The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-09
The Farview Hospital.

AT last The CITIzEN is enabled to give
some definite Information regarding the
proposed asy lum for the criminal insane
OF Pennsylvania, to be erected near Far
view. We take the following from the
Philadelphlu Inquirer Of July 3D.:
When the proposed State Hospital for
the Criminal Insane. tat Ferview, Wayne
county, for which bids were opened 10y
the Commonwealth yesterday, is com
pleted, according 20 the greatest a!ienists
of the day, the State Of Pennsylvania
will have the most perfect Institution OF
its kind in the word.
The plans for the proposed hospital,
which have been approved 10y the COM
mission to select IL ste aud erect the
Stale Hospital for the Criminal Insane,
call for the building ui an institution
which will be remarkable for the adapta-
blity OF its purpose.
The object OF the institution is to pro-
vide proper medical treatment aud care
for any who may be adjudged Insane at
the time of committing criminal act,
and OF those VINO may develop insanity
while undergoing sentence thus reliev-
| ing the ordinary insane nos Ilthis and the
| prsons, respectively, Of Inmates that
they are not fitted to care tor.
| The care OF the criminal iueHur requires
| All entirely different organization H. COIN
pared with Hn ordinary Insane hospital
| or a prison, yet partakiDg OF tile nature
of both. Tue commission gave much
| time to investigation aud study OF the
organization aud operation of existing
| institutions for the treatment and care OF
| the criminal insane the reruit OF their
| efforts appears IN The present design,
| which has the unqualified approval oI
| eminent hliensts.
After publicly advertising tor II site,
| hnd diligeDt investigation, the cuminis-
sion acc pttd the offer oi tuc Delaware
| d II utsuu Company to donate piece OF
grOuui, comprising upwards OF GOO acrea,
situated ut farvir@, about twelve miles
from Houesuatr, un the Delaware n
| Hudson rallruai.
Ine commissions selection OF Il site
| was duy Oonlirm,d 10y the Governor.
The cite Of the institution IT rolling and
well draiu,d d aud waterei, pnrt woodland
aud part fariu iund, ly iug Ht an elevation
| of about 1900 feet above the sea, OIL the
| Moosic Mountains, with n magnificent
prospect IN every direction. The situa-
ton IL inquest enRbiy .nlubrious, aud
| easy of access by meHns OF the railway
| that skirts thc property. II If the In
tention ui the Delaware y Hudson Co.
TO erect Ii new station near the entrance
to the institution grounds.
| ne ltStbHlIth VII. llt Without uOubI
the most advanced oil it, KIND, when coIu-
pIeted. The design las been approved
by the Board Of PuOiic CHARITIES OF the
| State OF Peunsy lvania and their Com
| Iuittee on Lunacy, rs required by the
creative act.
The vnriou, buildings are arranged so
as to incIosc rectangular COURT, IN which
the patients spend ~ mach time rs pus
slOle ia the open air. The different ward
Il
closed galleries or corridors, generally
two stories high, 70 that IL II prHctlCa Die
to hdv" intercoiuIuunicatiou between all
the buildings at all times, under proper
supervision.
The woIuen's department is complete
in Itself, aud properly segregated frou
the mems department.
The plan IL such that patients may bt
thoroughly classified, and the different
classes kept separate, All arrangement
obviously advantageous alike to the pa
tients and their cHretakers.
For those of the patients whose condi
tion admits there will he provided prop
er employment on the institution
grounds
The buildings for patients are tw,
stories high, aud 10 more, and all ar,
ireprout they are constructed with rec
brick walls, trimmed with light ooloret
stone, and the roofs are covered with
slates. All floors and roofs are support
ed with steel members, and no more
wood Is used than necessary to render
, the buildings habitable. n good suppl,
of spring water Will be- furnished b.
gravity, and the drainage i, above re
proaoh, due to the shape and contour u
the land.
The institution as now planned com
, prises twenty buildings, including intirn.
uries, power house and laundry, Hut
there is space for additional buildings il
time to come, should 1t be deemed desir
able to Increase the capacity over ant
above that now provided for, which il
about 800.
The appropriation now available i
100000, tins accompanied the act OF ere
atlnE the institution, Tor the purpose 81
5 starting the work. The total cost OF th
buildings, when completed, viii be 81,
4 900, 900.
The several depart ineits of the hos
| pitaI aud their dimensions are rs follOWt
Administration building, lO3 by 81 feet
with wing 81 by 30 feet loggia build
ing, 80 by Al feet iOur buildings contain
ing mems wards, each 1876 & by Al feet
[ wlih wing lS.G by 4D.7 feet bulldln
tor disturbed male pHtieuts, G9lO b!
| $40 feet lulirInary building, 20 by IA
A feet two dlnip., room buid.uE-, 3S.i h.
GS . feet each Kitchen building, 1O1 b
Il! feet, Will Il WING II ny 2O.S lttt
: bakery building, o. ieet by Is feet
,. the nurses building, Al by 5O.i feet
building containing wOinen's wards, 4
10y l2l feet ; budding Tor disturbed wt
4 men pati,nts, - hy 81 feet women
1 mtirmary bnlN',ur. GS DS SO feet diniu
4 TO 'lu and kttci "a uu ldiug for wonIaI
, l22 10y IS ieet boiler house, 13 u b
i 40 lret engine house. il.G 10y 50 q iere
: iuei storage nou-r, 5j.3 by 4l.G feet
: workshop, 4l.G by 81 feet /; washin
:. house, - ny 30 feet drying house, 60 b
Il % feet, aud ironing mouse, - by 30 teet
= There VIII also be n power house COZ
Z sisting OF three buildings and Workshop
L aud laundry consisting OF three buiit
:. Jugs. Ine buildings viii Oe 80 arrange
+, as to form ii hollow squaTc, within whIc
e. are large pleasant cOuTtyHrus, where tn
: inmates may stroll aud play. There wi
y b2 no wall around the asylum The ui
I rangement of the buildings Is such tin
I they will serve Hs barriers. Furthe
4 more, the bulldogs will be connected b
!. corridors. thus making it possible to phi
e entirely IhrOrsh TIM hospital and retur
e TO ia" surfing pace.
: 1t Is expected that tue work of exec
j waiting tor thr foundations of tie huill
/, ings Will b" commenced early in Au,
Il u-t.
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