Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-19
ROTARY MEMBERS
VISIT SISTERS
new HOSPITAL

Members of the Waterville Rotary
Club visited the new Sisters Of Char
,ty hospital. which is under construc-
ton In the northern part Of the city,
yesterday afternoon and under the d.
rection Of Sister Camilla and Franklin
Williams. the assistant superintend-
ing architect. the members In small
groups inspected the building from the
roof to the boiler room. Every mem.
DER OF the party was amazed at the
size and wonderful construction Of the
building. Practically everyone who had
not visited the project before declared
that he did not realize what q f,ns
hospital the city 10 soon to have.
The hospital when completed will be
one OF the finest In this part Of the
country. It will be the most magnifi-
cent building in the city of waterville
and the equipment will be Of the most
modern type throughout. The work
is we'll along now. The boiler rooms,
the annex and the laundry are practi-
cally completed. Yesterday fires were
going under the boilers and workmen
were busy testing the steampipes. The
structural part of the main building is
practically complete and 1t certainly
Is beautiful building. 1t stands on
the brow of hill overlooking the
kennebec river. huge mass of brick
anu SSiliciit lilOulueu INTO an architect
ually perfect building. In the main
building workmen are busy at the pres
ent time plastering and soon the
painters will follow. 1t is expected
that the building will be completed
some time in May.
The general contractor is p H. Walk
err of Lowell. Mass. Henry l.. Rourke
of Lowell is the architect and he is as
sisted by Franklin Williams. also of
Lowell. Mr.. Williams is in active
charge of the work and Mr.. Rourke
makes frequent visits of inspection
Sister Camilla often conducted the
parties of Rotarians through the build
ing yesterday and her interest in the
work was shown by the complete de-
| scription of every part of the struc-
ture which she was able to give the
visitors.
The work of building seemed to go
forward very slowly at first as the
foundation had to be blasted out of a
ledge. This took many weeks and cost
thousands of dollars. Now that the
foundation is completed, however it is
considered one of the best possible.
At each end of the building are To-
| Gated sun porchcs. The patients will
have the use of those.on the first and
second floors. The doctors will have
the eastern porch on the third floor
the nurses the western porch on the
third floor, and the nurses the porch
on the basement on the east side.
The nurses dining rooms are locat-
cd on the south side of the basement
to the east with the class rooms di
rectly across together with the cloak
rooms and the dining room for the
hospital help. The elevator shaft
goes up directly opposite the corridor
connecting with the present building
and beside this is a room into which
| an ambulance may be driven. The
sisters dining room is on the south
side of the corridor and at the west
end of the building are the general
! kitchen and the refrigerating plant
! that will make ice for the hospital
throughout the year.
Leaving here the parties were con-
Quoted to the chapel which is at the
end of the first floor. 1t will seat 200
and the two small rooms at the north
| will be the chaplain's breakfast and
sitting rooms. On the south side of
the corridor next to the chapel is
the sisters community room and the
sister superior's office. Near these
rooms are the doctors dining room
and the diet kitchen with dumb
| waiter connecting with the general
kitchen on the floor below.
On the first floor also is the phar-
| macy, the reception room, the linen
closet and utility room which will be
fitted with marble closets, glass
shelves a marble basin and clothes
and dust chutes to the basement.
There is a general toilet at the end of
the corridor. Practically the re-
mainder of this floor is given over to
private rooms each room equipped
with silent call system. The press
ing of q button by a patient lights
light over the door of the room turns
an indicator and the nurse must go to
the bedside to turn off the light. All
of the rooms on the second floor are
for patients many being private
rooms with baths.
On the third floor are the sisters
quarters, two sleeping rooms, the sis
ter superiors room, night sisters
room and a sick sisters room. Here
also are a X-ray room, the X-ray
operating room, dark room, a rec
ord room all lined with sheet lead.
Also on this floor are located the
sterilizinz rooms, the doctors rooms.
five laboratories and general steriliz-
ing room and Ave lavatories. The
nose and throat operating room Is
located at the end of the corridor on
the south side. Across the corridor
are to two general operating rooms
and an operating room for the ear
and eye besides an etheriZing room.
The Rotarians then descended to
the first floor and went along an I'M