Arizona republican., 1913-02-25
DINING
 HALL PLANNED
 FOR THE ASYLUM
Superintendent \. (. Kings. ley Has Plans Drafted for Handsome Structure and Will Ask Legislature for Appropriation

] IT the hopes of Dr A. C. Kingsley, superintendent of the Arizona State 1 Hospital for the Insane on the Tempe road. are realized. there will within i the next few months rise upon a suit able spot of ground just north of the present main building of the institution ! a general dining hall and nurses dor mitory. a structure Of reinforced con crete which will be d credit to the l hospital for many years to come and d monument to the foresight and judg- ment of the present superintendent. ] While the building proposed has pro | sresSed only to the extent that tenta- , tive plans have been drawn, the real work in hand for Dr. Kingsley is to l convince the legislature that the pro iected building is not only desirable ! but necessary
 For years it has been evident that the present dining hall and kitchen is far from adequate for the needs of the institution. In every way the building is antiquated. unsanitary and unsafe The patients must of neces- sitv be herdod together, men and wo- \ men assembling in one big room and
  ' ences of crowding and the impossibil- |. tty of attendants giving them the care and attention they should receive while ! eating. There are thousand and one !, arguments against the present dining hall.
 But pr Kingsley long ago realized that this part of the institution is one of it's elarins defects. He ascertained that am expenditure of approximately $53.G0O will give to the state hospital a dining hall. kitchen, nurses dormi- ! tory and sewing rooms, all under one roof that will long he a credit to the . institution and solve for many years to come the problem that now con fronts the mana cement of the institu- ton
 With the end in view of appearing before the appropriations committee during the present session of the 1egis- lature and present the needs of the in stitution in this respect Dr Kingsey asked Contracting Architect George H. Gallagher to draft plans for q proposed structure and furnish and estimate up- on the approximate cost of such 3tr5c-
 ure as it seems it needed These plans are now practically complete. so fan as the general outline and eleva- tions are concerned. although all the working plans have not been drafted pending the action of the legislature with regard to the necessary appro- priatiol
 In going before the legislature with the request for an appropriation sur Gcient to erect the proposed structure,
  the Governor and members of the board of control who have made carcrI .avos igatipn of the needs cf the institution and tForCrehly agree with tne hcad of the institution in this re%; I'll.
 The plans as draftei by Mr Gala cher, following closely the ideas sue- gcsted by pr. IIineAlc-. call for q large dining hall, seating about 250 patients. This will be f1~ h. ward patients X womans dining hall stands just west of this larger room and will scat.},ear- ly 100 Al he rear Of this room is a smaller dining room to accommodate g women patients, while two rooms still further to the rear are designed to accommodate sixteen patients each. For the working male patients. q dining hall seating 120 men is provided. At the rear of the structure proper is the kitchen and bakery. all so ar ranged as to afford the utmost con enience and designed with an idea of being strictly modern and sanitary. In the center of the building will be pleasant reception room. with a fountain or indoors flower garden and . seats arranged about this attractive
 spot.
 The East half of the second floor will , be devoted to individual sleeping rooms T for the male employees of the institu-
 tion, with large sleeping porches con meeting. On the West side will be To- 2 cated sewing and women's work rooms, e with sleeping quarters for several wo- : men nurses at the rear.
 If erected as planned the structure I will be one of the finest upon the hos
 pital grounds, and besides being strict
 ly fireproof will be handsomely de- , cOrated both inside and out Dr. . Kingsley hopes to secure the necessary appropriation at this session of the