The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-14


the growth OK the manual training, the introduc-
tion Of steam power and appliances in tho ongi-
neerlng clothing printing, knitting and shle
departments These prepare the pupils to talks |
positions In important industrial pursuits when |
they leave tic Institution. The farm, garden |
and horticultural departments have beocn CON |
soldatod under an expert with view Of giving |
the boys a practical knowledge OF farming |
while the girls have been given increased iacili |
ties In instruction in phonopraphy, cooking, sew
ing, etc, Tho cottage hospital system has been
completed. Under tho present law, the boys, |
upon being discharged from the institution, re-
CClvo Sl5 and the girls receive but T. know
OF no Just reason for this discrimination, and
therefore recommend that the sum Of ais be
given TO the girls upon their discharge from the
home.
AT the soldiers and sailors home there is an
enrolment Of 971 old soldiers
HOSPITAL FOR EPtLEPwCs
Three Of the cottages ore now completed, and
two others arc under roof and are being pushed
to carly completion. Tho kitchen, bakery and
the boiler and engine houses aro also well under
way. This contract Is to be completed on or be.
fore February /, 1893 When the work now in
progress is finished, two hundred and fifty pa
tents can be admitted for rcatncnt With an
appropriation of $4,000 the board Of trustees
report that the institution can be opened in tho
spring Of 1898. Tho cottages now built and in
progress of construction are intended for the
accommodation of malcs 1t is recommended
by the trustees that equal accommodations be
provided vt the earliest possible day for fe-
males, and they ask an appropriation of i2i3,OH
] concur with the board Of trustees that the
cottages now under way Should be completed
with the smallest possible delay, and be made
ready to ccive patients.
In work so important as this, and which, at
best, is somewhat experimental in its charac-
ter, the largest discretion has been given to tho
board Of trustees and should be continued. Tho
most skilful physicians ana experts in the
treatment Of epilepsy should be employed by
tho board and the board should have authority
| to pay salaries which will secure them, ! es-
pecially invite the attention of the general as
1 sembly TO the report of the board of trustees,
! Ii win be found to be full and self-explanatory;
and 1 recommend to this institution, on your
| part, the most liberal appropriations consistent
with the condition of the public funds.
THE DEAF AND DUMB.
The number of the pupils in the institution
| for the education of the deaf and dumb is 357.
| During tho first three months of the present
management there was u saving of over 5000
as compared with the same three months Of
1890, and saving of s2652 as compared with
| the same three months OK 1901.
THE BLIND
The number of pupils in the institution for
the education of the blind during 1892 was 2O2
The present administration only took control
one month before the end Of the fiscal year of
1872.
At Iberia, Morrow county, there is o modest
but useful institution-1hc Ohio working home
for the blind. 1t now has thirty inmates cit is
capable of accommodating fifty 1t is urgently
represented by the board that If the general as
scmbly wovld give them u larger annual appro-
priation, which would constitute working cap
ital, much money might be saved, and the cost
of maintaining the institution greatly reduced;
that because of the inadequate appropriation to
purchase material for manufacturing, good
part Of the time the inmates are idle, and their
entire support falls on the state
FEEBLE MINDED YOUTH.
At the institution for Feeble-Minded Youth
there are S3i inmates enrolled. The suggestion
is made that as preventive means against the
hereditary class, q separate department for the
adult feebc-mnded be established. Hundreds
of these are now in the county iniirmares, in
sane asylums and prisons, and many are in fam
lies where they cannot receive proper attention,
and large number are altogether neglected.
boys INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
There are 725 inmates OF this school. During
the past year 1892 the institution has had
three stewards. Under the first the per capita
cost of maintenance per month was SlSSS;
under the second, tl1.5ils, and under the third
and present steward SG0{H, The large uuwar-
ranted deficiency occurring under the previous
managemcnt--and which was ascertained by a
bipartisan commission, appointed by the gov
ernor under a resolution OF tho general assem-
bly, at its first session, the report of which l
transmit-ony gives emphasis to the necessity
for the most rigid scrutiny OF purchases and
accounts by boards of trustees.
The number Of inmates in tie Girls Indus
trirl home is 32T
REFoRIAToRY AT MANsTIELD.
This institution is not yet in u condition fol
use. 1t should be completed. II the condition
of the treasury will not permit oi an appropria
tion large enough for such purpose at this
time, earnestly urge that some part of the
buildings he completed for immediate occupa
ton; for there are many inmates in the peni
tentiary who are young men, paying the penalty
for first onenses, who are not hardened Grim
inals and for whose benefit the Mansfield in
stituton was intended. The boys industrial
school at Lancaster is crowded beyond it!
capacity, and the superintendent and board o
trustees recommend an appropriation for addi
tional buildings, which are very much needed
If the Mansfield roformatory were opened up
the necessity for the buildings ab Lancaster
would not be so pressing. Every consideration
would seem to require that some portion of thu
reformatory at Mansfield should be completed
for immediate use There have been apprO
, priated since 1855 the sum Of S6J50TssI.
. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
: invite the attention of the general assembl!
to the report of the state board of health 1t
duties during the past year have been UNUSUAL.
important and arduous 1t had to deal with tn
J epidemic of small poX along the Ohio river n
Pomeroy aud other points, and more recent
with the threatened cholera. In both OF thcs
: emergencies Il acted with prudence and prompt
. ness The board was allowed an eipergenc
fund of S10000 TO protect the state from cholera
u and Of this ALLOWANCE it spent Si,lO@4T 1t
believed In many quarters that there may b
danger during the next year of the cholera II
vading our shores; and to the end that Obi
may be prepared for any emergency, L recon
+ mend an increased appropriation for the use g
+ this board, having confidence that if occasio
: requires, it will be wisely and judiciously e.
! pended.
@ THE CANALS.
Q would respectfully renew my recommends
/ tion made year ago as TO canals that:
: 1.-THE Legislature create body with engineer
L ing, legal and business qualifications to make
s complete report as to the canals of Ohio-givin
their origin, the rights of the state us to titlt
their cost their earnings in the past and .
$ present, their value as franchises for railroad
:. or other purposes, rs nearly us can be est
/. mated and particularly as to the possiblit
1t and advisability Of improving them and increa
!, ing their usefulness TO tho people Alread
r there Is in existence 4 body, which II is SUI
J. gested, could with prCpriety be entrusted Wit
10 this important work-the canal commission
During the last year the interest in artihci
= waterways has increased, not only in II
% United States, but throughout the ciyili2'
l. world If Ohio does nothing else, she can ho
fast to what property of this kind she has go
h Even as the canals now are, there would be
g considerable revival of business along the
e lines, could shippers and boat owners be col
If vinced that they are not to be abandoned.
IS ROADS.
r without reproducing what said year aG
upon the subject of good roads beg most ear
n estly to ask the consideration Of the general a
IS sembly TO that subject. II is attracting atte