The Washington times., 1919-07-15
WILL BUILD
NEWH0SP|TAL
NEXT MONTH
Work on GaIIlnger Psychopathic
Institution to Start Despite
SmaIIneSS of Appropriation.

Showden Ashford, Municipal Archi-
tect, today announced the building OF
the new Gallinger Hospital, to be To-
Gated at Nineteenth and z streets
southeast. would begin next month.
Despite the fact that Congress failed
to appropriate sufficient funds, Mr..
Ashford said today the building of
the hospital would begin.
With S453, 900 on hand. ready to be
expended at once, Mr.. Ashford will
begin the erection of four buildings
for psychopathic patients. Each build
ing will hold nifty patients and the
total cost of construction will reach
at least 100000. The buildings will
have a frontage OF $50 feet and a
depth OF so feet. Ten months. IL is
estimated, will be taken to build these
four wards.
S1,5OO,OOO II Needed.
Congress this year appropriated
$685. 500 for the building OF the hos
pital This amount was entirely in
adequate as Mr.. Ashford states 81, $780,
900 is needed.
The erection OF these buildings Is
made through the recommendation of
the Board of Charities. At present
there are $50 psychopathic patients at
a temporary hospital near the Jail.
The Board of Charities Is not satis-
fed with the present building and for
that reason is using every effort TO
have the new buildings go up inn
mediately.
The GaIlinger Hospital will be
municipal institution and run by the
District government. For many
years Washington has been trying to
get hospital of this sort. Not many
years ago a bill went to Congress
which provided for this hospital. This
bill provided for twenty-one build
ings and 100000 was appropriated.
Costs Increased Since Bill
At the time the bill was passed
the amount was sufficient, but when
the appropriation became available,
and labor made it impossible to build.
This was about four years ago and
for the last three years every effort
has been made to get enough money
to build, but to no avail. The idea
Of building several OF the wards and
waiting for the rest of the money is
new one.
District officials believe il they
ated it will take many years, and for
this reason they are beginning to
build.
AS yet no contractor has been OBJ
tanned to build these four institu-
tions. but Mr.. Ashford says he ex-
pected little, if any difficulty, in OBJ
tanning bids.
To BE Complete In Detail
Just as soon as the hospital is COM
pleted. and possibly a little before.
occupancy will begin and Washing
ton will have one of the most COM
pIete psychopathic wards in the coun-
try.
The new Gallinger Hospital is To-
Gated near the District Jail on a site
known as Reservation Is. This res
ervation was formerly a tree nursery
for the Trees and Parks Department
Of the District government
1t was only several days ago the
decision was reached to build. When
Mr.. Ashford found Congress would
not give sufficient money some time
ago he stated the building would not
begin. Conditions became so bad
later, he said. that the situation de-
manded immediate action. The Board
Of Charities, taking the foremost part
in the effort to have the hospitals
built, has asked the Commissioners to
go the limit in erecting as many
buildings as they can with the money
available and then wait for ad-
ditional money.