Evening star., 1901-12-04
Group Of Buildings to Constitute a
Municipal Hospital.
PLANS OF DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS
The Contemplated Structures to
Cost Several Million.
SITE ALREADY S ECTED

Inc DlSlTlCC commissioners nave GULL
pleted and will issue tomorrow the new
program of competition for plans for the
municipal hospital which will eventually
stand at the head of 18th street. above Rich
mond street and between Arkansas and
Iowa avenues. The institution, planned
by the local authorities, will be of most
modern type, and when the group Of con-
templated buildings is complete will have
cost several millions of dollars. Congress
has already provided for site, which has
been purchased, and has further appro-
priated the sum of 5000 for carrying on
the competition for plans.
A program was issued several months ago
by the Commissioners, but was objected to
on many grounds by the members of the
American Institute of Architects. After
public hearing on the subject the Commits
sioners adopted the suggestion made by the
architects and secured the services of Mr..
Edmund NJ. Wheelwright of Boston as pro-
fessional adviser. Mr.. Wheelwright is re-
garded eminent authority on hospital
structures, and it is really he who has
competition, and who will later draw up the
program for the final competition, and who
will advise the Commissioners In the
awards in both competitions.
Selection of Architect.
The Commissioners specify that all COM
in their hands by noon Of February next.
The competition is primarily instituted to
select an architect for this hospital, and
it will be conducted as follows:
Three architects will be chosen, through
a preliminary unpaid competition, as the
competitors in final paid competition. The
author of the design adjudged to be the
best in this final competition shall be ap-
pointed the architect of the buildings, under
the conditions hereinafter provided. The
two other competitors in the final compett-
tion shall be paid $1,000 each; and if the
Commissioners wish to make use of any
feature peculiar to either Of the designs of
said other competitors, they reserve the
right to purchase sucn sketches upon pay
ment to the author thereof the sum Of
81 600 the sketches to become the property
of the District of Columbia In the choice
of the three architects for the final COM
petition the Commissioners will consider
the professional standing and ability of the
competitors
The appointment of the architect Of the
municipal hospital building is dependent
of the necessary appropriation. When this
appropriation is passed the author Of the
design adjudged to be the best in the final
competition shall be duly appointed the
architect of said building. and he shall
serve in this capacity throughout the time
required for the construction of all build
dings built under the original appropria-
ton and as the architect of all additional
buildings for said hospital which shall be
built under appropriations made for this
purpose by Congress for ten years from the
date of the first appropriation for said
buildings. Said architect shall be employed
to give full services upon all said buildings,
and he shall be compensated for his serv-
ices in accordance with the schedule of
charges approved by the American Insti-
tute of Architects.
The Group of Buildings.
The hospital, when completed is to con-
sist of the following buildings:
General Observation-Disclosures build
ing, domestic service building, power-house
laundry and machine shop, clinical and
pathological buildings, chapel, superintend-
ent's house, nurses home, four reception
ward buildings, nine ward buildings on
north side of administration building, five
ward buildings on south side of administra-
tion building, connecting Corridors ambu-
lance stable.
tuberculosis Hospital-Two large ward
buildings, one small ward building, connect
ing corridors.
building. domestic building, three ward
buildings, nurses home.
The Specifications.
Detailing the character Of the several
structures, the program says:
THE reception ward buildings should be
conveniently adjacent to the administration
building and shall be two stories in height.
1t should be noted that the domestic SER
vice building will be sixty feet in height
from grade to top Of cornice; that the
power house will be fifty feet in height
from grade to top of cornice, and be placed
adjacent to 18th street, which Is to be
carried through the hospital grounds; that
the chapel should be placed adjacent to
autopsy amphitheater and morgue, as later
noted; that the nurses home Is to provide
for the nurses for the tuberculosis depart
ment, as well the general hospital, and
that it Is to be four stories in height.
The two large tuberculosis ward build
ings, three stories high, are to be grouped
separately from the single tuberculosis
ward building, two stories high The
length of all the tuberculosis ward build
ings should run east and west. AS ample
area as other conditions may admit shall
be provided about these buildings.
The several buildings for the Contagious
Hospital should be grouped with regard to
the distance from thoroughfares and other
buildings for avoidance of contagton, and
to have separate approach to the admins
tration building from a thoroughfare.
Surgical Operating Theater.
The clinical and pathological buildings,
one first floor, to contain: Surgical operat-
ing theater, to give about 10 students
seats: surgeons room, 800 square feet. with
wash, toilet and shower bath rooms ad-
joining. There are to be eighteen clothes
lockers in wash room. Three operating
rooms, 96O square feet each; one operating
room, 500 square feet, with west and north
light; four etheriZing rooms: rooms for in
struments, instrument washing preparation
of bandages and steriliZing, conveniently
adjoining the operating theater; recovery
rooms for both sexes, with toilet rooms,
each 675 square feet; nurses room, with
toilet, 2I0 square feet; house officers room,
with toilet, 270 square feet; pathological
laboratory for surgical section, SS4 square
feet; X-ray room, adjoining above; recov-
cry room for surgical patients, $40 square
feet, with four examination rooms in con-
nection Herewith, 3S4 square feet each;
medical amphitheater. to seat about 200
students, the space to north under the
seats to be utilized for clinical and patho-
logical laboratories. and additional space
for these purposes to give a total of 5000
square feet for laboratory purposes; four
waiting rooms for patients. $50 square
feet. each conveniently accessible to the
medical amphitheater.
In a second story above the medical
amphitheater, etc, shall be placed the
autopsy amphitheater, to seat from IS to
100 students. Adjoining this amphitheater