The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-10-30
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| The Directors bad their annual meet
ing on the 10th inst. Present-Sum.
mers, Of Ksnaxha, President; Donehoo
Iof Hancock; Lury. Of Harrison; Wood
Of Hardy, and Arnold and Msttb ew "
Of Lewis.
Mr.. John May, the Building Super
intendept. reported the reservoir fin.
ished and ready for use. Fin built iu
the -msst Substantial manner, of cold
masonry, we'll cemented. The name,
OF emptying it 90 as to clean it in q
short time, adds greatly to its merits.
The plan devised by Dr.. 7Camdeh FOR
drawing the water always from within
two feetof the observation-disclosures
of q flexible discharge pipe, jfioated
with brass ball-is Of the greatest
importance, as the water is procured
above all sediment and impurity. The
capacity OF this miniature lake is about
5000 barrels; and situated as it is ll0&
feet above the building, the water, by
its own gravity, can be thrown over any
part OF the asylum below the clock face.
AS soon as the proper hose is attached
to the different halls, the institution
will be pretty well guarded against fire.
They should be provided and put up at
once-the recent destruction by fire of
the Ohio asylum at Newburg admon.
ishes us of the necessity.
A new boiler, 26 feet long and so
inches in diameter. was bought during
summer. 1t is enclosed by brick ad
dition to the engine house, and is COW
cred with slate. An EarPs steam force
pump is enclosed in the same building,
and is used for forcing the water into
the reservoir. :
New exercise yards have been fitted
up for the purpose Of giving the pa
tients out door exercise and pure air,
and the good effects are very apparent.
The patients generally are in good bod.
lily health, and are bronzed by the sun,
and seem as happy ss one could imagine
under the circumstances. A new fence
encloses the garden and hog lot. A
new cemetery has been enclosed, and
an accurate map of it made out. Each
grave will be marked by the number
by which the patient was admitted, and
any grave can at once be recognized by
turning to the number on the books
Quite a quantity of cut stone is ready
to 90 into the building. Two hundred
thousand brick are made, $500 OIL
lumber purchased, for which the money
is reserved, and a large quantity OF sand
is on theground, all ready for the spring
work
The sum of $75, 900 will be asked for
each year for completing the next Sec
tons; and from the number of applica.
tons in the last year these sections
cannot be completed too soon. DR..
Camden reports $50 applications within
the year, or 124 per month. OF these,
eighty-six have been received. There
are now, as near as he can learn, sew
enty five outside the Hospital, and cared
for in jails and other places. Of these
six or eight are colored. At the rate
of l2l per month, in another year we
shall have $50 more insane'in the State
in jails, &c. This number will likely
be the same every year, aud the sooner
the Hospital is finished the better
both for the State and the unfortunate
insane. In the jails it costs, on an av-
erage, 5000 per week for keeping each
insane person. In the Hospital it costs
this year 81 Is per week per capita.
Strike the difference and we see that
1886 is saved by keeping patient in
the Hospital, where every facility ia
provided for curing. For every 100 in
sane who are kept in jails we paw $685.
500 more than if they were kept in the
Hospital. If for no other reason, the
true economy of the State demands
that the building should be pushed on
to completion. The savings in keeping
alone will in every three years finish a
section OF the building, putting down
each section to cost 100000.
There are from $50 to 375 insane in
the State. Placing the population Of
the State at 100000, and for every
100 persons one insane, we should
have 400 insane in the State. Massa-
chusetts has one in 400, and other
States from one to 500 to one in 1000
So We can congratulate ourselves that
we are not as crazy as other folks.
We understand that the Board OF
Directors very wisely recommended to
their successors the continuance Of Mr..
May in his position of Building Super
iutendent. A more efficient or trust
worthy servant never looked after the
public interests. The very embodiment
OF energy and industry, backed by a
perfect knowledge of his profession,
Mr.. May is just the man for the place,
and we trust that he will continue to
the completion this great structure.