The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
NEW STARK CO. INFIRMARY.
The County Commissioners VlndlOatsd by
a Canton Republican.
The Alliance Review Lying, Under a Mis-
take--A Plain Tale of Truth Explains
Away a Baseless Yarn--Commis-
sIoner Smith VindIcated.

notice an article In the Review of
October 9th, asking Commissioner Smith
to explain why he was party to inVOlV-
ing the county for plans and speci6ca-
tiOns Of building that no one wants
and no one expects to be built. This is
written In the self-assQred way that
would convey to the minds of readers
who knew no better that AlonzO Smith
and his associates were as big block
heads as the writer of the aforesaid arti-
Gle, and that answering the
aforesaid to the satisfaction of reason
ing, intelligent Republicans was an I'M
possibility.
Twill endeaV0T to throw some liRht
on the above question-light which the
writer of the above mentioned article
could have obtained had he been half 80
intent on said information as he was on
finding some possible or imaginary
wrong to magnify into terrible fraud.
ORDERED BY THE COURT.
That the Commissioners acted wisely
and honestly needs but little investi-
CATION to prove. The Commissioners
were ordered by the court In the spring
of 1885 to build q new building for the
insane, the old building having been
condemned by committee appointed by
the said court to Investigate said in
sane building. The Commissioners
soon afterwards, together with the In
| 1rmSTy Directors and their architect,
visited the Summit AMI CUyahoga cOun-
ty lnfirmaries and NeWburg Insane Asy-
lum for the purpose of deciding Just
what was the best plan to adopt.
The Stark County Intirmsry ia crow led
to oVei flowing; last winter every avail
able place, the halls, corridors, hospital
and all the places in the out buildings
suitable to place bed were occupied
by the inmates to sleep. This being the
case, together with the fact that the old
building ls badly located, badly ar
ranged, and badly ventilated, old and
worn out, rOtting floors, plasteriug fall
ing off, and no provision for sewage or
the disposal OF waste OF roof water
showed clearly that 1t is but matter
Of very short time when Stark county
must provide for herself suitable
place to care for her poor and insane.
THE NEW INSANE BUILDING.
A new building for the insane as we
mentioned before was ordered by the
court; now let me ask the intelligent
Republicans what was the wisest thing
for the Commissioners to do under the
circumstances. At present there are %
buildings besides the new insane build
ing, scattered on the Infirmary farm
located without any reference to any
thing, would any reasoning taxpayer
think of locating new $4,000 insane
building just wherever level spot
could be fOundp No; what they did do
was to have plans made for an entire
new institution consisting Of five build
ings, and they have located and built the
new insane building with reference to
what Is to come hereafter not
likely to be completed for years.
But here are the plans. II next year 1t
is found that more room Is necessary,
, another portion of the new plan may
be built which will relieve the pressure
from the old buildings as the new Insane
, building has done, and the next year
another and so on, so that Stark county
may some day have an lndrmary that
/ is convenient, properly heated and its
sanitary arrangement of the best.
THE VISITING COMMITTEE.
9 In speaking of the new Insane build
, ing, the Visiting Committee, in their re.
port to the Court of Common Pleas, say;
1.-THE new building Is amOdel of COnVen-
ience, has all modern improvements,
8 and seems to have been economically
. and substantially built"
Z We will say ia conclusion to those
, who wish to count the cost very closely
| that last year 1t cost Stalk county
+ $4,000 to take care of its poor outside
= the InfrmaTy and the cause of this large
|. | amOuDt was hpnausa the Tnfrmprv Wea ar
y crowded that they could not be taken
Q there. Will the writer of the article il
o the Review persist In claiming, sftel
3 reading the above facts, that AlOlZC
Smith has been "psrty to squsndering
y the peoples money!
9 A CANTON REPUBLICAN,