Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-27
NUMBER l25.

port put their action uuof, If. Eand4b;nk
it would make better Rim. a sSIfi5
anc tnae so much money could be real
lzed from the sale of the present Blind
Asylum and portion Of the Luuatic
Asylum grounds. That matter was mot
before the committee. ), But in recon-
mending this they did. not consider that
the Blind Asylum property might, upon
sale by the State, revert back to the
original owners. I thought it my duty
some days ago to read the deed for that
ground in the hearing of the members of
this House, and think the reading of it
was satisfactory. There is cloud upon
that title, to say the leasths If title
was given. in the ordinary transactions
of life for property for any express use
and purpose therein expressed, and the
deed should say, il. was for that use and
purpose expressed alone, I ask. if any
man would buy that ground. Certainly
no lawyer would advise him to 90 SO.
But the committee think that so 50 much
could be saved in rebuilding the luna
tic asylum for blind asylum! Well if
there would be SO much saved in recon-
structing it for asblind asylum, why
would there not be this great saving In
reconstructing it for a :lunatic asylum?
The argument, if it proves, anything,
proves too much. for, them Again, if
the entire material Of the old Central
Asylum were, sold, any, practical man
knows that to remove the rubbish of an
old building costs more than the value of
the materials. sio3gse1fi rfIoisa.si@aW
This old building would mot do'for
private residences. Portions of the ma
terial might be used, but if sold it must
be sold IN mass to some man of large
means. 80 1888 1sf ..s5 s.gl II a,,cs
If it should be determined to remove
the location of the Lunatic Asylum, there
are men ON the one and the other sides of
the river here who want to sell their farms,
and / suppose we will have another COM
mittee of specialists-as nobody but
specialists seem to have right to Judge
in these matters-tog go and See this farm
and the other. and report in favor of this.
that or the other man who may yHhave the
most influence on the committee, to when
the State must pay perhaps twice as much
as the land is worth, in addition to which
mustbe added the enormous expense of
erecting upon it asbuildingl at d cost of L
million, ora million and half dollars.ss
But Ifsar that if change: of llocas
tion is agreed, to-. that the idea is to .re-
move it from this portion, of the State.
I represent a, county whose interest, is to
have it remain here, where it, is easy of
access from all parts of the district, and
in healthy location, where it has been
successful beyond all other institutions
of the kind heretofore, and extensively
copied in other States. We have q
healthy lecationAthe .healthiest, 1t It is
said. in or about the city4well' drained,
beautifully adorne dwith all the outbuiid-
ings and appliances necessary for the
highest degree Of success in the amelios
ration Of the condition Of that class sse
strongly demanding our attention. This
institution has been successful heretofore,
on its present site-it can be made 50
again. If its present management is
correct, of which i have no cause to
doubt, it can be continued.d Ifznot, 1t
can be changed.Tsdi esai sse.3 10 al sssz
At all events, Mr.. Speaker we can
save to the State at least half a. miE
lion of treasure, do justice to, ourselves
and to our constituents, and provide
what is sadly needed-sooner than we
can in any other ,way-accommodations
for those Goods unfortunates !" who
seem to be the especial charge of my
friend from Warren.