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Show )8 j' em bo rig I 'insane 'in-sane syiurn. The Amount of Building Material Used In Its Construction. One Hundred and Thirty-Three Thirty-Three Patients Now Confined There. The Capacity of the Full Building When it Shall be Completed. Tue Dispatch representative yesterday yes-terday spent a pleasant afternoon in company with Supt. W. R. II. Pax man, of the Provo L. M. & B. Co , viewing tha immense work now in progress at the Territorial Asylum. Talk about buildings! Here is one that has not its equal in the Territory. Ic is a building build-ing which, when completed, will have cost over three hundred thousand dollars! dol-lars! Just think of it! If there in not somct hingsubstaiitial about a building with such an outlay then we want to know it. it is building that when completed, will have consumed over five million of brick, Sixty thousand thou-sand of this brick is what is known as the Ogden pressed brick, but which comas from ilarrisvilla. six miles above Ogden. This brick is worth $65.00 per thousand laid in the wall, which the rest, made in Samuel Liddiard's yards in this city, costs $12.00 per thousand. Hence we have a figure of SG2.1S0 for brick alone, or enough money to build a home for 125 families, In the new part of the Asylum building there are 400 cords of rock, quarried from the mountains at of the building. Tii central or administration-building lias 120,000 feetof line cut rock from Kyune, Spanisu Fork Canvon. This cut rock, with the Ogden pressed brick, gives the building build-ing a most imposing appearance. The cut stone in the building cost $!U,oQ.). the floors are all hte pro.jt. made so by iron ioists laid four fed apart, tiles built in the space, fter Athe tilos ate luid! a two-inch coating of cement is laid on top, after whjch comes the flooring. floor-ing. So that though the building might be enveloped in flames, and completely gutted, yet it would stand, because of the fact that there would be nothing to burn only the window frames. This iron work is being done by v. Chicago company at a bill of $20 -M) The ageiit of this enuutuy, Mr li,io.ti-,y.ia hei.e supv rvlaiug woik. Mr. Samuel' Liddiarri5Ttfai Tg-the-iHe-work. Twenty-two carloads of tile have already arrived. Through all the building are air ducts, or c-hiimher. in t'!e construction construc-tion of which over ha;f a million brick has been used. These air ducts take the steam from the engine and snd it, all through the bunding by means of flues connecting with the duct. The o!d bui'ding has not cot this duct, as the architect did not embody em-body it in his plans at the time. It will have it, hoevuv, as the- work hsi3 been contracted for bv Mr. Liddiard. These ducts are from njue to fourteen feet wide, and five feet high, with an arcked roof. With but a slight stoop, any ordinary man Cn walk through them. Galvanized iron cornice, shipped from Denver, is being put on the building, giving it a finishing touch. This work and the laying of the iron roofing was being done on the north wing while Tiik Dispatch representative representa-tive was there yesterday, The Provo Lumber, Manufacturing & Building Company were the successful success-ful bidders for the entire work of building the north wing and central building of the Asylum, and Mr. oaniuei juiuuiaiu. is uie suo-euniracLor of the masonry portion. The work started in July last, when over seven million pounds, or 4,000 yards of dirt were excavated. Since that time over 100 msu have beeti working steadily on the building. In fact Mr, Liddiard at one time had over that number. There has been no delay in the work since it first commenced, com-menced, with the exception of this week, when the weather has interrupted inter-rupted matters somewhat. From now on there will be fifty to sixty hands employed until the central building is finished. Ti n teams, on an average, have been kept busy hauling brick and sand. The foundation of the building is ten feet deep and four feet wide. Before the foundation was laid, however, 1,500 yards of cement were laid on the ground. In reply to our query as to when Mr. Liddiard thought the masons would get through with the main work, he said: k'We have got about two weeks more work, aad if the weather will hold out we will be finished about the 5th of the month. We will then start in laying the tile floors.'' Mr. Liddiard showed us two builder's elevators he purchased iu the East this summer for especial use in the Asylum work. With one of these he has hoisted as much as thirty thousand brick per dat, besides mortar. Upon our evincing evinc-ing surprise at this. Mr. Liddiard said: "Why, that is nothing compared to what they are capable of doinj. Con tractors in the Last think nothing of pending two or three stories high brick to the amount of 100,000 every day.' . This elevator, which oau 'be 'manipulated 'man-ipulated either by power or