The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-06
1t is Urged That Management
of the Wayne County In
firmary Be Made more Ef-
ficient and Economical.
INSTITUTION NOT
SELF SUSTAINING
More Than 800 Acres to Farm
investigators Say That
New Women's Building Is
Sorely Needed.

1t is highly probable that the report
James Beeson and Miss Galloway, rep
resenting the board of county char
tiles of the Wayne county infirmary
will be presented to the county COM
missioners at it's next meeting for i'm
mediate action. The report urges that
the commissioners demand the man
agement of the farm to be more effic-
lent and economical.
The farm is now under the superin-
the past number of years in spite of
the fact that it is farm of 80 acres
of good land has failed to be self sus-
tanning and according to the report
of the charity workers has failed to
evening supply the fruit consumed by
the inmates of the institution.
During the year 1910 the expendi-
lures of the institution were $22 ,553.64
at which time several new buildings
were built adding to the necessary ex-
penditures. The following year $16,-
1888 was spent and during 1912
$14,473.52 was spent Though several
fairly large sums of money We're turn
ed into the treasury from the farm the
expenditures have been far in excess
of the receipts.
Properly Managed?
Whether the farm is improperly
managed is not stated in the report
of the board of charities committee
and it is said in defense of the man
i L.
by grand juries in Wayne county,
whose duty it is to visit the farm, to-
gether with the reports of the charity
workers make necessary many needed
repairs which have been costly during
the past three years.
The report of the committee now in
the hands of the county commission
ers in part is as follows: THE mems
building is faily clean. The women's
building very clean, comfortable to the
surroundings, partly sanitary. But to
the casual observer it can easily be
seen that no amount of labor can make
the lower floor of the building and par
ticularly the lower floor, a fit habita-
ton for human beings
"The building rests on the ground
and has no basement. The west wall
is several feet below the surface of the
ground has sunk away from the base
boards, in places more than an inch
thus admitting a damp foul air.
"The rough board partition between
the kitchen and the womens apart
ments makes safe retreat for bed
bugs and other vermin.
THE walls are damp and mouldy.
Must Make Repairs.
Eve pretend to care for our poor
and infirm, maintaining farm of 80
acres to this end and such is the place
provided for some of them. If the
time is not at hand when we can ask
for a new women's building at the in
firmary, at least we urge that the
wooden partitions spoken of be re-
placed by something sanitary and the
floor fixed to shut out the foul air.
"The board has repeatedly recon-
mended the purchase of a new cook
stove which would be adequate of a
kitchen range to meet the require
ments of the institution, but nothing
has been done. This is not an imig-
lndTy uS6u anu Tie WOmGu VI tu6
board know that it is necessary to
have commodius and good ovens to
provide Well cooked food for so large
number of people. This the poor
farm does not have
I'VE deplore the fact that the build
ings are still lighted with kerosene, an
unsafe method for such an institution
The food water and clothing suDpIy
is adequate.
THE board further recommends
that the commissioners see that the
orchards are renovated and well cared
for and that quantity of small fruit
is purchased each year and we see no
reason why a farm of $40 acres should
not be able to produce food stuffs
needed by the inmates. We also urge
the commissioners to make the man,
agement of the farm more efffcient and
economical"