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be supported by the Slate. make it a condi-
ton of their reception that they shall pay
their board.
ADDITIONS To BUILDINGS SINCE 1877,

be supported by the Slate. make it a condi.
| ton Of their reception that they shall pay
their board.
| ADDITIONS TO BUILDINGS SINCE 1877.
During the SUPPLEMENTARY OF DR.. Robert F.
Baldwin, and under the direction OF Meesrs. A
IA. Fsuntlsroy. J; 81. MeCue, T. W. Shelton,
and J. A. Waddell. the Executive COMMITTEES
OF the Board of Directors, the foundations OF
| the FIRST addition on the female side were com
menced by force under the direction OF 8. A.
1877. During the same year the building was
erected by contractors whose proposals had
been accepted By the Cemmittss; on designs
| ford Nelson, who has planned and directed all
the buildings added to the asylum since 1877.
baugh Bro incIudins in their work all that
| Of the building except steam heating. which
was done by the lowest bidder. 7. c. Basshor
N. walker e. & sons %as Of %I Philadelphia. ' ~
| RMS building estimated by the architect In
isI1 TO cost S25 900 cost upon Its completion In
cost OF running the steam heating, which had
proved entirely satisfactory. showed that in
coal had rarely been one ton a day. and that
Inc average consumption was much lower.
This was for Is patients, with q constant venu-
latlon for each of them of 5000 cubic feet O.
fresh air per hour.
In March 1879, the Board through commit
and %esar
lett and Bumgardner, awarded to Thomas
Woodrofe contract for building an addition
",
gas hitting. wire work. and steam heating. up
on The designs and under the superIntendence
OF Inc same architect; and In the sans year he
prepared plans for an addition to the North
estern Male Building, for which a contract
was made with Il. j. Lushbaugh & Bro, in
contain IO3 patients. When this contract was
e completed, and further expenditure Of S6.-
1oo ~ made for its steam heating. wire work
anu inside wire guards, the building finally
cost $S0. S25 50. the addition to ward q having
- The result Of these three building operations.
9eginning with February 1877 and ending in
Suiy 1881, was to produce excellent. strongly
built houses. with accommodations as spacious
asylums. but accommodating 90 patients at q
cost OF s6s .66 per capita cost Of 1893 90.
II must be remembered that the number OF
patients stated as226 Is the smallest that would
be received into such structures, and that in
most institutions they would be considered
capable OF containing $40.
During 1890 by some small but very judlcious
changes IN the older wings attached to the AID |
minlstration Building. DIR. Blackford, Super
tntendent. added small rooms for ten beds to
those wings. while he much improved the cor |
ridors and stairways.
About the same time committee consisting
man. Steward, and Messrs. Trout, Lynn, and
Todd, Directors held meetings to consider
possibilities; and finally about the last week in
June 1890 determined to build on a plan de. |
signed by j. @: Nelson. for SO patients, and
located the building therefor East OF the most
was commenced Immediately and being ener- |
getically pushed by Mr.. Hartman, the Steward, |
by October the brick work was up. and the
carpenters at work on the roof. which was
completed by November. Subsequent bad
weather prevented plastering. and the work
laid over until after the long spring rains. |
when the plastering was done by the present
steward, Mr.. G. Miller; and there remains at
present only a comparatively small amount OF
work. the materials being all on hand. to be
done. When this Is completed and paid for, |
early In June. 1t is safe to say now that this
four story building completely equipped, hav-
tients, their attendants and all offices except
cooking, will have been built, with the help of
the organized labor OF the asylum, for a little
over Sill 10000; and fixing on that home labor
ordinary values. 1t will be we'll within bounds |
to say that these 96 patients will be provided
for at Si2o per capita. which was the limit as.
signed by the committee to the architect.
We can say then that there have been added |
to the original number OF patients 322 beds, In |
buildings which have the capacity and con-
veniences OF the most expensive asylums. and |
which in appearance correspond with the ori- |
glnal structures, supposed to have been design |
ed by the eminent architect, Robert Gary |
Long. and that the 322 new patients will come |
in at a per capita cost of about S25O.OO.
To emphasize this fact. 1t should be stated |
sion OF Lunacy in New York declares that the |
seven state asylums cost in round numbers |
nine millions of dollars for 5000 patients. or
Maryland. Spring Grove Asylum lodges its pa
tients at $1,000 per capita. and many of the
Northern asylnms have exceeded 5000 per
capita. Amongst foreign nations, while the |
French asylums have cost per capita $500 and |
over. In Ireland. a land of cheap labor and
ANAL wealth. % district asylums, containing
about 10. 900 patients, and built between 1921
and 1869, have cost $500 per capita.
Consider the cabin which for about $500 could
be built for five adult people, and compare 1t
with the accommodations in the new male
building. 1t must be admitted however, that
taking the New York standard OF outlay per-
haps the most economical outside of Virginia.
and allowing one third for administration
buildings and land $1,000 would build such O
house for five persons as not many of our in
mates are accustomed to-