| Show I nit TU OMAS D Al T Al I Il I I l K I j ic e I A At n i j d t cL g i i I 9 i r I 1 4 1 Beautiful Monument to o the of Man Whose Name Names s Inseparably Connected W the of Ogden Ogder Standing on a hill in the east eastern ern part of the cIty at the foot fool o of the Wasatch talus and anil commanding a splendid vIew o of Og Ogden lien den City as S well wall as the Great Greal SnIt Salt Lake and the valle valley Is the Thomas D Dee Memorial hospital u a beautiful edifice being erected as a monument to perpetuate the memory ot of u a Ulan 1 whoso whose love lovo tor his fa for his home and for his country Us its future growth lUd prosperity and the of his follow fellow man wa over oer strong Early H of Hospitals Hospital Up to about twenty years ago abo the Union Pacific Railroad company compan oper operated a hospital in Ogden at atthe atthe the corner cornel of street streeL and I Adams avenue In 1890 Ogden City built a hospital on I street between Monroe jonroe and Quine 1 This later Was leased b by a i corporation of physicians o otIle of tIle the city Upon the thc organizing of the I I Ogden Oden General hospital the tho railroads enterIng the cUr citY abandoned their laos and sent their patients to the Og Ogden len den General hospital Subsequently I the Union sold Its buIlding on street to the board of 01 I of Ogden I At a Cost of About I IThe The Tue Thomas D Doe Doc Memorial hos hospital pital Is being eroded erected nt at a cost of about b by the Thomas D Dee corn com compan pan pany composed or of Mrs Annie r P Dee widow of the late Judge Thomas D I IDec Dee Dec and her children Mrs R B Por Porter I tor ter Mrs A A Sh Shaw Mrs Irs P F E Hig Mrs G H Mack Irs G GS GS S Darker Barker Miss Dee and Mr Ir I Lawrence T Dee Dec The Idea of having havinga a memorial In Ogden was con I by Mrs Jec Deo shortly after tue bath eath or of her husband After mature consideration It was decided that a I hospital would be the most I appropriate and fill a longfelt want Desirable Site Secured The site selected was at the corner cornel I of street and I avenue where a lot three hundred i feet square was secured The first I spade of earth for the or of orthe the building was turned by br Dc Dee i ion on oil July In the presence of prom prominent moot city and CoUnty countr antI prominent professional men of the city Since that time limo the work upon the structure has been vigorously nd id to the fourth floor While the contract contrad calls for the completion or of orthe the buIlding by February 1st it will be May 1 before the truc structure turo ture will be ready for occupancy Trustees for Hospital Association Upon Its completion the Thomas Thoma D Dee company wIll convey conver to the Thorn Thom Thoms fl s Memorial Hospital the building and ground This new asso association elation will be composed of eleven eleen II di directors rectors whose hose of oC office will run nm two three and four our years ears At Al the eA cx or of their torms nominations of trustees will he be made ly lw the Mayor and City Council of Ogden the Th Thom m mas as D Dee Dec company the tho Ogden Ogdon Med Mcd Ical society the tho hospital staff and the steam railroads entering the citY To the tho will m be on trusted entrusted the on en entire tire property of the Institution Pending the organization of the as association the following Board of oC Trustees has been selected Mrs Thomas D Dee Dec Irs RIchard B Porter lion Hon Fred J Kiesel Hon Henry H Re Rev Father P M 11 Cushnahan I Dr R S Joyce J Dr E M Couroy Conroy lr John Watson Mr John S LewIs Mr Ir F E Lewis Mr Ir R 11 B Porter Furnishings and Equipment The work of organizIng the board or of trustees will be effected In the irn future The board vIli have charge of the tho selection oi of the furnish lags antI anil equipment for the hospital The selection of and all op however will bo largely left lothe to the hospitAl staff and members of the medical profession upon the board boar and the Ogden Medical society The house will bo organized under tito tho dIrection or of the trustees The o of the wards In the hospit hospital al Is a matter that will call for the thc expendIture of oC much money as well Og ns much study and care on the tho part of the tho board It Is probable that wards will be I furnished by secret or orders ders deIs societies clubs and individuals many or of whom holD have their in of so doing Description of the Building The Tho maIn building will be feet I In length and H 44 feet In width four Cour CourI I stories high The foundation is of con concrete concrete crete and the walls of red rell brick with I sandstone trimmings The foundation wIll be waterproof throughout the I walls wails being nonabsorbent preventing moisture entering the lower rooms At present the walls are to the fourth I I floor but within a Yer very timo i the Ule roof will be In place I There will bo entrances on both ends and both sides At the north and ends of the building will willbe be porches for each floor of stono with terra term cotta tta and ami tile lilu I facing Wards and Rooms i I There will he two large lane ward wardt and two small wards and forty patient I rooms On each floor will be the toi toilets I lets and baths service rooms diet dietr r kitchens hitchens linen closets anti and store storo storerooms rooms On the tho first floor floO will be bc the theoffice theoffice office waiting waiLing rooms and a receiving room The latter iatter room will lie be 30 b bI by 45 feet Ceet and anif in the north wing of the I building I On the UIO fourth floor will be the opere oper operating with a north light as asI aswell I well fiB as an overhead