The age-herald., 1899-01-27
WORK WILL BEGIN
 IN SIXTY DAYS On the New Sisters of Charity
 Hospital. HAVE ADVERTISED FOR BIDS They Will Be Opened on February 13 and the Contract For the Work Awarded-WorkW Will Then
 Soon Begin.
HAVE ADVERTISED FOR BIDS

Within the next sixty days work will be- gin on the magnificent new hospital to be erected by the Sisters of Charity. Acting | under instruction from Rev. Father Lennon,
 superior of the order at Emmettsburs, Md, T. U. Walter Co.,, of this city, arch
 itects for the building, have advertised for bids for the erection and completion of
 the administration building and the north
 east wing of the hospital. Father Lennon
 will be in the city on February 13, when the bids will be opened and the contract award ed to the lowest responsible bidder, the customary right being reserved to reject any or all of the bids. As soon as practicable after the contract
 is let work on the building will be com menced and pushed to rapid completion, which means before the close of the year
 Birmingham will claim among her other institutions a hospital which would do
 credit to many of her more pretentious sis ter cities. The estimated cost Of the entire hospital
 is about $25O'0O0, but at present only the ad-
 ministration or central building and the
 northeast wing will be built at a cost of about $75,000 At a meeting of the Sisters of Charity
 Hospital association held last night at St.
 Pauls hall in Third avenue, the announce
 ment of the call for bids was made by Father O'Rielly, of St. Paul's church, and
 was enthusiastically received. Meeting Last Night The meeting was called to order by Pres
 ident H. H. Sinnige, with Secretary w. B. McCrossin at the desk After the read oft tba ,,,ip of Father ORielly announced that he had been informed by the architects that bids would be asked for at once. President Sin nige, Father ORielly, pr. w. H. Wilder and Secretary McCrossin made enthusiastic speeches indorsing in the highest terms the work of the sisters in the management of the temporary hospital which was recently opened It was decided to hold rousing meeting of the association on Thursday evening next to formulate plans for closing up the work undertaken by the associa ton to
 assist the sisters, good portion of the amount being on hand. Father O'Rielly, of the citizens commit tee, reported the following subscriptions since the last meeting, running the total
 amount up to about $75OO: Additional Subscriptions Cash, $100 Birmingham Turn Verein, $50 E. Lesser (won at Elks beneft), $40. Sterling A. Woods, $50 James Cahill, collected among employees
 of Howard-Harrison Pipe works, $50.
 Ross c. Smith, $25. J. B. Crawford, $25.
 John B. Haffey, $1O. John Barker, $10 M. E. Linnehan, $10 George H. Bodeker $1O Excelsior Electric Co.,, s10 J. O'Conner, $1O. M. T. Dillon, $10 Lewis Mamoth, $1O. Brookside miners, S6.SO. J. F. Halter, $5 John Antwine, $5. R. V. Taylor $5. Moortin Kniff $5
 Biddle-Warren Cycle Co.,, S5. Thad Mullen, $5. John Towers, $5. Total, $461SO On motion a committee of three com posed of President Sinnige, Father O'Reilly
 and Dr. Wilder, was appointed to prepare 9
 complete list of all subscribers, sub-dividing
 it into separate lists of those who have paid and those who have not, to be reported to the meeting Thursday night On motion MT. Monk was appointed a committete of one to address a notice of
 the next meeting to each member and sub-