Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-25

artificial light. and when completed
will be as beautiful as they are com.
Portable.
The front hallway leads into a
magnificent dining room 4gx70 feet
in which it is expected all of the
inmates can be fed at one sitting.
There are no supper ting columns in
this vast room. the beamed concrete
ceiling and floor above being sup
ported by four immense steel Orders.
weighing four tons each. From the
dining room one corridor leads off
to the north wing, which is to be
occupied on both the first and second
floors by the male inmates. Along
this corridor are two dormitories that
will each contain six beds, and eight
rooms intended for two beds each.
There are also toilet. bath room and
lavatories and four rooms adapted for
the occupancy of disturbed patients.
There is also an attendants room, in
which are the electric switches con-
trolling the lights in all the rooms in
that ward, so the patients can at no
time interfere with their lights
And the end of the corridor is
large day room for the men. 1t is
38x42 feet in size and opens upon a
large two.story open porch, which
terminates the north wing
The south wing, will be occupied
by the female patients and is sub
stantially the same in it's arrange
ment as that of the north. Each
corridor is supplied with a sanitary
bubbling drinking fountain on both
the first and second floors. The upper
porches of both the north and south
wings will be screened in, for purposes
of safety.
On the east side of the dining room
is doorway leading to the portion of
the old building that was not des-
troyed and that is now used as
dining room. 1t will be remodeled
and used as kitchen when the new
building is completed.
Air shafts run from the corridors
on the main floor to the attic and are
connected with system Of machine
driven fans and suction pipes that
draw the impure air from the rooms
and carry it away. The heating of
the entire building will be by steam.
furnishing from the new central heat
ing plant that has just been separate
ly installed. and hot and cold water
will be available at all times in every
part of the building
The two wards on the second floor
will correspond very closely with
those already described for the north
and south wings for the main floor
four wards in all.
On the second floor of the admins
tration portion of the building the
south side is devoted to sleeping rooms,
matron's private room, ETC.. the wood
work being finished in white enamel.
On the north side of the hall are three
guest rooms, where the visiting trustees
can always feel at home.
Over the dining room the women
will have a commodious and we'll
lighted sewing room with a large
store room adjoining
The stairways connected with the
several corridors are of iron and have
iron ratings. The root of concrete,
two inches thick, Reinforced with steel
and covered with asbestos shingles, is
supported by steel rafters and Orders,
which makes it very strong rs we'll
as impervicus to fire. In fact there
is scarcely any wood throughout the
building except in the doors and
windows. The doors are of birch, all
finished in natural wood.
At present the county is caring for
81 of its patients here-42 males and
% females. Following the fire,
which destroyed the old asylum, ~
patients were taken away by relatives
and 80 were transferred to Reedsburg
asylum. These will be brought back
when the new building is ready for
occupancy, and the state hoard of
control will in all probability furnish
enough others, from the state at large,
to bring the total up very close to the
2U0 mark.
The new building will cost the
county about $4,000 exclusive of
furniture and fixtures, portion of
which has been purchased and will be
put in as soon as the building can be
completed.
When the good old summer time
returns, and the trees and lawns take
on their coverings of green, the people
of Grant county will take much pride
and pleasure in visiting this institu-
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