The Washington times., 1917-03-11
Plans of Institution for INDECENT
Sick Ready This
Week.
COMPLETENESS is OBJECT
All Features will Be Modern in
Material and Equip
ment.

Plans for the new Gallinger Hos
pitaI, known as the Municipal Hos
pital, which will be constructed on
Government reservation No. Is, near
the site of the present inadequate in
stitution, will be completed this week.
When the appropriation for the struc-
ture becomes available, July ! next,
bids will be Immediately sought. 1t
is the desire of the supervising archt-
tect's office to have a large portion
of the series of buildings ready for
occupancy before the end of the year.
Coincident with the completion of
the plans will be special meetings OF
the Piney Branch Citizens Associa-
tion tomorrow evening and the Pet
worth Citizens Association on Tues
day evening, March 20, when gratifi-
cation with the success of the cam
paign successfully waged by the citi,
zens, locating the hospital at Four
teenth and Upshur streets northwest,
will be expressed.
Power Plant IncOnEpIcuOus.
The new hospital will be one of the
most modern institutions in the coun-
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The plans, originally contemplating
the location of the buildings at the
Northwest Washington site, provide
for a commodious administration
building, surrounding which will be
the wards and the auxiliary build
ings adapted to the use of the hos
pital.
The buildings will front on Massa-
chusetts avenue on the north side OF
the thoroughfare. Directly opposite
the main buildings will be a nures
residence and the series of smaller
buildings to compose the psychopathic
ward.
To the rear Of the main buildings.
and toward the river, the power plant
and quarters for servants will be
erected. The scheme is to build the
power plant on the lowest part of the
eastern end OF the reservation, at
point where the structure will be
inconspicuous.
One OF the advantages of this de-
cision will be the absence of smoke
in the vicinity OF the hospital wards.
PsychOpathic Ward Important.
There will be a total of twenty
buildings, according to present plans.
The administration building will be
erected in the center, and the wards
will flank the main building on eth
: er side. All wards will be connected
by corridors. To the rear of the ad-
ministration building will be the re-
ceiving ward or the ELLIS Island" of
the whole establishment Here all pa
ttents will be thoroughly examined
and cleaned, and then distributed 10
the portion of the hospital where
their ailments can best be treated
Alcoholics, those addicted to any
drug, and demented persons will first
be received at the psyChopathic ward
on the south side of Massachusetts
avenue.
The wards will be constructed so as
to provide all possible sun and light
for the inmates. In the rear of each
ward will be baths, a diet kitchen, a
nursese' room. and medicine DISPOSE
tory. The front portion will contain
beds on either side, and a sun ~parIor
will be erected on the Massachusetts
avenue front. The wards will be two
stories in height.
The main administration building
will be of two or three stories, and
the offices OF the superintendent and
quarters for the resident physicians
will be provided. A special building
for surgical operations will be con-
venient to the administration building
and the wards.
MaterInh Not Yet Chosen.
The building for the housing of the
nurses employed at the hospital will
be equipped with comfortable sleep
ing quarters. a properly appointed
kitchen, a dining room, a reception
room, and a gymnasium. None of the
of 1a -.
to sleep under the same roof as pa
tients.
The materials to be used in the con
struction of the buildings have not
vet been determined. The total ap-
preparation for the hospital is $780,
900, exclusive of the cost of plans and
specifications, which was met by a
previous appropriation. The plans
are so prepared that additions may
readily be made as necessity arises.
The hospital is to bear the name of
Gallinger. in honor OF Senator Jacob II. !
Gallinger of New Hampshire, who for
twenty-five years was a member Of the |
Senate District Committee and for some |
time chairman Of that important COM |
mittee.
Site Caused Much Agitation.
Agitation on the construction Of the |
hospital has been waged for a number
of years. as the present institution long
ago become inadequate and unit for |
use from age and decay. Bitterness has |
crept into the discussion Of where the |
hospital should be located. Eight cit |
liens associations Of northwest Wash
ington-Piney Branch. Petworth, Bright
wood. BrightwoOd Park. Park View.
Chillum Castle Heights, Woodburn, and |
Columbia Height-have vigorously op-
posed locating the hospital at Four
teenth and Upshur streets. Likewise
Southeast Washington organizations
have disapproyed of the location Sc
lected. All organizations, however have
urged the necessity Of a new hospital
The joint committee opposed TO the
northwest site had the following Off
GERS: c. p. McCurdy. chairman; ]. E.
Suter. vice chairman; Frederick J. Rice.
secretary, and George A. Finch, treas
urer
The plans for the hospital include the
joint ideas of Municipal Architect Snow
den Ashford. George S. Wilson, secre-
tary Of the District Board Of Charities