The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-10
PRIVATE E.OSPIT AL
 AT ARMS PLANT IS
 MODERN VETERINARY
May Soon Have Private. Auto mobile Ambulance for Com
 pany's Patients.

The modern emergency hospital of the Remington Arms & Ammunition plant in building F on the site of fac tories on Boston avenue is receiving commendation from experienced phy- sicians who have had occasion to visit the nlant.
 The emergency hospital is situated on the fifth floor of the sixth building in the long row of factories and con sist of three rooms, which are eqHip- ped with all the latest instruments and fxings used in an emergency hos pital. The floors are covered with white tile made of imitation marble, and trips of green carpet set the rooms off in fashionable style.
 Dr. Walter B. Colgan is the factory physician and he is supplied with a touring car and a private chauffeur as well as a private secretary. The first of the three rooms is used as private office for the physician and here his secretary keeps an account ing of all compensation eases and also the amount and extent of. the injur- ies suffered by employees of the fac tory.
 It is said that on an average, 90 cases are treated every day by the factory physician. Employees suffer ing from ailments or disease not con tracted within. the plant do not get treatment. Cases of poisoning from brass, abrasions, cuts. slivers and bruises are treated by the physician upon the patient presenting a certii- cate from the foreman of the depart ment in which he works. No women are in the employ of the Boston ave nue plant with the exception of a few clerks and the pair of nurses employ ed at the emergency hospital.
 The second of the row of three
 sa the third room contains three white enameled iron beds and the room is called the inhrmary. The beds are occupied only when a patient is too weak to be transferred to his home or to one of the local hospitals. Weak patients some times remain as long as two days confined to the fnfirmary Lgoes on in the factory. As soon as they are removed to their home, or to a general hospital their pay ceases un- less it is serious case wherein com pensation is forthcoming.
 Six attendants are attached to the emergency hospital, three male order lies and two woman nurses. In the infirmary ward are four cases of modern surgical instruments and their value is placed at 1000. The hospital building is surrounded by a beautiful park in, which are benches to be used 
 trespassed upon by other employees of kGhe plant.
 When an employe is injured so that hospital treatment is necessitated he is removed to a local hospital in taxi-cab at the expense of the com pany. If the case is very serious and there is only a slight chance to save the life he is transferred to the near est hospital in the emergency a1nbu- lance of the local charities depart ment When a patient receives in juries that necessitate. hospital treat
 nent, expenses of the treatment at the hospital are paid by the Reming- ton Arms & Ammunition Co., It is runnored among the employees of the factory that the emergency hos pitaI at the plant will soon De equipped with motor ambulance, Which will do away with the long wait for 1iv- cry automobile in the case of trans fers. This vehicle will be stationed in the connpany's garage and will be driven by Dr. Co1gan's private chauf- feur. /
 The hospital is a valuable asset to the Remington Arms 6 Ammunition, jured employees is receiving great praise not only from the employees but from many sources. The mem bers of the board of charities at a meeting short time ago congratu- lated the officials of the arms plant upon the work accomplished in the emergency hospital at their plant thereby relieving the public hospital of a great deal of work which would otherwise have to be done by the city attaches.
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