The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-03-25

ACfco iOl PorfNi iotpSt f.pN TttSStSyft
bupdred (l00) acres for the build
ings, pleasure grounds, roadways,
&c. In connection with such. a
site, there should be an abuldSnt
supply Of good water.
Tho asylum buildings should be
Thoroughly constructed and made
| perfectly IRE proof 1t should be
built after the most approved
modern plan, complete in its ar
rangements for heating and ven
tilation, its lodging rooms Of ample
size TO give TO- the patients each
Their full quota Of good air to
breathe, 10 fine, let every part Of
III be adapted to the comfort, hap
piness aad cure ofits patients.
Having thus briefly stated some,
Of the principal points necessary
| in a location and site, together
with a general outline ofthe plan
forthe asylum building, let Bus in
Iquire in the next place, if we have
lin tho old site and in the old plan
the elements desirable for a model
institution, such as onean the State
requires. sga ~ .gge f'll
The present location is in the city,
and composed Of sixty-fve (65)
acres ofland only II is surround
ed with city buildings, It has no
quiet retired waiks, the inmates
heretofore, when taking their ont
door recreation. were exposed to
the gaze of fcurious people, and an
noyed with the coarse language
and rudo manners Of bad boys. -
i The grounds are yeryddt and wet,
composed of a very dense tough
clay, and the wells which furnish
the drinking water are frequently
, filled with surface water.
Drains and sewers cannot be
+ made with u fall of over one inch in
erery (l0) feet, making gitimpossible
; to secure good effective drainage
The old walls are still standing,
but of necessity much injured by
tho intense heat of the conaagra.
tion.
Bdtsuppose the walls and found
ations we're uninjured by the fire
would tho old form and size be the
approved plan Of the present timei
| answer, unhesitatingly, Mol
The old iormis that of aquadran'
gle with q central wing, 10 which
are the kitchen bakery, laundry
machine shop, boiler house, carpen
+ ter shop, &c, giving the .wors
shape possible for quietude ant
natural ventilation.
! The internal arrangements wer'
too contracted. the sleeping room
very small, halls, and day room
imperiectly planned, and many ar
rangements in connection will
them very Objectionable. lfin re
construction, proper plans are mad
Q for heating and ventilation, tn
G size of the sleeping rooms and hall
will be still further contracted b
/. tho increase in the thickness Of th
t. walls TO provide for proper fue
If for that purpose. Originally
d radical mistake was made in Tn
excavations for the basement G
d the asylum, placing its floor on
}. grade three feet below the surface 9
W the ground, making it inpossibl
: to perfectly drainit it. This mistak
N canpot be corrected ifthe old wall
d or any portion of them are used !
a reconstruction.
o. The capacity of the old asylur
8. was for three hundred (300) pa
Il. tients. 1t can hardly be expecte
st that in it's reconstruction any al
IN tempt win be made to increase il
le size upon its present site, and il no
60 its capacity will tall far short
Ds meeting the presentdemands 9TH
o.. district
Let us next inquire how the ia
be question is going to stand. In di
n. cnssing such matters as these, IL
d, words expenditure and econon
4 should not be forgotten. Let
re- have report from figures and thl
On arrive at results.
On lsr. What will be the cash ou
lay, If the State rebuild the o
st ,odtiS, making such additions at
10 modern improvements as are d
ne manded to make respectable az
in comfortable Institution for the ~
nd commodation of three hundred (3O,
IS. patients? 'il
nd The cost Of fourteen (l4) acr
re additional land will be abouttwe
,is Iity fivethousand (25, ,OO0) dollars.
Expenditure for reconstructio
,ss not less than two hundred ar
me seventy five thousand (275,OOl
- dollars 1myarnl4 sfEh' 'g9i
ne Total cost, not including valne
I'M old site. three hundred thousar
ty (300,OO0) dollars al staagal
"a. I'd. Whatwill be theicost OF nc
site composed of two hundr'
Il (2OO) acres OF goodland, and an'
nv Asylum, complete. for ,threshu
in. dred (3O0) patientsGoa sr pei
Two hundred acres Of land "
nd cost lhirty-Gve thousand $500
Of dollars. A new Asylum built pt
ch fecilg fire proof and every way
ire model, ,cih cost net to erceed thr
II hundred and fifty thousand (3b'
ad OOn) dollars, making a total &C
IN of three hundred and eighty e
w thousand (3S50OO Deduct fic
ity this sum the cash value of the
.es; site and old materials tco huadT
althousdnd1( GOO. .O0O) dollars, and
- fiud tho cash outlay fornetc site a
reIl nee Asylum to be Oniy one hgndI
,ue and eighty fce thousand (ls5,Ot
ect dollars ~ g@.-g-
- | .l.taa.fL. Ga.