The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-09
U. s. HOSPITAL
. TO RISE HERE
IN 10 MONTHS
Construction of S5oO,000
Veterans Institution to
Start Before ian. |.
LOCATION HELD IDEAL
150-Bed Plant Is Expected
to Be Completed by
Nov. /. 1891.
BIZ LAWRENCE SULLIVAN

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Con-
struction work on the 100000 Indi-
annapolis Veterans hospital will be-
gin before Jan. l. Colonel L. H.
Trip, chief of the construction
division of the veterans bureau, an
nounced today as he approved a
final draft of building specifica-
tionS.
AS soon as prints and specification
are passed upon by the federal hos
pitalization board, which is a mere
formality. the veterans bureau will
advertise for bids on the job. Ten
months will be allowed for actual
construction. which means that the
new 150-bed plant will be ready for
occupancy about Nov. l, 1881.
The thirty-acre tract bordering
Riverside park west, offered by thea
city is described by Colonel Trip
as one of the most desirable hos
pital locations approved for a vet
Grams project anywhere in the
United States.
Location Is Ideal
1T offers every factor desirable
in hospital location" Colonel Trip
said, in appraising the Indianapolis
tract, which he inspected last week.
us is far enough from the heart Of
the city to be comparatively iSo-
lated, and yet easily accessible not
only to Indianapolis, but the entire
state"
The construction contract will be
awarded after competitive bidding.
Price usually is the principal fac
tor in this determination, but be-
cause of the pressing need for adj
ditional hospital facilities in In
diana, speed will be given much
weight in evaluating the bids.
This fact is regarded generally
as favoring Indianapolis contrac-
tors, who will have all their men
and material on the spot. The
award will be made by the veterans
bureau in Washington, where all
bids will be opened on a date to be
fixed.
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In addition to the hospital unit,
the project involves a main admin
istration building to house the medi-
cal staff and the Indianapolis Of
fees of the veterans bureau.
The entire project will be in
Georgian architecture, of brick Wit
limestone facing. The hospital sec
lions will be equipped with every
modern device for both surgery and
therapy.
The original buildings will so be
placed on the plot that additional
hospital units may be added from
time to time in development OF a
state medical center.
Pursuant to this plan, RepreSen-
tative Louis Ludlow has announced
he will introduce in the new con-
gress in December a bill to increase
the Indianapolis appropriation from
100000 to 100000, which would
enlarge the project Immediately
from 150-bed hospital to 500
bed center.
Will Not Cause Delay
This bill, however, will not delay
work on the first unit, authorized
in the general hospital bill approved
by President Hoover last March.
Intensive surveys of Indiana hos
pitalization needs since the $780,
900 appropriation was approved in
dictate a pressing need for immedi-
ate expansion of future facilities,
according to officials of the Indiana
American Legion, who have been
behind the indianapolis project
from the beginning.
The Indiana legion already ha~'
pledged vigorous support of LudS
lows projected expansion bill.