Table 2.—Hospitals built by Construction Division between June, 1917, and January,1919.
Name.Location.Capacity (in beds).Ap­prox­i­mate cost.Contractor.
Azalea T. B.Azalea, N. C.1,500$2,715,000Gude & Co.
Boston City, west departmentWest Roxbury, Mass.[40]47,000Chas. Logue Building Co. Co.
Cape May General Hospital No. 11Cape May, N. J.70046,150Cauldwell-Wingate Co.
Carlisle General Hospital No. 31Carlisle, Pa.120180,000Warren Moore & Co.
Colonia General Hospital No. 3Colonia, N. J.1,6502,367,884Cauldwell-Wingate Co.
Cooper-Monitah No. 32Chicago, Ill.500-625158,368Chas. Logue Building Co. Co.
Denver General Hospital No. 21Denver, Colo.2,2653,100,133C. S. Lambie Co.
Eastfield General Hospital No 38Westchester, N. Y.1,550237,000Frank H. Goble.
Elks and Robt. Bringham General Hospital No. 10Boston, Mass.7008,000Chas. Logue Building Co.
Ford Hospital, General Hospital No. 36Detroit, Mich.2,000107,750Albert A. Albreacht.
Fort Bayard General HospitalFort Bayard, N. Mex.1,046650,000V. E. Vare.
Fort Des Moines HospitalDes Moines, Iowa1,266244,148Chas. Welts Sons.
Fort Douglas HospitalFort Douglas, Utah227690,000Lynch-Cannon Eng. Co.
Fort McHenry General Hospital No. 2Baltimore, Md.2,8002,327,975J. Henry Miller Co.
Fort McPherson HospitalFort McPherson, Ga.2,000680,000Gude-Krebs & Co.
Fort Oglethorpe General Hospital No. 14Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.1,300967,377Park-Grimes Co.
Fort Ontario Hospital No. 5Fort Ontario, N. Y.660557,000J. J. Turner & Sons.
Fort Root General Hospital No. 33Little Rock, Ark.50016,455
Fort Sheridan General Hospital No. 28Fort Sheridan, Ill.5,0002,515,786Summer-Sollitt Co.
Fort Snelling HospitalFort Snelling, Minn.1,780$489,600H. N. Leighton Co.
Fox Hills Debarkation Hospital No. 2Fox Hills, Staten Island1,8082,929,556Thompson-Starrett Co.
General Hospital No. 16New Haven, Conn.700360,670Sperry Engineering Co.
Grand Central Palace Debarkation Hospital No. 5New York City3,500215,000Day labor.
Greenhut Building Debarkation Hospital No. 3New York City3,130420,000Do.
InfirmarySt. Louis, Mo.1,00065,000March Construction Co.
Lakewood General Hospital No. 9Lakewood, N. J.1,020282,735Geo. D. Morrow.
Letterman General HospitalPresidio, Calif.1,250112,716
Madison Barracks HospitalMadison, Wis.273125,535J. J. Turner & Sons.
Markelton General Hospital No. 17Markelton, Pa.50093,580Dawson Construction Co.
Nassau General Hospital No. 39Long Beach, Long Island, N. Y.1,50025,000Day labor.
Norfolk State General No. 34Norfolk, Mass.700120,000Chas. Logue Building Co.
Otisville General Hospital No. 8Otisville, N. Y.1,0201,685,766R. H. Howes Construction Co.
Park View General Hospital No. 24Pittsburgh, Pa.1,200208,940Day labor.
Plattsburg General HospitalPlattsburg, N. Y.2,000231,948D. Callahan.
Richmond College Debarkation Hospital No. 51Richmond, Va.96051,750John T. Wilson Co.
Roland Park General Hospital No. 7Baltimore, Md.500329,617J. Henry Miller Co.
General Hospital No. 35West Baden, Ind.1,500125,000Chas. W. Gindle Co.
United States Army General Hospital No. 12Biltmore, N. C.55137,050Gude & Co.
United States Army General Hospital No. 18Waynesville, N. C.40073,700Gude-Krebs & Co.
United States Army General Hospital No. 23Hot Springs, N. C.750103,200Do.
Walter Reed General HospitalTakoma Park, Washington, D. C.2,0931,675,151Skinker & Garrett.
Whipple Barracks General Hospital No. 20Prescott, Ariz.1,0001,629,683James E. Morgan.

[40] Part of General Hospital No. 10, Boston, Mass.

Item.Quantity.Cost.Remarks.
Brick325,783,400$2,631,799Would build a road 18 feet wide approximately 380 miles long, or equal to the distance from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh; loaded in cars having a capacity of 15,000 brick, would require 21,720 cars to load.
Lumber[41]2,647,605,42669,773,825If considered 1-inch pieces 12 inches wide and placed end to end, would reach 500,000 miles, or 20 times the circumference of the earth. It would take 175,000 cars to haul this material, figuring 15,000 feet board measure material to each car. Figuring each car 35 feet long, would make a train 1,160 miles long, or the distance from Washington, D. C., to Kansas City. Total weight, 5,000,000 tons.
Wood stave pipe[41]2,900,0802,325,000If placed in one single line, would extend 550 miles. This is approximately the same miles of pipe as all of the water and gas lines in the city of New Orleans, La., which supplies a population between 400,000 and 500,000 people.
Structural steel[42] 64,0006,311,092This would require 1,000 cars having a capacity of 80,000 pounds each. It would require structural-steel shops employing 100 men fabricating 2,000 tons per month three years to complete the fabrication. This is sufficient material to erect twenty 20-story buildings 75 feet square.
Roofing[43]1,400,000$3,650,000Sufficient to roof 5 square miles, or would roof 100,000 ordinary houses of 14 squares to each house.
Cable[44]1,103,560257,233Approximately 210 miles.
Copper wire[44]33,283,0001,409,6006,303 miles.
Cement[45]6,181,19413,723,15336,148 car loads, approximately, of 171 barrels to car load. Loaded on cars 35 feet total length, would make one train 239 miles long, or greater than the distance from Boston to New York.

[41] Feet.

[42] Tons.

[43] Squares of 100 square feet.

[44] Feet.

[45] Barrels.

Procurement branch during period of 18 months, June 15, 1917, to December 15, 1918, purchased and allocated materials to the amount of $245,115,443.