Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-23

the proper and efficient conduct and
| management Of all the affairs Qf-the
hospital:
Inc estimated income Of the Bangor
State hospital is $4,000 for the year
1915 and s17 900 for the year 1916 for the
support of patients. During the year
1918 the sum of $15,S04.21 was received
from this source. 1t is expected that
the sum of $1,000 will be received in
each of the coming two years from
| miscellaneous collections, and the sale
| of dry goods, groceries, postage,
stamps, house rent old material, ETC.,
and 500 for each year from the sale
of hogs.
The requests for special appropria-
tions for the hospital are as follows:
For the erection and equipment of n
! congregate dining room to care for
about 500 patients, thus relieving dim
ing rooms in the various wards ana
increasing the capacity of the nos
pital by 100 patients, $50,000.00; foF
the purchase of a stone crusher to
crush stone for streets. sidewalks AMI
concrete work, S1,500.000 for the en-
largement of the vegetable cellar for
the vegetables raised on the farm,
| 100000; for the erection of sun par
tlors on sick wards CT and Ell 10
enable patients to get the benefit OF
outdoor treatment, 100000; to furn-
ish and equip rooms in the attic of j
building for sleeping rooms for night
nurses, 100000: for the purchase III
a small herd of cows and for the al
iteration of the present bar to suitably
care for the same, 100000; for tho
erection and equipment of poultry
house and the purchase of stock for
the same, 100000.
Augusta State Hospital.
The estimate expenses of the Au-
gusta State Hospital for the years
1915 and 1916 are s2S6,000 for 1915 and
S27944O for the year 1915.
These expenses are for the follow
ing:
Maintenance and support of insane
beneficiaries, including salaries of Of
ficers and employees
Supplies, fuel. lights power watee
medical supplies and attendance, and
furnishings and maintenance of the
same.
Repairs to buildings and grounds,
labor and material, maintenance on
/
greenhouse. laundry and quarry.
General administration expenses,
books, blank forms and the printing
and binding of the reports of the Of
ficers and trustees.
Ordinary renovations of an addition
to buildings. maintenance and i'm
provement of grounds roads and side
walks
NI a
criminal insane, and all expenses ne
cessary and incident to the mainte-
nance of the hospital at Chase Island,
including supply of pure water. trans
portation of patients, officers and en-
pleyes, and all expenses necessary ano
incidental to the proper and effieiere
conduct and mana cement of all the
affairs of the institution.
The hospital wants the sum of s2s5,-
700 for the following two years, Si75,-
700 for the year 1915 and $4,000 for
the year 1916 as special appropria-
TONS which are divided as follows:
Estimates in the repair work of the
heating and ventilating in the Sanborn,
Harlow male and female pavilions,
Burleigh pavilion and criminal build
ing and center building. S20.000.oe for
1915: hot water circulating system for
the central plant. s5,O0o00; machine
shop. addition to the present carpen-
ter shop. 20 feet added on to the pres
ent building. basement used for ma
chine shop. upper portion used for en-
largement of industrial shop (new
portion cost. s2.50000; equipment OF
machine shop, with benches. racks
etc. s250000; renoyating second and
third male wings. stone building,
S100.0O0.00 for 1915 and $4,000 for
1916 nurses home for 80 nurses,
81 600 90 for the year 1915 and 100000
for the year 1916; furnishing for the
third female wing now being reno
waited. $4,000; chapel building i'm
provements. dormitory upstairs and
dining room for all patients below,
with small serving room or Kitchen
cite. and a day room and improved
bathing facilities for working patients,
| 81 200 90: Chase Island wharf repairs,
| 81 100000.
The receipts for the year 1915. are
estimated at s2s6,000 and s297,4 40 in
/ 1916, while in 1918 the receipts were
$2o4 600 and in 1914 We're $4,000.
! The estimated receipts for each of
the following two years are given as
! follows: support or patients provided
! for by their own means or relatives,
$50, 900 90: income from farm products,
stock, labor of men and horses, etc,
| s7,50000; income from garden prod
ucts, etc. s2,500.00; income from the
! sale of hogs. pigs. etc, 100000; in
come from houses rented, $4,000; in
come from sundry sales, $4,000; in
| come from the Coburn fund, 100000;
| library fund. interest on stock and de-
| post, S32S.00; from the Helen A. Gill
man legacy, as provided by Chapter
| 131 of the Resolves of 1905, $4,000;
| from the Joseph II. Williams legacy
to the Insane Hospital, as provided by
| Chapter 220 of the Resolves of 1897.