Arizona republican., 1896-06-18
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1rst-class manner and according to the accompanying drawings will be about $350, but not to exceed that amount. This does not include the re- moval or repairing of the outside DOT tion of the frame, except what is nec- essary to make a good and substantial job for the present, but includes all of the interior work to be removed and replace 1t with a sufficient amount and of the proper size timbers to carry the weight without any danger of settling to any damaging extent l would sug- gest that a brick wall or footings be laid under the said exterior walls or framing, which would add about $25.
 I consider that great mistake was made when the tank was located on it's present site By locating 1t at first at the upper end of the sewer pipe or near the east end of the building, there would have been a saving of more than 100 feet of large iron pipe, and if there had been placed at the connection Of each soil pipe with the sewer check or gate valve, the sewer could have been flushed or cleaned without fore ing the sewage up into the closets and buildings as is now done. When the water is turned into the sewer to flush it, it is forced up into the closets, through the pipe and earth and sat urateS the earth around the building with the sewage intended to be dis posed of through the sewer pipe. Where water will go sewer gas will pass free ly. It would not be out of place to suggest here that the sewer pipe be well vented at the proper place to re- lieve the premises of the sewer gas that is forced through crevices into the building and also escapes all along the line of pipe through the earth into the air near the building on the north side.
 Allow me to say in conclusion that, in behalf of the unfortunates of the asylum, I consider the sewerage sys- tenn of that institution a diabolical outrage on suffering humanity, as the poor creatures are there and cannot escape. Respectfully submitted,
 Phoenix, Ariz., June ,, 1896.
 Here enters another small question pertinent to this ten acre piece of land. How is it to be irrigated? Can any one tell? The last legislature, when it appropriated $2S,O00 for repairs and improvements on the insane asylum certainly expected and intended that the poor suffering inmates of that in stitution should receive some benefit from this large amount. Go to the asylum. Look through the wards. Come back and tell if you see single solitary change made on the inside of these walls. One or two wards have had cheap flooring laid. The kitchen has been cemented and a new range given to the cook. Aside from these, the entire appropriation has been eaten up as described. The walls are unsightly, large spaces of clustering off everywhere, doors and door frames in dilapidated condition, floors un- even, rough, in splinters, windows with lights out, frames old, worn and paintless. The entire plan for inside improvement left untouched while the plan of touching was beautifully car ried out in all the external work.
 Take all this into consideration Then think of the contract given to furnish water to the reform school And lastly read and ponder over the contract for the prison labor published in full in Tuesdays issue, and is it strange that the appointment of Gov ernOr Franklin is looked upon as a blessing that came none too soon2