Report of the Philippine Commission, 1903. Part 3 DARNINGS for CHOLER HOSPITAL SAN LAZARO complete overhauling of the plumbing fixtures and piping of the native women's toilet room; new stairway in women's department from first to second floor; cement floor in open-air dining room for natives; new floor in shower bathroom for natives; new floor beams in large room, now used for kitchen, and new cement flooring on same; new masonry fireplace for rice boiler; new hoods and vent connections to roof from boiler and range fires; new window and door cut in wall to give better ventilation and more light; new cement floor in old kitchen; roofs generally repaired; new fixtures for two bathrooms and new sinks for kitchen and dining rooms; painting generally throughout the building. The arcade approach to the main entrance has been taken down at the hospital end on either side so as to form truncated approaches to the new cholera and smallpox hospitals on one side and for a future road on the other side leading to the serum institute property and morgue. BUREAU OF GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES. A complete description of the new building for the bureau of government laboratories was contained in the last annual report. The government determined shortly after the date of the submission of the last report to erect the building, and, pending a final decision as to the character of the superstructure, this office was authorized to let a contract for the foundation of the main building, which was done September 5, 1902. The contractor completed the foundation on May 20, 1903, after which time this bureau undertook the completion of the superstructure with its own force of mechanics and laborers under the direction of the master builder. The contract for this building was advertised, bids being received November 12, 1902, December 12, 1902, and January 28, 1903; but the figures received were considered too high and were all rejected. The work has gone on steadily. The plans of the detail mechanical equipment are about perfected, and the work of installing the same is to be begun as soon as the building is inclosed. Sketch plans for a wing on the east side of the building for the forestry and mining bureaus have been prepared. In addition to the main building above mentioned, we have, from time to time, done a great deal of small work for the bureau of government laboratories, such as plumbing, shelving, electric wiring, incubator, etc., in the building recently rented in Calle Alix for the biological laboratory. Numerous repairs have also been made in the bureau on Calle Iris, consisting of the hood for the assay room, repairs to plumbing, electrical wiring, etc. The serum institute, which is now under the bureau of government laboratories, situated within the San Lazaro inclosure, has demanded considerable attention. The work done there consists of an operating house for small and one for large animals, monkey shelter, stable for calves, a house for guinea pigs, a 75-stall stable for serum animals, with two watering troughs and 400 running feet of shelter for animals, feed barn, board walks throughout the grounds, fencing, etc. CIVIL HOSPITAL. The most important work done at the civil hospital during the year was, namely, the installation of a septic tank in connection with the old cesspool and the laying of 1,200 feet of 12-inch cement pipe between the septic tank and the estero Sampaloc. Acknowledgment is due the board of health and the sanitary engineer of the city of Manila for their hearty cooperation in this work. During the year the usual small repairs in and around the buildings have been made. The electric-light wiring throughout the premises is very much out of date and is consequently requiring repairs. If the civil hospital is to use these buildings for any length of time, it will become necessary to install a complete new system of wiring for electric lighting. A small ambulance shed, with stalls for 2 American horses, has been built, which is in direct connection with the city fire-alarm system. INSULAR COLD-STORAGE AND ICE PLANT. A cottage for the chief engineer of this plant was constructed on calle Carlos IV. The ground on which the cottage is built will require considerable filling in, for which a limited appropriation has been made. A stable for stalls for 18 horses, harness shop, dispensary, and quarters for men was erected in the ice-plant grounds. A new rubberoid roof covering the major part of the ice-plant building has been put on, replacing the old roof of corrugated galvanized iron. PHILIPPINE PUBLIC PRINTING OFFICE. Four 500-gallon galvanized iron tanks with drip pans under each have been installed in the attic of the printing office building as an auxiliary water supply for night work. The redwood sash on the exposed sides of the building have been replaced during the year by sash made of hard wood, the former being used on buildings of lesser importance, such as the timber-testing laboratory extension of the forestry bureau. The galvanized-iron roof which was taken from the old Escuela de Artes y Oficios has required a good deal of attention. The brick and iron fence around the premises has been completed. Minor repairs usual in factories have been made from time to time. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE. A barn with stalls for 6 horses, feed, harness, store and wagon and farm implements room has been built at Singalon Experiment Station for the bureau of agriculture. A water tower and tank have also been built at Singalon, fitted with gasoline engine for pumping water from a large well adjoining. The water is used in connection with a piping system for irrigating the lands under cultivation by the bureau of agriculture. Plans were made for stablemen's quarters and farm implement buildings for the rice farm at San Fernando, Pampanga, but these buildings have not yet been constructed. BUREAU OF COAST GUARD AND TRANSPORTATION. The building occupied by the bureau of coast guard and transportation on the water front has had a new floor put in on the first story, new deck to second-story porch, new supply tank and new toilet fixtures complete, entire new electric-light wiring, and the building renovated generally and repainted on the entire exterior. |