Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-23

recommending lut construction OF q
hospital for the chronic insane on the
county farm, of capacity for not less
than 90 patients, at a cost not to exceed
$4,000. The board adopted said re-
port, and on a subsequent day adopted
the following resolution:
ReS0tced. That the committee on the
insane elected by the board, be and they
are hereby directed and empowered to
devise and adopt plans and speeifica-
tons for the construction of an asvlum
on the poor farm of this county of ca
pacity sufficient to accommodate sixty
patients, said plans and specifications
to be approved by the State Board of
Charities. That said committee on the
insane advertise for bids and let the
contract for the construction of said
asylum to the lowest bidder. and cause
said asylum to be constructed and fur
nished for use next season with all CON
venient speed; and do supervise the
building of the same in person or by a
subcommittee of their number to be
appointed by themselves. That said
committee have full power and author
ity to carry out the wishes of this board
as expressed in this report of the COM
mittee on the insane adopted by this
board That the chairman and clerk of
this board be and hereby are directed
on the certificate of said committee to
draw orders for the payment of sums
earned under said contract as the same
shall fall due, not exceeding in the 40
gregate the sum of $4,000. That the
chairman of this board be hereby au-
thorlzed and empowered to fill all Yacan-
cies that may occur in said committee.
Your committee was of the opinion
that the State ought to provide for
those unfortunate people and deferred
action for a season and through Senator
Ryland, a member of this committee,
conferred with the State board of Con-
troll with view to having our chronic
insane cared for at the State Hospital.
Your committee further DELAYED action
hoping and believing that some one of
several bills pending in the Legislature
providing for increased accommodations
would become law. but these bills
were all defeated and the State board
of control refused to receive any more
than our quota except few of the worst
NHoNos anu OtiOSG Ouif Vii IlliS GOuulA
could provide place for them. The
quota of Grant county is %. 1t had
last spring and winter about ID in ex-
cess of its quota in the State Hospital
1t has now about that number in excess
of its quota in that institution, as
changes are continually taking place it
is difficult to arrive at the precise num-
bers there.
After comforting with the committee
on Charities and Reform, and after con-
sidering all the plans submitted or ac-
cessible and after resorting to all the
sources of light at command, your COM
mittee adopted the plan submitted by
IL. p. Thompson, of Fond du Lac, an
experienced architect, and advertised
for proposals for the construction of said
building. The architect estimated the
cost of the building a, a little less than
S12, 900. Two proposals were received,
one from Barnes, of Cassville, and the
Brooker Bros. of Lancaster, Offering
to construct the building for $40, 100
according to the plans and specfica-
tons, The other from Mcnges & Lefeldt
of Prairie du Chen, offering to construct
it for SIC, 75S 90. After further neootia-
tons Your committee let the contract to
Messrs. Menges & Lefeldt for SIC, 400,
who gave bonds for the completion of
the contract. The building was to be
partly completed by the 1st day of Nov.
instant, and to be fully completed by
the first day of January 1888.
The extreme length of the building is
ll6 feet, its extreme width % feet from
outside to outside of walls and proiec-
tions, it is 2 stories high, each 10 feet
with a basement 8 feet, built of brick,
all outside walls hollow, all inside and
partition walls are of brick, from foun-
dation to garnet. The roof is covered
with slate and tin. The cornice is of
iron.
The basement stands feet below
the ground aud is well lighted and ven
tilatcd.
The kitchen, dining-room, laundry
and store-room for provisions and fuel
are in the basement, the building is
thoroughly underground drained. The
walls of the foundation are cemented on
the outside, it is also well covered with
a coat of cement below the floor in the
basement.
The outer walls of the basement are
lined with brick, these precautions were
all adopted to make the basement per-
fectly dry, habitable and heating. There
are in the building five small chimneys
that can be used when not cold enough
to make fire in the furnace or in case of
accident to either furnace. One CHM
ney for the kitchen and one for the
laundry, and two large chimneys for
furnaces and ventilation, in each of these
large chimneys is a twelve-inch fire
clay pipe for the furnaces, the space
around is for ventilation The endeavor
has been throughout to construct the
building so as to ventilate it according
to the most approved plans. Deaden-
ing has been placed under all the floors
so us to deaden all sounds and as pre-
caution against accidents from fire.
The building will accommodate sixty
patients and a larger number, perhaps
eighty could be Accommodated therein.
Your committee appointed George w.
Ryland and John G. Clark, sub-com-
mittee, to superin'end the construction
of the building.
The subcommittee has given this
matter their constant attention, have
visited the poor farm frequently. have
closely scrutinized all the details and
all the materials that Lave gone into the
building and all the workmanship.
EXTRAS.
The said subcommittee for The pur-
pose of rendering the basement perfectly
dry ordered the purchase If eighty
barrels of cement and contracted for the
use of the same where needed in the
laying of the foundation and cement
ing the floor free of cost to the county
except for cost OF the cement Seventy
barrels have been used at cost of about
$500. The remainder has been sold
at cost. The said subcommittee
agreed with the said contractors to pay
$4,000 for deck ON said building and
two skylights, also twenty-nine cents
per foot extra for an enlarged cornice
and one dollar each for the number Of
brackets necessary estimated at eighty
two. The sum total of all extras will be
about $4,000. The building when COM
pleted ready for use not including fur
naces will have cost the county the sum
of Sl6.775.00.
Your committee also gave the matter
of heating and ventilation considerable
attention. 1t correspondent with the two
principal companies engaged in the con-
struction Of furnaces and after due in
quiry into the subject. contracted with
the Ruttan Manufacturing Co. Of
Chicago, for two of their No I Tubular
furnaces. made of cast and wrought
iron, each weighing about 5000 pounds.
The contract price for the two fur-