The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-08-26
WHAT DIR. BELL SAYS.

tne 10 tfu oi corrections ana canfitis s,
was interviewed by Tribune reporter
upon his return from the Upper penin-
sula, and this il what he has to say OF
the places vislted;
81 have just returned from a trip to
the Upper Peninsula" said Dr. Samuel
Bell last evening, "whora / went as u
member of the state board OF corrcc-
tions aud charities TO select IL site for
the proposed insane asylum Tor that
part of the state The board consist
ing Of RI. Rev. George d. Gillespie Of
Grand Rapids, Herbert A. Forrest Of
Saginaw, James NJ. Ne,smih OF Vick-
burg and myself, with l.. G. S;torls,
secretary, assembled at St. ISnare
Aug. 6, and we were together ten days
travelling to the different counties
which had claims 10 urge. An appro-
priation of $500 was made ty the
last legislature for the establishment
of an insane asylum in the Upper
Peninsula, and the county Offering the
best conditions, coupled with gift of
400 acres OF land adjoining running wa
ter, was to be selected Ivy the board q
which [ am II membnr. 1t has b en-
decided by the board that the cottage
system should be adopted, the adyan-.
tages OF this system oyer the old lnel
system Of construction being better
classification of the valions forms of
insanity, immunity from fire ard
greater economical operation. Each
cottage will contain from fifty 20
seyenty-five patients. The present
appropriation Will not supply adequate
accommodation Tor the insane which
properly belong above the straits of
Mackinaw, as there are sufficient
number of persons suffering from
psychological diseases now confined az
the Mort ern Asylum Mt Traverse City
to fill all the accommodations that
could he built for the money appro.
priated, to say nothing of the number
scattered around in the iails and county
houses. There arc now confined in the
Kalamazoo Asylum LOO PATIENTS;
Pontiac, 900; Northern Asylum at
Traverse City, 600; criminal insane at
Iona, $50; Wayne county, $50; Dear
born, 100 scattered in i,ils and county
houses, 1000 Tie increase OF insanity
in the state is from $50 to 200 cases
annually. Frequent additions must
necessarily be made in order to meet
the increasing requirements. The
precentagc of insane persons to the
sane is about one to four hundred.
Gases OF insanity increase in greater
proportion in the Upper Peninsula
than in the lower portion of the state,
and the reason given for this is the
greater number of foreigners there
among whom diseases of the mind are
more common. The counties desiring
the proposed institution are: Mack
mae, which offers St. Ignace; Mar
quettc, Marquette; Chippewa, Sault
Ste. Marie, Baraga, L'Anse: Ontona-
gon, Ontonagon; Luce. Newberry and
Menominee. Menominee. Several OF
the sites offered are beautiful, that of
st. Ignace being situated on Il plateau
on hill containing over four hundred
acres, overlooking Lake Michigan on
Que side and picturesque Mackinac
Island on the other. Adjoining this
site is splendid sheet OF water, lake
q mile ana half long and
hree.quarters wide. At Marquette we
were met by II delegation Of leading
headed by Major Kaufman,
also committee of representative
citizens from Escanaba. Negaunee and
They offered what is
known as the, Chocolay site, located on
Harvey Day, about three miles from
the city of Marquette. BaraSa county
offers beautiful location at L'Anse
overlooking Keweenaw Bay. Hough-
ton county joined with Baraga county
asking that L'Anse be selected as the
site. Honorable Jay Hubbell and State
Treasurer Hambitzer spoke for that
town. Mr.. Hubbell's speech was over
an hour long, and in it he pictured the
beauty of every stump III the county,
Chippewa county offered two locations
ut Sault Ste. Marie, one above the
town, adjoining the new fort, overlook
ing the rapids and the islands of White
fish Bay and the lakes situated
below the town, but not so desirable
although the view presented is beauti-
full one overlooking as it does the new
American channel, which will be ready
for the passage of boats within IL year.
We were taken by6Pecial train from
L'Anse to OntonagoIA where we were
shown good sites by Senator Sawyer
and citizens committee. Newbury
and Menominee both presented good
locations. We were Hospitality
entertained ut every place and the
claims of each were pushed with the
characteristic energy of the upper
peninsularites The board is consider
ing the location in all its bearings
transportation of patients, fuel,
building, material, and productivenes
of the soil in the neighborhood.
Improvements are numerous where the
patients are allowed to till the soil
In this manner they also entail less ex-
pense upon the state. The board adj.
journed at Menominee on Thursday and
will convene again the latter part Of
September at the residence OF James
M. Neasmith at Vicksburg.
WELL KNOWN IN TEXAS.
Mr.. J. @. Boswell, one of tho best