Volume XXII - Monroe County Library System

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Serials Collection
THE HOSPITAL REVIEW.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., AUGUST 15, 1885.
NEW CHILDREN'S PAVILION.
Laying the Corner Stone.
It was a lively sight that greeted us on
the afternoon of July 31st, as we entered
the Hospital grounds from West avenue.
The lawn was dotted with groups of people
that had gathered to witness the exercises
connected with the laying of the
corner stone of the Children's Pavilion.
Prominent among these were the little
folks who have taken so deep an interest in
raising funds for this charity. Babies in
arms, babies in carriages, and children of
all sizes were present.
Beneath a tent, kindly loaned by Mr.
James Field, Julia Robinson and Edith
Peck, who have worked so effectively for
the Children's Pavilion, were busy with
their assistants, Alice Peck, Bessie Backus,
and Philip Mumford, and Charlie Robinson,
their cashier, in making arrangements
for the sale of ice cream and cake, and as
the result of their efforts they brought into
the treasury thirty-two dollars and ten
cents. Another group was composed of the
Hospital boys,conspicuous among whom was
Max Kraus in his rolling ehair, with his
head in a leather harness. Gust Grunst
had lost a leg; Sidney Greenslave had a
stiff neck ; Freddy Lyons 1 hips were diseased
; Tommy Jones had a broken arm ;
Tommy Heeney was suffering from abscesses
; Terrance Martin had his ankle
injured by a boy coasting down hill, and
Lawrence Barrows, six years old, the
youngest of the Hospital boys, had broken
his knee. Here was a band of little ones,
candidates for the Children's Pavilion.
Hospital patients in their rolling chairs,
others with their crutches beside them, or
in use, were interested spectators, and from
the windows of the west wing of the Hos-
THE HOSPITAL REVIEW.
pital, many who could not leave the
wards eagerly watched all that was passing
before them.
The foundations of the new Pavilion
have been laid northwest of the west wing
of the City Hospital. The new structure
is to be of brick, eighty feet long by thirtytwo
wide, two stories and a half high, with
a fine dormer roof. It will have accommodation
in the wards for forty-eight patients,
besides private rooms for twelve or fifteen
others. The designs were gratuitously
drawn by Mr. John R. Church, the architect,
and Mr. W. H. Gorsline has contracted
to build the Pavilion for $12,000.
Money contributed by the children and
other funds that the managers are allowed
to appropriate, amount to $7,000, and the
necessity for the erection of the building is
so urgent that we trust ere long the remaining
$5,000 will be raised for its completion.
The speaker's platform on the north portion
of the new foundation was protected
by a canvas awning, and beneath this were
seated representatives of the Board of
Lady Managers, the Trustees, the Surgical
and Medical staff, and also the Mayor, Dr.
M. B. Anderson and the city clergymen,
who were to take part in the exercises connected
with the laying of the corner stone.
Beneath the corner stone was a box of
sheet lead twelve inches long, seven wide,
and five deep, in which were enclosed
copies of the Union and Advertiser, the
Democrat and Chronicle, the Morning Herald,
the Post Express, Volksblatt, Abend-
Post and Beobachter, Sonntag's Journal,
of this city, the New York Tribune, and
THE HOSPITAL REVIEW of June, 1876;
Feb., April, and Sept., 1877 ; Feb, 1878;
Feb., 1879 ; Feb., 1880 ; March, June and
Sept., 1881 ; Jan., June and Oct., 1882 ;
March, 1883 ; Dec, 1884, and all the issues
of 1885 ; also a history of the Hospital
prepared in 1872, a Hospital Supplement
issued in 1883, and a book containing in
manuscript the names and donations of