Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-11-24

commended BY members of each House for
its brevity and lack Of party spleen.
A subjecs f3r the Consideration of
Qur. Law Makers
Speaking oi the destruction ofthe Cen
tral Lunatic Asylum, the Cincinnati Gazette
says: ,HHAln bflh
"a more melancholy illustration of the
folly of building crowded public In
sstitutio1 where, persons and property
may fah victims to fire, could hardly y.be at
forded. We trust that our law-makersI
will take the hint in respect to the location
otneg institutions of the kind"
This Is as much as to say, that the eree-
ton of the Central Lnnatic Asylum in this
city was a ssmelancholy illustration of
folly" and that Cincinnatiuis the place
where such an fnstitdtfon would be, abso-
lutely, safe, How safe Q, place Cincinnati
would 9e'for such an institution, is Illus
Grated IA the Pfact that . couple of years
ago the magnificent and costly Pixies Opera
5Honss took fire, which, with the entire
block, was consumed, despite the lauded
iGWater Works, Fire Department and Police.
or Cincinnati. iThatfife alone gave over to
dtiestructiohp sinfiniteIy aagreater amount of
iproperty than that which was destroyed in
the Iuhatie Asylum fire. We concur with
the Gdsstte thatsrour law, smakersp should
s%9rtake the hint in, respect TO the location of
new institutions of the kind" to locate
them where their safety would be assured
ias much as possible. II Is thirty years
Isinee the Central Lunatic Asy yluml was
SGfrst thrown open TO the reception of
patients,u The fact that this institationl
stood seo long without sustaining injury
from fre OF from other cause, attests the
wisdom of1ts being established in this city,
There was defect in its construction, in
80 iar that if had not even fire wall with
n IN f. An institution OF THIS kind should
De apsoiutety snre PROOF and we trus t
tnat tne Leglslature IN ordering It's recon.
hstructlon Will make provision that it
oDshaN DO 80 construceee.I ~ lake tne pop ula-.
nons INTO account and there Is not any
~ "l'nln sne o'aee oi d onlo 1l more
aae'es ~ e.ueriy place stnah Ooiumoa US, nor
bions y Tp,on plopsr'y u al kinos Is more
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.minent n i'm mnortance
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= - ae,o e oeosme .se wi,oess morse
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- ms s,easmen'. inc Newark papers can
LII. y. =, ,as' a. .nss place, nolulhs u., 0a'
3's1 3ns sn lnaacenens cnesp ianus' cneap paliu-
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Viz must DC. recoiieeted that the State
owns the laha on wnicn tne Asylum stood.
Considerable OF this building yet remains
whole and sound; 1t win be cheaper
thefefors. to rebuild 1t on Its present site
than to build it elsewhere. Perhaps Zanes-