The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16

The work of improving the old Watts residence on Adams Street and putting it into shape for a temporary charity hos. pital will begin, within the next few days. Assurance is given that work on the main hospital building will begin within a month and that it will be com pleted twelve months after ground is broken.
 James k. Wade, Superintendent of Con- struction of Hospitals for the Sisters of Charity, is in Montgomery for the pur- pose of making preliminary arrange ments for tho building of the handsome hospital which is to be erected on the old Watts place on Adams Street. MT. Wade came here direct from Nashville, Tenn. where a splendid hospital mas Just been completed under his supervision; He is staying with Rev. Father Dennis Sav- age at the rectory of St. Peters Roman Catholic Parish on Adams Street.
 In an interview yesterday evening MT. Wade said that Sister Chrysostom. Supe- rioress of St. Vincents Hospital or BIT mingham, would be here today. She VIII confer with him relative to the improve ments to be made on tho old Watts resi- dence to fit it up for use as temporary hospital pending the construction of the handsome three-story building which Wail be erected on the east side of the build ing now occupying the lot.
 Trans nave been uTdWn lOE thI hht- provements of the old Watts residence. They were drawn with view to using it as temporary hospital and to making
 the old building part or the new tative and are subject to the approval of Sister Chrysostom, who will see them today.
 The interior of the old building will be practically made over. New floors will be laid partitions wi,. be built and the sanitary arrangements will be entirely changed. The front room on the ground floor and on the east side Of the build ing will be made into chapel and the front room on the west side will be used as a guests room. Provision will be made for dormitories, nurses and sery- ants rooms. Kitchens, operating room approved by Sister Chrysostom. the per. soi1aI representative of the Sisters Of Charity, work will at once begin upon the Improvement of the old building, done by carpenters and skilled workmen who will be in charge of a foreman In the regular employ of the Sisters or Charity: He win aSome tS . Monagomsfiyi %aS ss.ii have general supervision of the work and says he hopes the old building will be ready for use within a month. Within that time he thinks work will nave pc, be three stories high and will run or to the east of the old building and VIII be 140 by % feet. Mr. Wade says N is the of the nGgs Sisters er tne of chay that all of the work may be secured py Montgomery labor and that Montgomery material will be used as far as possible,
 Just as soon as the old Watts resi- dence is put in condition several Sis- ters of Charity will arrive in Montgom. cry to take charge of the property ana a temporary hospital will be opened. MT. Wade says he does not know where the Sisters will come from, but he does know that until the new hospital is completed not many Sisters will come here. It IS expected that it will require at least twelve months for the building or thS
 Yesterday evening Mir. Wade received the interior plans of the main hospital and they indicate that It VIII De one oI the most complete and best equipped in the entire country. These plans were drawn by Rockwell M. Milligan. archi- tect of the Sisters of Charity whose headauarters are in st. Louis; Mo. Fro. rooms in addition to ward rooms, op- eratInG room, offices and other necessary departments. The drawings made by MT. Milligan have been approved 6y the Sisa changed unless it Is found necessary when the work of construction actually begins. , 4..,.., has been described by The Advertiser. It will be constructed after the old Spanish mission style of architecture The walls will be stuccoed and pebbled. By pep, bling is meant that small pebbles will be scattered in the plastering on the walls. This will give the building a rugged effect and standing, as It wiiis, in the rear of a beautiful lawn, It VIII be one of the most picturesque places
 The main entrance will be by way of a Spanish portico. To enhance the beauty of the main corridor from the entrance if will be furnished with a tile floor, which will be crossed midway of the building by a twelve-foot hall running the entire lCagth east and west Ihe floor of this hall will be constructed of wood as tiled floors are not regarded