Putnam patriot., 1923-05-25
IMPROVE HOSPITAL GROUNDS
 BUILD TWO NEW ENTRANCES
CHANGES NOW IN PROGRESS WILL ELIMINATE DAN CIRCUS CONDITIONS EXISTING BECAUSE
 OF SINGLE GATEWAY
State Highway Will Be Widened Ten Feet-move Trees anS
 Telephone Poles-To Rebuild Drveways

T9#pF 5vements that wiil not only ! enhance the beauty of the entrance of ae Bay KimbaH Hospital, but eiimi- n5tr the dangerous conditions that ex-
 led there because If so many auto mobiles entering and leaving the hos uital grounds through the same gate
 say are now in progress, and the s8ra planned Is being rushed to com
 etion. The undertaking is one that
 li be appreciated by every person
 aa has had occasion to drive to the HasHital and also motorists who drive be The entfauce-as there was always the danger of collision with another err passing by on the state highway or with one entering or leaving the hospital grounds.
 John ssbin Has Contract
 Contractor John F. Sabin has been awarded che job of making the chang eg. these to be accomplished under the direction of officials of the State Highway Department.
 The single entrance to the hospital araunds sill be blocked up. and in it's place there will be two, one on the west end of the grounds. and the oth- CT on the east. By this change a source 8f complaint will be elimluat- ed. Many a motorist, upon coming from the hospital grounds, has near lv crashed into a car going up or down Hospital Hill so-called, and because of the blind" turn into the hospital grounds there have been numerous accidents and many more fortunate
 
 entering thr grounds and the other was leaving When the two entrances are finished there will be clear gieB from the highway into the grounds. thus reducing to minimum the chances of accidents occurring Likewise. those leaving the grounds will have perfect view of the high Way, uphill and downhill, SO that the aanfet If mishaps because of "blind" turns will be eliminated
 Widen Roadway
 Al the point where the present en trance to the hospital grounds is situ- ated there is quite 4 sharp turn in the state highway With the blocking up af the entrance, the cutting away of shrubbcry and brush from the side of the road next to the stone wall along the hospital side of the road, there will be 10 feet added Co the highway, thus creating greater width at point where more space is desir able that motorists may more safely and easily negotiate the downgrade bend of the road. Another distinct advantage, both from the point of view of greater safety to the auto mobiist and the enhancing of the general attraetiveness of the approach to the hospital. will accrue from the removal of seven telephone poles to the opposite side of the highway. These poles now stand at the hospital side of the road, and ia their present location are more of a menace Co pub lie safety than they will be when piae- ed on the other side of the highway This change will be made shortly.
 Contractor Sabin has masOns at work rebuilding the stone wall that skirts the hospital grounds. The wall is being raised 90 inches and extend cd. Two attractive stone piers will be built on either side of the two new entrances. There k the possibility that these will be surmounted with ornamental electric light fixtures. II this k done. the added illumination will serve distinct need. for the yi- einity Is not too brilliantly lighted under present. conditions. Between the west and ehst entrances, the dis tance will be about 200 feet