The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-24
The Insane Hospital

Dakota situated at jamestown was
opened for the reception of patients
in May, 1885, one building being erect
ed at that time. Before the erection
and opening of this building the in
sane of the territory had been cared
for at the South Dakota hospital for
the insane at Yankton. From that
hospital a large number of patients
were brought at one time and installed
in their new quarters.
DR.. o. N. Archibald, who had prev
ious experience in the care of the in
sane and imbecile in the the state
of Iowa for many years, was the first
superintendent. The number of pat
tents increased rapidly, and during the
next three years the erection of build
ings for their accommodation was
pushed to good effect. BY the fall of
1883 three more ward buildings,
kitchen building, an assembly hall, a
boiler house, and the administration
building were being completed, and
steam heat and electric light were
everywhere installed, and the insane
of North Dakota dwelt, many of them
for the first time, in houses with all
the modern conveniences."
DR.. D. S. Moore, who had been prev
iously connected with the Nebraska
hospital for the insane at Lincoln,
Nebraska, and the Long Island Home,
a private institution for the insane
situated at Amityville, New York, was
appointed assistant physician Septem-
Der %, 1883.
january 1, 1889, Thomas Pettigrew,
an engineer of many years experience
in Scotland, Australia, Canada and the
United States, assumed charge Of the
heating, lighting and plumbing depart
ments This was an event of import
ance to the institution, for the effl-
cheney and economy of the plant in
these directions were therefor insured
for the future.
No more building was done for some
years, although 1t was greatly needed.
Patients were often obliged to sleep
two in bed, and the sitting rooms
and halls had to have beds put up in
them to accommodate the growing
numbers. D.
In January, 1896 DR.. D. s. Moore
was appointed superintendent of the
institution.
In 1899 a large new ward building
for the accommodation of male pat
tents was erected and afforded some
relief to the congested wards. A
laundry building was erected the same
year.
With the growing population of the
state came a corresponding increase
in the number to be cared for. more
room" was still the cry, but no more
building could be done until 1905.
The state was 1lampered by the poverty
of youth, and legal complications
sometimes arose to prevent the use
of appropriations already made. Fin
ally in the spring of 1906 a new hos
pital building and a building for the
on-disturbed male workers were
finished and occupied; but by this time
the number of male patients had in
creased, until at the present time there
is urgent need of another building for
men.
Altogether there are in this group
of buildings at the present time twelve
large brick buildings connected with
corridors partly underground. An
artesian we'll supplies all the water
needed by the institution. The boiler
house furnishes steam, hot water and
electric light for the entire institution.
Ignite coal mined in the state has
been burned in the institution for
many years, and Is found highly salts
factory considering the contract price
at which it has been supplied by
those mines which are sufficiently de-
veloped to enable them to compete
for the furnishing OF fuel
All the supplies are bought on con-
tract after advertising for samples
and bids. These contracts are awarded
annually by the board of trustees, who
inspect the samples and
award the contract to the lowest bid