Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-07-02
Aletrer from Senator HARDY.

letter from Senator Hardy
EDITOR MINER IL notice
an article written by reporter Of the
Phenix Herald going The rounds of the
Arizona papers. The article is mislead-
ing, and does an I'M -" the Asy-
lum, or parties that do with il.
have three times Off ,y examined
the asylum bull Gag "a farm, and
Was with the reporter of the Herald at
the time of his making his report.
First, the walls ef the Asylum build
ing seem to be perfect. did not see
any crack Or inaperiectien in the walls,
and this fact was mentioned at each
time of inspection. / think that the
fault of the bailding is due 10 the archi-
tect. The roof leaks. i, is made Of
corrugated galvanized iron, and when
ever there is . rain in Phenix or in
Salt river valley il comes with driving
wind, and the water is driven through
the laps Of the iron. The root should
have been put on with standing seam,
locked together and soldered tight
This would have cest but triie mere
than ss il is. Experience has proven
that lsihing and plastsring, in Phenix,
Is failure; il will not stand. The
ceilings should have been metal, either
steel or sheet iron. II would have
cost but little more than lsthing and
plsstering. Steel ceiling can yet be
put on in the halls. The dcers in the
wards where desperate patients are
placed should have been as strong as
in prison. The ones now in use are
as costly as stronger ones, but they are
not strong enough. There can be inn
proyements made. Experience and
use of suilding win suggest what is
needed.
when the republic board of csm-
Eaissioners retired, in 1885. they turned
into the territorial treasury over six
Thousand dellars, being balance Of
unexpend ed money left of the spprc-
priation for building the Asylum. The
democratic board at once drew this
money out again. Can any OF the
posted democratic editors rise and ex.
plain Why this money was not used to
complete the building and surround
ingsf The land should have been
fenced, out buildings erected, as barn,
chicken-housc. pig-pen, small fields
fenced of for COWS, shrubbery, pumps
put in so as 10 water small garden
ut times when water was scarce in the
bitches and the orchard kept alive.
There was money enough ior this pur-
pose, but il was not used in this way.
In the report made January LIST, 1889,
tie item for moving patients from
Stockton appears towards the last of it.
Why was rot this the FIRST item in the
rePortY Hsw did this matter get so
badly mixed upf Tt most If the re-
port is without date is thisf
The resident aoctera ,.ting super
intendent claims that u i, better 10 keep
the patients busy at work when they
are net toe infirm. The ranch is vslus-
bic land, and if cultivated should make
that institution nearly self-sustsining.
Why the democrats have been SO
10th 10 turn ever cannot see. TIL ere
were needed improvements TO be made,
and if the dem ecrats would not make
them they should have stepped down
and eat, and ret the republicans do the
work needed ii cannot be claimed for
them thss it was for the lack OF appre-
pr.ssien, for within the past six months
there has been fence built around the
land. The fence is not ss goS>. as
should be, but is better than none. A
barn and chicken house have been built,
snd ether Improvements viii be made
ne soon SIS possible. Electric light viii
be added, and the Phenix water verks
viii supply wster, and we intend that
the Asylum VIII within six msnths
lock different. w. IL. HARDY.
Kingman, June 10Th, 1890.