Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-31

| , If the emergency resolve TO appro'
PIRATE $4,000 for the purpose of buy
| ing the z. NJ. Lawrence garage or
lower State street to house the State
| Department of Health is passed, il
will provide the department with ar
ideal building for it's purposes. This
resolve passed the House of Repre-
scntatives to be enGrossed Friday
forenoon.
Although this measure was
prompted by the recent fire which de-
Stroyed one of the laboratories of the
Health Department. the department
would have been forced to move soon
as they were notified last December
that they must vacate the building
which they now occupy as soon after
The first of the year as possible. This
building is one of the group of build
irgs belonging to the State hospital
and is needed for hospital purposes.
At that time the officials of the
Health department began to cast
about for proper quarters and it was
brought to their attention that this
garage which is vacant. would be the
ideal place for them to locate.
After the fire the Lewist on Auburn
physicians feeling that there was a
. Cut HSSu loI ploDtI QudIteIS lOi
the department, called a meeting of
the executive committee of the An
GrOscOggin Medical association and
communicated with their senator's
and representatives asking them to
get in touch with DR.. Kendall, head
of the Department of Health. This
action resulted in the introduction of
the resolve.
The building in question is a one
story brick and concrete garage,
situated near the car barn on lover
State street. 1t is 100 feet by so feet
and although one building is divided
into sections about 25 feet from each
end so that there are three sections,
the two on the ends being approx
mately % feet by so feet while the
center section is approximately so
feet square. These partitions are
fire. proof and the sections are fur
Their divided into smaller rooms.
The plan for arranging this build
ing for the use of the department as
outlined Friday by DIR. Kendall,
would call for the two laboratories to
be located in the north section of the
building. The other end of the build
ing would then contain the Offices for
the clerical work and a concrete vault
for the protection of the vital statis-
tics of the State, which are now in
danger Of being destroyed by fire and
were seriously threatened at the last
fire. The chances ares that a fire
would start in a laboratory rather
than in other departments and if this
should happen there would be two
freproof walls between the flames
ard the vault of vital statistics. and
there would also be a fireproof wall
between the laboratory in which the
flames originated and the other.
The present office would be used
probably by DR.. Kendall and the
large center section Of the building
would be partitioned off to form Of
fees and other necessary rooms. In
case the department should ever
need to enlarge it would be very
easy to reinforce the walls of tho
center section and add story to
that section alone.
The garage is now equipped with
concrete floors. electric lights, and
floor drains in every room, so that
little piping would be necessary to
fix it for the use of the health de-
partment. In fact a contractor at
the legislature who has seen it has
said that with 4 large crew of men