side of large num-
Der of shower baths In the dressing
room will be boxes arranged easy of
access, to contain the underclothing of
each patient separately. All changing
of underwear will be done here con-
venient to the laundry and entirely
away from the hospital wards. A stair
case leads directly from the levated
passageway to the dressing room so
that all patients can be bathed here
rapidly and conveniently. There is also
on this floor an attractive room for the
men employed in outside work, and
stairs leading to their dining room
above. The remainder of the basement
Is taken up with storage space for all
kinds of vegetables and garden truck.
There is large room for washing and
preparing these, and a lift to carry
them to the kitchen.
1t is supposed to construct the build
ing Of steel frame with brick outside
walls and freproof floors and part-
tions and fiat roof. There will be as
little wood work as possible used; the
intention being to have fireproof
building, durable in all parts and at the
same time simple in it's treatment, and
as inexpensive as possible consistent
with the above conditions.
There will be plumbing conveniently
located on each floor. outside the build
ing, but adjacent to it, will be boiler
house, for heating and power. There
will be a plant for cooling the cold
storage compartments also engines
and dynamos for generating electricity
for lighting the building, running the
laundry machinery, ventilating fans,
etc. All parts of the building Will be
thoroughly heated and lighted and ven-
tilated by the most approved methods.