The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-17
JOINT COMMITTEES
is GIVEN IN DETAIL

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mint Of The isines - Nos and q
and them eapaeity has not been IN
creased. The capacity 81 No. 5 has
been practically doubied aud il =
nov almost equal ii size 10 HE other
two. This s explained ii tiie; s::sse
ot the Weieh hospital ~ the fact tint
the original building was IS boteheii
as to be unlnhabitabIe and ia Il Is De
rebuilt, The cost or each patient ii.
these three hospitals averages az folz
lows: No ]. SITS s; No. !, 500. n: 81.
2, 1927. The report comments upon.
the fact that the three hospitals treat
the same class sof patients for tlie
same purposes and leaves the fnfer-
ence that the committee sees mo- rea.
son why the cost In No. 3 should Be:
more than double. and in No: j sey-
ehty-tive per cent as great as the
cost in No. /.
System Of Management.
A wide diversity Is found In the pur-t
chase OF supplies. The state has 10
clothe and feed about 1000 persons.
There are twenty-five separate boards
with 12s members controlling the state
Institutions. Their total per diem Is
PROBABLY $4,000 a year. The exact
amount cannot be ascertained, owing
70 the loose system Of bookkeepinE
and the failure of many boards to aess
count for funds expended other than
funds appropriated by the state. II
was on this account that the commit
tee recommended the creation Of n,
Board Of Control.
General Remarks.
Recurring to the location of insti-
tutions, that Of the boys' reform.
school at Prnntytown, Is emphasized
The state has 200 to 900 boys. most
OF whom are capable Of WORKING
either on the farm or in the shons
but there is no work for them 10 do
There Is no place suitable for a farm
about the school and the cost Of trans.
portation would be SO great that I'll
would not be profitable Ia establish
a manual training school for which
raw materials would have TO be haul
ed by wagon.
The girls industrial school located
at Salem. located there because Of a
gift, is wen enough located as to the
accessibility but II 1t should perform
fully its functions It would have
very large population and the water
question would become a serious one
The location of the penrtentiary is
an admirable one. 1t is heaithful. the
means of transportation are good, the
water supply abundant and materials
can be had near at hand in large
markets.
The report gives the school for the
deaf and blind at Romney black-eye
both from the standpoint OF the con-
structlon of the buildings and the
character of the mana cement and en-
vlronments surrounding the students
at that institution. The Romney
buildings are declared to be yeritab1e
fire-traps. The deaf. the dumb and
the blind in this report are called thei
special wards Of the state and as such
should have only the best surround
ings. To use the words of the re-
port. From general view Droper
conditions do not prevail at this insti-
tuition and from sense of duty 10
the unfortunate pupils and to the stats
better management should be secur.
ed" The buildings are described as
being without plan or purpose and
about the whole institution there is
general air of inattention to detail in
the construction of the buildings. so
much so that present conditions are
decidedly conducive of fire. AS show |
ing how the inmates OF this school
are in constant Jeopardy of their lives, !
1t Is recited in the report that wood
stoves are used in the domftories ON
the second and third floors. The out
buildings are mere shacks and so IN
fit for the purpose for which they arc
built that they are mere apologies as
such and are unsanitary even for the
live stock they house, endangering II.
directly the health OF those who drink
the milk furnished by the cows who
are always threatened with. tuberculo-
sis. A sufficient quantity OF water is
deficient in pureness and the pressure
insufficient in case the buildings were
ever threatened by fire. The COM
mission does not hesitate to say that
If a IRE should ever break out in the
buildings at this institution many
would lose their lives and they regard
conditions as being ideaa for a fire.
The commission emphasizes the fact
that 1t is a school in which many OF
the best families Of the state are be-
ing educated and as such should have
proper environments and while not
criticisIng the superintendent Of t6isl
school leaves much to be read between
the lines.
Criticism Of the transfer of funds
from one account to another in an in
stitutions is INDUCED in by the com.
mission To illustrate their point the
committee shows that at the home