The New Hospital

Through the courtesy of Mr. H. Reeve, Jr., superintendent of the new hospital buildings now in process of construction, the Daily is enabled to give a detailed account of their construction. They are situated on East Catherine street, about ioo feet north of the street. The allopathic building fronts north, toward the river, and is 210 feet in length. The south part contains two public wards, each 110 feet by 33 feet in size, capable of holding 48 patients. The middle portion is reserved for private wards, and will accommodate 30 patients. The arahitheatre and administration rooms occupy the north end, which is semicircular in form, and measures 75 eet in diameter. The amphitheatre will seat between 400 and 500 ersons. In the basement beneath he amphitheatre is found a kitchen, aundryy-drying-room, coal-bin, and several bed-rooms. The basement underneath the central and southern )ortions is entirely unoccupied, but s to be plastered and kept clean. The homeopathie building is situated about ioo f eet west of this juilding, and is 22 feet lower owing to the slope of the ground. The central and southern portions have nearly the same form as those in the allopathic building, and contain two jublic wards, 73 feet by 33 feet, capable of accommodating 32 patients, and a private ward which will accommodate 8 patients. The front Dart is in the shape of a square, and is devoted to the same uses as the front portion of the allopathic building, but the amphitheatre is smaller, having seating capacity for only 250 persons. The whole length of this building is 178 feet. The foundation walls of both buildings are four feet thick at the bottom and gradually narrowing to two feet six inches at the top. The outside brick walls are twenty inches in thickness. In both buildings there is an elevator for carrying patients from one fkor to another. The boiler house, which will contain five boilers, is located to the northwest of the allopathic building, and has a chimney 92 feet high. The ground between the buildings and East Catherine street will be built up in terraces, and although itis 3f irregular and uneven nature, when jraded up and leveled the grounds will present a picturesque and attractive appearance. The site, overlooking as it does the valley of the Huron, offers one of the best views to be seen in the vicinity of Ann Arbor. Chamberlain & Austin, of No. 6, Beacon street, Boston, are the architects. The buildings have all the modern improvements in the shape of heating, ventilation, etc, and are modeled after the celebrated Johns Hopkins hospital, of Baltimore,which cost $3,000,000, and is one of the finest hospitals in the world. About 70 men are now employed, but progress is slow, owing to the changes in the weather. When completed the building will cost about $85,000, of which $10,000 will be forgrading. The allopathic building will be ready for use next October, when college opens, but the homeopathie building will probably not be finished til a little later.