The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-19
PLANS new BUILDING,
FOR INSANE ASYLUM
BEGIN ERECTION OF THREE NEW
STRUCTURES.
Men in Charge of Hospital Adopt
Scheme for Quick Relief for
C0ngested Conditions.
The State, 18th.


erty and the completion of the Taylc
building, the asylum commission an
BOARD Of regents at meeting yestel
day reached plans for the immediat
relief of the congested conditions a
the State Hospital for the Insane. Tn
work on the buildings will commenc
Monday, and it will be carried on witt
as much haste as can be accomplish
ed without sacrificing the safety O
the buildings and the comfort of thu
patients. The work is under the SUD.
erVlslon of the board of regents. DR.
). W. Babcock, superintendent of the
hospital. and DR.. w W. Ray were ap-
pointed committee on building. They
will have specifications prepared dur
ing the present week.
The present plan for the erection of
new buildings is a forerunner of fu-
ture plans for the development of the
hospital. The segregation of the races
and separate wards for the tubercular
and pellagra patients are matters to
be accomplished in future plans.
Will Start Soon.
The asylum commission viii nrob-
ably begin the erection OF new build
fngs for the hospita by August /, on
land to be purchased soon. The COM
mission is authorized to do this by a
joint resolution passed by the general
assembly at its last session A meet
ing of the commission will be held
next week, when various sites will be
considered and selection made. Fol-
lowing a session of the board Of re-
gents and asylum commission that oc-
cupied the day, DR.. Babcock made this
statement last night The construc-
ticn of three new buildings on the
asylum property and the completion of
the Taylor building is the work Of
the board of regents, money for the
work being appropriated by the gen. !
eral assembly in the regular appro- I
priation bill for improvements at the !
hospital i
The asylum commission is charg-
ed with the specific duty of purchas-
ing lands and erecting buildings there
On The board of regents has $780,
900 with which to make improve /
ments, while under the joint resolu-
tion 100000 may be borrowed from a
the sinking fund commission for the c
use of the asylum commission in pur- Il
chasing lands and erecting buildings. i
The work done by the commission o
and the regents today is explained by
the following resolution, introduced q
by Col. Leroy Springs, one of the II
members of the commission, and un- .
animously adopted: 8
Resolution Adopted. -:
1. That it is the sense and judg- ~
ment of this commission that it is -,
impracticable to dispose of or move ~
the State Hospital for the Insane from
its present location. ~
"2. That the present plant should be
improved and modernized. W,
"3. That, as it will require consid- ar
arable time for the erection of build n
ngs on the new purchase the COM ~,
mission respectfully and earnestly
recommends to the board of regents no
he immediate erection of the follow no
ng buildings for the relief of all the On
departments of the institution, name ~,
, lie
Finish the Taylor building for
White men. a.,
Erect dornlitory for negro men. ~
Erect building for invalid white arr
7omen. m,
Erect similar building for negro On.
-Omen. IT,,
1T being contemplated that the oc- ist.
upancy by the negro patients may mo
E only temporary. chs
Il. That needs of both the tubercu- VIII
r and pellagra patients demand 500
oecial consideration and provision. Th.
IS. That the commission shall pro- suc
led at once to purchase lands and to
ect buildings in pursuance of the the
int resolution of the general assem- voa
y and that provision be made first all
r the colored insane and that they cha
! moved there as fast as practical was
e." o1o~
Board Moves Quickly. end
This resolution having been unani- heal
ously adopted by the commission as one
practicable solution of existing con. in 2
ions, the board of regents ordered stoo
operations at once to carry out it's ativ
ciSiOn Dr.. Babcock and Dr. Raw b..