The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-11
GROUND BROKEN FOR
NEW NEGRO HOSPITAL
Contractors Are to Finish Negro
Pavilion OF Memorial Hospital
by November is.
COST RAISED IN CAMPAIGN
Structure VIII BE on Marshall Street,
Opposite Old Medical College-Wii
BE of Seven Stories and Entirely
Modern.

Ground has been broken for the
$4,000 negro pavilion of the Memo
rial hospital. and delivery OF the COM
pleted building Is promised by the
contractor on November Is, 1917. An
nouncement TO this effect was made
yesterday by Frederic 3. Moriok. sup
erintendent OF the Memorial hospital.
The money for this unit Of the new
Memorial will come out OF the fund
which was raised last fall in the great
campaign conducted in Richmond In
behalf of this institution. II Will be
recalled that the campaign was a
shining success.
When this negro pavilion Ia COM
picted Richmond will have cause for
pride in the way In which the city has
provided for medical attention for the
citys large negro population. the
attention and care which the negro
patients viii receive In this new In
stitution viii not be excelled anywhere.
The negro pavilion will be the last
word in hospital construction. says
Mr.. Moriok While containing no
extravagancies or impractical fads in
hospital construction. the pavilion
win emhody every modern idea OF
value in hospital engineering.
The equipment Will be modern in
been given to providing quiet ana COM
Portable quarters for ths patients.
VIII Re On Marshall Street.
The pavilion Will be built on prop
erty recently acquired for this pur.
pose BY the Memorial hospital. II IN
located on tho south SIDE Of Marshall
street between Twelfth and Four
tecnth streets, Just east OF the prop
erty Of the Retreat for the Sick. The
avYftt Ian
VIII face the entrance OF the old
Medical College Of Virginia building.
and will thus be parallel TO Twelfth
street while the building actually
fronts on Marshall street. This will
mean that very little of the pavilion
will have a street front. thus mtnmiz-
4l4r-ralae and auat-fnr the majority of
patents.
The patients In the negro pavilion
IRE expected to pay for their atten-
Ion and board whenever possible, but
INDECENT negroes will not by any
esrans. be refused admission end treat
o7ept The fee will be 81 per day for
ward patients, to those who are able
% pnv Those who have not the
money will be received and treated
~ouallv as well The present c.~arCe
for ward patients In the negro quar-
ters Of Memorial hospital Is 1875 per
lay The reduced price for the better
accommod in the new negro pa
elton will be n source OF qualification
10 all.
Seven Stories In Height.
The negro pavilion will be seven |
tories high I'd the basement. II will !
re Of all steel and brick construction,
nd as completely fre-proof as is pos
efble to make a building today. Moth
tue short Of such a confasration as
vwent San Francisco will be able to
FansBrc Il
The hospital will contain 1873 beds,
and nccoI1mo dations for tho same
giumber Of patients There are forty
private rooms for those who have the
money and inclination for such ac-
commodations but the wards Will oc-
cupv the bulk Of the building,
The contractor who was awarded
the contract has guaranteed under
penalty the delivery OF the building on
lime go that the hospital authorities
are confident Of occupying the negro
PAVILION on November 5 Of this year.
The negro pavilion was the most
pressing need which was to he re-
toved by the money raised in the Me-
mortal hospital campaign last fall, !
and was therefore the first to be
actively attacked Plans for the other
needs OF the new hospital which will
he developed into an institution in
wh!ch Richmend ran take great pride. |
ore maturing ana will be announced !
IN due time.
Tho completion OF the plans for the |
now Memorial hospital will strengthen
Ei'hmonds position as the medical
center Of the South