, 1869-06-26
ELGlN
Northern Insane 14osrttnl-Cook
County Iu.nnc Hospital.

County 1ukAnE Ii hQkfttAla
seecla, Despatch to The Chicago Tribune,
ELGls, June T.
The Commissioners for locating the Northern
lasane Hospital, and tic Commissioners for To-
,.a,.pg the Cook Couuty iDsaur Hospital, reached
,ats ctr last evening. aud are quartered at the
Tavesiy House. To ttay tne TWO Commissioners
lave been attending to their duties, the result Of
which g1ve below: ..
Yesterday, na you have stated IN THE TRIBusE.
tne Commissioners to sucatr thu Northern Insane
Hoarital met at the fremont House, aud dec!aetl
IL nlaio.1ty yote OF the ruttre commission 10 ac-
tcpr the proposals. offered from th,s city. 1hey
then adjourned TO meet here " II octock tnis
1bree farms cnerrI hy. the authorities OF
Ltgtn thouid be accepted 1t was the intention OF
lhe commission to repeat fhet Visit 70 sacn q ne
weather, the idea Was abandoned. At O'Clock
TIE commission came together, Commissioners
bryant, Mattson and Patterson being absent 4
t1ouon was naic, and unanimously adopted, that
the Chisholm Farm te accepted ln accordance
with the proposals 1lade ~ the Authorities & Of
xo1tn Of Elgic, Oh The west ftde o! FOX River. and
contains eighty hcres, and, IN andttion 70 which
miss.ohera may rraurr. all as q gratuity. These
grounds gradually INV. irt'n the river Gank until
ihrs reach an altitude o1 suoas sixty feet above
nile from tue r1ser, At tbs point It Is proposed
70 locate the buildings. The farm has one spring
e|erst ID Of about 1f1y fee: above Tic proposed
ocat1or o Inc buildings, Is large and !nexhaust-
lble spring, known as the AcElroy Spring, which
the ciiJ Of Elg1Q guarantees shall be secured 10
tue use OF the hospital free iron all expense to
the Ssnte. There Is on tho farm hstck-1tln in
nu; ope nile dssan1, m and III mi supply Of aaad
Oh the farm ttse1. Tue city Of EeStn also engage
70 secnre, at tts Owl expense, the land required
roE tf.. approach to the fAEtn, and make the aane
INTO Vt elegant park, to extend along the bank Of
.he ns. r. With 9 well grated roatl from III centre
4! NE s to tne PROPOSED srons of The the hospital M
eonnec, with the roai leading to The grounds,
m es1lmated expense VI &a~l,Vva- The cit5 Of El-
co also guarantees that Ill material required for
:ae erection Of the hospital naild'1gs ns, saa le
Railroad free OF expense. These ale the terms
on which the location Las been made, aud the
Stale may lie regafded ~ fortunate in securing
excellent ! !Oca.1on u1 terms III favorable
CooE coCsrf INSANE HoslTTA.
GooA Gonn'E " IL thls .ns has ese. one han-
Vile, at,ut ninety in the Poor !1onsc At teaerson
and nearly one huhlrel 1noEe outside of any "a
,!.r tness scrcumstzaess tsc hoard Of Supervisors,
al their last meeting, pa~sed resolutions 70 bnun
40 lnsaos nosps It. LOT 11 sf,
Is prerRred- This, the b asd deemed, would be
:N preferable 10 coutlnnluE connection, - here.
1ofolc, With The 5.ai- 1ussiiution, from the TACT
:hpt when tae contemplated Northern lusanc
Hospital and the Southern Insane Asylum afe
completed, the caraei:y bf the ta1ee insatauons
% entirely Inadequate to the necessities Of the
class OF unforfunRies 3ho will be entitled u ther
noSpttaIttr: and that Es consequence CooE
County viii have 10 naluialn large number o1t-
Htte OF these State 1nsstsu1ions~
TO c&t3y out the intent Of the resolutions
passed ~ the Boa7t Of Supervisory nine Of tnetr
number, Including the County CLERK, were appoint
I'd 4 commission to locate the County Insane Hos
u.taL The following SureTvfsoaa compose the
commission; D. s. Hammond. r. E. GRAY, ]. Il.
Ila5don T. NJ Thompson, Leopold Msyer tIeofge
Ocr.r1, n. s. Ki1slct. Patrick brannan and F.
s Solomon, County Clerk.
On yesterday the commission Visited the Poor
Farm 1T Jefferson and Last night Visited tnls CITY,
This morning they vielLed the taFEu Of D. I. Ham
Iuopd, located IN the town ol Hanover, IN COOK
CT EEtn. 51r: uRmmoDd's farm contains $50
acre4 mostly devoted to The dairy ouatnesA II
nas cEst-class cheese factory On Il II ls apen.
did place In every vrespect-beRutNuuy t1iEefslnfd
ny hill, valley and nin1n: M abundance OF Ha1eft
rnc forest trees, etc Ar. Hammond proposes 70
p1ta1, II the county feels disposed TO buy i a. =
moderate figure. II this p!ace should be selected
and the Cook County spita1 located al the polnt
proposed, II will he only about one nile 1lssant
from the stte selected foe the Northern Insane
Hospital, and These tH Institutions Will be within
highly gratt1ed With the location and the sttu1-
uon and It Is not improbable that this will te the
point n1ed upon for the Couk County Insane Hos
pitxl The commission gu to Thornton to-rnor-
row TO look at = proposed Htte there.
HORTICULTURAL PAIR, ETC
The Horticultural Fair closed here this noon by
the awarding Of nrcmlUnR, md goods were r.
moved. The people generally congratulate them-
selves upon the eactess OF tae enterprise, and Il
has greatly increased the !ntcrcs. In the cultiTa-
uOn Of fruits and nowcrA The rain continues to
t61l ana threatens to ser1ousJ 1n1ure the growing
crops.