light This room roomI I together with the tho dressing rooms will have a floor Ioor of load lining Ing over concrete construction The coating will he be h heavy n whIte tile and the walls wails white glazed enamel On the floor will be the anaesthetizing washing and preparing 1 tooms The floors throughout will bo be o of hard wood and specially prepared for fer helping to and prevent dust The Tho doors bars will have hac no panels whIch will vill prevent the accumulation of lust dust lustIn I In the ire hull special atten atlen lion has been pail paid to the tho sanitary fea en enI I I Li es B In I U order that each cach room roona will I 1 10 0 free from dust and germ carrying material Electric Elevators and Dumb Waiters I Electricity will form au an important I feature of the thi building in iii that lint i trie for fOi passenger and dumb dumbwaiters I walters waiters for distributing food from tim tho fi floor wIll be used exclusively The Tue stair and aud elevator shafts will bc be I with fireproof wired glass In the electric wiring for lights as I well weil as for Cor time the house telephone anil sl lIal 8 service great care has been ox eX in securing the hest safest methods Time The will call for fori i 2 distinct fIxtures Signal Service fl a Feature I A feature of Ul the service wIll wIllbe willbe be the thc noiseless signal system When a call is made for fOl the nurse fo for a aI aI I I certain ward or patients room roona a light Is C over Oer a number on the switch hoard In the nurses Time Tho tem teni Is so arranged that the light con coma continues I to burn hurn until the is atm an answered An automatic attachment ai aiSi j so Si registers the length of oC time the light burns D By this method It wIll I j be cas easy to check up on the nurses In how promptly the calls I are arc answered I I A reading room will be provided Co for forthe the tho men ns as well as the women and a I smoking and rest room for the men menI I I The he porches at each ench end of the build lug and to which double doors open from each floor 1001 will serve n a COli I I sunning porch The porches will have stairs from one to I the other which will serve as a fir fire escape The Heating System The distribution of oC steam through the building for COI heating and other pUl poses noses special stud study has been given the subject and the services of the tho thoI I host best consulting engineers has been oh tamed to Insure time the installation of oC the I best possible system The heating and power will Iii he hc in a separate build ling imag In time the southeast corner of the laos hos piti lot The holler room which is isto i to furnish time the steam fo for heating pur purposes purposes poses OS as well as water vater for sterilizing and purposes wIll be on th the fIrst floor of oC the steam plant The Thc second floor finor wi will be b devoted exclusive exclusively I ly lr laundry to purposes which will be equipped with the most modern ma machinery machinery chinery In the laundry will be the thc IronIng and rooms I i Nurses Training School I Another big feature of the I will bo th the nurses train training In school to tobe I j be operated in connection with the tho In InI I A corps of trained nurses nurse I will bl be secured and with the staff of oC I I competent d doctors tors to direct the hos hOR hORI hosI I afford young oung ladles ladies of the I I city an opportunity to become grad I unto nurses At a later date time the build building building ing of oC a nurses home or cottage collage will willbe willbe be hy by the thc board It Is ohio ahl that some of Ogden citizens who will vilI follow Collow time the lead of the D Dee company anti the home P PatIents Will B Be Received The will receive froni the railroads city county corpora corporations lIous etc and will thore thereby be Tho rho re rev or of the tho hospital will Iw be used at atall atall all lIme toward the Improving of oC time the Institution erecting necessary build buildings ings and replacing time the apparatus with the latest improvements while n a nt t somali malI fee will be charged itt In nil all cases I the hO will HI accept cases of a charitable nature and time the will he accorded the same treatment as aa other patIents Directory of Building A brief of time the of the hospital Will be as follows First reception room help hell quarters and l Second and patIent rooms surgical and convalescent nt de dc Third ward and rooms Fourth noor lens ward and rooms room preparing and dressing rooms The Contractors C T J Is time the general con can contractor tractor and the subcontractors are arc as follows fol Lovedahl Jackson brick hrick Brothers stone William Doyle concrete Y r E j Newman sheet metal Western Foundry Machine com compan panr pan heating The wiring and plumbing contracts contract have not been let letTo letTo To Be Dedicated In May MOlY The rhe completion of the Thomas D Dee Memorial Hospital will probably he be about the latter part of oC April The Therle dedication will be fiet for some in May Ma In the main hall on the tho first floor a small opening is loft in inthe Inthe the wall vail to for I the tho bronze blonzo Which will he placed there b the Thomas ThomasD D Dee company with a few simple word Erected to the tho memory of a aman I man whose love 1013 of family home fel fellowmen and city won for him the thc everlasting love loe of a community The Theman Theman man was Thomas D Dee time the great Is nn fin and time the hospital throws open Us Its doirs to receive poor as well as the people of Ogden can look leok with pride on this beautiful edifice standing at the foot of the towering mountaIns |
