Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-01-30

lsumed the questioning of DR.. Bliss,
taking up the matter of reservations
in several of the deeds. which it was
Explained had been previously decided
to other parties. DR. Bliss admitted
that the wheels were dropping off some
of the wagons that We're purchased on
the Lane farm, one of the horses was
balky and had the heaves.
| The Murray Contract.
IL developed that certain wooden
building and basement were built by
Charles Murray Il railroad contractor
of Woodland for $10,5S3 Chairman
| Mullen of the committee, after some
| figuring, declared that this would give
! the contractor profit of Il certain
/ number OF cents on each cubic foot of
construction
DR.. Bliss stated that bids were not
advertised for and was asked how Mr.
| Murray living down in Washington
county, knew of the specifications and
how To bid on the contract DR. Bliss
replied that one OF the trustees knew
{ Mr.. Murray. as he lived in the same
county. He sai,l~there were t1vo other
bids by Gray and Yarmouth parties.
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Murray contract would figure about %
cents Il cubic foot while IA fair esti-
mate upon Il three-sto brick school,
house with granite trimmings was II
cents per cubic foot.
Senator Noycs stated that he had
understood Z or cents a foot to be a
fair estimate per cubic foot fer Il
wooden building similar to those at
the school
| Inquiry by. Representative Trafton
developed that a one story laundry
building al the school, 5tx40, with slate
roof cost $4,000.
What is the expense of mainten-
ance per pupil" asked Atty General
Pattangall. DR.. Bliss replied that the
per capita cost from Jan ], '19ff TO
Jan. /, 1912 was $5.1S per week per
capita. The total expense of the past
year was about $4,000.
Have You ever returned patients
te the towns from which they came?''
asked Representative Maeomber.
We have returned some who were
50 old that they could be just as well
cared for upon the town farms"
Are there not some still at the
school in this same class that could
De just as well cared for?''
There are two or three beyond the
| age at which the trustees have decid
| ed that they ought to be admitted but
they are good workers and so they
remain
Patients Turned Away.
DIR. Bliss stated that with the pres
ent equipment the school had been
able to admit all the patients that had
been admitted from the probate
courts except Two or three. He cited a.
case from Columbia in Washington
county, where TIE patient was not adj
| mitted because there We're several
| others from that town. A similar case
| in KNOX county was also mentioned.
Attorney General Pattangal asked
why, ii view OF three facts $500 600
| additional was asked for in the rec
| emmendatior Of the trustees Dr. Bliss
said that it was for caring for the pa
tients already there
1t was admitted by Dr. Bliss that
| the school had eight private patients
| who were not committed by the pro-
bate courts.
why admit these private patients
| and turn away those who are admit
| ted by the probate eourt2" asked the
attorney general.
The private patients have $500 paid
for their support which makes them
practically self-sustaining, replied DR.
Bliss.
DR.. Bliss admitted that in 1910 the
institution was receiving patients
when it had no money to meet ex-
penses He said that in une of that
year the institution negotiated Il note
for $4,000 on d Bath bank
why didn't yeu get the money from
he State?" asked Atty. Gen. Pattau-
gall.
"The State didn't have it, 50. with
the, consent of the Governor and Coun-
Gil, we negotiated the note, paying
X per cent. discount
How was that consent Secured2'
We had the verbal consent of
member of the Council. Mr. Pike told
us that We might borrow the money"
DR.. Bliss said that the women at
tendants We're paid $lS Il month with
raise To $50, after the first year. if sat
isfactery: the men We're paid s25 per
month, with a raise to $50 per month,
if satisfactory.
Farming at Institution Pays.
Dr. Bliss said that he thought that
the farming at the institution paid, al
though it was pretty hard to get at
the exact figures. He admitted that the
head farmer at the Hill farm, Mr..
Muzzy, had ut one time sold eggs.
which he raised upon the school farm.
Ia the institution.
DR.. Bliss admitted that there was an
error Of $1,000 in the inventory of the farm
i'm the 1911 report. The farm raised a.
little under the amount of hay used
About 200 acres was in grass but a great
deal of it was poorly cultivated. Two
yoke of oxen were kept on the place and
II COWS that now give milk, also three
COWS that We're dry and six heifers. He
favored a new barn in order to keep
stock enough to furnish the milk suppiy1
for the institution 1t was pointed out
by Atty Gen. Pattangall that the hay
| crop would have to be increased in, order
to do this successfully
"About so per cent. of the cost of main