The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-05


 the ronWork needed, but was covered
 before winter, and will be completed
 and equipped, we trust, before many
 months, About half the cost has peer
 met by us, and we have the funds 1T
 hand or promised to meet the remalna'
 CT, Standing separate from the hosplt'
 al, 1t has not in any way hlndefea oul
 regular work, nor involved any changeS
 in the older buildings, save the opening
 of a connection from the cellar of Bron-
 son ward to the cellar of the maternity
 ward, by subway.
 Aside from these building operations
 yet in some particulars not wholly un-
 connected with them, the year mas lalo
 up us serious expenditures Our water
 supply has long been insufficient, and
 the necessity was laid upon us Of re-
 neWing our supply-pipe at cost oi
 $233.00. The oud pipes were too small
 for the increasing use, besides belng
 badly corroded and filled up. Aftei
 conference With the water company, 1t
 was decided to lay new three-inch
 galvanized iron pipe as far as the new
 kitchen, the water company supplying a
 new meter We have had similar in-
 tOllN CHlSIItG llOlll lIS0liiSiSiht 'toNA'' 'AA''
 in the autumn the situation became
 insupportable. On bringing the matter
 to the Gas Light company's notice, they laid new supply pipe and furnished a
 larger meter, to our great relief. This however, involved no expense to us.
 We have reported before the need
 theie was of renewing the plumbing in the east wing of the Congress avenue ] building. Tn the spring of 1899 we felt that the work could not be longer de-
 layed. A contract for it was made for 1 $345,00 and this contract was satisfac-
 torily executed during the season. The { plumbing suppanted had been in use for twenty-five years, and was giving us some uneasiness, We are glad to re- port this improvement, while we regret | ted the necessity of the outlay,
 i The gutters and roofs of the Congress avenue building also required extensive i repairs. Our pavilions and morgue also gave Us trouble of the same sort The 1 roofs were leaking, and we had to do I something to renew them. The inter ference of the fire marshal obliged us to use slate instead of shingles, and this together with interior repairs made our entire outlay some $275.00
 | New electrical apparatus was in- stalled on the request of the medical board, and new surgical truck in 1 east; also, new microscope We are glad to report further addition to our appliances which, while very valuable to us. did not involve us in any expense We received during the summer, from the executor of the estate of MT Chas A. Watrous, a gift of five hundred dol !. lars, to be applied to the purchase of an X-ray apparatus and Its installation and maintenance. The order of this ap- paratus was placed by the laboratory committee al our request, and we fitted up room according to their require ments It is now ready for use as oc- casion demands This was material addition to our equipment, and was very thankfully received,
 The weekly cost of maintaining our operations at the hospital has been shown by one of the tables given above to be steadily increasing. This fact has enlisted our attention and led to a com parison of our experience with that of other hospitals to whose reports we had oNtNsS' III 4NtN lsliSiaitd VI itn AiSAG iihSf~ hood As these feports do not always correspond with ours in the method of their makeup, and do not always give all the items we should be glad to as certain, our figures may not be in all particulars absolutely accurate, but we doubt not they are approximately se
 In March last MT w. W. Jones, who for four and half years had been the <, clerk in the hospital, resigned to be- come the superintendent of the Bridge port hospital and MT. Frank r. Leg gett was appointed in his place. Tn April last Mrs, F. G. Wiley, the house. keeper, also resigned and later Mrs. Is- abella H. DeGaff was appointed to fill the vacancy.
 We feel constrained anew to empha- size our need of additional machinery in the laundry The expense of over- time labor is serious item which might be avoided if we had better appliances; and we should besides have better re- sults
 It Is our pleasant duty thankfully to acknowledge our obligations to many friends for cooperation in our work, or gifts in aid of 1t, or kind offices in pro- noting the welfare of those under our care, Among these should be enumerated the ministers of the city who have con- ducted religious services in the chapel; and to the Society of Christian Endeav- or of Calvary Baptist church, which has | sent quartette every Sunday after | noon to sing in the wards. Also, Miss Rose Porter and other ladies who have continued regular instruction to invalid | children by a Kindergarten teacher. l Also the Hospital Aid society. and the | Necdlework Guild for the supply of gar | ments. Also the kind friend who for the ninth time provided In the summer | steamboat excursion for patients, nurses and attendants that could par ticipate, and on the same day special | qualifications for such as could not leave the hospital This Is a very kindly ser vice, which is highly appreciated. We should not fail to mention the Towering plants and other gifts which have il- lustrated the continued interest of our president in all who are under our care. Finally, we desire most cordially to bear testimony to the fidelity and eff 1iency of the service of the medical and surgical staff, and the consulting phy scians and surgeons Nor would we Tail to speak appreciatingly of the house staff, of our very devoted superintend- mt, and of the superintendent of nurses , nd hac