p. 15 | The Florida Sanitarium by R. W. PARMELE

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 27, 1908

The Florida Sanitarium

By R. W. PARMELE

We are glad to be able to present herewith some views of this new institution. The building shown in the accompanying cut contains twenty-one rooms. With the expenditure of about one hundred dollars we shall be able to equip this building with a complete treatment-room outfit, which we already have. With this building and the five cottages, we shall be prepared to accommodate twenty patients, which no doubt will be ample room for the first year.

The landscape view, with the lake in the distance, was taken from the upper front balcony of the sanitarium building, looking eastward. We mean, as far as possible, to go on a strictly cash basis; and while the building we now have is not all that we would like, we expect to make it answer until such time as we are financially able to construct a better one. When that time comes, we expect to build fronting on the beautiful lake, and use the present building for a helpers' dormitory.

The two lakes on the premises are fed by springs, and the water is pure and soft. The smaller one is reserved for our water-supply, but the one of which a view is given will be used for boating and bathing.

To the rear of the main building is a plat of twenty acres, fronting on the hard road-bed from Orlando to Winter Park. A trolley line was surveyed along this road from Orlando to Sandford some time ago. We are platting this twenty acres, and will sell it out in building lots. A number of these lots are already spoken for, and we are sure they will all soon be sold. In view of the very low price at which we secured this property, the money realized from the sale of the lots will go a long way toward liquidating the original cost of the whole.

One hundred sixty acres of land has been donated to us, to be sold, and the proceeds used in building up this institution. Two very fine orange groves are also offered for sale to help the institution.

We shall open for patients on October 15, and shall appreciate it if our brethren will call the attention of their neighbors to this institution. We expect also to have some cottages to rent to tourists coming here to spend the winter. All communications relating to the institution and its work should be addressed to the Florida Sanitarium, Orlando, Fla.

Brethren, remember this, the youngest sanitarium among us, and pray that God may make it efficient in spreading this last message of mercy.

R. W. PARMELE.