THE FEVER HOSPITAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 311, 25 September 1908, Page 11

THE FEVER HOSPITAL.

SELECTION OF; SITE.' The work in connection with the new fever hosWtal was: advanced another stage yester- , when the trustees, doctors, architect, ■ and surveyor inet on tho Mental Hol(6ital;res6rve to select the exact site on' whiCH : 'the"b',u'ilding is to be erected. . Tfie'-.truStcfes present were the Hon. C. M. . Lu^,;iM. ; L':C.,-Messrs. R. C. Kirk, G. LonDanks, G. Nash, and IjV. H. Hales. Mr.';!OricK.ton (of Cricbton and M'Kay), tho architect, v Mr. Seaton (of Beaton and SladderijVlthe.slifveyor, and Drs. Mason, Ewart, Vaiiritine,VFrengl6y; Collins, Faulke,.M'Lean, andvHarty .were also present. If-anything had' been needed to convince those '.coniterhed that the situation, was the moMr. suitable Jhat could be obtained, it woiiidrhave. been'supplied by the pleasant conj3iti6ns:-'jprov'ailmg at tbo time of meeting. Tbe;' ; site;'hes at the northern end of Coromajidel Street, ■ and is at > the back of tho Hospital' and tho Nurses'' Home, while the Mo'tint; Viow Montai Hospital lies to tho nortli-west. ' Tho southern part of the sectioa' is flat, but the northern part ri»si abruptly to a grassy knoll, which in the smldle of the aftornooa t/bs sheltered from tber.)<ind, but was b»th»d in the bright sun. '#|br/some discussion the trustees pfeaenc that the building be erect'edfiabout 800 feet from the southern or sireet frontago, and about 80 feet from the western This margin is provided for on the western side, since it is probable'that workers' dwellings will be erected •on ,'tbe:adjoining site. ' Somo littlo levelling wilk'liave.to be.done, as part of the - hill * will bafre.'-tb' be nsotl to fill an equal portion of tho . lower" end of the section. . ;

Tho matter ia now left in tho hands of the surveyor and architect, who will furnish rough plnris to be suited to the requirements of the-Health Department.