Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-09
The Fraternal
Sanitarium
lConeluded from page u

been In operation since the organi.
Satlon of the sanitarium association,
two years ago, Last year 500 con,
sumptivos were sem there by the
association, and OF these so per cent
recovered.
The other sites are located near
Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Santa Ro.
50. The place already owned by the
association lea Silver City IL not
extensive enough, as II Is tho inten-
ton OF the association to establish
a farm where the patients may do
light outdoor work.
The present plan is to purchase
the site near Santa Rosa, This Is
at present a large ranch and will
cost s35. 900.
AS the sanitarium grows, the OBJ.
Ject Is to increase the number of
buildings and buy additional land
nntil the largest and most complete
sanitarium in the world has been
built up.
The sanitarium will be made self.
supporting as soon as possible. This
VIII be done by allowing the pa
TENTS to work for their living. as Is
the custom in the tent cities estab-
lished for c~onsumptives in New
Mexico and Colorado.
=. Orders May Help. ......
Another plan by which the early
expenses of the sanitarium can be
conducted is to ask a certain amount
OF money from each fraternal order
interested in the temple. All mem
bers of these societies that become
affected with consumption VIII he
received free at the sanitarium az
a result.
This will be as much to the ad.
vantage of the societies as to the
sa%nitarium association. as most of
them are insurance orders. and 1t Is
worth thousands of dollars to them
to prevent the ravages of the dread
ed disease, which makes its appear
ance often after a person has Joined
an order.
l., G. Lewis, one of the directors
of the sanitarium association, who
Established and operates the Camp
Lewis sanitarium near the Woman's
Magazine building, has already offer.
ed to transfer his whole staff and
equipment to the new sanitarium
when it is established.
The headquarters for the sanitar.
ium will be in st. Louis, and depart
ments will be established in every
state. All the fraternal orders which
contribute toward the sanitarium will
also have departments under the di-
rection Of members Of their society.
The temple of fraternity will be re-
erected exactly as 1t now stands, with
the exception that the second floor
balcony will be covered.
1t is ideally constructed for such
a purpose, and won the praise of the
officers of the international congress
Of tuberculosis as being the most san
itary building ever erected at an ex.
position.
The rooms open on a long corridor.
running the length of the building.
The outer walls of the rooms are al
most entirely of glass and can be
opened 50 that the air sweeps
through. An upper and a lower yer.
anda surround the building. There
are about sixty rooms in the struc-
ture and each is large.
Designed by St. L%ouisans.
NJ. p. McArdle. a st. Louis archi-
tect. with offices in the Missouri
trust building, Is the designer. and is
forming an exact estimate of the
cost of transferring the building.
He roughly estimates that IL will
cost $4,000 to box the structure and
from $25, 900 to $4,000 to ship 1t and
reerect 1t.
That the building possesses archi-
tectural beauty, as well as practical
usefulness, is evidenced by the fact
that the architect was awarded a gold
medal by the jury of awards.
1t Is built almost entirely of wood.
and the milling has been pronounced
the best on the worlds fair grounds.
The outer covering Is Of staff. and a
permanent exterior will have to be
put On.
The plan has been enthusiastically
received by all who have yet been
consulted about II. Among those who
believe II practicable and a great un
d~ertaking is Surgeon General Wyman