Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-01-01
STATE INSANE ASTLUM.
New Buildings Erected the Past
Year.
ACTUAL WORK DONE ON GROUNDS.
No Putting Of the Management
but Solid Facts.

Three new buildings were erected oil
the farm. They are enclosed, coverec
and form part Of the Cottage system
This plan has not been abandoned, a
was reported In the Oregonian. An
other 100 acres has been purchased By
the state. Fields have been changed
about. Lands have been cleared anC
more cultivated. The old grounds arr
Infested with Canada thistles and vii
be cultivated closely to vegetables anC
will be hoed by hand so as TO rid th'
fields Of this pest. The past year In
sane patients have been employed AZ
drivers, a wholesome outdoor employ
ment, which under Foreman Henry
Schultz has proven great success
DR.. Rowlsnd's great restorative Is an
old fashioned patent medicine which
the Creator applied to Adam aud Eve
when they abandoned the pleasure
grounds of Paradise-work. More pa.
tents are worked In the open air than
eyer before, and much Of the doctor
success is due to this specific.
THE NEW BUILDINGS
Consist Of mans cottage, a woman's
cottage and congregated dining
room. Each Of the cottages is to ac-
commodate fifty patients and the din
Ing room Is to hold three hundred, but
OF course will not be tested TO Its full
capacity until the whole plan is COM
pleted, which involves the construction
of a series Of new cottages. There are
now three OF these cottages, and pa
tients working on the farm are to be
fed at the dining room.
The hospital was occupied In Febru.
ary, is now fully occupied and gives
good satisfaction. 1t Is In charge of the
regular asylum officials aud each of the
five wards has competent nurses.
In the mechanical department during
the past year there has been new rail-
road track Of wrought iron laid In ce-
ment, with switches and turn outs, In
all 1920 feet long. II will last as long
as the building will stand.
The next improvement noted is re-
modelling OF every window guard, q
patent having been applied for this In.
vention by Chief Engineer McCarl.
New Yale locks of an improved pattern
have been put on the windows, eleva-
tors, dining room and hall doors, 30
that escape is impossible. The patlents'
workshop and the large tank tower has
been heated with exhaust steam. The
work OF heating one Of the large wings
Is under progress. This steam is from
the engines and pumps; is used first "a
the dry'room Of the laundry, giving
out It's last degree Of heat TO warm the
There haye been four silos built, each
Of capacity Of forty tons, two at the
main building, and two at the farm.
These sllos were filed with green clover
and corn, and the ensilage lie now being
fed to the dairy herd OF about ninety
On the Iarm. There has been 1900 feet
Of tivefoot sidewalk put down around
The buildings. Nearly 5000 feet Of
,ement sidewalk was built In the lawns
aud to the lntirmary.
A large share Of this work is done by
The patients, aud the fact that the asy-
um is economically managed, Is
shown by indisputable facts and figures
elsewhere. 1t Is needless 10 say that
Ill the repairs on these vast buildings
we're kept up the past year. Engineer
hcCarl suggests what appears to be
good Idea to the writer, that the asy-
um grounds be provided with storm
irainage. All the drainage from rain.
'nd storms now flows OF through the
'ewage system, aud through
he Court street sewer. That
ever also carries the penIten.
lary sewage aud drainage. In a
leavy storm the sewer is overtaxed.
Mr. McCarls 'dea is that the rain
water should he taken Off and run out
nto open bitches rs II would do no
'arm there, and the regular sewage
would remain the same the year
round,