New Ulm review., 1913-05-07
Splendid, Up.to-date Build
ing Will be Occupied
This Week.
Appointments A the Best. La.
test Appliances Used
Throughout.

find q building TO take pride In, fol
certainly there is nothing in the state
thst is better altho there are larger
institutions. Every portion of the en-
tire structure 10 finished with good
material and in q workmanlike man.
ner, every precaution taken to secure
maximum of light and to do away
with every unsanitsry condition
known. Rounded corners In oil oi
the walls, metal bssebosrds put on
with no visible junction, polished
floors and white walls insure absolute
cleanliness in halls and bedrooms and
the toilet and opersting roons wita
their marble and tile floors and fttfngl
would be . lonely and exposed place
for any venturesome speck Of dust OF
CRIME to settle.
Made Of brown pressed brick from
tho Ochs brick-yards ~ Springfield,
the outside walls OF the building
present . plain but substantial
appearance. The saeings OF the on.
trance on Fifth North Street are oi
light colored Kssota stone and inside
the door the Same stone polished
forms bssutiful wallis for the vesti-
buled entrance. Above the stone the
walls are Of . pale tint Of green which
yields to cream overhead. From the
entrance, doors open into the recep.
tion room to the west and the Offices
TO the east. The reception room is
furnished with leather couches and
chairs and the hospital o1ice Is fitted
upjust % sre the oficss OF large
financial concerns In the cities. A
long hall extends the length Of the
building from east to west and all
rooms open on to it as does the ele-
vator. The doors and other wood
work are of - beautiful light colored
maple except on the 4th floor where
hard pine 10 used in the finishing.
Walking along the hall from west to
east, on the right hand side one sees
first the private rooms containing
accommodations for one patient, each
room having 9 particular color scheme
of its own in the coverings Of the bed
and chairs. Next come the ward
rooms fitted up for one, two, three or
four patients according to size and
window space. The amount of light
in every part of the building is amax-
ing.
Each of the bedrooms is fitted with
chandeliers equipped for both electric
and gas light and the Old system of
call bells for the use of patients is
eliminate d and Q push. button in reach
of the patients hand lights . red light
outside the door in the hall, thus
enabling a patient TO receive special
attention when he desires it without
disturbing any other patient by ring.
ing bell. Opposite the bedrooms on
the left of the hall are the elevator,
the diet kitchen with its dumb waiter
and steam warming closets, the
toilets and baths, ell fitted with every
imaginable appliance for the needs OF
the rooms, dressing rooms, linen
room and on the main floor room is
prepared In which patients who
become violent can be placed, the
windows and doors having heavy
bars, and another room which will be
used as dining room and lecture
hall by the training school girls.
On each floor there are house tele.
phones, flowing drinking fountains
and ventilated wardrobes and the beds
in the rooms are fitted with appliances
SO that cow aIescing patient can be
comfortably lifted to = sitting posi-
tion.
The second floor is like the first in
its arrangement except that Father
Schott's apartments take the place of
the reception room and offices.
The third floor is similarly planned
but at the east end a suite of six
rooms is fitted up for the surgical
work that comes to the hospital. On
one side are the doctors private
dressing and bath rooms and on the
other the rooms for sterilizing all
instruments and cloths and garments
used during the operations. The
sterilizing apparatus cost nearly
$500 alone. in all of these rooms
the floors are Of tile or marble, the
walls enameied, the fittings OF slabs of