Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-12

Tho IaebrIats AsyIuua.
A report has lust been made by the com
mitteo Of the board Of trustees on the tenn
porary Organization Of the State inebriato
asylum. The asylum ls at present located
at Spring Grove, near CatonsVllle, 10 wing
orne building erected for the state Lunallo
aaN|hm. M committee express their dis.
al blhtnlsnl and regect ''that tba fladl1s of
BaIIlmdle, o. rather : psrIl1h dtthetll Thp
| nd Cd renarousAy and eff |lntJ conducIth
tho ATE AR Sn hchalf OF ~ faylum, bal
rSfuaed 10 payoype 10 the aasceiatlon ths
proceeds ofthe fair, unless thea4me should
be accepted by our board ACCOMPANIED with
n condition which directed mode for the
appropriation for the money Wholly fueon.
sistont with the purposes Of the board ylp
1rst invoking the aid ofthd hdies ID theh
behalf" Tho condition referred to, as
shown by tho resolutions adopted by recent
ladies' meeting, uaa thatthe money derived
\ from the fair should DO expended exclusive
II " In the purchase or erection Of permausnt
buildings for the iustltutiou, they holding
that this was the implied pf0mlae oof their
mtecadsnt address before tho faird1 Tbe no.
port q the COMMITTEES Of the trustees goes on
tI1This institulion, having been formed
under al act Of incorporation % this Stats,
haa, for upwards of tUelvd yoara, been en-
gard In efforts to raise mopey BY volnptaFy
subscriptions 10 build or purrhaso an hide
pendent and permanent establishments AZ
an the money they have received Nas Ahked
and givon fbr that pufpoao, emo pan OF n
could BE- pssd for nIung up q Temporary In
atltation, Those contributions have, 90 far,
faflen much below the amount necessary 70
accomplish Tho object Intended noltith-
standing itIis pnroly but slowly beinE apG.
mented By talmpak daily additions 70 II. The
demand upon our alsoeiatop became AZ last
90 preshinR for some Immediate action % 70.
ilievethe urgent hsccsslties dfthoss wbo had
been so long looking to us for sd snt pro,
lection, that onr, board determinAd - take
further delay. With tSis view, Spou our
sppIlctticn, one wing o. the new propossa
asylum at Spring Grove was pushed 10 CON
plstiop, and ,lsndsTsdsTto Va freA ef chAsge,
foT The pqrpose q g qnee eRenipE 9n5 in,.i'
W. should have the ertlaaiys oolaroj Or The
O1ttna huildlng for A laasttwo ynarag and
Ing thus rendered was put IN complsie order
and ready for use without one dolitf Of en-
pHnsR 70 u.s. % nor .sCu. 1Il 70 $40 n0st BgEl
| 1--we have accepted thla generous oioh.
stlll means were needed TO equip tho sstabllsA7
ment and 10 put II into active operations 10
accomplish this sheet al appeal 70 the iHdles
Of Baltimore Tor c6-opdrNeloa ana sd wa
SUGGESTED, and hoourdlngiy The foeondS of
our 9nlelal P5ocSsaiPgs sheE TIA, on ths ~
tsntiou or tho board 10 the great Importance
OF raising ths eum necessary 70 begin our
operations In the north wing oflthe Spring
Grove Asylum, which ohlect he considered
more important at this time, and much more
pressing thHn the efforts Ia hbehnlfi Of the
buildIng fdad, aud suggested that ths ladies'
be appllst to 70 sssist To- The, oelsch2 This
sgggestlop, ras warmly srPpprtedu hy the
and no other miGcntiai fSsuabsfs u the
board wore requested 10 ooufer Nlta somGof
the ladlss ofthe city upon the'suh iseeisT his
wa dpns, and In response 70 this appeal
and 10 the asaiduous Efforts OF our agent, DR..
Danneily, the ladies authorized that RUntlo.
man 70 inform us 20 ouflmeStink Id NuGuat
that Tiny had det0EudinSd v hold . fair for
the efnsnt Of teis asylum IN lhsl foaleEilg
for tho purpose Of more tfecidsiiy cSTryi1t
Into operation their bensyolenl desigus." o. q
Thh project Of TIE fan wa formally &C
oepted ats messing Of the board held on Lhe
50 OF August, 1869, as declared b. resolu-
tion, specially 10 ralse a fund 70 open the
asylum at BpklnG Grove. The CON Hiltles
Etate tho Wiog OF the building stEspTing
Grove, which they Rrs 10 hare; FREE, q
charge, y in complete order for inusdletS
uhN- ENNEy. tAHUubo Nuo hhooClAAlon
viii have 10 incur, IN order % carry %
Spring Grove, II would have also 70 Incur II
Il were occupying ih own estAbllshment,
except perhaps In the sinRle Item qf fuel,
which probably will be greater than II might
/ DO In q smaller house. The present en-.
penses arc 70 be creditad witt the sun which
the association would have TO pay In the
way Of rent II II bad leased n house, or IL
interest upon the cost Of property aud III
Improvement, In caAo II were 10 purehas,
property Of it own, which could hardly cos
less than $4,000 or 800 900. IL this VIep
Of the ease, says tho report, 'Tf sueh an IN
stltutlon should proYeto be suoh a necessity
as we all suppose II is, our income from Pc
uents will reduce our drat upon this fail
fund to almost nothing, and will lndset
probably soon leave Il entirely, ,1ptopshet
stItutlon in motion" 5I T. 81 ~ -
The report is Slgned by DIR. RS. steuart,
Dr.. A. Q. Robinson, Joseph T. smlth, John
Thomson and VIM. Bridges, Gags. As mat.
tiers now stand II wonld appear that the
efforts made by the ladles at the late fsir -
yet avail nothing towards supplying the
Immediate needs OF the lpebriate Is ylum,
though the applications for admission to the
Institution are said TO be numerous. -Bdlh.
more Sun, Fsb. IL. ...' i-ld 3 afIHl ]"