Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-23

whore were FeAily httlutuiWuAlou-
/ Tor only seventy. Tho excitement
would prove injurious TO them In thuif
| crowded state. He then read thu list of
| the different materials that had gone
into the construction " the building
| STA hundred yards pi cement concrete,
| 49, coflia VI stone 5000. On1 brick. TO-.
400 yards Of snn1, lJ5, On1 buthels Of
| lime, g9D tons Of iron aud steel, go. q.
100 feet VI lumber. ~ tons Of cemcnt,
| tons Of glass, II tons " nail, tons
NJ galvanized aud sheet iron, ton Uf
| bolts, y tons Of east iron, miles NJ pipv
for steam fitting aud plumbing, ~
miles of wire for electric lighting, 43D
incanIescent lights, 100 square feet Of
heating surface Ia the steam beating
| department. When 1ni-noi the In.
stltuiiou can accommodate evmothing
/ over 400 patients. The board asks .hc
| Legislature for an appropriation ri
/ sl0j,OOl 10 complete and furnish the
recent addition, beautily the grounds.
build necessary ouihouses, purchase
meadow aud hay lands, aud provide
| iOr the maintenance " the asylum for
the next two years.
This amount was neither too large
/ nor too small, hut Just what " needed
/ to make the Institution what II should
I he.
Governor Thomas was next called
up0n. His two years. service had
taught him much concerning the
/ nccds Vt tue Institution. Insanity Il a
| dreadful disease--thu most deploraOle
/ OF human ailments-nnJ he considered
/ II tie duty Of the present Legislature
/ t. do all Ia IT, power for these un'Ortu-
nate creatures, snd, ifpossible, reclaim
/ the reason of the patients and relieve
/ them from their misery.
President King OF the Council said
| that II wa. only a few years since the
! Legislature saw the necessity Of
establishing an insane asylum.
/ a short hut eloquent account
| Of the organization Of the Institution
wns given. Although the last Legis.
I lulure gave n muniilCOnt sum-and the
result was 10 be seen around them Ia
/ the new ami cOmmollous quarters
which would IN short time he ready
for Occupancy-yet the building was
inadequate. While the board Of dir.c.
! tors had labOred under great disadvan.
tag-s and had accomplished much,
| they only asked for enough money 10
furnish the building and provide for
the comforts Of the unfof,unates
crowded together In the south wing.
Speaker Seegmiller OF the House,
spoke Of tho need of providing for those
whose reason had been delhroncd and
related an incident which came
/ under his notice Of maniac from 81.
| George, whose reason had been re.
stored to him la ibis Institution. What
| the lnst Legislature had done met with
l his hearty approval.
Hon. II. W. Lawrence was proud Of
| the AS lum and " stood today where
| patients could come and be treated.
| lie had often sten the necessity for All
institution Of this kiud and would do
all In his power to foster the Provo
asylum.
Councillor Gleudenuing was next
called upon but politely declined, say.
| ing that he had arranged with his
| the taking that day, ~ he was down
/ School on the morrow.
Councillor Haynes remarked that the
/ gentleman from salt LAbe was suffer
ing from an alteration Of the mind,
that 1t was a good stroke OF policy In
bringing him to tn. asylum and -ug.
/ gestej 10 d.. Pike the advissbility vi
keeping an eye ON his future move.
nlenis.
Representative Arnelt thought 1t the
duty Of every citizen 10 care for the
| demented.
Representative Ferry Of summit
/ County took the floor. Ha regarded
the question OF appropriation as not
how much money 10 vote, but how
much does the institution need and
must have. lie was ready 10 let the
Agricultural College aud Deseret Uni.
verify have what was left after the
I asylum had boon cared for, amt was
ready N vote even $500, 900 for the
latter. Hts sympathles were touched
by the condition OF the inmates In the
building.
After the speech.mnking the visitors
were escorted to the rear VI the chapel,
where bountiiul lunoh had been
prepared, aud were stfaightway inyit.
ed TO "etUrm the fort" Misses Clara
Dusenberry, Florence Pike aud rcttlc
Haynes saw that the party wer. well
supplied with astronomical Ainmuni.
ton aud when the Siege was raised the
table looked as though an army OF
Texas grAsshoppers had marched over
the place.
The visiting party were then taken
through the principal rooms OF tho
building.
The latter Ia OF brick with stone trim
mings and nIade up " central slruc.
ture with north and south wings, the
north wing being the new fifeproof
one. The entire cost, when completed,
will be about $500, 600, aud IL the most
protontious Of the Territorial buildings.
About 400 patients can be accOmm1.
dated. The front Of the central part
will he used for offices and rooms for
tho doctors and their assistants aud
spare bedrooms.
In the rear OF the center are the
kitchens, bakery, pantry, stortr0oms,
engine anu boiler rooms and laundries.
There are three sixty.horse rover
boilers aud three dyuamos for lncsn.
descent lighting. Upstairs Is the
chapel, which will seat 400 persons.
rhs wings are l62N40 feet, with ellis
los feet deep at the ends OF the wings,
aud the slairways are slate and iron.
This north or new wing Is absolutely
iirc.prOof, 50 Architect lNletting saws.
In the rear OF tue chapel are apart.
mcnts for the laundresses and their
assistants, In each wing are seventy
five cells on each floor, not counting
closets and bathrooms, dining rooms,
etc. The wings are three stories high, ,
the ellis having four. The women are
confined on the second floor, leaving
the upper floors for the men.
The steam heating il very com.
pleio. Air Is forced over immousc
radiators 10y fans and blown at tenn.
pcrature of 1850 degrees from tho heat.