Evening star., 1923-01-12
GARF |ELD BUILDING
PLAN ANNOUNCED
Central Structure Sharing in
$5OO,O0O Fund to Be of
Five Stories.
DRIVE OPENS TONIGHT
William M. Lewis of q. S. Cham
ber of Commerce to Address
Dinner at City Club.
DRIVE OPENS TONIGHT

With the opening dinner of Garfield
Hospitals $500,0O0 enlargement cam
paign scheduled for tonight at the
ment was made this morning of the
complete plans for the new general
| building" to be built with part of the
fund. This building is one of two for
which the fund is needed; the other
one is the Nurses Home, which has
! previously been described in the press.
The speaker of the evening will be
William Mather Lewis of the United
states Chamber of Commerce. Clarence
A. Aspinwall. who will preside, is
chairman of the executive committee,
Of which Secretary Hughes is
honorary chairman.
Raising % the fund will begin to-
! morrow morning and will continue
until the closing dinner, which will be
held week from Monday. Through
out the campaign week daily rally
lunches will he held.
No Cash Donations.
Cash donations will not be sought
Instead pledges will be asked pro-
Vidtng for payment Of the gift in
six insta lments. one every six months.
Gifts may be made in the form of
memorials-that is, one may con-
tribute enough to build a room or
some other unit of the new structures
and so establish that unit as a me-
mortal to some relative or perhaps
an honored friend Memorial oppor-
tunitieS it is said, vary widely in
the amounts required. and are ex-
pected to be a popular means of CIV
ing
The new central building will be
five stories in height. 100 feet wide
and 81 feet In depth, and of an at
tractlve design which will harm oniZe
with the other hospital buildings
The new structure, il is planned is
to he erected in front of the present
administrative building, facing Flor
ida avenue.
Porch and Lobby.
The wide loggia or porch at the
main entrance, which will be sup
ported by six columns two stories
high. will open upon a lobby, 80 by
SO feet, which will be connected by Il
corridor with the present administra-
tion building in the rear. On the right
VIII be the superintendent office and
other administrative offices, and a
boardroom. IA by 32 feet. for the
medical staff and directors, and on
the left the offices for the superin-
tendent of nurses and the nurse
staff. In the rear of these, opening
out from the lobby on either side,
will be large reception rooms for pa
tients and visitors.
The remaining floors will he devot-
ed TO private rooms for patients. The
second, third and fourth floors will be
similar in arrangement, each contain
ing twenty rooms, there being eight
cen rooms on the fifth floor. These
are all outside rooms furnishing an
abundance of light and air, ranging
in size from by Is feet to IA by l5
feet. a number of them will be so
arranged that they can be used as
suites as well as single rooms. Am
pie bath and other facilities are pro-
IVided, the larger rooms having private
baths.
On the top floor is a large solarium
Is feet wide and So feet long, where
iconvalescents and patients whose con-
dition permits can enjoy the sun
shine which is so helpful in recovery.
Most of the private rooms, 1t is
planned. will be available at very
moderate rates, thus helping to meet
the present serious need for private
hospital accommodations within the
means of those of modest income.