East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-13
Governor. West Says Addition
al Adjoining Acres Must Be
Purchased.
STATE BOARD GOES
OVER LAND TODAY
Gardening Tracts Will Be Added
Main Building VIII be as Large as
One at Salem Says Chief Executive
Not Certain That Hill Side is Best
Building Site-Party Entertained.

More ground is necessary and must
be had" said Gov. Oswald West this
morning after he had returned from
trip to the site chosen for the To-
cation of the branch insane asylum
in company with State Treasurer
Thomas B. Kay, DR.. r. E. L. Steiner,
superintendent of the asylum at Sa-
lem, Engineer Charles A. Murphy and
Architect Louis r. Hazeltine. The
party arrived in Pendleton this morn
ing on the early train from Portland
and at o'clock were driven by auto
to the Oliver tract by committee
from the local Commercial association
club managers. The fall of snow
during the night was a considerable
handicap in the inspection but the
general topography of the land could
easily be ascertained.
Several adjoining tracts of bottom
land will have to be purchased in the
opinion of both Governor West and
Treasurer Kay as the present acreage
is inadequate. Governor West is,
moreover, not certain that the hill
land to the north of the road is the
best site for the buildings. 81 think
the main building will be as large as
the one at Salem" he said, land in
that event it is a question whether
there is enough suitable hill ground
to be had for such a large site. Then
IL must be taken into consideration
that all supplies will have to be haul
ed to the buildings which would pre-
sent serious difficulty in case the
latter were situated on high ground,
Then there is the water problem. We
can not locate the institution at the
same elevation as the reservoir. There
are also great number of other prob
lens which will have to be solved
later and for which purpose. both
Engineer Murphy and Architect Haz-
eltine will remain for some time in
the city"
At Luncheon.
At IL o'clock Governor West State
Treasurer Kay and2others of the Wis
iting party were entertained at lunch
con by Commercial association board
of managers. The affair was held in
the annex to the Quelle and those
present were Governor West, state
Treasurer Kay, superintendent Stein
er, Mr.. Hazeltine, the states arclrt-
tect; Mr.. Murphy, the engineer. May
or E. ]. Murphy, Lee Teutsch, James
Johns, w. l.. Thompson. Dr. c. j.
Smith, G. w. Rice, w. E. Brock, Clar-
ence Bishop Dan r. Smythe, Harry
Gray, Ben f. Hill, and E. b. Aldrich.
In rpSnnnGn n nol1 fnY. n snnnp1,
Governor West spoke briefly and
told something of the work now con-
fronting the board in erecting the
branch hospital here He explained
that in his judgment and in the judg-
ment of other members of the board
some additional land should be pur-
chased. He pointed out that the
great problem confronting the board
Is how to erect the buildings upon a
location suitable for building purpos-
&c and one that will also provide close
connections with the railroad siding.
A more extended talk was made by
Mr.. Kay though he covered much of
the ground that was gone over by the
governor. He said that the Pendle-
ton site has been selected as the To-
cation for the branch asylum and that
there is no disposition to criticise the
selection made. Yet the new board
is anxious to avoid mistakes of any
nature and so the ground will be
gone over carefully before final plans
are adopted. However the state board
will go ahead and ask the legislature