Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-03
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
FILES ITS REPORT
Addition to the Hospital is Rec
commended 10y Soldiers Home
Joint Committee
AGGREGATES
$9a,eoo
Report is Made Public in the Senate
Journal, After 1t is Filed by Senator
Eierick-Board Of Control Satisfied
That Hospital Addition is Badly
Needed-Home Management Praised.


Senator Elerick, member of the
special committee Of the legislature.
appointed to inspect the Iowa Soldiers
Home, has submitted the committees
report to the senate, and 1t is made
public thru it's publication In the sem
ate journal. The board of control,
which originally did not recommend
that an addition to the hospital, has
satisfied itself that this addition is
its recommendations. The aggregate
amount OF the appropriat asked is
$93,6U0, which includes u $4,000 appro-
priation for a hospital addition The
committee praises the Home manage
ment and Senator Elerick's report to
the senate of the joint committee is
as follows:
MIR. President. The joint commit
tee appointed by the Thirty first gem
eral assembly, to visit the Soldiers
Home at Ma.shalltown. Iowa, beg
leave to submit the following report.
I'VE visited the Home Friday, jan
uary IL. Colonel Horton, the COM
mandant, assisted by his subordinates.
Adjutant Walker DR.. Duftield and
Chaplain Cole gave us every facility
for realizing The object of our vista
ton.
I'VE made thorough investigation
of buildings and ground, being directed
by the commandant to places of inter-
est In making our inspection we con-
suited with inmates Of various wards
and several patients in the hospitals,
and where deemed advisable inquiries
were made In the absence OF the Of
ficials of the Home. We desire to
commend the excellent service which
is being rendered by the state by the
board of control and officials Of the
institution.
Good management was manifested
in every department with one excep-
ton, and we were especially impressed
with the discipline, order and cleanli-
ness apparent in every part of the
Home.
THE above exception as to manage
ment is the fault of the general as
sembly in not providing means for the
erection of a coal house with capa-
city sufficient for the needs of the in
stitution.
I'VE found the hospital and the old
peoples building crowded, and the
need fer more hospital ROOM especial
ly. is one that appealed to your COM
mittee, as requiring immediate at
tention. This department, for obvious
reasons. is rapidly becoming for the
veterans of 1861 the most important,
and for few years to come there will
be rapid growth in the demand for
hospital services.
I'VE are of the opinion that appro.
priations should be made in accord
with the suggestions of the board of
control. as follows, viz: Appropria-
tons asked by the board of control
of state institutions for the Iowa Sol
diers' Home at Marshalltown:
For quartermaste building
and storehouse and for
taking light, heat, water and
sewer to same and for equip
ping same =. $40, 100000
For a coal house. .......... 100000
For an addition to women's
dormitory and for furnish
ing and equipping same. 100000
For an addition to women's
hail. including equipment
and furnishing ......... 3,500.00
For enlarging pump ROOM. 100000
For reservoir and connection
with city water system. =. 100000
For new bake oven and set
ting 100000
For new mangle .......,..... 100000
For cement floors, furniture
and repair fund ....,....... 100000
For Grand Army hall and
equipment :. ............ 100000
For Improvement of grounds. 100000
For fire protection ......... 100000
For addition to boiler house,
fire proc. =. ............. 100000
For three steam boilers and
connections J. ........... 100000
For new additions to the hos
pital, d1reproof, including
heating, plumbing, lighting
and furnishings .. ........ 100000
Total observation-disclosures. 500, 10000
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES ELERICK,
~. HUGHES, JR.,
"EDWAFaD POLAND,
"PHILIP HELES.'