The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-25
other hospitaIs % the sind. ours shaII

other hospitals of the kind, ours shall
be made place of temporary residence
aud treatment for such as are cltrGbLe
it1itd cured, and then with such as prove
70 be incurable, removed, giving place
10 others, we shall do as much for this
unfortunate class ofour people as the
rest oi our country are doing.
but Dr. Hills to make out an abso-
iuie necessity for the lrhoLe building
pelng completed, seems to ignore rota-
ton or discharges, and dTalIs alto
gether. on making provisions ample
enough for all present and future cases
as permanent residents; and the Board
endorses his views fully, as viii he
seen by reference to that report. Al
page 5 they say they convened last
spring soon after the Legislature ad-
journed and resolved TO proceed and
2Hish the FIRST section adjoining that
already occupied, and then apply the
remainder of the $75, 900 10 constructing
the next adjoining section, At page 9
they say this first section" will be
completed by May or June next, and
will accommodate about 100 additional
patients, and that to complete il for
their reception will take ali but Sc, 900
of the ST5, 900, and that this Sc, 600 they
propose to expend ON the ''next sec
ton" as above mentioned, which will
extend to the. centre building, which
their architect, and they approve his
views, says should be built at the same
tiDle-though contrary 10 DIR. Kirk
brides plan as before stated.
On this statement, 1 presume, they
induced the present Legislature to ap-
propriate 100000 more, making the
entire appropriations for the purpose
of construction merely three hundred
and 7linety-ttpo thousand three httTldred
and sixteen dollars and SeUenty-ei0ht
cents, and as il takes $4,000 to finish
what they term section first" it will
probably take the remaining 81, 900
with the remaining 100000 10 build
and complete what they term the "sec-
ond section, F" which is to extend to the
centre or main building, leaving this
and corresponding wing still TO be
erected, which at the rate of the cost so
far will make the whole structure,
least, and ought to accommodate 500 10
600 patients, II number which every
BODY says is twice too large for any one
establishment. And our present Leg
tslature appear to have appropriated
the 500, 900 and committed themselves
to the magnificent humbug without
having called those in charge TO strict
account tor the past, without debate
even, and with as little concern or fore
cast apparently as they would take a
pinch OF snuff! This is the language
of the Boards report, after stating how
fast our people are going crazy, viz
The speedy completion of The entire build
ing is therefore an actual necessity" 1
have never seen the building, nor a
plan of it, but presume they mean by
the term "centre building" what DIR.
kirkbride describes it to be, viz: the
main building with two corresponding
wings extending from it in opposite
directions.
Now L do not know how much our
public servants may feel the want of
such extensive accommodations in this
respect. l feel assured our people have
no idea of turning all crazy at present,
much longer.
Very Respectfully, G.P.
February %, 1867.