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.6312. Enrm timing and Instruction Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local .News and Interests.
VOL. Xena—N0 32
NORWALK. CONN. FRIDAY, AUGUSTil. 1899
NEW N IRWALK HOSPITAL!
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Our New Public Institution Completed and Opened for Inspection
——AN ARMY OF VISITORS——
Yesterday.
The Reception Committee Kept Busy Showing the Many Callers About the
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The beautiful new building to be 1
known hereafter as the D101 w ilk Hos-
pital was thrown open yeste1day after-
noon and evening for inspection by the
public, by generousity the
means wherewith for its construction
were forthcoming and by whose means
it will henceforth be maintained.
wh ose
The building was crowded all the
afternoon and in the evening there was
scarcely standing room such was the
immense concourse of people coming
and going.
The rooms were brilliantly lighted
by electricity and the building pre-
sented a handsome sight from its high
eminence to people in the valley be-
low.
The hospital directors composed the
reception committee and were assisted
by seve1al others. Among those who
assisted in exhibiting and escorting
the visitors over the institution were:
Dr. J. G.Gregory,Mrs. John H. Ferris,
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Woodward, T. I.
Raymond, Mrs: Judd, President of' the
Hat Trimmers’ Association,Miss Alyse
Gregory and Ward Gregory.
On every hand were heard expres-
sions of pleasure for the beauties of ev-
ery department as parties passed from
room to room.
Much interest was shown in every-
thing and the hat trimmers Who first
conceived the idea. of erecting the dis-
pensary and donated the first $2,000 to-
ward it must have been truly gratified
to see the results of their aspirations,
which fostered by many others accom-
plished such a work. The
churches and several societies about
town. besides the individuals who
benevolently contributed must surely
be proud of the new public building.
to the beauty of the building,
It is colonial in de-
great
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architecturally:
sign and constructed on purely Gree-
cian lines. The front entrance is a
thing of beauty the carved columns be-
ing of Ionic design and the trimmings
are of fluting and carved Ionic capitals.
garlands and artistic festoons ornament-
ing the corners. The painting of the
exterior is of yellow and white, and
the effect is handsome.
The vestibule is of quartered oak,
pannelled, and the floor is tiled. From
this thelspacious hall is entered. To
the right is the reception room, stair:
case and nurses’ dining-room, to the
left, the director’s room, physicians’
. room, operating room, sterilizing room
and the elevator.
At the end of then
- corridor commences.
. front executive section from the wards,
dispensary and lavatories. ‘ The wood.
work of the building is of grained
cypress, the wards of course being less
elaborate and trimmed so as to be
1ain hall the main
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This divides the '
Building.
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The operating room has a tiled floor
and elegant marble wainscoting. There
is a skylight to insure plenty of light.
A nickled and enameled iron operating
table with heavy plate—glass top stands
in the center of the room, this pur-
chased with thc proceeds of an enter-
tainment given by the Misses Efiie
Lane and Helen Brown last winter.
bowl with
hot and cold water operated by foot
This perhaps is the most in-
There is also a glass
pressure.
teresting room of all.
Adjoining the operating room is the
,sterilizing and etherizing room, con-
taining sterilizers of the most modern
type for water, bandages, etc.. and in-
struments.
On the second floor are a number of
private wards, besides bathroom, lava-
tories, ward'kitchen and serving room
combined.
The third floor is also finished with
rooms and bath.
In the basement is the kitchen and
pantry; the serving rooms and ward
kitchen are connecced for the better
convenience.
The institution with
speaking tubes, house telephones and
a fire hose, easily operated.
The heating and ventilation is con~
trolled by a system of fans operated by
water and is calculated to change air
throughout the entire building four
is equipped
to five times per hour.
The lighting is by electricity and gas.
There are ten beds in the women’s
The
convalescents’ room is between the
delight-
It com-
ward and in the men’s twelve.
wards and isone of the most
ful rooms in the building.
mands a view of the Sound and the sur-
rounding country It is furnished with
rattan easychairs , rockers, a lounge
and table and several rugs, the gifts of
the Inasmuch Circle, K. D. of the 15301--
walk Methodist church. I
The wards are neatly but plainly
furnished with wh1te iron bedsteads,
chairs and tables. , ‘
The dispensing room, diet kitchen,
linen and. bandage closets, separate
baths and separate closets communicate
with the wards through a small hall.
Opening from the main corridor,run-
ning from north to south is the acci-
dent room which is to be furnished
with the furniture of the old hospital.
At the north end of the corridor is
the recovery rOOm, containing
beds like those in the wards. Patients
maybe isolated there from the main
‘wards in severe cases.
The directors
simple elegance, containing mahogany
tables and chairs, leather upholstered,
tapestry draperies, Turkish rugs, and
an oak mantel with a heavy: "mirror.
Miss Effie Lane and friends furnished
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room is furnished in
easily kept free from dust, etc.
this apartment.
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The reception room is fitted up with
Swiss curtains, willow chairs, oak man-
tel and mi1 ror, tiled lire-place, rugs,
et. Donated by the W. C. T. U.
