The New Hospital

The plans for the new university hos pital are still in an imperfect shape. As they are now, they involve a much larger expenditure (han the appropriation would warrant. The architeots, however, are again at work, with a view to lesening the expense, and hope to be able to present eatisfactory plans at the next meeting of the regent9. Ultimately the University hospital sjstem will icclude six buildings, arranged in the following order from east to west: two honcoeopathic wards, D and E; administrativo building, with a separate department for eaoh medical school; three allopathic warda, C, B and A. A boilerhouae will also be erected on the grounds, The cost of all these structures, when completed, will be not less than $200,0C0. The six buildings will ttand en a fne site, overlooking ihe Huron rivtr, and situated between Cathfrine and Hioko ysts. The main entrances will all lace the river. At present, only three of these buildings will be erected : viz., wards A and D and the boiler-house. Ward A, the floor plans of which have been inspected by The Register, will cost from $40,000 to $50,000. The building will be of brick, with stone basement, and two stories in height. lts general shape may be ehown by the following diagram. The length of the structure from north to south will be 200 feet. lts greatest widtb will be 1C0 feet. The portion marked "general ward " will be 100 feet in length and 34 teet in width. The middle wing will be only21 feet wide. The main entrance, at the north end of the building, will open upon a circular corridor Burrounding the amphitheatre. The latter will extend up through two stories. Across the corridor on the first floor, will be the bath roem", tea-kitcheo, surgeon's room, nurse's room, etherizing room, accident room, recovery room?, etc. The basemenf, which will be high and light, will contain drying rooms, laundry, kitchen, etc. The second floor will be arrarged in almost the same way as the first. The whole buildÍDg will be provided with all the conveniences, and, in its general exterior appearance, will be a joy torever. The othtr wards will greatly resemble ward A in arrangement, but will be more nearly cruciform in shape. At this juncture it is ianpossible to give a decailed account of the plans, as many changes will doubtless be made, but whatever these may be, Ann Arbor is sure to haye a building of which ghe iray justly be proud. MINOR IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CAMPUS. A good deal of cleaning and repairing will be done in the campus buildings this sutrmer, but no extensivo improvements will be made. Severtl rooms will be replastered or reca!cimined. A new room will be fitted up in the medical building for the use of students in electro-therapeutics. The old hospitala will undergo aome chacges. New cases will be purhased and placed in some of the laboratories. Many of the gutters and cisterns will have to be overhauled. Several of the old tar walks will bs replaoed, and some entirely new ones will be laid. A new walk will be built fronj Jefferson-et to conneot with the walk on the south of the main building. T Anotber will lead from the dental building along the west 8ide of the library, while stil! another will be built (rom the main walk to the new chemical laboratory. Many snperfluous evergreen trees will be weided out. In the long row on the east side of the campus, every otber tree will be cut down. The facilities for obtaming water on the grounds are at present very unsatisfactory and some change will soon be made by the regents. At present the water supply is taken irom a fpriDg which flows into a pipe leading to a large cistern on State-st, whenoe the water is pumped to the campus. The supply pipe is much too email, and either this must be replaced or the University must have conneotion with the city water mains. Seoretary Wade says that the concrete walk will be laid on the north side of the campus next summer, and that, as soon as a plentiful supply of einders may be obtained, the walk will be extended on all four sidep.