The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-04-23
START WORK ON
NEW HOSPITAL
KenOsha Hospital Commit
tee Orders Work Begun
On New Unit.
WILL COST S25O,OOO
Oaflein Constr. Co.. Milwaukee
Awarded Contract; to Be
Finished by Winter.

A new unit added to the present
Kenosha hospital building which will
more than double the capacity of the
hospital, was ordered begun immedi-
ately at a meeting of the general
hospital committee of the Kenosha
Hospital association at the Elks club
on Thursday The addition is expect
ed to cost $4,000 when completed.
Plans for a unit which will have a
capacity of eighty-six beds, which
added to the present hospital of some
sixty beds, would greatly increase the
facilities for patients, have been con-
sidered for some time and last week
competing bids were opened. Nine
companies presented their offers to
the hospital building committee and
of these nine the lowest bid came
from the Oefiein Construction COM
pany, of Milwaukee. All of the bids
were we'll within the architects esti-
mate, it was said by members of
the committee, and the propositions
presented were indeed encouraging
for prospects of early action.
Plan Completion This Year.
At the meeting on Thursday, the
contractors were ordered to begin
work at once, and efforts will be made
to get the new unit completed before
winter. The addition will be built
on the south side of the present build
ing, according to the architects plans
and will form a T-shaped structure.
c. Max Dunning, formerly of Keno
sha, but now of Chicago, and one of
the nations leading architects for this
field of construction work, has been
commissioned by the Kenosha hos
pital committee to be the architect
for the work here.
The new wing will contain eighty<
six beds in addition to other hospital
facilities which are unavailable in the
present building The present hospital
was built in 1911 and it has long since
been outgrown. The original was built
for a capacity of fifty beds, but be<
cause of the crowded conditions adj
ditional beds have had to be placed
in order to fill the demand which has
been made on the hospital. There are
now fifty adult beds, fourteen infant
beds, and the isolation unit adjoining
the hospital has capacity of twenty
five beds. The latter unit was built in
1918 to take care of contagious cases.
Work of Public-Spirited Men.
The additional unit is planned to
take care of the present crowded con-
ditions and to provide adequate facili-
ties for a city of the size Of Kenosha.
The committees which have been re-
sponsible for this activity in increas-
ing the hospital size here, have been
giving of their time and energy for
several months in discussing means
for a solution Of the grave problem
of lack of beds that is facing the city
at this time. There have been many
occasions, it is pointed out, when the
Kenosha hospital has been filled to
overfiowing, so that lii case Of an ex-
traordinary emergency it would be ex-
ceedingly difficult to take care OF
any large number Of patients. When
the new addition is built this con-
dition will be eliminated.
The present building committee is
headed by Clark Judd as chairman,
and he has working with him Robert
Cooper, James Wilson, Harry Bruner.
DIR. B. j. Schwartz and A. E. Buck
master. The general hospital commit
tee consists of George S. Whyte, who
is president; Joseph Funck, treasurer;
Carl M. Reed, secretary; and the
following others: Representing-the
Manufacturers association, w. II. Al
ford, r. S. Cooper, R. N. Kimball, g.
S. Judd; representing Kenosha Medi-
cal association, DR.. J. H. Cleary, DR..
P. P. M. Jorgensen, DR.. B. ]. Schwartz;
representing Kenosha Retailers asso-
citation, H. A. Bruner, Adolph Epstein,
C. M. Reed; representing Kenosha Bar
association, A. e. Buckmaster, R. P.
Cavanagh, H. j. Mellum; representing
Kenosha Hospital association, H. Z.
Barden, A. H. Lance, J. T.. Wilson, G.
S. Whyte; representing general pub
lie. G. c. Brown, John Burns, c. B.
Voorhis.
Call Annual Meeting.
A meeting of the entire committee
has been called for next Tuesday
afternoon at four-thirty o'clock at the
Nurses home, at the corner of Deming
street and Park avenue, at which time
President George Whyte will present
his annual report, and additional ar
rangements will be completed for the
raur hosnital unit