WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. II 



"Buildings. 



"The general Hospital building has a frontage of 1290 feet, con- 

 sisting of a central portion the Administration Building with wings 

 extendng on either side north and south. The corridors connect a.i. 

 the wards with one another and with the central building. In the rear 

 of the main building are the following: 



"(1) The Atkinson Building; erected in 1897, three stories, con- 

 taining three wards, all used for male patients. 



"(2) Building for colored patients; three-story brick, containing 

 two wards, one for male and the other for female patients. 



"(3) Laundry Building; occupied by the laundry, with a plumb- 

 ing shop and power in the basement. 



"(4) Electric Power House; one-story brick building, containing 

 the electric light machinery, ice plant and three cold storage rooms. 

 These cold storage rooms should be torn down and rebuilt at once, 

 as they are ill-smelling and insanitary. 



"(5) Patients' Kitchen; 45x75, equipped with the necessary out- 

 fit for the cooking which must be done on a large scale for such an 

 institution. 



"(6) Sick Patients' Kitchen. 



"(7) Bake Shop; one-story brick building, containing oven, dough 

 mixer, engine and other necessary utensils. 



"(8) Store Room; two-story brick building, the lower floor con- 

 taining the main store room, clothes-cutting and sewing room; the 

 upper floor is used as an attendants' dining room, with kitchen and 

 dining room attached. This building is in bad condition. 



"(9) Morgue; a stone building used to prepare for burial or 

 shipment the bodies of patients who die in the hospital. 



"(10) Hose house, small frame building containing all the hose 

 and fire-fighting apparatus. 



"(11) Greenhouses. 



"(12) Cow Barn and Horse Barn; two old, large frame struc- 

 tures; both out of date and unsanitary." 



Crescent Window Glass Company. The Crescent Win- 

 dow Glass Company, established in 1903, with head office and 

 works along the B. & O. R. R. at the south end of Weston, 

 manufactures window glass exclusively, the annual capacity 

 being 200,000 boxes. There are two 24 blower tanks and at 

 the time the factory was inspected (June 24, 1914) all glass 

 was blown by hand, but according to J. B. Eads, office man, 

 it was the intention to use the Healy blowing machine in one- 

 half the factory after January 1, 1915. The product is shipped 

 in all directions. The plant uses sand from Ten Mile, W. Va., 

 lime from Martinsburg, soda ash from Wyandotte, Mich., and 

 salt cake from Cleveland, Ohio. The average monthly con- 

 sumption of gas is 45,000,000 cu. ft., at a cost of 4 cents per 

 thousand. The plant runs 8^2 months annually, having 290 



