Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11

H. T. Clark of this city and notwith-
standing handicaps and unfavorable
weather he has made good progress
throughout. The granite for the build
ing was furnished by the II. l.. Brown
Granite Co Of HallOWell.
Additions to the kitchen building at
the Maine Insane Hospital which, when
completed, will involve an expenditure
of $4,000 are now in process of cree
ton and will be completed about July
J. Other building operations have also
been going on at the Hospital during
the year. involving the expenditure of
nearly $4,000 more, including the cree
ton of q new slaughter house, the
changing of the old arsenal barracks to
Il GoImitOry for chronic patients and
the construction of a concrete wharf on
the site o, the old wooden pier.
The greater part of the outside walls
of the addition Of the kitchen building
are now up and steel beams and grid
crs have arrived and are being swung
into place. The addition on the north
side provides for Il new bakery and en-
ployccs dining room and is an addition
of 15X35 feet and one story in height
Tho addition on the south side of the
building is 35X120 feet and provides for
a complete new kitchen 5DX60 with diet
Kitchen, Scullcry and refrigerator out
side If that. TIL" grocery store is en-
larGed by considers BILE floor area and
Will have q large beef and butter re-
fri@erator adjoining with suitable meat
receiving and cutting room. The en-
larged kitchen and bakery will prob
ably provide for all the needs OF the
institution for many years to come as
the accommodations are ample to pro-
vide for several thousand people.
These additions are all one story
structures with a height of 10 feet in
the clear. we'll lighted and ventilated.
The light is admitted both by windows
in the side and by skylghts and a large
surrrneated ycntilating shaft "a feet
in height is provided, designed espec-
tally for the more perfect ventilation
Of the kitchen. In the stack is found
the smoke flucs, which are of wrought
iron. for the ranges. roasting oven and
hrOilcr. Wrought iron steam pipes are
also provided for the proper caring for
eXhausts from the steam kettles.
The old kitchen was constructed SO
that it was necessarily complete
thoroughfare through the rear center
building and such q condition was q
constant source of annoyance and de-
lay. The kitchen by the new plan is
placed on enc side of the thoroughfare
or corridor and no passing through the
kitchen will be necessary or allowed.
The plan for the addition also provides
for fireprOof second floor over the
kitchen and bakery. in fact the whole
building complete on the second floor.
The wooden floors are to be removed
and replaced with steel beams
and trusses ana terra Gotta arches,
thus removing a serious emnace to the
entire institution. as should fire start in
this building under the arrangements
which have heretofore obtained the
whole building would be Quilted and the
institution put out of commission as
far as the sustenance department is
concerned.
The addition and changes to the kit
chen are designed to thoroughly
modcrnize and improve the culinary
department. bringing it into line with
the most approved modern kitchens
and making it the equal of that in any
institution in New England. Reuel J.
Noyes of this city has the contract for
the structural work OF the building for
the sum of $4,000. The balance of the
appropriation, $4,000 will be utilized for
refirigerators, new cooking apparatus,
ranges and bake ovens.
The barns on the Arsenal grounds
have been moved out of their former
location as they We're directly in the
proposed approach to the institution.
one of these barns has been removed
to the rear Of the piggery and re-
modelled into a slaughter house, which
is now about complete. A concrete