New-York tribune., 1902-01-22
NEW S1,0OO,OOO HOSPITAL.
WOMEN INSPECT THE HANDSOME
BUILDING-THE GIFT OF ].
PIERPONT MORGAN

Many OF the members and friends Of the Ladies'
Auxiliary the Society Of the Lying-In Hospital
attended the private view given yesterday of the
new and magnificent building. which cost s1.oo.coo
given by J. Pierpont Morgan for the uses OF the.
society.
The building inspected from turret to
foundation stone and everywhere were heard
thiisiaat3c expressions Of admiration for the per-
fccton Of detail and sumptuous nberahty Of equip
nent.
The new hospital is in second-ave.. and extends
from Seventeenth TO Eighteenth st. It consists of
eight stories and is about one hundred and fifty
feet in height being hreproof structure of steel
brick and stone. The main entrance is in the ave
nue. and side entrances open in Seventeenth and
Eighteenth
There are 1,15s windows in the building and 673
doors. The exterior windows number 994 and the
interior l55.
The material OF the front walls is buf Indiana
limestone and red brick and Of the rear walls buff
brick
The available floor is about hundred and
forty thousand square feet The finished floors
OF lignolth throughout, except the first story hall
and entrance, for which marble and mosaic are
used.
Heating done through three boilers of ag-
gregate capacity OF 600 horsepower They also fur
nish the necessary motive power for the ventilat-
ing blowers. fans, elevators laundry, kitchen and
ice making The cold storage and refrigerating
machine can produce tons of ice every twen-
ty-four hours besides doing all the refrigerating
required throughout the hospital
-Four main elevators Of large size are provided.
and also three dumbwaiters for service from the
kitchen the wards and TO the dining rooms used
by the staff. students. nurses. servants, etc.
There is also a sidewalk lift All these are op
Grated by electricity. There besides, dis
tributed throughout the building. for various pur-
poses. seven handfts-
In the basement floor On the southerly
half. 2 students sitting room. history and
fifteen bedrooms. with an ingenious arrangement
OF open court from Eighteenth-st. to provide
light and air; the northerly half in Second-ave
and Eghteenth-st, will be occupied by the
patient department, consisting OF medical offices.
nurses H-orkroom, drugroom, clinic room, waiting
clothesroorns, Inanikin room autopsy room and
Chapel. together with space for an ambulance and
through the building from Seventeenth to Eigh-
The first story. on the south is given up mainly
70 the resident physicians rooms. eight in number
medical board room lecture room for students and
he registers and bound history room.
On the Second-aVe. side the executive offices
and sitting for resident stan.
superintendent, medical staff. nurses and students
paEtment, and has a large sitting room forty-four
bedrooms and every modern appliance for health
r1Dn The third t a9or has an isolated ward bed
sixth floors are arranged for patients and on the
Seventh story there is large laboratory adjoining
Instrument steriizing and recovery room rooms win the
patlents ana roof space for fresh air exercise
On the Eighteenth-st side are a kitchen bedrooms
ior servants. bakery, storage room butchers de-
partmenG and laundry.
The eighth story IS mainly continuation of the
"a aoordtory and additional amphitheatre seats for
me rne operating room There is also photographers
After the hospital had been thoroughly inspected
vs Ne was served IN the large office assigned to the
Semens auxiliary, by reception committee con-
" STUART Goats. Mrs. Adrian Iselin jr
NJ. ~ lIllarn r Douglas Mrs. James w Markoe.
Nss Ns S!eInentna furniss. Mrs James w Pinchot
Snrs. y. p. Hamilton, Mrs John n Warran
Ars. =. W Vanderbilt Mrs Robert Wtnthronn
Mrs William A. Street. chairman
pIhe society founded in I7s9 with Thomas
- teatsaIt as president Robert Lenox was one OF
i1ldTsst IN lTst poard OF governors ]. Pierpont Morgan
csI eIlaIely preceded the present president Lewis
Oess Ledyard. in that office. 0
. .hrss n ?. Hamilton is president Of the Women's
~ @tIIaFy. which organized to aid the work
~ ~ ne society by distribution Of garments linen
- ~ 1000. when needed and the hospital authori-
say that the service it renders IS OF the utmost