The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
CORNER STONE LAID.
tuberculosis Sanatorium Cornerstone
Laid With Fitting Ceremonies.

The biggest humane movement. in
Kenosha county had its first real ex-
preston Saturday when a large
number of people went out to the new
county sanatorium for the treatment of
people suffering from tuberculosis and
watched the interesting ceremonies at
tending the laying of the corner stone
of the new institution. To a lot of
people it was the most interesting
ceremony that ever took place in Ke-
nosha county and it attracted to
Kenosha leaders in the great battle
that is being made in Wisconsin to
save people from the ravages of the
"White Plague
Years ago little band of people
started work in Kenosha with the ulti-
mate plan of securing just such an
institution and nearly all of these
workers were out this afternoon In
the list were John T. Yule, the veteran
chairman Of the county board DIR.
Windesheim, Joseph G. Rhode, William
tive in the formation of the first or
ganization In the county to fight the
white plague. There were many others
! who had been almost as active in pio-
| neering the movement and headed by
Dr.. J. J. McShane, Frank Shuart,
Louis r. Grosvenor were big army
of the more recent recruits to the war
on consumption.
The corner stone, a handsome mar
BILE stone, was furnished by William III.
Morse and the only fault that could be
| found is that it does not contain on it
| the names of more than a hundred men
and women who have aided in the big
| movement to secure the sanatorium.
It is expected that the work on the
new building will go forward without
| interruption and that the building will
| be under roof by the latter part of the
summer The members of the commit
tee are hopeful that it will be ready
for dedication by Christmas day and
they hold there could be no better
| Christmas gift to the people of the
county than this splendid institution.
The description of the new building
as prepared by Architect Lindl follows:
| The Kenosha county sanatorium will
be two stories high, built of solid brick
and concrete, faced on all sides with
| dark vitrifed paving brick, and rooted
with red shale vitrifed reefng tiles.
!
The longest dimension of the build
ing east and west will be one hundred
sixty-seven feet and the center or ad-
ministration part will measure eighty
seven feet north and south.
There will be full basement under
the main portion, containing a very
spacious laundry and drying rooms,
| trunk rooms, storage rooms, provision
rooms, janitors quarters, disinfecting
rooms, ETC., and boiler and fuel roorls,
the latter being freproofed.
The building is planned to accommo-
| date twenty-four patients in separate
rooms, with ward space ON the sun
| porches for twenty-four additional
beds. There will be four large bath
rooms for the exclusive use of patients,
all equipped with sanitary clothes
chutes connecting to receiving rooms
near the laundry in basement.
The center of the building to the
south or front part Of the building
will be taken up by large, sunny, airy
living and dining room 25x31 feet.
All patient IS rooms, living room, din
ing room, and all bath rooms, will be
~foored with monolithic composition
and sanitary floor base.
| The fenestration or window arrange