steam, cost' $350. There is no other piece of machinery ma-chinery like it in the country. They are perfectly safe, self-clamping, and adjustable for any height. "I supposo you have had to use considerable con-siderable linie in the bujlding. Mr. r.?HHin-rtV" "Yes, something over eleven thousand thou-sand bushtls, or nearly one hundred thousand pounds. We have used, alao. fifteen hundred, loads pfsaipi in making the mortar, which would make quite a little mountain if placed all in one pile " WTe descended frera the roof of the building and entered the door in the south wing, where the portly form of the genial steward, Mr. James Dunn, was superintending the unloading of a new laundry machine that had just arrived from the East. '.'Where are you going to put thai?" waii our interrogation, while exchanging exchang-ing "Rhjakes. '' " "Well, it's hard to say. We haven't I'oom hardly for ourselves." "How many patients have you now in the buildingr"' "We received one from iSalt Lake County yesterday, jvhirh makes 133. 7-men 7-men slid Gl women. The patient that came yesterday was a Wm. Bu'tlrick. IIn has been suffering from cpilectic mania for ten years, and has laid in n liWinm m I the rMtit Luke County jail evei: sint'6 i i last K.-ptembeiV' " j ; "It will bf a huppV day ft hen H e I ; north wirtr a:ai reutr-'i; i-'driinu :-j ; ; I'.wriipit'lei:: V-C .gfMed. Yes. ii.dt-td, it. vf ill: we ill ; ht-ii j .e able t ei; s;i ; ,: nr.! ietits ; s il'cy j MUM! id ih: .is :t is HOW cbiS:itk':it !(! j is U!;piss;h; .ai:U p.ii t t ; . uy '. e ; j convalescing are forced .. much ; with other p;:lien:s suffering v iiii j every shape and form of iiisaniiv." Wishing the gentleman a "he utv adieu we left. The capacity of the two wards (the ' first and second stories) of the south wing was estimated by the architect to b seventy-five patients. This Estimate Esti-mate wa3 based upon an allowan Cq 0f one room to each patient,which i'd equal in space t any made in auy like institution in-stitution in the United St'ttes aud probably in the world. Thl", allowance of room to patients does not inclicle the rooms occupied by tie officers and attendants, the kitcheD bakery storerooms store-rooms and rooms for employes not engaged en-gaged upon the wa-.-ds, nor does it include in-clude the rooms designated as dining-room, dining-room, associate -dormitory, etc., provided pro-vided in the thir-J storv, and to be used in connection with tho three-story wing now behig added to the asvluni. The rooms v,i the third story could accommodate ac-commodate from twenty to twenty-four twenty-four of the quieter class of patients, if the entire wing was used for one sex. By removing the administration officers offi-cers from tiie rooms assigned to them in the first ssory, the capacity of the wards can be increased without too great inconvenience to one hundred and four. The capacity of the present wing ad of the wing now being built, will bo still further increased by making use of the basement, which is above the ground, perfectly dry, and is now used by officers and attendants. If thio is done, from thirty to thirty-five patients could be accommodated. Before Be-fore the basement can be used fwr this purpose, the centre building wi!i have to be finished, and the kitcnen. bakery, storerooms, dining room for attendants, officers aud bedrooms for employes located in it. where they properly belong. With the.su changes the total capacity would be from lo3 to 107. The other wing of the building when completed will accommodate an equal number of patients. The basement of the. centre building will contain the kitchen, storerooms, dining and bedrooms for employes and general office, officers dining room, general gen-eral reception room, stewards', supervisors' super-visors' and matrons' rooms, and the patients' reception room for eae'i wing. The second story is reserved for the medical superintendent's residence, and for assistant physician's and directors' room. The third story can be iitibz- d for convalescent con-valescent patients and will uccomiao-datefrom uccomiao-datefrom ; rty to fifty by i-liiigirig tlit present ! . gement o; ih - !. a:s. as indicated '.; n the pl.tiir-. i It will thus be see i th it thn-.v h n , dred patients can In ctrad r in the asylum when completed, ;nd :i ti.j necessity arises, three hundred and ty..canJcHrj(jfoi Tl-e ''gores are based upon a radTcaTc'iYriiigTtiiTv the original plan for the interior arrangement ar-rangement of the biiiiding3. The number of new cases of insanity insan-ity occurring in the Territory during the past two years, was forty; estimating estimat-ing upon theis basis it will be. seen that if the buildings are Completed according to the revised plans, they will be umple to meet thu needs of the Territory for many years to come. The present Asylum iu sadly overcrowded, over-crowded, yet every patient committed has been received, and no application made has been refused. |