Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-11-28
WILL Be MODERN
SAN|TAR|UM|
Magnificent Build
ing 10 Be Erected
at St. Vincents
THREE STORIES HIGH
Up.To-Date Hospital Equip.
ment and Elegant Fur.
nishings.

can looked over the plans, which are
just out, for the new sanitarium to
be erected by the Sisters of Char
ity. While the New Mexican is
not able to give an extended detailed
account Of the magnificent structure
to be erected, yet sufficient data are
herewith published to assure general
idea Of the institution. The plans
were drafted by the well-known archi-
tects, I. H. and w. NJ Rapp.
The sanitarium will be erected on
Palace avenue to the west of the hos
pital. The main floor facing Palace
avenue will have a space of 130 feet
frontage with a width of 40 feet. An
L, running back toward the orphan
age. will be 80 feet long and 76 feet
wide.
On the first floor of the portion fac
ing Palace avenue will be arranged
spacious rooms for guests also large
lobby, billiard room, library room,
a physicians office, pharmacy. In
the L will be located a large main
dining room, two good-sized private
dining rooms, an office, bookkeeper's
office, kitchen, serving room, refrig.
orator. cooling rooms, storage rooms.
etc. There will be three main en-.
frances to the first floor, besides rear
entrances to the culinary department.
The halls are to be covered with tile
and the whole institution steam-heat-
ed. 1t .Wil be ventilated with up-to-
date apparatus. On the south and
east portions of the entire building
verandas will extend three stories high
with do@rways leading to the various
bedrooms SO that the bells can bc
rolled out on the verandas ct night
and back in the morning. Or the first
floor a portion of the veranda viii he
made into large sun room. The
large basement of the l. Will be useG
for storage purposes. On the secoad
floor there will be Is bedrooms, the
chapel and a priests study. In con-
nection with these bedrooms a large
portion of same will have baths EN-
suite and there will be two public toi-
let's, including baths.
There will be three flights of stair
ways from the first floor to the second
and continuing up to the third floor,
besides three fights leading from the
balcony on the third floor to the bal.
cony on the first floor. There will
thus be six exits from each floor.
The building will be connected with
the hospital by an ambulatory on both
the second and third floors. The sanl.
tarium building will be at least 60 feet
away from the hospital, but will be
connected with it by passage ways.
There will be sixteen bedrooms on
the third floor with baths en- suite. Fhe
other rooms will consist of operating
rooms, surgeons rooms, anesthetlc
room. sterillzing room, dressing room
toilet room. Opposite The hall OF the
operating room will be an elevator run
ming from the first to the second
floors.
The building will be faced with a
paving brick laid in heavy joints with
white mortar up to the top OF the
third floor. from there up it will be
laid in red brick and cemented. II
will have a red tile roof. IT VIII pe
an exceedingly handsome building anc
most conveniently arranged for all whe
will enjoy it's entertainment, whether
inyalids or guests. When completed
and furnished the new sanitarium Will
represent an outlay Of almost $loo'ooV
Work on the structure is to pe pegul
soon,