The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-10-19
THE NEW INSANE ASYLUM.
Commissioners Getting Down to the Sc.
lection of a Site.

seetiuG af ste.
The commission appointed to fix the
location oi the new State Insane Asy-
lam, No. {, met Monday NJ the La
cieis :i0tri, and was In session all nj. |
lernoon, says the Globe. Democrat, list-
cniag TO the presentation Of the claims
Vt the rival towns aud cities uf South /
east Missouri. The act passed by the |
last Legislature requires that the insIi-
tuition shall be located In that part OF
the State, aud $3.50 600 was appFo-
priated to erect The necessary buildings, |
Nine propositions were submitted By |
as many towns, six of which were rep
resented by delegations. Desao, Bis
marek, Irouion, Arcadia, Poplar Bluff, |
Dexter, FredcTicklowu, Pennington,
and Sic. Geneyieve will be visited by
the commissioners IN the order named,
beginning al DcSo,o today. Each lown
has offered site Of $50 scrcs, aud
several have added cash bonus. rho
commissioners took no action, but will
spend day or two ia each place to
ascertain its advantages.
After the delegations from each of
the towns except Arcadia, Poplar Bluff
aud FrederickiOwn had presented their
claims. tho commission went into exc
cuive session to elect an architect,
There were three nspIranls, ". l..
Carver OF ChiIlieoihe, Senator IL. IL.
iIohenschild Of Rolla. aud j. u. l.egg
Of st. Louis. Each was called into
the room aud asked to express his ideas
/ on the matter Of asylum work. After
some discussion, the commissioners de-
cided to employ Senator iioheuschild
lie will receive salary Of $3.50 per
month for eighteen months. or until
tho buildings are completed. Senator
Hohenschild will accompany the com
misslonors on their trip.
Tho board Of commissioners was
called TO order by }, ID. Allen, editor
Of the butler Times, who was elected
chairman nt the meeting two weeks
ago In jefferson City. j. 4. Berry Of
Fulton, who was chosen secretary 1T
the same time, was also present, as
were the following members; o. G..
Clay of Canton, Dr. c. II. Riggs of
Miidletown, aud J. l.. buchanan Of
California.
The delegation from DeSoto appeared
TO be more numerous aud enthusiastic
than those from any other town and
we're first heard. In the party were
ex-Congressman Sam Byrnes, Gust
lIamcl, ". II. H. Thomas, j. r.
Mitchim, II. L. Irwin, Sol Hehenthal,
William Hall, s. H. HILBERT, George
Main, o. Al. Munroe, NJ. S. Coxweli,
and Dr. 81. +. lligg!sbotham. Sen
at0r Byrncs acted as spokesman for the
party. lie told Of The many advan-
tagcs of DeSoto. The citizens Of the
town had also raised bonus of sto,-
600, be said. The speaker dwelt upon
the railroad facilities Of DeSoto.
Bsmarcks claims were presented
by delegation composed of Dir. j. j.
Norwinc, p. r. Gfidcr aud +. +.
Beard, The former acting rs spokesman.
Tho next town was Pennington.
DIR. j. l.. IIaw read tho proposition
submitted by the citizens OF that place.
lie was followed by Martin L. CIardy,
who created some amusement by de-
claring that he ''liYed In st. Louis but
resided aud voted ut Pennington.
"lf had ln stay in New York, or ans-
where else, in order TO make living,
| would still vote In 81. Francois coun.
| ~" declared Mr.. Clardy. lie then
proceeded to describe the advantages
Of the town and county. The other
representatives from Pennington were
William Harlan, Senator j. \. Clay,
George Al. Wilson and John L. Burks.
l.. Il. Thomson was the only repre-.
sentative Of Dexter present, but he
made a speech, offering site aud
other advantages, and closed with a
side shos"at "hIll towns" by declaring
that the people OF Dexter would not
donate a s'site OF perpendicular rocks,
but $40 acres OF real land. -
Ste. Gcnevieve, the oldest whi,e set
tlcnieai la the State. was tho next APP
piicsnt heard. Representative John
n. Caldwell announced that beautiful
site had been chosed In the old French
town, overlooking some Of the finest
scenery iH the world. located along il,a
Mississippi river. The other repre-
sentatises of ste. Geneyieve present
we're A. III. Caldwell, DIR. Joseph H.
Roberts. and Judge John l.. liogy.
Louis Miller of Ifontoa invited ths
members Of the board TO visit that placee
which 10 an applicant for the new in,
stitatiaH. The other members Of til
trenton delegation were w. 4. and DIR.
II. w. Grag and A. Hoagh.
After visiiIug the nine towns men
toned, Il Is pnsta6le the board will re-
turn 10 u. Louis 10 decide upon tho
location u the asylum.
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