The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-23
THURSDAY, Sept. "a, 1876.

THURSDAY, Sept. "a, 1876.
Bnnrd met pursuant To adjournment.
Present same as yesterday Minutes o
yesteid days proceedings read and approved
On motion Of Supervisor Flaherty, the
question OF readjusting the town line be
i tween the towns OF Mission and Worthwhile
on he Congressional line was called W
and, on further motion. its further const
Grafton b, this Board WINS dismissed.
The hour having arrived tor considering
ne question of InstruCung the committee TO
settle with the county officers to investigate
and report at this term, the same was taken
np tor consideration and the vote adopting
the motion WAS re considered, wbereupOn
f. G. Lewis then moved as a substitute
that the committee on fees and salaries be
Instructed TO investigate and report salaries
and allowances for the various county off,
GERS whose terms begin 10 December next.
which motion was adopted.
supervisor Nlchol, chairman of the COM
mi,ter on railroad equalization, submitted
The following report, which, on motion, was
adopted, viz:
To tue chairman and Gentlemen of tie
| tie Board of Supervisors: Your committee
| 10 whom was referred the resolution OF Su-
| pervisor Walker. relating TO the improper
| assessment practlced bp some Of the Asses
! orq. beg l., ave 10 offer the following report,
| viz:
That they have had the same under con-
sheraton and recommend ITS modification
to read as follows:
WHEREAS, II has been the practice OF
some OF the Assessors of this county to as
sess property lar below It's cash value. and
also to neglect or refuse TO assess all the
property in their respective townships,
therefore, be 1t
ReSolced, That this Board will hereafter
return the books to all such Assessors with
Instructions to reassess according 20 law.
J. T. NICHoL, Chairman.
Supervisor Flaherty. chairman Of the
pauper committee, submitted the following
report OF the Superintendent Of the Poor,
which, on motion, was ordel ed to be spread
upon the r. cord., and the same Is 10 the words
md figures following, to.wit:
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors of
La Sale County;
Since my last annual report To your hon.
orsble BODY we have removed the Occu-
pants OF the old County Asylum to the
new, located 215 miles west OF the city of
Ottawa. II being completed and ready for
occupation the last day OF November. On
the first day OF December we procured
couveyauces and brought the inmates all
sa'ely down, opened the building and COM
meuced Immediately preparing for winter.
AS there were no Outbulldings on the prem
Uses except a small barn. we at once com
menced bulldlng such as was absolutely ne.
cesssry for our comfort and convenience.
and have at the present time nearly all that
will be needed for some time to come. IL
was so late In the season before we came IN
possession OF the property that we had no
time to test any OF the machinery for heat
ing, ventilati3R or lighting the building.
But intent upon our duties assuming q re.
sponslblllty that we would have been glad
TO have placed upon other shoulders but
could not.) From the first day that We
placed fire under the boilers, which was the
twentieth of November, until the tenth Of
April last, when We pu. out the fires. the
house with its long corridors and multitude
of rooms vas kept at a uniform heat. night
and day, of about 65 to 20 degrees, and the
inmates made as comfortable as In sum
mer day.
The cost per day for fuel TO heat the 10.
stitstion and to cook for the inmates has
averaged $225. Now how much more 1t
has cost 10 heat by steam than by stoves l
am unable to say, IS II would have taken
sixteen stoves to have heated the sixteen
different apartments that are in the build
ing. But, taking into account the entire
safety, the cleanliness. the uniformity OF
heat, together with the fact that all the cor
ridors IN the building were thoroughly
warmed, makes II difficult to estimate the
value 10 dollars and cents. In having an IN
sttution like this. containing sixty insane
persons, besides old and infirm people, kept
constantly warm aud perfectly safe from
DIRE through she long winters We have IN
this climate look upon the heating sppa-
ratus NJ decided success The pys ma
chine for manufacturing gas upon the prem.
ses has furnished US with besatful light
At cost OF 20 GEMS per day. Wei keep nine
lights burning all night one 10 each corrl
dor OF the insane Department ana some six
others during The evening tor the use Of the
wsrden's family an the rooms in the base.
ment. II has never f'lcd to furnish US all
the light needed, and II. great convenience
and perfect safety ADDS largely 10 its value.
II has fully come W " the guaranty gwen
by the inventor The ar'esian well still
continues to send its pure water into the al.
tic of the building. filling the large reser-
volr from which all parts of the building
are abundan,ly supplied. We have now
eighty inmates IN the institutlonffty-
three males and ,wenty.seveu females. Ma
tionslites as follows: Irish. so; American.
II; German, Z; Scotch, 8; French, .. Nor
weaisn, l. OF this number So are insane,
3 simple, and diotlc, leaving only ninteen
sane persons IN the institution NJ the pres
ent time. Our numbers are slmoS; double
what they have ever been before At this
SEASON Of the year, the result OF the resnlu-
ton passed by your honorable body, reauir-
Ing all paupers with lew exceptions To be