Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-10-10
Will Be Erected at
Once By Sisters
of Charity
PLANS DRAWN
Handsome Edifice to Be
Built on Site of One
Destroyed by Fire

Blanche, Mother Superior Of the
great, charitable and gentle order OF
the Sisters of Charity, which sisters
are scattered all over the United
States and who, every one Of them,
are doing heroic work in nursing the
sick, caring for and educating the or
phans and needy, and alleviating hu.
man suffering and doing the holy and
beneficial work laid out for them by
the statutes of their order, by Sister
Mary Charles, Superior Of st. Vim.
cents Sanitarium and convent here,
that it had been concluded by the ALL
thorities of the order to commence the
erection of a handsome, substantial,
three story brick building on the site
Of tht sanitarium that was burned four.
teen years ago and to push the con-
struction with all possible speed and
haste while paying due attention to
solidity, appearance, attractiveness,
soundness of structure and general
strength.
Will Be Handsome Edifice.
The building will be constructed Of
brick and viii contain ali modern I'M
provements, such as baths, hot and
cold water, electricity, steam power,
steam heat. public and private dining
rooms, private apartments, many
sleeping rooms, bath rooms, operating
rooms fitted up with the greatest mod.
ern surgical, medical and health appli.
ances and in every way building that
will not only be credit to the good
sisters but will be great benefit to
many people who come here from all
over the United States for treatment
and for sopourning, as well as from
| the city and territory generally.
There will be about Is rooms in all
and these will be furnished with the
most modern and up to date furnish
ings with view to hygene and the
health and comfort of the occupants.
The cuisine will be extensive and will
be located on the first floor. The large
and handsomely appointed dining
room will be furnished with everything
that will go to make it pleasant and at
tractive and will be located on the first
floor. The furniture and tableware,
while not rich, will be very we'll ap-
pearing with a view of making the
meals as pleasant and as appetizing
as possible to the occupants Of the
new sanitarium.
Preliminary, Plans Drawn.
The preliminary plans have been
prepared by l. H. and w. M. Rapp, who
are we'll known in New Mexico as lead
ing and successful architects and who
prepared the plans for the present
Capitol, the high school, the county
jail, Elks' opera house and National
Guard Armory in this city and who
have charge of the construction Of
the new $4,000 barracks at the cele.
brated New Mexico Military Institute
at Roswell. which are now in course
of erection and which will accommo
date $50 cadets.
They were also the architects for
the Insane Asylum building, the
New Mexico Normal University, the
X. NJ. g. A. building, the Carnegie Ii.
brary, high school and other buildings
at Las Vegas, besides numerous build
ings in Trinidad. Colorado.
TO Cost $4,000.
The new sanitarium for the Sisters
of Charity will cost in the neighbor.
hood of $4,000 and will be not only
beneficial and useful to suffering hui
manity, but will enable the sanity
Sisters Of Charity to do better work
for the aid Of mankind. 1t will also be
an ornament in every way and most
creditable to the unbounded charity,
the. great benevolence, as well as the
business ability, tact and acumen Of
the authorities Of the great order OF
the Sisters Of Charity.
The sweet, good, kind-hearted Sist.
ers Of Charity know all about the ad-
vantages Of such a sanitarfum in La
Villa Real de Santa Re. as they have
maintained successfully and ably, ex-i
tensive sanataria, hospitals, orphan