The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-01

STATE HOSPITAL NO. 4.
Junketing Committee Thinks S8l,52l
Sufficient for lt-SuperIntendent's
Estimate Of Needs S2I2, 900.

The Legislative Junketing Com.
mittee, composed of Senator Doris
of Oregon county, chairman, aud
Representatives Wood of Howard
and Norfeet of Morgan, submitted
its report TO the Legislature last
Monday, wherein recommendations
for the various State institutions
are made. The committee which,
some weeks prior to the assembling
of the Legislature, visited all the
State institutions. reported in al
general way that the institutions
are i'll good condition and under
satisfactory management. 1t makes
several recommendations, among
them a uniform system OF book
keeping for all the institutions,
aud II provision to meet losses by
fire, none of the institutions being
insured. As they are valued at
nearly Sc. 600. 900, aud ii would
take an expenditure of about $l00-
600 year to keep the property
insured. the committee recon.
mends that the Legislature enact II
law under which the sum of 800,
600 may he available to meet any
loss sustained by fire at any one
of these institutions without delay,
by application to the State officials
with sufficient proof of the amount
of loss. Within the last twenty
years there have been but three
serious losses. the State University
main building in 1899. the State
Normal ut Cape Girurdeau three
years ago, aud the recent damage
to the COLONY for the Feeble minded
at Marshall.
The appropriations recommended
for the maintenance, Improvement
and repairs of the various lnstltu-
tions aggregate So COL 1S0, as fol.
lows:
State University. y...,............ Sb25i 500
Rolla School of Mines. ........ $4,000
Warrensburg Normal. .......... ISo, ZOO
Kirksville Normal. ....... ..... $4,000
Cape Girardeau Normal ....... lac, ZOO
Springfield Normal. ........... So2 900
Maryville Normal. ......... ... So2 900
St. Louis School for the Blind. Io4, 100
Deaf and Dumb Institute, Fulton 234,5oo
Confederate Home, Higgiusville $4,000
Federal Home, St. James. s....... 5o,7so
State Hospital No. /, Fulton" 7S,465
State Hospital No. !, ST. Joseph $500
State Hospital No. ), Nevada o.. 5000
State Hospital No. /, Pennington SI,S2I
Predetermined Colony. Marshall I57 900
Mo. Training School, Boonville $4,000
Industrial Home for Girls, Chill
licothc. Observation-Disclosures. 479So
/ State Sanitafium, Mount Vernon $4,000
Experimental Fruit Station,
/ Mountain Grove .......... 4o,7oo
State Fair, Sedalia. $1,000
Fish Hatcheries, St. Louis and
St. Joseph ................ $4,000
Geological Survey of State. 10000
State Hospital No. 4 at Farm.
ingtor is a new institution, con
structed on a different plan from
the other hospitals for the insane,
and consequently it needs n good
many things with which the older
institutions of its character are
supplied or do not need on account
of the difference in their construc.
ton. The appropriation recon.
mendcd for No. by the committee,
$Sl .52l, is a little more than one.
third the estimate submitted by
DR.. w. +. Kuhn, the superintend.
ent, in the third biennial report of
State Hospital No. 4 to the Cover.
nor and the 44th General Assembly.
He places the needs of this institu-
tion as follows. which aggregate
$2l2. .623.85:
Old Peoples Annex x......, .SI5, 600. 90
Receiving Cottage (double),
with Hydrotherapeutic Ap.
paraius. .... -. ...... 10000. 90
Cottage for Disturbed Patients
double. ................. $4,000. 90
Furniture. ................... 1880, 90
Furniture and fixtures for Au-
ditorium. go. ........ 1000. 90
Repairs and painting. ...... 2,ooo. 90
Window guards for Infirmary
and Cottages. 5000. 90
Ice plant and cold storage -. 10000, 90
Laundry, completed, and ma
chinery and dynamo. ...... 5000, 90
Deep we'll .................. I,SoC. 90
| Standpipc. Observation-Disclosures. 1000. 90
Additional boiler. 1900. 90
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