Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-02-14

many. approved March 81, A. D.. 1857, as
amended by chap. 20 Of the Private ana
Special Laws of A. ID. 1866.
An act in aid of the completion OF the
ST. Croix & Penobscot Railroad.
An act to amend chapter 90, Pubic
Laws of 1891, entitled An act relating
to the salary of the county commissioners
of Cumberland county,
Resolve in favor of State pension agent
expanding money under direction OF the
Governor and Council
Orders Of The Day.
unanimous consent, House document NO.
SIS. was taken from the table and passed
TO be ongrossed.
On motion of the same gentleman,
House document No. 81. an act to amend
section 125 of chapter of the Revised
Statutes, was taken from the table and
recommitted to the committee on legal
affairs.
The special assignment for this morn
ing was House document 40, Resolve In
favor of the Maine Insane hospital.
Mr.. Barrett of Canaan offered an amcnd-
ment to strike out the word nineteen
in Ire and substitute therefor the word
''ten."
Mr.. Barrett said he had Investigated
this matter, and upon examination of the
report of the president of the asylum, l
think the amendment proposed will be
satisfactory without discussing the mat
ter further think some improvements
are needed there, and from investigation
/ think that SO, 600 and the profits from
the farm for the year 1895 Will be an
ample sum to make the improvements.
Mr.. Leighton of Columbia Falls said 1t
is an admitted fact he presumed, that
the famous Augusta piggery has received
numerous kicks and cuffs from the pub
lie press and, he feared, from some of the
members of the House. Your committee
accompanied by the committee on finance
visited the premises not long since, and
after a careful examination unanimously
decided that the claims called for by that
hospital should be granted. We found
the barns in d delapilated state. The
near proximity of them to the hospital
buildings and the fact that they are
located on the southern side of the build
ings, and in the summer season the winds
being southerly, makes the oGor from
those barns and especially from the pres
ent piggery anything but pleasant Here
we have a farm that is producing $50 tons
of hay annually and other farm products
in proportion. We have a herd OF COWS,
from rs to 100, second TO none in the State,
that are now kept and cared for in the
Easements of the barns, crowded together,
and how they are kept in their present
good condition is a mystery. l think
this resolve should be passed and l call
attention to the statement of facts accom-
panying it. trust that the amendment
will be voted down and that the resolve
will be given passage.
Mr. Fairbanks of Bangor offered amend
ment B. - to strike out all after the word
dollars in the 9TH line
Mr.. Peaslee of Wiscasset said that as
one gentleman had just remarked, great
deal of fun has been thrown at this ar-
preparation for a piggery. l believe that
many of the members of this House know
something about pigs, and that there is
profit in raising pigs, especially il they
are we'll fed and cared for They further
know that at such an institution as the
Maine Insane hospital there is n great
waste Of food. You must know that in
feeding 700 people great deal of waste
results.
Now this Maine Insane hospital has
been feeding this waste. to pigs i'll the past
at a profit, and that the gentlemen of the
House may know something about what
the profits have been, will read to you
few figures.
In 1885 there resulted from the feeding of
this waste material to pigs, $40 profit;
in 1886, S773; in 1887, s1192; in 1888,
$l5O2; in 1889. S. SO; in 1890, 1912; in
1891, $500; in 1892, S253S; in 1923, SSH,
making total of S9i34.
Now you will notice that the figures
vary from year to year, and this is be-
cause there has not been proper pig pen,
and because there has not been proper
pig pen, there has at times prevailed hog
cholera and consequently in 1889 there
was only profit of So. 3d.. In 1884 they
lost by hog cholera $3i45 worth of hogs;
in 1899 they lost $1,000 worth; in 1894
they lost $3.50 worth, making q total of
S7464 lost by hog cholera.
Now if there had been proper place
provided for these hogs during all these
years, it would have resulted in net
profit of SIG, coo.
1t seems to me that this is business
transaction. Are we going to make
profit of 90 per cent. per year, or let the
thing go as it has been going and have a
different result?
This building is not only for pig pens,
but ii is proper place to keep their food
This waste material is taken from the
dining rooms ut the asylum and the vari-
Gus places where the insane eat and kept
in proper room where it is taken care
Of 1t also provides accommodation for the
two men who make it a business of taking
care of these pigs. They will sleep there
and have the pigs for their companions,
and you can see if they have pigs for their
they will take a deeper in
terest in them than they otherwise would.
daughter
I hope this amendment will not prevail,
but let us look at this matter in bust
ness like manner. Let us build pig pen
that will result in a benefit to the hospital,
and not have loss year after year of two
or three thousand dollars by hog cholera.
Mr. Lane Of Augusta said that he wished
to'remind the House that this was purely
a business transaction. / agree with my
friend from Lewiston, who, few days
ago, advocated similar measure 70, the
Eastern part of the State because he had
confidence in the repart of the committee.
L. IL. Al.