, 1890-02-06
Full Text of the Joint Com
mittee's Report.
PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION
A Description of the Building
One Hundred Thousand Dol
lars Needed.
10 the President OF the Senate and the
Sneaker Of the House of Representa-


insane at Stuillgoom and Medical Lake
beg lcuyo TO submit the following:
We have visited thc hospital Tor the
insane in process OF construction al
Medical Lake, and have mnd'a ihnroNtl,
examination Their ol, together wllh All
the books and accounts kept by the
board of commissioners Tor that instl'h-
tion.
The state posses 100 acres Of valuable
land, upon which the hospital is si'nat'
ed, which land was donated 10 the terri
tory of Washington by the citizens OF
Medical Lake lor the purpose Of an asf-
lum. This land is situated west oi the
town OF Medical Lake about one mile,
with the lake lying between, The sic
selected Tor the hospital builllHS Is or
an elevation, overlooking the IHh' an
town, amt uummHulug a musnhrgnl
view of the hMuatnpV iur many luttf
around, including the tulr Il Acne
mountains and Stcplur butte.
The building Is nearly completed, so
far rs the contract stipulated, Hs hefcih
Ac;ing under tho authority OF on act
of the territorial legislature, approved
Janugry -, 1855 tic dvarl ut com
missioners March l3, l'>', selected J. g.
PToytur rs supervising architect OF the
new structure ut salary OI f-pJ per
month.
MAY 81, 1855, tic contract for the con.
struciiOu Of asylum building, modclcI
after the one located It rlcilWpom, bul
lnrser unl better and loo accordance
with plans AMI #puciaCa,ions iuruishcd
bv tuc supervising ufn,utcyt uud Ap'
.iruycd hy tho board OF com.
mis.iuuCrs, was awarded tu MesNr',
Huntington and l.i'il', Of lacIur at
s-9.urI tor tire whoic WorN, they
urpys ting with the uoarl ,cfiit,t
chick for 5000 ls forfeiture In Tie
event ut thyir ntlurC TO cEc,uiu q salts
ui their contract This firm. apparently
in good faith. commenced thc Wurk ut
vNuiNat,ug and constructing the iuuuuu.
tlou for tho building.
Ata meeting uf llic boarl held August
l., 1855, II appeared that MC7srs. Hunt.
ug,On amt Little had suspended wurN
oil tu, building, nnl 1t W,,s urirrcd that
they aud the surctic- Ou their bund be
notified that they would be hcid TO 90
strict accountability tor thu nun.iulhll-
Ucut OF thg,r contract
Sputcmhcr H. lssS. Hon. ! II. Met
calf attorney general, personally in.
spcutcd the building and grounds and
the contract aud papers rCiut.
ins thereto, and at meeting Of the
boord held September T., ISIS, rendered
an opinion that the cessation Of work on
Tho building by tuc contractors was
wholly uniu-liliIhl", and be- Officially
recommended that the toarlu1tiiy them
that unless they RECOMMENDED work Uy
October >. lN>s, the board would rcaiyer-
ii-c for letting the contract TO finish the
building.
Notification was thcrcupon duly served
upon Mossr, Huntington e Little and
their honusmeu through tile Northern
Pacific Express company, ia accordance
with the attorney gvuvtals rgCuWiusu.
dutlOn, and further, that they would bc
held responsible for all damage accruing
ON account ul the delay in the Cou5truc.
ton Of the building.
ho official attention was paid to this
notice by the contra tors, and ON OctO-
5cr the boHrtl instructed its secretary
10 re.adycrtlsc for bids to complete the
December 2. 1Sgs, the bid Of T.. Hughes
and q. NJ. Mcdonald was accepted he.
Ing sol, 500, the value OF the work done
by Huntington and Little TO bo deducted
In final settlement, and also the value oI
the material then on tho ground.
March 4, 1850, /. NJ. BOardman was
appointed supervising architect, at %
salary of $2o0 per mouth, in place Of j..
q. Proctor, resigned
Undpr tho new contract the work
progressed very satisfactorily, aud Do
rcmDor 3, l,sD, the lo1m addressed to
the legislature u memorial praying for
an appropriation sulll lent To complete
and furnish the building ready for oc-
CupuuCy.
The board OF commits sipncrs have had
nt their disposal the sum Of SGpupD. ap-
by the territorial leg stature.
for the beginning ot this structure. The
plans aud specifications. under the con
tract, called for brick building, OF Ger.
tain dimensions, with granite iuUnla.
tion., the building to be enclosed and par.
titions constructed, ready iOr lathing and
The Specifications have bccn carried
out, ana the state now has handsome
brick building resting Oh n substantial
granite foundation the structure being
40 feet long, with Hu average dcpth OF
iorty.oight feet. The main builiiur il
7iSis feet, and four stories, with two
wurds Cor cytcnsiuHsi. each l7lNiS. and
three stories. Each Of the stories
IL twelve icot IN height in the
clear with the exception OF the
fourth, which is sixteen feet. There is
q basement, with granite walls III feet
III length aud the full width of the build
ing, and about fifteen feet from the
ground 10 the joints. The building is
rooted with metallic shingles and Inc
" nduws arc all IN place. The
e undation walls (of granitci are twenty.
lour inches in thickness above the foot
ings. Tho brick walls, throughout the
entire structure, are seventeen inches in
thickness. There are forty brick piers
and numerous arches of substantial
masonry IN tho bnscment to support tho
huuTs. The building is designed to con-
tam 30 rooms, with u capacity sufficient
To accommodate about 200 puti.ntg
The partitions and all the interior frame.
work arc built of we'll seasoned mm-
hor nnd OF good, substantial
character. The floor Innings throughout
lnclHiing the attics, arc e seasoned
pine, iNG inches. Above the building
are three walcr towers, with tanks. one
for each ward and ono for the ccniol
having capacity of 1000
gallons each, or 5000 gallons In All
Tho iOptings OF the masonry tlrourltnut
nre quilt ON solid granite, leaving no nos.
sibility OF settling or raising by tho no.
lion OF tbo frost, Tic material used and
the Workmanship are liNt.class, md i'm
our judgment u better building could
not be constructed for Nn odual sum of
money anywhere III tho state of Wash
ington.
Near tho building is good woll
twenty feet deep and containing eisht
leet OF water Besides this there is n
living spring, on an elevation near iho
ailurding large suppiv of
pure water that may be utilized. Water
Tor cleansing and bathing
purposes may bo drawn In
nn limited quantity from tho lake. Tic
lake contains medical properties which
and others pronounce hinhlv
beneficial In the treatment OF mani
forms of disease. '''''
II is desirable that another brlcL
be erected iONOD fec, ,Vyn
stories, for Kitchen cnginc-roon, laun.
dry, etc. '""'''
The following is nm estinn,o or r,,,