THE CITY HOSPITAL-1871

JONES

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Date: 5/6/2018 at 21:34:40

Dubuque Daily Times, Wednesday, Nov 22, 1871, Dubuque, IA, Page: 4

THE HOSPITAL

The city hospital will be completed, and ready for occupancy this evening, and right promptly as is needed. The reporter visited the hospital on Tuesday afternoon, and found eleven men with two teams busily engaged banking the building round in order to make it as warm as a stone foundation banked up with earth can make it. The hospital is built some 400 yards due north from the center of Langworthy Hollow, about a mile beyond the city. It is located on the top of a bluff, which is thickly wooded. There is no dwelling within half a mile of it. The building is one story high, 52 by 18 feet on the ground. The rooms, each of which is provided one window and a transom light, are constructed on the east and west sides of the building. There are 14 in number including the kitchen and the cook’s chamber. A hallway extends through the center of the rooms. The rooms much resemble state-rooms, and will be furnished in plain but comfortable style, after the manner of state-rooms, a berth in each room. The walls are eight feet high all advantages for light and ventilation are secured. The wood work or finishing is all planed, and the lumber is of clear, first clear throughout. Perfect security from moisture has been obtained by putting a casing of felt behind the weatherboards. The building has been put up under the immediate supervision of carpenter B. W. Jones. With a force of eight men, the whole supervised by the Board of Health. The reporter was very favorably impressed with the beautiful location, and neatness of the structure, and came to the conclusion that the taking of a light type of varioloid would be none too high a price for the privilege of living there a month or so, it would be an excellent place for a picnic party to hibernate-the sylvan woods all around and the beautiful rivulet nearby.

The city fathers appeared on the ground to examine the hospital. They were perfectly charmed with the place, and most heartily and unanimously endorsed the work of the board. There is really no good reason why the dear public should not concur in the same decision.

The city hospital will be completed, and ready for occupancy this evening, and right promptly as is needed. The reporter visited the hospital on Tuesday afternoon, and found eleven men with two teams busily engaged banking the building round in order to make it as warm as a stone foundation banked up with earth can make it. The hospital is built some 400 yards due north from the center of Langworthy Hollow, about a mile beyond the city. It is located on the top of a bluff, which is thickly wooded. There is no dwelling within half a mile of it. The building is one story high, 52 by 18 feet on the ground. The rooms, each of which is provided one window and a transom light, are constructed on the east and west sides of the building. There are 14 in number including the kitchen and the cook’s chamber. A hallway extends through the center of the rooms. The rooms much resemble state-rooms, and will be furnished in plain but comfortable style, after the manner of state-rooms, a berth in each room. The walls are eight feet high all advantages for light and ventilation are secured. The wood work or finishing is all planed, and the lumber is of clear, first clear throughout. Perfect security from moisture has been obtained by putting a casing of felt behind the weatherboards. The building has been put up under the immediate supervision of carpenter B. W. Jones. With a force of eight men, the whole supervised by the Board of Health. the reporter was very favorably impressed with the beautiful location, and neatness of the structure, and came to the conclusion that the taking of a light type of varioloid would be none too high a price for the privilege of living there a month or so, it would be an excellent place for a picnic party to hibernate-the sylvan woods all around and the beautiful rivulet nearby.

The city fathers appeared on the ground to examine the hospital. They were perfectly charmed with the place, and most heartily and unanimously endorsed the work of the board. There is really no good reason why the dear public should not concur in the same decision.