The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-12-11


lions were al that time made for the Indian
aDolis market. The quotations for "shipping
cattle" at Chicago and st. Louis were as fol-
July 8, 1873, the date OF purchase: Chicago,
s.!O to $50; ST. Louis, $50 los5.
q, august l. the date of firet delivery: Chicago,
u 81 TO 50 p; st. Louis s475 TO IS.
september 2, date of c)nd delivery: Chi
eago, "a TO stSO; 81. Louis not given.
from this statement OF prices IL appears
that the average market quotations on the
date of purchase, July g. 1875. was s4921S--or
Ia cents above the price paid-and that the
average OF all the quotations for July d, Au-
gust and September 2, the ties of purchase
ana delivery was s4.7S, OF cents above the
price paid.
1t Is also well known to producers and stock
men that the higher quotations of the Indian
sp .,, stock market refer 70 a lower grade of
OF shipping cattle" are not governed by these
quotations, but by the quotations of chicago
ana st. Louis AT the time OF making this
does before purch asing cattle, OF several other
stock raisers none of which We're below the
price then paid.
THE EMPLOYEES.
The report refers at length to the necessity
OF having good corps of ward attendants
and other employees in an institution of the
kind. They say:
In referring to the pay roll for October. filed
with the auditor OF state, Won will find the
aggregate amount of wages paid s2,776.69. This
month may be taken as an average for the
of the superintendent, sl66.66. Next the two
assistant physicians receive 500 each, and
the steward receives sS3.33. AS TO the other
gets $50 per month; the four next highest get
seven SIS; twenty-five $50; sixteen Sis; three
sl7; ten sl6; thirty five Sli: ten sl2; sixteen
Sll; seven so; one S., anc two s22, the number
belng ia some ofiwhOm were paid only for the
traction OF month, the number constantly
employed being little less.
CLOTHING.
The.total amount of the clothing account
collected by the treasurer of state is placed
upon his books TO the credit of the institution
and is drawn upon by our board precisely in
legislature. No part of the fund, however, is
levied for or appropriated by the state. 1t
comes con wholly from the patients or the coun-
at any time, custody thereof. The amount
credited this year has been sl5,7 1850, at an av
6n S9f9 OF S9@
priced articles have been purchased for the
use of patients of the more wealthy classes,
cheerfully pay the bills. These facts ought TO
satisfy the lnquiring minds of some persons
who are ANXIOUS to know why few pair of
ladies' slippers have been bought at $50 per
pair, and paid for by such patients as wanted
them.
REPAIRS.
The years appropriation for repairs was
$4,000, of which s9,s7S.62 have been expended
the balance lapsing to the treasury I'M
drawn. Ii requires considerable expenditure
to keep up the repairs OF the buildings, as they
have great c4pacity-an immense exposure
ana are cut up into more than five
hundred apartments, having the modern
conveniences OF steam heating, water,
baths, Closets and much else easily impaired.
The occupants crowding every part of the
house at all times, aud often destructive, are
always Indifferent as to its preservation. We
estimate the original cost of the building at
S5OO,0O0, and believe that IL will never require
less than from one to two per cent on this
amount to keep everything in good order
that is, from So 600 to $4,000 year.
MAINTENANCE.
This includes all the expenditures of the in
stitution actra ally met by the state, except for
repairS-clothing being paid for by the counties
or the patients through their legal representa-
The appropriation for the year was $4,000
of which sl07 ,227.l2 have been expended, and
Sl2772.oS returned to the state.
The daily average number of patients for the
year having been 6l7, ii follows that the cost of
each patient per annum has been sl7377, and
that the cost of each patient per week has been
So "a tor maintenance, which we believe is as
cheap as a good hospital can be maintained.
A comparison of the years 1855 and 1873, as to
expenditures, may be made from the follow
ing statement:
Average number of patients............... IT'S
Whole cost of mainten8nce.............s So 632 Al
Cost OF each patient per year SlS3 81
Cost OF each patient per week.-.--........ IS 81
1873.
Average number ofpatients................ 6l2
Whole cost of maintenance. .227 IL
Cost of each patient per year...........-. Sl73 a
Cost OF each patient per week.,........... s. "a
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The report refers to the improvement in
the wafer supply by the sinking of deep
well, and the accounts, vouchers aud modes
OF payment. They also call atten ton to the
insecurity of the moneys of the institution
under what seems to be the financial system
of the state. They say:
The treasurer of state is ex officio the treas.
urer of the hospital, the custodian of all
moneys appropriated for its uses by the state,
and thus far rightfully subject to our super
vision. The penalty OF the bond of this officer
is only sl0O,OOu, while the funds in his hands as
shown by his monthly statements often
amount to from $4,000 to Sl,00O,00O.
The annual appropriations for this
liabilities. He could therefore If so disposed,
default at any time in any sum ranging from
four hundred thousand to eight hundred thou
sand dollars, for which the state would have
no security whatever, and thus leave this in
stitutlon wholly without support. Nor is this
state auditor. The nenaitv of ms bond is only
ten thousand dollars, while he virtually con-
trols all of the funds of the institution.
with impunity a fraudulent warrant on the
treasurer against the funds OF the hospital,
for any sum, in favor of whom he might
pay 1t. without knowing if il were genuine or
not. In this way the bulk of an appropriation
might with ease be squandered by the NAL
teasance of a single person, without the
knowledge of the treasurer or ourselves,
THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
The superintendent, Orpheus Everts, in
his report, gives the movement of popula-
ton as follows:
In hospital November l. 1877 6l4
Admitted within the year.....................41 40
Whole lumber treated. ,0S4
DAILY average. 9H
Discharged-recovered .............. 273
Discharged proved 5000. 81
Dicharged-not Improved ~
Discharged-not 4
,...... . 50
fetal. ..............-.. . 470
Remaining in hospital. 6l4
The daily average for the year has exceeded
that of any former year. the house having