Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-13
Amusement Hall and TubercuIo
sis Cottages Opened at Wat
ertoWn Hospital.
JOHN H. HANLEY is SPEAKER
Pays Tribute to Abraham Lincoln
New Structures Only Ones of
Kind in Country.

| ing two cottages and The viClct-ray
| house, were dedicated at the Water
town hospital for the insane yesterday
afternoon, the dedication being held in
connection with the observation of the
anniversary of Lincolns birthday
The WATERFOWL hospital, with tie com
pletion of the buildings dedicated yes
| tcrday, is equipped in manner i'll
which no like institution in the coun-
| try, as far as is known, is furnished.
| The amusement hall, a commodiuS build
ing 100x200 feet in size, isthe only one of
the kind furnished by state. 1t com
bines a large auditorium, ball room,
billiard and pool parlOrs, and bowling
alleys in one building, and, IS stated.
| represents an outlay of about 100000.
In nearly every hospital fer the insane
an amusement hall is included. but
me of the class just opened at Water
| town is unknown elsewhere
The tuberculosis hospital, also is an
| institution peculiar TO the Western
| Illinois Hospital for the Insane Two
cottages. one for the male and tae 9th
er for the female patients, compose
the tuberculosis hospital. in connection
with the violct-ray room, located be-
| tween the two cottages. Each of the
cottages i2 equipped to accommodate
| II patients during the winter, but dur
| ing the warm weather when the en-
| closed veranGas are available as
sleeping quarters. the capacity of the
cottages is almost unlimited. The hos
pitaI is designed for the treatment of
patients who are afflicted with tubcr-
culosis in any of its stages. Modern
| equipment in accordance 10 the most
| advanced science is installed in the
cottages. and every possible opportun-
| ity provided for the cure of the dis
ease. 1t is proposed during the sum-
ncr TO install innumerable tents in
connection with the cottages, and i'll
addition to the outdoor beds provided
On the verandas. patients will be cared
for in the tent colony.
| 4 Notable Experiment.
| In connection with the tuberculosis
hospital an experiment is being pro-
NOTED by Dr.. W. e. Taylor. the super
intondcnt He has had installed a gas
plant, and manufactures gas for heat
| ing purposes. DIR. Taylor states that
the gas produced is of purer quality
than that provided in the three cities,
and at low cost The plant for the
| manufacture of gas was installed as
an experiment, and if successful. as it
seems to be, may result in a change be-
| ing made throughout other of the hos
| pital buildings.
| The violet-ray room is perhaps the
most interesting of the new structures
| at the hospital 1t is a building about
| 24X15 feet in dimensions, constructed
with. walls and roof of violet cOlored
| glass. The effect on the patient is
marvellous Apparatus arranged for
the diffusion of fumes of various chem
| icals used in the treatment of diseas-
the combined influence of the light
rays and the fumes, the most violent
patient may be readily Gained and
| Soothed
The amusement hall was erected by
the patients at the hospital, as were
he other new buildings The state
legislature made a special appropria-
ton of $4,000 for this building, and
the remainder of the expense was pro
vided from the surplus of the annual
appropriations. The new building will
be devoted to the use of the patients
up to 4 O'Clock each day, and from
to 10 O'Clock will be open for the use
| Of the employees who are off duty. On
the right of the building are the bill
lard and pool tables, while at the left
are three standard bowling alleys. The
alleys are made after the most modern
| patterns. being laid over a concrete
and cork foundation. The center OF
the building meets the requirements
either of an auditorium or of a ball
room, and when the scenery now To-
Gated in the music hall is transferred
will also be used as a theater building
The music hall is to be remodeled, and
will be used in the future exclusively
as a chapel. A gallery is to be install
ed in the amusement hall. and when
this work is completed. the building
will provide an auditorium with seat
ing capacity of about 1000.
Nature of the Exercises.
The exercises of dedication yester
day afternoon were held at 23O. in the
new amusement hail. Music was fur
nished by the hospital band. Rev. Ma
rion Humphreys, pastor of the Central
| Presbyterian church, of this city, pro
nounced the invocation. Supt. Taylor
in few brief remarks told of the ef-
forts of the hospital trustees to make
the institution the first in the state,
and of their success. The completion
of the buildings opened yesterday, he
said marked the goal. for the present,
toward which the trustees had been
striving. DR.. Taylor emphasized the
fact that the tuberculosis hospital is
not regarded as place of confinement
for those afflicted with the white
plague place for them to debut
instead, place where they may be
treated more successfully, and where
| they may be cured. He briefly re-