The dining-room, furnished by the
Hospital Whist club of South Norwalk,
coutains a heavy oak dining set,chairs,
table and sideboard, and an art square.
The china and table linen closet opens
off this. A pretty chin-.1 dinner set of
blue and gold, the gift of Mrs. Robert
VanBuren graces the closet.
The private wards are designated as
follows: Hat Trimmers’ Association’s;
Mothers" furnished by the Misses Mc-
Donald of Philadelphia; The Seven a
company of R. .3: G. young ladies head-
ed by Miss McClure;the King’s Daugh-
ters of the South Norwalk Congrega-
tional church and by a bequest from the
late Miss Ann Elizabeth Lockwood, of
Darien.
The nurses’ rooms are furnished with
white e‘nameled iron brass trimmed
bedsteads, with oak dressers and other
furniture.
On the third floor are the rooms ‘for
the domestics and the general store
room for hospital supplies.
Several societies and individuals have
given subscriptions of $100 to have the
privilege of naming a bedin the wards.
These include St. Joseph’s, the young
ladies of Hillside seminary, J. A. Os-
borne and wife, and the King’s Daugh-
ters of the Siuth Norwalk . Baptist
church, and Mrs. Frank A. Ferris, in
memory of her mother The surgical
instrdments are to be paid for by Sen-
ator Edwin O. Keelei. They will cost
in the neighborhood of $200.
The sterilizing plant was donated by
Miss C. F. B.t'11~d’s institute at an ex-
pense of $500.
A clock in the corridor was present-
ed to the institution by A. W. Austin.
The Sewing Circle which met with
Miss Edie I. Lane, of The Green, has
given a quantity of linen and night
dresses.
The Kind Word Circle, of the Nor-
walk Congregational church, has se-
cured a number of pictures and fans
for the institution.
Mrs. Talmadge Baker gave a glass
set for water.
The building is a credit to the town
and will prove a blessing to the afflict-
ed who are tiken there for treatment.
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Arrested in Bridgeport-
Peter Boerum of Rowayton was ar—
rested in Bridgeport yesterday on the
charge of illegally gathering oysters.
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T0 CLEANSE THE SYSTEM
Effectually yet gently, when costive or
bilious, to pol-man- ntly overcome ha.-
' bitual constipation, to awaken the kid-
neys and liVer to a healthy activity,
without irritating or weakening them,
to dispel headaches, colds or fevers,
use Syrup of Figs, made by the Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup Co.
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Expert Flnds EquipmentTam-
pered With Since Acci-
dent
SOME PARTS REMOVED.
Photographs Showing Company’s Men at Work
After Accident.
BRIDGEPORT, Aug. 11.—The coro-
ner’s inquest in the trolley disaster
was continued yesterday. The day
throughout was replete with interest,
but the evidence did not serve to bring
conspicuously forward any other cause
for the disaster than the one that from
the first, like a grim spectre, has hung
over the motorman, speeding down the
grade and onto the bridge.
.The first witness to testify yesterday
was George B. Underwood, secretary
and treasurer of the Connecticut Elec-
the coroner to examine the wreck and
give evidence relative to the condition
of the controllers and other portions
of the electrical work left on the car
was in.
According to his statement, the con-
i troller box on the north or front end
i of the car as it went down was partly
opened when he viewed it. He judged
that it had beenput in the condition
he found it with a
had doubts about its having been
éd open by the fall, but admitted
s11ch might have been the case. The
bolts, howeve1, were not broken. All
of the contact fingers but three had
been either broken off or unset ev. ed.
The majority were unscrewed. W’ith
this exception. the controller was in
screw driver.
forc-
that
good condition.
The reversing lever was found point-
ing forward in a position that Mr. Un-
derwood declared indicated beyond a
doubt that if the power had been ap-
plied to the motor the car would have
run forward. The pos1tion of the con-
troller indicated that the power had
been turned off when the controller
was last used. I
Commenting upon the rail,
stated that his examination showed
that the flange of one of the wheels
had run along it a distance of 300 feet.
“The power was not on when the
wheel left the rail, otherwise on - the
wheel leaving the rail it would have
occasioned an electrical are and the
rail would have been blackened. For
30 feet after the car left its normal
position there was contact of greater
or less degree. If the power had been
reversed, the car would have stopped
instantly. The brake could have stop-
ped it, but not so quickly.
Witness stated that the car ran for
a. distance of at least 100 feet at a
rite of speed dangerous at such a
point. Asked for his opinion he said:
“In my opinion the car was running
at a high rate of speed: it jumped
when it left the approach and that
caused the wheels to leave the rails.”
He declared the breaks in the con-
troller where the missing fingers had
been, were new ones and reiterated
that it was possible for the fall to have
broken them, but
likely to do so. He saw nothing about
the motor or the brake to indicate that
the car could not have been brought
to a standstill if properly handled. He
thought the “jounce” caused by the
car’s running fast onto the bridge
threw the trolley pole off the wire and
so left the car without power.
George E. Hawes was next called.
