Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-03
THE INSANE HOSPITALS.
Trustees and Officials Explain the
Various Resolves Before Committee.

| THE INSANE 7OSPI AIS.
Trustees and Officials Explain the
Various Resolves Before COMMITTEES.
Among those present at the hearing
upon the Maine, East Maine and Chase
Island hospitals before the committee
on Insane hospitals Tuesday evening
| Thomas White of Bangor, Charles r.
Field of Bangor, Judge E. E. Chase of
Bluehill, Mrs. Frederic Cony of Au-
gusta of the Board of Trustees, DR.. II.
w. Mitchell, superintendent of the
Bangor hospital and Manning S.
Campbell, steward and treasurer Of the
| Augusta hospital.
| Judge F.. T.. Chase of Bluehill IN
opening the case Of the hospitals stat
| ed to the committee that he did not
| agree with the recommendations OF
Governor Fernald in regard to a cot
| tage system for further hospital addi-
| ton. He said: 81 do not feel that
cottage system is the proper thing.
The trustees feel that maintenance
will cost a great deal more with the
| cottage system than the buildings we
now have A cottage system would
make it more difficult to feed the pa
tents and to keep them warm and 1T
would take more time to attend to
them In the face of the Governors
recommendations Judge Chase said
that he did not feel like asking the
committee for the two new wings and
a central building for the hospital at
| Augusta, but a wing for the female
patients was needed at Augusta in adj
dition to the new wing for the male
patients at Bangor recommended by
| the Governor.
Superintendent DR.. H. w. Mitchell
set forth in detail the claims of the
Eastern Maine hospital at Bangor,
amounting in all to s2940S7.SS He ex-
planned that $25, 900 of this amount was
to be used to cover a deficit of long
standing. State Auditor Hatch explain
ed that with this additional sum the
institution would be able to discount
it's purchases and that it would be able
to save a considerable sum thereby.
When Supt Mitchell stated that the
towns were very slow in paying the
amounts due the hospitals for the
support of the insane DR.. H. NJ. Blake
4 OF Monmouth, a member of the COM
mittee, asked if there was not some
way of putting, the screws to delin-
quent towns and making them pay
more promptly, and it was suggested
| that as he was member of the legls-
latlve body perhaps he could devise
something.
Manning S. Campbell, treasurer of
the Insane hospital at Augusta pre-
sented the claims of this hospital, eX-
planning in detail each Of the re-
solves Allowing for the building of
| but one wing instead of two new
wings and a central connecting build
| ing for physicians and nurses the re-
solves presented to the committee car
ry 1926, 300 for improvements and build
| ings; $4,000 for salaries; $4,000, mainly
for transportation for the support OF
the convalescent insane at Chase's is
land, and $4,000 for the criminal in
| sane, amounting in all to $263,900. The
original resolve for the two new wings
ana the central connecting buildings
amounted to 1905, 900 and Mr. Campbell
explained that the building of one wing
would cost but $112,500, a difference of
$685.
Mr. Campbell stated that the $4,000
annually for salaries covers salaries
fixed by law with the exception of
$4,000 annually which is asked to be
appropriated by the trustees for ply
sicians and internes. He stated that the
resolve Of ST. 400 for the new male
wing, the arsenal road, rebuilding
laundry, fire and water service and for
Chase Island hospital, covers amounts
expended in excess of appropriation
and necessary for completion of build
ings At this point in the hearing DR.
Weld of Old Town, a member Of the
committee, asked by what right these
expenditures in excess of the appro-
priation were made and Judge Chase
replied: I'VE have no right to make
these expenditures. We try to keep
within our appropriations, but are not
always able to do so.''
Mr.. Campbell explained that the re-
solve of $4,000 covered improvements
fol grounds, roads and sidewalks to
the amount of $4,000; additional for re-
building greenhouse $500; rebuilding
wharf $500; repairing coal pocket roof
$1,000; additional for building slaugh-
ter house $500; repairing commander
house and other residences on arsenal
grounds $4,000. In reply to Judge
Chases query if possibly the repairs
on the commanders house and resi-
dcnces on the arsentl grounds could
be put off two years longer, Mr.. Camp
bell stated that they might be, al
Though the buildings were in very bad
condition. trt
NEW STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.