The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-11-17
BIENNIAL REPORT
TO THE GOVERNOR
Made By Board Of Control Of State
Institutions.
s,2l4,soO. IN APPROPRIATIONS
Large Sum Will be Asked Of the
Coming Legislature to Make
Contemplated improvements
in Property and Service.

| DeS MoineS, Nov. l6.---A synopsis
of the report of the Board OF Control
of state institutions Of Iowa for the
biennial period which ended on the
30th day of June, A. D., 1910, was
made public today The tables show
an aggregate gain In the average
daily population Of some Of the state
institutions of 437, an aggregate
loss In others Of 1879 and net aver.
age daily gain of 24S for the period
The gain of 113 In the institution
for feeble-minded children ID account.
ed for by enlarged accommodations
for persons who were on the walt.
ing list. The increase of 127 in the
average aggregate daily population
OF the penitentiary and reformatory
is due to the 'indeterminate sentence
act. the number of commitments to
the prisons during the period having
been smaller than for several years
preceding.
The most important of the Inn
provements made during the period
are as follows: The construction of
a gymnasium for the college for the
blind, the west wing Of the new
custodial building and railway
switch to the coal house of the insti-
tuition of feeble-minded children, the
construction OF an employees build.
ing and seven cottages and the In
stalling of fire protection system
for the state sanatorium for the
treatment of tuberculosis, the con-
struction of 2.459 lineal feet OF tun-
mel 51ax61h feet in size. 1910 square
feet of sidewalk, a horse barn and
granary for the Industrial school
for boys at Eldora, the installation
of an ice making and refrigerator
plant at the Mt. Pleasant state hos,
pital. the construction OF. a railway
switch to the coal house of the indie.
pendence state hospital and the com.
pletion of the infirmary building for
that institution. and the construction
of a fire station and the completion
of the infirmary building for the
Cherokee state hospital. Work has
progressed steadily on the new cell
house of the penitentiary at FIT.
Madison. There have also been many
improvements of minor importance
at the various state institutions and
most of the special appropriations
made by the last general assembly
have been expended for the purposes
for which they . were made. Five
hundred twenty-nine and S9-100
acres of land we're purchased, the
number of acres of land owned by
| the state for the benefit of the fit.
teen institutions under our control
now being 7,661.21.
Appropriations Asked.
The special appropriations asked
for one proposed and fifteen existing
state institutions aggregate $1,214,S00
and may be classified as follows
For land and buildings for
an epileptic colony. =. .s200,0 900. 90
For hospital and dormitory
buildings for inmates, in ..
Guiding cell house and
cells of penitentiary. !. 100000 C
For buildings for offices and
employees ...... 72,70OOC
For various buildings, includ-
ing school houses, indus
/ trial shops, laundries,
store houses, live stock,
implements. etc :. ..... $4,000. OF
For automatic stokers. :. S6,500.Oi
For improvement of water
supply 1900. ......... 2o,6OO,o
For railway tracks to coal
houses 900. ......... $4,000. 0(
For land for farms ...... $4,000 0C
For farm buildings APP. 100000
For fencing and thing land, 100000
For contingent and repair
funds .. ........ S6,500.0C
Total .... ....... 1886, ZOO. OF
Tho remainder of the total amount