He is What is commonly called “ a.
kodak fiend," and there is no case on
perhaps, the bearer of
witness
it was not at all
record where,
that nom de plurne has rendered such
valuable assistance. He visited the
scene of thedisaster on the morning
following and was there with his
kodak one hour. He testified to hav-
ing seen men at work filling in about
number of photographs of the scene
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t1‘icalCo., who had been secured by ,_
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the approach to the bridge and bad or '
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OBITUARY.
MRS. JULIA BETTS.
Mrs. Julia Betts, widow of Carmi
Betts, died last night at her home on
Main street, aged 85 years. ”I‘he de-
ceased, who was formerly ,M'iss Julia
Bates of Darien, survived her husband
52 years.
For a long time she has been in fail-
ing health consequent to old age, but
bore her illness with true Christian for-
titude. She was a member of the First
Congregational church for many years
and was beloved and esteemed by all
who knew her.
The deceased leaves two daughters,
Miss Julia and Miss Mary, and two sons,
Allen G., foreman of the GAZETTE
pressroom, and Capt. C. Fred Betts of
the old 17th, C. V. ‘
s. s. L’HOMMEDIEU.
Sanford Smith L’Hommedieu, died
at his home on Henry street, East Nor-
walk, this morning, aged 45. Deceased
was at one time a town assessor.
,GOOD ROADS MONEY.
Commissioner McDonald Allots Norwalk the
Sum of $3,000.
The following is the allotment made
by Commissioner McDonald for good
roads in Fairlield county: .1
83,000
Bridgeport,
Darien, 3,000
Fairfield, 3,000 '
Greenwich, 3,000
Huntington, 1,000
New Canaan, ' 3,000
N orwa'lk, , 3,000
Ridgefield, 3,000
Stamford, 3,000
Stratford, 3,000
Westport, 3,000
East-on, 750
Monroe, 375
Bedding, 1,500
Weston, 713
3,375
Wings,
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Stamford Man Drowned.
William L. Brooks of Stamford was
drowned yesterday while fishing near
Plum Island.
and workmen. Asked why he took the
photographs, he replied: “Out of curi-
osity. I thought it strange that they
should fix up things so much before
the jury got there, and later; when I
read in the newspapers the statements
that but little had been done to the
approach I made up my mind to 'come
into court with the pictures.”
A number of other witnesses testifi-
ed including several of the injured at
the hospital, after which the hearing
was adjourned until to-day.
PRICE Two CENT
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ABAHGEFUUNDEHS.
Barge William Denny Goes
Down Ofi‘ Captain’s
Island.
THE CREW ALL SAVED.
The Wrecked Vessel Was on Her Way to Wil-
son Point.
During the severe weather on the
Sound yesterday afternoon the heavily
laden coal barge William Denny foun-
dared off Captain’s Island.
The Denny was loaded with coal for
Wilson Point, and was in tow of the
tug William Persells.
When Captain’s Island was reached
the sto1m was at, its height and the
waves Washed completely over the Den-
ny, which being low in the water soon
foundered with her cargo in twelve
fathoms of water.
The crew were all‘ taken on. board
of the Persells and brought to Wilsoii
Point.
The Denny belongs to McWilliams
Brothers of New York, and will prob-
ably be raised as soon as the weather
permits.
Bishop Tierney Re-Elecled.
At the National Convention of ,the
Catholic T. A. B. Union in Chicago
yesterday all the officers were re- -elec-
ted which .1 includes Bishop Tierney of
Hartfmd f01 president. The next con-
vention will be in Philadelphia in Aug-
ust 1900.
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Motion Denied.
In the matter of the Norwalk Lock
company, Judge Ralph Wheeler yes-
terday denied the motion of the de-
fendant company for termination of
the proceedings.
Many People Cannot Drink
offcee at night. It spoils their sleep.
You can drink Grain-O when you
please and sleep like a “top For
Grain-O does not stimulate; it nourish-
es, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks and
tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons, young people and children
Grain-O is the perfect drink Made,
from pure grains. Get a. package from
your grocer to- -day. Try it in place of
coffee. 15 and 25c.
BETTs.—In Norwalk, August 10th, Ju-
lia, widow of the late Carmi Betts,
aged 85 years.
The funeral will be attended from her
late home, No. 84 Main street, Sun-
day afternoon at 2 o‘clock.
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The Man of the Hour.
A MAGNIFICENT
PORTRAIT OF
ADM HAL D
In Ten Colors,
Size, I412! Inches,
Will be published by THE GAZETTE shortly,
It is now being printed for us on heavy plate-
by one of the largest art litho-
graph houscs in America, in the famous French style of color-plate work.
Eve1y1
al Dewey,‘
\I'orwalk family will want one of these handsome pictures of Admri-
It must be remembered that this picture will be in no sense a. cheap chromo,
but will be an example of the very highest style of illuminated printing.
» will be an ornament to any library or drawing-room.
It
GAZETTE readers
can have this Dewey portrait at what it costs us, namely ten
cents p 3r copy. by merely filling out the coupon below, and sending
it to this office at once.
when it is published, that we advise sending orders in advance.
There will be such a demand for the portrait
As many
copies as may be desired can be had on :one Coupon, providing ten
cents I3 sent for each copy. Write name and address plainly,
and remit in coin or postage st tmps.
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