The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-06
st. Clair Park to Be Used for q Sepa-
rate Building for Girls I'm Insti-
tute for Blind.
REPORT WILL BE MADE TODAY
NO SPECIAL ALLUSION TO THE
SOUTHERN REFORMATORY.
General Increases Approximately
Five Per Cent. Recommended by
the Committee. .

The report of the legislative committee
] appointed by the Governor TO visit the var
ious state institutions and investigate their
needs will be submitted to the Legislature
! to-day. In the Senate the report will be
referred to the finance committee; in the
| House 1t will go to the committee on ways
and means. Speaker Henry w. Marshall,
! Senator Fremont Goodwine and Representa-
tive Joseph NJ. Cravens constitute the COM
mittee
The report, which the committee states
| In the introduction is compilation Of data
intended to enable the Legislature to de-
termine the needs of the several institu-
tions in the way of appropriations. is
bulky document of almost two hundred
! typewriter pages. 1t includes the financial
statements of all the state institutions,
Offices, boards, commissions and bureaus,
the requests made by the arrangements for
general and specific appropriations, and the
| committees recommendations as to what
appropriations should be made.
The one recommendation in the report
which will be of especial interest to every
citizen of Indianapolis and to residents of
the State at large who take pride in the
capital city, is the one to the effect that a
new dormitory for girls should be provided
for the Institute for the Blind, and that
this dormitory should be located in St. Clair
Park.
The management of the institution made
an urgent request for two new dormitories,
one for each sex. but the committee holds
that one for the girls will be sufficient. The
management indicated that the new dormi-
tories could and should be located, one on
| either side of the present main building of
the institution, but in the wisdom of the
committee this one new dormitory should
be placed in st. Clair Park In event this
recommendation is carried into effect by
the Legislature Indianapolis will lose one
| of its few beauty spots and breathing
| places. Efforts have been made in every
session for the past ten or fifteen years
to pass bill providing for the sale OF st.
| Clair Park by the State, but they have all
failed
| A GENERAL INCREASE.
| The committee recommends general in
creases approximating per cent. in the
maintenance appropriations for the insti-
tutions. The higher prices Of food, fuel,
etc.. render these increases necessary In
almost every instance where the manage
ments of the various institutions asked for
1
tee recommends about half the total amount
requested. The important recommended
lions for the several institutions may be
! summed UP as follows:
| Purdue University-Increase in income;
| specific appropriations for new power and
| heating plant and for new building for the
| department of chemistry.
| State NOrmal-IncreaSe in income: spe-
| cific, new manual training school building
| State Unfversity-Increase in income; spe-
| cific, furniture and equipment for new sci
| ence hail. heating and lighting plant for
| new science hall, heating and lighting plant
| for rest of university, tireproof stacks for
| books in library.
Institute for the Blind-One new dormi-
| tory for girls, to be located in st. Clair
| Park, pipe organ.
Institute for Deaf and Dumb-Entirely
| new institution to be located on less valua-
| BILE ground and TO be built out of the pro-
| ceeds of sale of present buildings and
| grounds.
Central Hospital for Insane, INDIANAPOLIS
| New boiler plant, repainting, laundry.
| Northern Hospital for Insane, Logansport
| Several small items for general improve
ment of institution.
Eastern Hospital for Insane. Richmond
New sewerage system. water supply, small
| improvements to grounds
Southern Hospital for Insane, Evansville
| Laundry, water supply.
School for Predetermined Youth, Fort
Wayne-Small items for general improve
| ment of grounds and buildings
| Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home
Knightstown-Small items for Improvement
| of grounds.
Soldiers Home. Lafayette-Heating plant.
wagon roadway and electric street railway,
walks and improvements to grounds.
State Prison. Michigan City-Small items
4 for improvements TO grounds and buildings
Indiana Reformatory, Jeffersonville-Small
| items for same purpose.
Reform School for Boys, Plainfield-New
| chapel, new farm OF fOrty-Seven acres
small items.
NEW INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS.
Industrial School for Girls and woman's
| Prison, Indianapolis-New institution for
| girls, to be separated from prison: as in
| stitutions will necessarily remain where
| they are for the next two years small an
preparations for general improvements are
] recommended.
| Soldiers Monument ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of equipment from gas to electricity, change
| in heating apparatus.
Custodian of Public Buildings-Specifc
appropriations in minor items-all that was
| asked for in custodians report
The recommendations in regard to the
various State offices, commissions, bureaus
boards. etc. are of no especial Importance
In summary the report says that prac-
tically all of the State institutions are i'm ex-
| celent condition. The committee recon-
! mends that especial attention be given to
| the question OF heating, and points out that
| saving can be accomplished in this item
| il automatic stokers are adopted whenever
and wherever possible.
| The total of the specific appropriations
| recommended is about equal to the specific
appropriations made two years ago. The
total appropriations. general and specific,
recommended for all the institutions Of
| fees, ETC., approximate s2,500,0OO.
Ii was generally anticipated that in its
report the committee would have some
| thing to say TO the condition of affairs
| at the Indiana Reformatory, in view of
! the statement given out by Senator Good
| wine at the time the fight over the bill
| for the reorganization OF the Reformatory
was at its height Senator Goodwine ex-
| planned last night that the committee had
| expected originally, to incorporate i'm IFS
report something similar TO his statement
| as TO the condition of the institution, but
came to the conclusion that IL was not
necessary. nor was IL expected, now that
the settlement OF the affairs of the Re-
| formatory had been taken out of the hands
of the Legislature and placed with the
Governor. He intimated that the Informal
ton possessed by the committee along this
line will be placed at the disposal of the
| Governor