New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-31
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IN JACOB WORTIrS INTEREST
THE BILL REORGANIZING THE BROOK
LYN CHARITIES DEPARTMENT
CLOSE CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS MEAS
IRE AND THE BILL FOR THE TRANSFER "F
TIE INSANE 10 STATE CARE ASp THE
SALE or TIE KINGS COUNTY FARM

TIE INSANE TO STATE CARE ASp THE
SALE or TIE KINGS COUNTY FARM.
There are two bills pending a; Albany which affect
tho administration 81 the Department ~ Charities
and Correction IN Ertoklyu. Ari they are .n;.-
matoly connected although - casual oh.rrfcr might
not roacn that conclusion from simple GAMMA
ton OF them. one 81 the bills psoyilca fJr rcoT-
gauza;i,n Of the department AMI the appointment
Of single commissioner to minister it. The other
provides for the transfer to the STATE Of TIE car"
Of the lnlgcn, insane ~ klass County and The s1lc
to the STATE o. the county farm at kins FAIk.
L. J.
II the seconl bin is construed on !'s m,rts there
can be ~ question aa 20 the dr-Ihity - passing
IT, The care Of the IN llrcnt insane in Brooklyn mas
never been what Il ought 20 hc. and in particular
the county farm has been Geld Tor johbery and
scandal from the time IL was started eight or ten
years II viii be- cNceod ngiy good ihing f1r
the county 20 get 1t III rs hands on any forms
which it IS able 10 make. The sum which 10 Is pro-
posed 20 pay H. $01@sD-a mere trihe compared Win
tho millions that have been spent du enterprise
which CAV" promise ~ the beginning Of solving The
problem II the care Of Brookyn's insane.
The establishment 81 tho county farm WIS looked
upon by The people of Brooklyn a most excellent
thing and marking the ori Of the abuses and
scandals which had prevailed for years IN con
neciion with the insane asylum at Flatbush. II
proved however t. be a rich field for Tdscally
.
present time more than $l.0OO.0yD has been wasted
there I;y far the greater part Of H.. At any rate.
has been wasted. \ visit 10 Kings Park was re-
Gently made by the State Commissioners in G.Gnacy
and Controller Roberts Up 10 that time II had been
the hope u those who favored the sale Of the prop
erty 10 the State that $4,000 might be obtained for
It: but the Controller frankly said that he consI
cred this too high a figure. and proposed lust one
half OF that Something In the nature OF
compromise WAS M lc when 100000 was named IN
the bill whose passage IS desired ~ all who wish
10 see the paupcr insane properly cared for and the
county relieved Of the excessively heavy burden il
has been bearing in the county farm.
EXTRAVAGANCE At KINGS PARK.
Where the millions watch have been sunk in this
undertaking have gone is sore puzzle to one who
visits Kings Park but the evidence Of wastcfu and
extravagant outlay Is apparent on every hand. For
example hundreds Of thousands OF dollars have been
thrown away upon reservoirs that are absOiutcy
useless one Of thesc Is a huge basin for which
there is no water supply. ana another IL n great
storage reservoir 50 poorly constructed that It Is like
A sieve In IT'S waier-hotcng qualities The cottages
for the insane llimsy wooden Affairs, as "A rule.
which could easiy be replaced for 5000 or 5000
apiece while the taxpayers they represent an cN-
pendlturc Of four or i've tiin's as muc1. They are
so shabby constructed to be practically worth
less to the state.
The hrlck buildings Of a b. ter order and can
be made available for State uses. but evidence Of
the way In which business was done at 81. John-
land-as IL was formerly called Tar bryoni thc
reach Of the taXycrs eye. is furnished In me fact
that these brick structures are supplied with shin
Gle roofs so that they lacking In Of the first
essentials Of lirrprOof construction. within are
evidences OF obbcry in the mar rs which in
dIcate where the walls cut open IN order TO put
in electric wires, for although II was III the plans
that the buildings should be lighted with electricity.
not a single wire was provided for while the work
of building going on
Then with an ingenuity that almost awakens adj
mlrati0n the boilers for supplying the cottages ETC.
with steam were placed far away from the build
,bttst p1l<iu
costlv brick conduit In which the pipes carried.
and at the same time causing great loss Of heat by
the time the reaches the rooms y l. intended
TO warm. In consequence. many or me patients
suffer severely In cold weather ire Kitchens. 700,
were built Nt a distance. and the Item OF ransporta-
lion on this account amounts TO u pretty hBHre
GIGANTIC JOB
The Kings County farm has been gigantic job
and in spite of al that has been spent on IT, Is any
thing but satisfactory. No provision whatever has
been made for extngulshing fires; and If fire
ebouId break out I'm one OF the cottages, with the
wind In the right direction, the entire establishment
uould certainly be consumed Under the presen' al
rninstration of the Charities Department some
driven wells have been sunk. which found to fur
NIGH abundant water Of an excellent quality, but
a,ndpipe IA necessary in order to distribute II and
nrovidc sufficient pressure for throwing streams upon
fire This of course. Is what should have been pro-
yded in the first place but II would have cost ohiy
few thousand dollars whereas the construction OF
great reservoirs afforded the opportunity to spend
hundreds OF thousands.
Apart from the question Of relieving the taxpayers
of the county from the burden OF this wastetui en-