Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-17
WASHINGTON LETTER
rsoectal Corrsspondence.l

Especial Correspondencc-I
The Municipal tuberculosis hospital.
Fourteenth and varnum streets. north
west. an institution which is regarded
as the best equipped Of its kind In the
country. was recently opened for pa
tents.
The structure is of brick and is four
stories. 1t is situated In the center OF
thirr-hve acre tract. high and
heaIthful. and is set of with trees,
shrubbery and gardens 1t has accom-
modations for 12o patients. who WIKI
be from the INDECENT class Forty pa
TENTS are under treatment at the In
stitution-
Advancement Of Hospital.
DR.. George II. Kober, who has done
more than any one else for four years
past to make the hospital reality.
succeeded In working out one OF the
most difficult problems connected with
the hospital-how to provide open air
wards The fourth floor Of the wings
is left open on each side for outdoor
patients, while the bath and dressing
rooms are on the upper part of the
central tower. The wards are hlgh
above the ground. and they Will get
plenty of fresh air and be free from
dampness.
On the first floor are the dispensary,
diet kitchen. examination room, dark
room for & ray work. linen closets,
isolation room for serious cases. nurses
rooms. baths, two large wards and
sun parlors. The third floor has dress
ing rooms for the open air wards, four
small open air wards protected on the
north by windows. In the basement
are storerooms. scullery, cold storage
plant, kitchen. heating plant, coal bins,
rooms for the disinfection Of clothing
and bedding and dining rooms.
New Fire Headquarters
The fire alarm headquarters Of the
District of Columbia, which for NUM-
Der of years has been located In the
building used by No. II engine house
on Eighth street above D street, north
west, has been removed to the new
District building.
The fire alarm headquarters not only
send out alarms Of fire, but act as q
telephone exchange for the Offices Of
the District government and super
wise the telephone patrol system used
in the police department
The mechanism and apparatus used
I'm FIRE alarm headquarters are paricu-
larly intricate and expensive. Great
care and skill had to be exercised In
moving them from the old quarters t.
the new building. Stiu greater care had
!, to be exercised In installing them. In
connection with the transfer the Dis
trict has purchased considerable addi-
. honal apparatus. :...>..
New Government For District.
Not in a long time has a municipal
subject aroused such deep and univer-
sal interest among business men of
Washington as the proposal Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to ask congress to DO
away with the commission form of
government and empower him to ap-
; point one responsible head. a governor
, or mayor. charged solely with the ad-
mfnistat1on of District affairs.
The preponderance Of taxpayers ia
voring the change is great Compare.
,; lively few citizens have expressed sat.
iafaction with the. present system Of
government and ventured the belief
that it needs NO Improvement
| Advisory Board Favored.
| In some quarters the idea Of an ad-
, vfsory board of prominent citizens to
assist and counsel the governor in his
administration is brought forward, on
the theory that, it would be impossible
for one man, unassisted. fully to keep
himself familiar with the peculiar and
ever varying needs of the different sec.
tons Of the District Practically all
agree that the chief officer Of the Dis
trict, If congress provides for his ap-
pointment, should be a District man,
thoroughly familiar with the needs and
, resources of the District, q successful
{ business man himself: that the place
should seek the man and that when II
has found him it should pay him sal.
airy worth his while-from $4,000 to
$4,000 year.
Washington Architecture.
Decorative sculpture ON both the ex-
terror and interior Of business houses
and residences is playing more and
more of part In the work Of the de,
Etgners OF the new Washington. Cary
fngs in stone, wood and cement, cast
ornaments In plaster, cement and com.
position and castings in iron are being
used in number Of the handsomest
houses: now building in the national
capital .s7 T.. r 4
| Bas-rsIief Figure of President.
| Louis Meyneil. Boston, artist, Is
working upon a bas-relief Of the presi.
dent to place in what is called the peace
; conference room at the Portsmouth
navy yard, New Hampshire. This Is
the room In which the peace confer,
ence between Japan and Russia TOOK
place, The artist was commissioned
!. fo DO the work by D. Estes. a wealthy
! New Englander. ~, l,:''s-s -. -,
An Opium Commission. ~ -
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