Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1909-03-18
THE. HE..LEG|SLATURE
WAS GENEROUS

For the State Hospital For
the Insane.
The last legislature seemed to
realize more clearly than any previous
assembly, the Importance and neces-
stiles of the state insane hospital To-
Gated at this city, and the entire
legislature, together with the appro-
priation committees were alive to
the facts and figures presented by our
representatives from this county, as
we'll as by the committee Of the leg
islature that visited the institution.
Information furnished by the trus-
tees and Supt. Baldwin also added to
the emphasis with which the needs
OF the asylum were impressed upon
the legislative body. AS a conse-
quence appropriation bills for main
tenance, current expenses, new build
ings and building improvements, sew
erage disposal plant. repairs, addi-
tional land, ETC., will aggregate to-
tai OF over 1851. 900 for the next two
years. 1t may be possible that the
governor will feel obliged to veto
some items of this large appropria-
tion, which is the largest yet re-
ceived for any biennial period in
the history of the institution.
For current expenses and mainte-
nance it is estimated that the insti.
tuition will have an income of $685.
600. while the appropriations for inn
provements, repairs, ETC.. footed up
to Sl26, 1850. The amount Of the item
for maintenance depends on the num-
Der Of patients at the institution, as
the payments for such are now large
ly made by counties, from which the
patients are sent. With an average
of 600 patients there would be de-
rived from the counties alone 81, 600
q year; but this is an uncertain mat
ter estimate closely.
The institution has now passed in
attendance the GOO mark and Satur-.
day last there were e03 inmates in
the institution.
The new board Of trustees will
meet for organization on April 9Th.
In few days the final action of the
governor will be known on the appro.
priation bills, when proposals for 8n-
ishing the new fire proof building
will be advertised, and other propo-
sails for other work intended at the
hospital will be offered. There is
much to be done this year at the in
stitution, and the work Of finishing
the ward building, partly constructed
last year, will be completed as soon
as possible. It is likely that the re-
sources of the state will not permit
the expenditure this year Of all the
appropriations for Improvements that
were made by the legislature, and
that part Of the work will have to be
done next year.
The following are members Of the
present board of trustees: The old
members being Messrs. 81. J. Mitch
ell, president, New Rockford; J. B.
Fried, secretary, jamestown; NJ. A.
Hildreth, Fargo. The new members
Of the board are n. NJ. Taber, James
town, and W. H. Lackey, New Hope.
P. W. Eddy is treasurer, and NJ. D.
! Williams, steward. A Bismarck dis
patch has stated that altho the In
stitutions of the state are now In
the hands of majority Of members
of boards who are democratic in poll
tics, yet certain heads Of institutions
at present in charge. viii not BE dis
/ turbed, and among them is Snpt. =.
,4B. Baldwin of the state hospital.
The report..of the trustees, and the
superintendent for the last two
years, made to the governor and the
v legislature gives . complete record Of
the important actions Of the in
stitution. Supt. Baldwin states that
the actual cost per capita for the
period in the last two years was
3lel. .o2 which is s5. II more than for
the period beginning July lst, 1904,
and ending June 3oth, 1905. Some Of
the items which made the slight
increased cost included items in the
4 ,o+ura nf ,,armanent improvements