North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1902 Page: 8
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NORTH TEXAS HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.
portion. Up-stairs are twelve rooms for employes, which adds that much
room to the wards for patients, besides the added comfort to employes.
The power house was completed January 19, 1901, and is one of the
most imposing structures in this section, with its brick stack rising heav-
enward 135 feet; has large engine room with cement floor, which con-
tains one Corliss engine and 40 K. W. belted Western Electric dynamo,
one 106 horse power Alfree engine directly connected to one 80 K. W.
Western Electric dynamo, one 500,000-gallon fire or general utility pump
with smaller pump as duplicator, one 210,000-gallon Ingersoll-Sargent
air compressor, with the necessary air cylinder and connecting pipes, as
well as a complete pumping return system of the Warren-Webster manu-
facture; the boiler room with two 150 horse power Heine water tube boil-
ers and a battery of two 272 horse power Stirling water tube boilers, with
the necessary hot water feed heaters, pumps, etc.; also a stand of two oil
pumps that feed the fuel to the furnaces.
The carpenter shop, plumbers, electricians and engineer's shop were
placed in the part of the building originally designed for a coal shed,
but when oil was substituted for fuel had the use of these rooms for the
much needed purpose above mentioned. Each of the shops bave a good
cement floor and are equipped with the latest electrical machinery.
Extended six inch cast iron water mains to power house to connect that
building with the system. This was necessary in order that the best
service could obtain; also connected ice plant with power house by a
three-inch steam line, as well as with the water system.
The brick tunnel was completed and occupied January 19, 1901, and
connects the power house and various shops with the main building,
carrying water, steam and air lines, as well as electric wires. It is over
one hundred yards long.
The old kitchen, laundry and boiler house were completely overhauled
and are now splendid buildings, being occupied by storerooms in base-
ment and first floors of old kitchen and laundry, together with one large
dining room for seventy-two employes, second floor occupied by female
employes twenty-five in number, making room on the wards for many
additional patients; the old boiler house being converted into an ice and
cold storage plant, as well as a dairy and meat cutting room.
Bought a first-class 12-ton Linde ice machine, and put in four large
refrigerating rooms; have an abundance of ice for the entire popula-
tion of the institution, and can now keep our meats, vegetables, milk, etc.,
in first-class condition at a nominal cost.
All buildings in the new group were connected to the old plant with
first-class heavy electric wiring.
Had old heating apparatus thoroughly overhauled and new building
connected up to the same. Much permanent improvement has been done
in moving all wooden buildings from rear of premises, planting trees,
etc.
Built one 90-ton silo, which has been twice filled with ensilage, made
by overhauling some old machinery.
Bought two spans of fine mules.
Bought several Jersey cows.
Besides many other improvements have been made during the four
years that I cannot mention in this limited report, the whole amounting
to over $165,000. These improvements have increased the capacity of
hospital by 313 patients.8
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North Texas Hospital for the Insane. North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1902, report, 1902; Terrell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1586747/m1/10/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.