The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-13
THE ASYLUM. y
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A Davis County Man Slaughters
Salt LakaTs by Wholesale.
The Board Censured.

LEltJlS LLcl Qtu+
As the people Of Salt Lake County
are so much exercised and have 80
much to cay about the doings of the
board Of dirgctcTa for the insane ssy-
lum, ;ew words from Davis may
not be out Of place
In your issue Of June 1st salt
Lsker' claims Salt Lake CITY TO be
the railrCai centre OF the territory;
this l fail 10 see, unless be under
stands the U. T., and the O. P, as
feeders to the Utah Central. Now,
always understood tae U. G. r. r
and al other lines in Utah to be just
90 many feeders TO the u. P; tut
perhaps am mistaken.
In the issue Of June An, Penn"
says: Every sensible man IN town
real yes that the city end county Cfi-
cers have made a biunder in allowing
Davis or suy other county 20 get
away with the asylum hnilding 1t
would have pad Is better 10 have
given SO. 900 or SIS, 600 than that any
other place shouid reap the berefits."
| wondered who ''us" meant, and |
finally conc uded that "Pem" ex
pected some sofa o. e fat contract il it |
was decided t. place the asylum in (
salt Lake County; and 90 long as he |
made motley out OF the institution, |
other considerations were of secondary |
importance. 10 tie same issue the |
directors are accused 0! making
"blundeTF;" and that the public will |
not admit that tue judgment OF the
commissioners is good 10 this mat
ter. e de igDating Davis County
Is the place TO locate the asylum.
Now, who are the pubhG2 How many
OF the public have exam ined and
compared tie proposed site in Davis
County with sites IN ether counties?
! presume tina: the site at The mouth
of ShepheId's Canon was decided
upon the grounds Of healthiu ness,
nGap.sbihty TO the purposes of the in
stitutiCn, cost of material for con.
slrGctiun and convenience Of access,
as required by the statute. Health
fitness, convenience of access, and
a5aPia5ility 10 the purposes of the
institution OF that site cannot be de-
Died. AZ to cost of material for con-
structiOn, that can only be deter
mined from estimate; but good rock
for foundation, good brick for the
body OF the building are close by. s
lime within easy distance, and sand
as good rs on the ground, for tae /
digging. Now, l cannot understand r
how you can reconcile the statement
that the site in Davis County possesses
in less degree than any other pre-
sented for consideration, all these
advantages; and doubt If any other
pace can compete with Davis County
III zoe cost or quality Of materials for
construction.
In the isgue Of the 5ih Inst "Pul-
leo" thinks the vote Of the directors
locating the aFyium in the northern !
part OF Davis County, should be
seriously GeConEidered, but gives no
reason for thinking so Perhaps be
has ncne, only en- general principles,
and because the location vac out of
Sal. Lske County | an satisfied he
must be al oUt-and cut Salt Laker: c
che who travels very little, and np- 4
parently does nlt knOE where Farm d
ington is, when be locates it in Tie J
north part of DAVIS County. /
On the 9Th you give more on the Y
asylum, for Sunday reading. You a
are right when you hint tba. Davis .
County was surprised when the vote |
OF the directors located the site for the y
asylum In Davis County. Davis 4
County never presumed 70 expect f
anything oil The kind, 60 long as Salt
LAKE County claimed 4 2 right to it.
Il has become a rule and q custom to
expect al such institutions to be
placed in Sci Lake County, CT,
should say more particularly, Salt
Like City; as they have been for
more than lbITly years. It is q well
known fat thar tribute o2s been paid
20 Salt Lake City by the entire terri
tory; and because this has been done
10 The past, there Is Il certain class OF
individuals who think this should be
continued in the future.
In regard 20 water, Shepherds
Creek cannot be bettered for quality,
and ss for quantity, it Is ample. Il
i. called forty acre water right. II {
| bad such 3 right on Shepherds
Creek | would consider it cspsb.e Of
iru2sting eighty acres for farm pur
poses. Oi course you will say, but
this Is not Tor fam purposes. o. =,
COZ SO It is not, but one fourth Of \
s. puherd's Creek will be ample wafer
lor , tolerab!y large-sized truck patch; II
on ne ether hand, the site proposed
b} Salt Lake County, Dr.. s B. T..
! ag's asylum and grounds, Is =
wa.ered by a small spring. which, by
being piped, ETC., would probably irTi-
gate seven acres. II this is sufficient l;
water for go great and important an Il
institution as the asylum is likely t.
be, I have no more to say, only beg l.
to differ snd think ample water Tor
forty acres better. Another cOnsj-
deralion against DR. Young's place is, I,
it is fully FIVE miles from the railroad.
auj would ueCessitate visitors, Tela-
lions OF friends of the unfortunate
inmates OF such an institution, to be
at the expense OF hiring a conveyance
TO take them to and from; while the {
site in Davis County is within essy
walking distance nom the rsi'rOs1.
On the oh, "QueTist" has some
thing to say. Among other things be .
wants TO know if it Is right that Davis /
County should furnish three out Of c
the seven directors, it having, so he ID
claims, the smallest population. l ii
say if the asylum ia located in Davis
County It is right, becaUse The statute {
SAYS il shall be so; jus! as much right e
as il would be fer Salt Lake County
10 have three directors II the asylum
should be placed il that county.
suppose "Quorist' would Ike 10 be -
one of the board. and thinks be has e
no show if Davis CJnnly should have q
the asylum. he thinks it IS due TO n
The public that the directors make a
statement Why they chose the Shep- 4
herds Canon ste in preference TO any
other. and presumes and indmatel
that the board were interested il the
furnishing OF labor, material, etc. I I
THU k "QueTist" can be clsssed with 5
the other writers I have referred to; /
he is interested in The dollar and cent \
part of the decision. l think such {
men. if they were residents OF any
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