8 ft. x 10 ft. The rear stair-hall will connect with the passage and give access to the service room, kitchen, pantry and storeThere will be a direct entrance from the yard to the

room.

kitchen."

"The second story will be bisected by a longitudinal corridor, 6 ft. wide, with which both stairways connect, and from this corridor will open the school-room, 16 ft. 6 in. x 31 ft. 4 in., two teachers' rooms, 12 ft. 4 in. x 14 ft. 8 in., and a linen-closet, slop-closet and bath-rooms; other storage and linen closets are arranged in the rear extension, and on this floor will be located eleven bed-rooms, 8 ft. x 12 ft. 4 in., each, for inmates."

"The third story will contain fifteen bed-rooms, 8 ft. x 12 ft. 4 in. each; an infirmary, 12 ft. 4 in. x 16 ft. 10 in.; a teachers' room, 12 ft. 4 in. x 16 ft. 6 in., and linen, store and slop closets, bath room and other arrangements similar to those provided for the second story."

"A loft, which can be used for storage, will extend over a portion of the third story."

"The structure throughout will be finished in a plain, substantial manner, furnished with a modern equipment, and the plumbing system will be simple and thoroughly sanitary. Ample provision will be made for heating and precautions will be taken to guard against fire and loss of life from panic. The building throughout will be well lighted and ventilated."

IMPROVEMENT OF QUARANTINE HOSPITAL AT THE ALMSHOUSE.

A wooden building measuring sixty by forty feet, constructed many years ago and since used for several different purposes, having been refitted lastly in 1902, for use in case of an outbreak of small-pox (see report of 1902, p. 12) was moved the past year about two hundred feet north westward, across a driveway, to a new location. It formerly stood on the rear, or northwest, line of the Almshouse grounds. The building was raised twelve and a half feet above grade and another story, of stone plastered, with granite coins, was constructed under it. It is divided into eight sleeping-rooms, with a central hall five feet

wide, and two toilet-rooms. The sleeping-rooms are each 15% ft. by 12% ft.; the toilet-rooms are each 12% ft. by 5%1⁄2 ft. and all are 9%1⁄2 ft. high.

Set bowls with hot and cold water, steam, heat and gas are provided in each room and the building has been wired for electricity to be used should that method of lighting be introduced generally at the Institutions. There are bath-tubs and water-closets in the toilet-rooms.

There is a door at each end of the new story and a stairway and entrance at one end of the upper story, as shown in the picture of the building.

There is no inside means of communication between the two floors. Another outside stairway and exit, for escaping from the upper story, in case of fire, may be constructed at the other end of the building.

The lower story will be used by employes of the Institutions and the upper story will be kept ready, as heretofore, for any outbreak of contagious disease that requires isolating.

All of the work, including the moving of the building, the stone work, the carpentering, steam piping, plumbing, painting etc., was done by the labor of the Institutions at a cost, for material, of $2,436.68.

Some repairs will be required in the upper story to make it ready for occupancy. The expense of this work will be slight.

CONDUIT FOR STEAM-PIPES AT STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. Inmates of the Workhouse and House of Correction, including brick-layers, stone-masons, mortar-mixers, hod carriers etc, began, late in the autumn, the construction of the conduit for steam-pipes above named. It starts from a similar conduit built in 1901, (see report for 1901, p. 10) and leading from the new boiler-house of the Hospital for the Insane to the dininghall of the same institution, and will terminate, when completed, at the laundry, a distance of 276 feet. A branch of the conduit, thirty-nine feet long, leads to building No. 9 X.