Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-08
Routine Report.

hCHtiNc hepOr.
Senate met at 10 O'Clock. Devotional exer-
cises by the chaplain Roll called and journal
approved.
Senator Crooks offered resolution for the
appointment of an additional page. Senator
Kinds gave notice of debate.
CHICAGO ST. PAUL Il OMAHA RAILROAD.
Senator Castle called up the bill authorizing
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis q Omaha
Railroad company to purchase and own the
st. Paul & Sioux City railroad, and the two
bills accompanying it relating to that corpor-
alton, and moved that they be passed under
suspended rules Pending the call of the roll
on The passage OF the bill, explanation of the
effect of the bill having been asked, debate
took place between Senator's Castle and Kinds,
Mr.. Castle taking the ground that the bill was
all right and contained nothing extending the
powers or privileges of the old company,
while Mr.. Kinds contended that by reason of
the sale of the road the vast land grant of the
Sioux City road would he liable to taxation
and the bill was intended to relinquish that
right on the part of the State. The bill was
lost; yeas, Is; nays, II. The vote by which
the bill was lost was recOnsidered and all three
of the bills were referred to the committeesof
the whole.
NEW OFFICER.
Senator Rice called up the House bill author
izing the establishment of the Office of district
attorney in the Twelfth judicial district, and
asked that it be passed under suspended rules.
Senator ID. Buck thought the office va, an
innovation on our present system of admins
tering justice, but upon his being assured that
it only affected the Twelfth district, he with
drew his opposition, saying that if the voters
Of that district desired to pay $1,000 per an.
| tn SJlrh officer he ui1O y know that hp
had any objections.
SURRENDER OF YORKTOWN.
A communication was received from the
governor, stating that at a meeting of the
governors of the original thirteen States a
movement was inaugurated for the celebration
of the centennial anniversary of the surrender
of Lord CORVALLIS at Yorktown in a manner
BETTING the historical significance of the
event and the present greatness of the nation,
and recommended that the legislature make
such provision as would enable the State Of
Minnesota to be represented in q creditable
manner. The matter was referred to the CON-
mittee on military affairs.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To authorize school district No. l, in Scott
county, to issue bonds to rebuild a school
house destroyed by fire.
To legalize certain acts of the commissioners
of Murray county.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Incorporating the village of Wadena Wade
ma county.
To incorporate the village of Glyndon, Clay
county.
Authorizing the judge of probate of LIE Sueur
county to arrange and record certain papers.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE,
Senator Wedge in the chair, a number of
bills were considered, those attracting the
most attention and creating most discussion
being the three bills donating swamp lands
to aid in the construction of railroads. The
subject of swamp land grants was debated at
considerable length by Senator's Campbell,
Officer, Crooks and D. Buck, who favored the
grants, and by Senator's Powers, Pillsbury, c.
D. Gillian and Kinds, who were opposed TO
that policy. The bill granting swamp lands
to the Minneapolis s st. Cloud railroad was
recommended to pass, yeas Is, nays IA, while
those granting swamp lands to the Little
Falls and Dakota railway and to the Lake
Park and Crookston railway was reported
back without recommendation, yeas IA, nays
Is.
THE INSANE ASYLCMS.
Senator Wheat, chairman of the committee
on insane asylums, made the following report:
To the President and Senate of the State of
Minnesota.
Your committee on hospital for the insane,
respectfully reports, that it visited the hospi-
tai for the insane at st Peter, on the 9th day of
January, and at Rochester, on the 2Sth day of
January.
The COMMITTEES were cordially received by
the officers of the institutions.
The first hospital consists of what is known
as the temporary and the permanent hospital.
The temporary has a capacity for eighty pa
tients, but has now within its walls 100 pa
tents. The permanent hospital has a capacity
for about 500 patients, but has now within its
remaining structure 474 patients.
1t appeared to your committee that sanitary
measures and cleanliness were carefully OBJ
served in this institution, that the diet was
wholesome and good, but that the wards
were. all too much crowded for thr
health or comfort of the patients.
The temporary hospital consists of two scpa--
ate buildings, and it appeared that in case Of
fire there would not bc sufficient protection,
especially as the building material of one IS
almost entirely of wood.
The permanent hospital consists Of cen
trail building an1"two wings. The situation
of the hospital is this: TIE south wing and
central building are in their usual state of re-
pair, except that the parts of the central bnilil
ing bordering on the north wing are consider
ably damaged by fire. The north wing OF the
building is destroyed by fire, with the excep-
ton that the outside walls are standing, and
competent engineers say that not more than
100 feet of this wall is destroyed.
The estimates of the wants of this hospital
for the years 1852, are for building eSpen-
ditures St77,0O0. These expenditures are
temized as follows:
BUILDING EXPENSES.
For rebuilding and making the en-
tire north wing fire proof ......s $1,000 90
For furnishing the same. $4,000 90
For heating, plumbing and gas fit
ting. $4,000 90
For changes and repairs in centre
building and south wing, neces-
sary after the fire. ,.......... 5000 90
For water supply, outside protec-
ton from fire, pipes, hydrants,
hose, etc ..-...........,..... l5.eoo oo
For remodeling the basement of