Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-08

Thenew municipal hospital which when
completed, will cost several millions Of
dollars and will stand at the head of Thir.
teenth above Richmond street. between Ar.
kansas and Iowa avenues is exciting the
special attention of architects all over the
country as well as our home memb-rs Of
the profession.
The District Commissioners some time
ago announced programme regulating the
contest Of architects for the position Of
architect of this great enterprise by the sub
mission of competitive sketches To the
special programme the American Institute
of Architects objected and the same has
been modified after public hearing by the
Commissioners.
The services, meanwhile, of Mr. Edmund
NJ Whcclwright of Boston has been
secured by the Commissioners as profes-
sional adviser
An competitive sketches must be at the
District Building by February next at
noon. The competition is instituted pri-
marily To- select an architect for the hos
pital, and will be conducted in accordance
with the following rules.
Three architects will be chosen, through
a preliminary unpaid competition as the
competitors in a final paid competition
The author of the design adjudged TO be
the best in this FINAL competition shall De
appointed the architect of the buildings
under the conditions hereinafter provided
The two other competitors In the final conn
petition 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 20 purchase such sketches upon pay
meut 70 the author thereof of the sum of
81 900, the sketches to become the property
of the District of Columbia In the choice
of the three architects for the final competi-
tion the Commissioners will consider the
professional standing and ability of the
competitors.
THE appointment of the architect of the
municipal hospital building is dependent
upon the action of Congress in providing
the necessary appropriation, When this
appropriation is passed the author of the
design adiudged 20 be the best in the final
competition shall be duly appointed archi-
/ tect of said building, and he shall serve
| In this capacity throughout the time re-
quired for the construction of all build
/ ings erected under the original appropria-
/ tion 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
/ tosgive fun services upon all said buildings
and he shall be compensated for his SER
/ vices iu accordance with the schedule of
/ charges approved by the American Insti.
. tutc of Architects
The hospital, when completed, viii com
+ prise the following group of buildings
General ital-Admiuistratiou build
/ ing, domestic service building, power-housc
laundry and machine shop clinical and
pathological buildings chapel superinteu
dents house, nurses home four reception
ward buildings. nine ward buildings on
north side of administration building five
ward buildings ON south side of admiuistra
tiou building, connecting corridors, ambu
lance stable.
tuberculosis hospi,al-Two large ward
buildings. one small ward building connect
ing corridors.
Contagious Administration build
ing domestic building. three ward build.
ings, nurses home
The details of the various portions of the
building are given In the programme of
competition. The reception ward, il is
stated should be conveniently adjacent to
the administration building and shall be
two stories I'm height It should be noted
that the domestic service building will be
sixty feet 100 height from grade TO cornice.
that the power house will be fifty feet in
height from grade 10 top of cornice, and be
placed adjacent TO Thirteenth street which
isto 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 pro-
vide for the nurses for the tuberculosis de.
partmeut as we'll as the general hospital,
and that 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 tuberculosi.
ward building two stories high.
"The clinical and pathological buildings
one FIRST floor, to contain: Surgical opera
ting theater, TO give about I7o students
seats. surgeons room, 900 square feet with
wash. toilet and shower bath rooms adj
joining
"Iu second story above the medical am
phitheater &c, shall be placed the autopsy
amphitheatcr. TO seat from rs 90 ioC
students. Adjoining this amphitheater il
20 be a morguc providing for accommoda
tlOu OF Twelve Dolle4 III IGll lslldllNH ooAN
and private autopsy rooms
"rhe ward buildings for general hospita
( are TO be two stories In height with base
mcnt floor not more than four feet below
1, grade, clear height in basement of ten feet
, clear height of each story not less thar
fourteen fgct the allowance of cubic all
space To- De not less than I,5oo cubic feet pc
10 bed
"Thcre shall be on each aoor of eacl
ID ward building one ward Of twenty beds;-on
isolation ward, one convalesceuts diuuing
room with food lift duty room, toile
rooms. including accommodations fo
e nurses, linen closet; locker closet for pa
10 tients' clothes.
# "rhe administration building is TO be cor
B, nectcd with au ward buildings of the gen
8 eral hospital by covered way two stories Il
n height and designed to afford facilities 70
the treatment of patients in the open air.
That the preliminary competition is
e be judged solely on merit IS shown by ia
.1 following precautions:
g In each package is to be ine.osed
e sealed letter giving the authors name an
address uc.o-gd Zoo a plain, opaque whit