Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-19
BeneYolent institutions,
From the Governors Message.

From the Governors Message.
The reports Of the trustees Of the
several Asylums which are submitted to
you, show all these institutions to be IN
good condition, and to the extent OF
of their capacity, doing thoroughly the
work committed to them by the State.
The current expences of sustaining
them have been very nearly the same as
the last wear, and the estimates for the
year to come are similar in amount. The
very general opinion that the cost OF
living would before this be materially
reduced has been disappointed, and al
though the expenditures of these institu-
tions are considerably greater than was
formerly the case, believe that honesty
and careful economy is used in their man.
agement, and that the increase of cost is
not propotionally greater than in private
families.
All mechanical work has been emdar-
rassed by the very high prices of labor
and materials, and the progress made has
been fully as great and as satisfactory as
could reasonably be expected. The foun-
dations and basement stories of the ex-
tentions of the Lunatic lAsylums at New
burg and Dayton. have been built and
the additions when complets viii
be harmonious with the origin 3
and plans, and will SO greatE g,
the capacity of those institut d
am hopeful that a large propo
chronic insane who are now
wretched existence in the c. gr
Houses, may find accOmm' dat al.
The condition of this unfortS IS
is graphicly described in the ghe
Sur 5eon General, to whiciK &ly
beg you attention. 1hos en-
who are simply demcnte all.
times harmless. may perhaI well
provided for in the County IL sas
elsewhere; but those who arc scttoi
fits of mania, who tear off their cloth
ing, and attempt violence upon heir at
tendants or upon themselves, viii almost
always be found reduced to the condi-
tion of mere beasts in a cage, unless they
are brought under the systematic and
scientific treatment which can only be
obtained in the regularly organized asy-
lums. ] believe the Medical Superinter-
dent of our Insane Asylums generally
agree that the present system in use in
this State is all that is necessary, if the
scale of Accommodations be so increased as
to receive the additional numbers, and
that the classification of patients can be
more satisfactorily made under it, than by
an erection of separate asylums for incur
ables. 1t is expected that statistics on
this subject will be laid before you early
in the session, and your humanity will
prompt you to efficient action.
The new Asylum for idiotic children
has so far progressed, that the general
features ofthe design may be seen. With
out sacrificing economy in arrangement
or material, the plan selected by the
Trustees combines dignity of form and
well chosen groupings of the parts of the
building, which will make it one of the
most attractive of the public institutions
in appearance, and one which will un-
doubtely be exceedingly well adapted to
its uses
The Trustees of the Institutions for the
Blinb Win lay before you their reasons
for concluding that the plan contemplated
last year of building am addition to the
Asylum would not produce satisfactory
results. a- s'
The Aeylum for the Deaf and Dumb
approaches completion under the care
of the able Superintendent Architect
originally entrusted, with the work. His
report is appended hereto and furnishes
full details of the progress of constitution
and of the estemates for its completion.
The great advantages of the ample room
provided in the design, and its necessity in
view of the increase OF the class educated
there, are now apparent.
The crowded condition of the build
ing calls for haste in the completion of
the work, and as the portion Off can
properly go on during the winter, |
would recommends partial appropriation
at an early day so that the labor may
not be suspended. ~
In addition to the buildings erected
by the State for benevolent Institutions,
Hamilton county has purchased and re-
fitted at an expense of twenty thousand
dollars, suitable building adjacent to
the Longview Lunatic Asylum, and con-
nected it with the Institution, under the
same management, as an Asylum for the
Insane among the colored people of that
county.