ing Friendship park and extending from Millvale avenue to 
Gross street was purchased for this purpose. Upon it was 
erected a fire-proof, six story brick building, having 250 in- 
dividual rooms with hot and cold running water, adequate 
bath and toilet facilities, a large auditorium, library, sun 
porches and roof garden. An underground passage connects 
it with the hospital. The building was completed and ready 
‘or occupancy May 1, 1923, at a cost, with furnishings, ap- 
proximating $671,000. 
With the passing of the years and the growth of the hospi- 
tal, the need for expansion in the laboratory was felt to such a 
Jegree that in 1925 the board of directors set itself the task of 
raising funds for this purpose. A semi-public appeal followed 
which met with such a whole-hearted and generous response 
from friends and well-wishers of the institution, that the new 
laboratories wing became a certainty. The contract for erec- 
tion was let in February, 1926, and the new building, which 
stands upon the site orginally intended for a nurses’ home, 
was officially opened October 20, 1927. 
This new plant brings together all the various laboratory 
activities of the hospital and contains the departments of 
pathology, bio-chemistry, bacteriology, diagnostic X-ray, 
deep therapy, physiotherapy and electrocardiograph. There 
is a new metabolic pavilion and kitchen, and a new children’s 
pavilion entirely separate from other activities. Thirty-four 
private rooms have also been included, the income from 
which will aid in maintaining these laboratories and in provid- 
ing for the necessary research work. With these additional 
accommodations for patients. the hospital's capacity is 600 
beds. 
The present officers and directors of the hospital are: Offi- 
cers: James R. Mellon, president; James D. Hailman, first 
vice-president; James W. Macfarlane, M. D., second vice- 
president; George D. Edwards, treasurer; C. W. Orwig, as- 
sistant treasurer; M. H. Eichenlaub, secretary; Henry G. 
Wasson, solicitor; Fidelity Title and Trust Co., custodian. 
Directors— Wilson S. Arbuthnot, Charles D. Armstrong, 
Michael L. Benedum, Arthur E. Braun, George S. Davison, 
George D. Edwards, A. Rex Flinn, John G. Frazer, James D. 
Hailman. Howard Heinz, James H. Lockhart, Albert J. Lo-