Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-29

Venod during the afternoon at 200
o'clock and after the opening of the
Board Allen D. Conover, Chairman
IF the State Board of Control, ad-
dressed the Board at length upon
The necessary qualifications for the
proper establishment of a County
Insane Asylum. He stated that
such an institution properly located,
and we'll managed, would be a fl
nancial success to any county es-
tablishing the same, if they used
due diligence in selecting a large
tract of good land, such as they
would select for farming purposes,
and then located close to suitable
railroad facilities and then have good
drainage Such a site with a good
manager would make a success of
such an institution. At the close
of his remarks a motion was made
that Wood County build a County
Insane Asylum. That vote resulted
as follows: es,-Messrs George
Smith, J. A. Chapman, J. K. P. Hiles,
Geo. T. Rowland, c. E. Mckee, P. NJ.
Christensen, Joseph Deckert, R. H.
! Schroeder, o. G. Lindemann, A. G.
Pankow, E. NJ. Demming, F. H. Wit
tiers, John Wolf, Geo. w. Brown, J.
c. Kurtz, H. C. Mccoy, L. Ward,
August G.. Bartels,-Total IS.
Nays-Messrs. Edward Morris, Jo-
seph Kundiger, D. J. Kilday, A. E.
Bennett, A. J. Hasbrouck, Edward
Lynch, Fred C. Henke, F. L. Rourke,
P. Mulroy, B. R. Goggins, Gus A.
Giese, Louis Amundson. Joseph Ko-
hel, VIM. Hooper, Henry Forbes, F.
Ecksteadt, Jacob P. Esser, John Roth
enberger, Joseph Reimer, Herman
Ross, J. J. Iverson, Simon Worlund,
E. D. Ayers,-TotaI %.
A recess of half an hour was
taken after which E. D. Ayers moved
for a reconsideration of the motion
to establish an Insane Asylum which
was lost before recess on a vote of
IS to %.
This motion was seconded and pre-
Ayes and Nays which resulted as fol
lows:
AYES Joseph Kundiger, George
Smith, J. A Chapman, D. J. Kill
day, J. K. P. Hiles, Geo. T. Rowland,
P. n. Christensen, Joseph Deckert,
R. H. Schroeder, o. G. Lindemann,
A G. PankoW, E. NJ. Demming, F.
H. Writer'S, Joseph Wolf, Joseph Ko-
hel, Geo. w. Brown, ]. c. Kurtz, H.
C. Mccoy, L. Ward, Jacob P Esser,
John Rothenberger, August G. Bar
tel and E. D. Ayers.-TotaI %
NAYES-Edward Morris, A E. Ben
nett, W. H. Reeves, J. J. Hasbrouck,
Edward Lynch, Fred G. Henke, F. L.
Rourke, P Mulroy, B. R. Goggins,
Gus A. Giese, Louis Amundson, VIM.
Hooper, Henry Forbs,*E. Eicksteadg,
Joseph Reimer, Herman Ross, J. J.
Iverson and Simon Worlund.-Total
is.
From the above vote it will be
seen that after recess the conditions
were just reversed and upon this
same vote it was decided to build
the County Insane Asylum. The
question then was upon the selec-
ton of site and a special commit
tee had reported eight of these, and
in reference to the merits of the
different sites. Three sites were Of
fered near Marshfield, two near Yes
per. one near Pittsville, two near
Rudolph and one near Grand Rapids.
Several members of the Board dis
cussed these various sites until 500
o'clock when the Board adjourned
for supper. After supper they con-
vened again and discussed the merits
until 500 O'Clock when a motion was
made for adjournment sine die.
The roll was called on this motion
and resulted as follows:
Ayes-Edward Morris, A. E. Ben
nett, J. K P Hiles, w. H. Reeves,
\. J. Hasbrouck, Edward Lynch, FREQ
c. Henke, F. D. Rourke, P Mulroy,
| B. r. Goggins, Gus \. Giese, c. E.
Mckee, Louis Amundson, Joseph Ko-
/ hel, VIM Hooper, ]. P. Kurtz, Henry
Forbs, E. Eicksteadt, John Rathen-
| berger, Joseph Reimer, Herman Ross,
]. J. Iverson, Simon Wourland, E. D.
! Ayers.-Total "a.
! Nayes-Joseph Kundiger, George
Smith, j. A. Chapman, G. J. Kilday,
| Geo. T. Rowland, P n Christensen,
| Joseph Deckert, R. H. Schroeder, o.
G. Lindemann, A. g. Pankow, E N.
| Deming, F. H. Writer'S, John Wolf,
Geo. w. Brown, H c. Mccoy, L.
Ward, August c. Bartel.-Total %.