, 1869-06-18
NORTHERN INSANE HOSPITAL.
Meeting OF tho Commissioners
Yesterday.
Opening Of Bids for the Location Of
the Institution
The BauotfnE.

The Commissioner to locale the Northern In
kane Hospital met u the fremont Honse as .
O'Clock Jesterthy morning, pursuant TO theft Nd.
,ournlnent On the 1etk init. All Of the Comtu4A-
Es.oncrs werc present Ga motion, the commis
slon proceeded 70 open the bids which had bsen
rendered from yz4eus cittca md ioxn1 In the
Stare They were Ax IN number, a follows.
EG1N.
The city Of E!g.n coc1: --..-...
Ft5H- The Lowell farm, NirC north M And
rarity within the citJ Mp,ta, md fpniinS on On Fn4
fdyef on the west anA north. The prptertv con.
sts of 50 acrcs and Is convenient 70 never iii.
M wiki is limits camp Ksne snrns. 1nlea. II
1stt, furnished fu11r supply Of Iatef for reg,-
:soa4sd. The Daexets farm, kitua1ed adjacent,
and rarity within tne city liitm Thia pfpner,1
eEhfnces 1l0 acrea In high staie OF cultivation,
snl eonslg19us e nnmesua. lazsc xpr:aes, which
Tktrt. The Chishol,u tarn, ly,ns south of the
city, on the vest bank o. FoI 1ivcr Has one
sprung ol fts oWn. and can be furnished with pure
Sakf TOE an tnt1haratbtc spring from the neigh
boring farm Of James AcE1ro5. There is on the
prsntseh hck klln in full operation; tho Ctuton-
sA!e stone qlafrttS trc but one mile distant and
tnefe u 3nll supply OF esnd on The fEtm itself.
The CITY u Est1 fntthcr guarantees tnat al! mA.
tcflal required for tho erccon o{ the asylum shall
fe transported orer The Chicago Northwestern
Ea1lroa1 Irte OF al expense.
The authorities Of Elgin also eay tha: they a.c
prepared 70 make eEhc1 Of the following pro-
Posals:
I. To convey 70 the State without expense, free
from all incambz1nce. the Losel farm. valaed at
1lsevo. and the hight CT Eprsns water from adJoln-
+ TO convey to the State, HIsaont expense. free
from all enclmt1aacc, he DagKett farm, valued
at s1atoo. With right of water:
3 They propose TO furnish 81 acres Of the ChI1-
holm Farm, value: ut 500 per acre, CT as much "a
the Commissioners may require, and engage to
produce at their own expense the land required
into - ~ etsan. = E & 70 esseaa es aloax sns 1e
&F0ded road 0o The branch OF tue Iire1, nom the
ctntft ci Tic cl15 10 Lac proposed front Of the
lron nrtdSa of The most approved pattern, to con
necf With TIE road, aGd leading to the grounds.
Ibess improvements w R oe rndertahen = an e.
,g.pc lhe water from the McElroy springs 70 any
point on the g7oan<'s tsse Q! expense
The town Of Batavia odcfs i, the State,
Fnst. pot q ground containing 20 acres, At
hse.nd. one hundred ana t1euty acres included
Third. One hundred and rfty acIrs Ia the sar1e
tract for sleo PEI scre-slAooa
f.uttk. Additional :x1t west Of tho plpt named
above az ss2 70 sluo pas Acrc
PRINCETON.
Tie town OF P11ncet-n proposes to dona.e to
the statr 40 acres Of land Known the swift and
GreeEanlirc ta.1ns, and Will -dcurer to the state
any and all t.atetizl needed or rsed IN the eota-
s'!ue1son Of The hoslata from any point on or from
either ttrmlnue OF the Chicago, Burlington d
Quincs Railroad, frcs lruE any expense Tor
freight; md the toRn also guarantees the estah-
st4uH1tuL 0E EAllfQAQ E3&k}GG t0f fn[
.2nding Of the paticutS.
TEK1L~1
The town ot Tstilwa ocetz 70 donate four hun
dred acres on what ta known as prtspect Hui.
and surroundings, suitably dlyidcd into meadow,
arabic, uuber anil table Lands, valley and hilL
sides, With Spring Creek noD1n9 tn1poRh, ac
terms of the beauty aud allptAhillty Of their atte
Nj. u y: Stevens accompanies the proposed DO
nation With Al utIcr 10 supply 5000 merchantable
tlek FOR The asy luni a. 81 per thousand, and Nj.
". D. Whiting Will supply coal at sa-oo per ron.
OTTAWA
The city Q! ottawa proposes TO donate as site
for the asylum 1fs acscs adjoining the city limits
being iota -, :. aad 10 IN TIE sabdtyiaon ot
Range @ esss tai1d ' +. Il. q i"p TIC r.ias ID:
gnos Risc1 aaa - 9oa. @ sosth 81 q ,ne oe otsaVa M
Cour1 Rouse, The city authorities SAY the land
!. nish ana fesa,lIally loca.cl ine Illinois RiSel
running along It's en.tsc 1o1shefn border. Therp
B Oh the grounds an urla!ling spring OF pure
xsteI furnishing aboa, 1000 ha!rcs Per day a
Ee:n Of coal e1t'1ic!ent to supply the institution
t11ned trUm the vcrnEIion mines at f2-50 per ton ;
Gard S ptchstd br'ck can be supplied at fh5Q per
vicinity ior foundation; the cut stone Gu u Eot
~ Joliet: lumber can he bud at Chicago prices:
and the building can bs Lighted with saa from the
city.
Tbs city Of Dixon Oilers to the Commissioners
on Their o*n tcrns cthcz Of tho following tracts Of
First Tie Eyc5eit and sore,and farms, coutaIn-
Ing 10 scrcs, located Oh the north tank Of Rock
River.
!stso,aa. The Van Ep1s Farm, On The soain bank
of Rock River {thc cid Fair RroandsA containing
TAhI; The Truman Farm, On the moth bank OF
Roc1 River, two mica 1fsin the city, containing
ssu acres.
Fourth The Governor Caartrea Fnsn, two anda
hall Ea!!cs fron Dl1oc- on tho uuztn houk Of Rock
NTcr. containing 131 acte8.
The authorities Of the city OF Joliet, II connec-
Gent sna M 70 he cy p . exoeaaa II
acres for the location Of the Intane Hospital, aod
VIII EaAc sEca Improvements In the way Of open
viii render The locaflon easy Of access Tho al.
shor1stes call attention to the many advantages
Possessed ns that city In the beauty md eligibility
c! Their location. the abundant supply Of pure
road. &c
BUSINESS
AHef feAHs0R, eea1liIlX and dIACmS2iup the
st'cve proposals, the t"rn mission took al iulor-
nal ,'allo. with the following result For Elgin,
=: . n1on,2 :: ossaWa. !: joliet, /; Princeton, I;
fIrst formal .4l!t.s- For Egtn, ,; Princeton. 2;
Dixou. = !oA@t, I: BATAVIA !. -
ton, l: Dnta. IA, Joliet, l.
rIeslon. TO taxing The third ballot Commission
CT Patterson offered resolution. that the B7per-
tntendeuts Of thu Illinois Insane Hospital u JACK
souvIlc. the Insane Hospital at Madison, Wtscon-
Etu. anu TIE lnsaut Hospital a. Kalamazoo, Mich,
r invited aaa Requested y vlst the plsecs winch
have MAde application for the location OF the
isuthGEn lusaue Asyluu1, to examine tnG points,
and TO report thc1- ytCE5 10 thts cQU0lS&lon, ut
meeting TO he hereafter called. Laid on ;nc table
-trox.
Tlr third ballot ras then taken with the sa,nc
result hs the second.
Aitcf which the couuLsston adjourned until
s1rtotk
Un rcasse1ahuug, Oh motion Of Commissioner
-Icst5n. they proctctlel to take tho fourth ballot
wItn the &sut result As The third.
Thx Eth lIallot showed tie same result
commissioner Adams, OF DekAib, tncu Offered
1 U~ulu'!ou that iuc acto1 OF the commission
shor}d not be Regarded as anA until all the cond!-
CePted shaal bc Iully cnI41luulcat.L Adopted
reccss " hA1f ah huAr was then taken. On re-
tsseIe!ns a cca- 4th- sth and 9th ballot ioEoFed,
with no chanKe In the result
tnO.htT tlctn3 OF faN HI hour.
al L rsoc& the commission reassena.el aoA
look two niOst tn!lots, h,1h Of which resulted a.
:oEoxs: fcr l.lgtn 1; Princeton 9; Joliet, Y
Dr. Patterson, one ot tat Commissioners, WAS
abscut