The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-28

IN SIX new laundry trucks are needed:
the new noor in the distributing room
Is badly worn and should be replaCed.
a not water heater should be provided.
ana other minor articles and repairs
should receive attention. To provide
The new drying cabinet of the latest
and most efficient design and to- make
the repairs required an appropriation
OF $4,000 will he necessary"
Acknowledgement that all these re-
quests have been met is made in the
next report
"1aOS. The laundry has been en-
larged and supplied with new machin-
cry. sterilizing room, dry house. &c.
ana is nov fairly equipped to cope in
a satisfactory manner with the large
amount of work which il n%cccsSIr, in
an institution az large az this"
l'ui recalling that a similar state
ment in 1905 only served a. a blind
from which to bag an approximation
requested a few pages beyond. it is
not surprising again To find in the
same report
N new mangle IL very much needed
IN the laundry; SO 1000 will be re-
quired."
~ l'I NV DtDdI lI1ltI'
OF Efficiency and Economy concludes
that rnis request was granted from
the fact that only 81 900 Is asked for
new machinery the following year.
But.
1902. \ laundry in which the cloth
ms belonging to the staff could b
cared for would be a great conve-
nience and would save much of the
trouble now experienced. \ suitable
building would cost about $4,000 and
the equipment about $4,000 more
"l'll. W are much in need Of
additional laundry equipment in order
To dc the work required for our in
creasing numbers. We should have
n new washer. a new manglc. q new
dry house and other equipment. all
of watch Will rcquir. the expenditure
Of $1,000
'Rcwiring laundry block. sl.l07.
This estimate * for rew.rinS the wash
room. mangle room. ironing room for
both IRONS and light. sewing room and
employees room over the bowling
alley. This wiring Is all open work
and should he placed in a conduit
for safety. The attic over the en-
ployees' room * in u hazardous con-
ditlon. due to the accumulation OF
lint
Who. il may he asked. * responsible
for hazardous open work wiring run
! ming through lint Uttered rooms in an
institution built To shelter ok with
out wit To protect themselves? Why
was not proper wiring installed dur-
inS al the repairs ihat have been
going on since l905o VIII this IauN-
dry never be equipped to render the
: rv!ce that could he clearly foreseen
ten years ago.
In the spring of 1906 1t was an
nounCcd that the State commission
had set aside $4,000 for the erection
of a reception hospital for acute
cases with 100 beds. and a building
for chronic cases with 40 beds. - he
known as Invond In 1905 the COM
mission reports:
The most notable additions during
the year We're the buildings for the
acute and chronic insane. owing to
delay N the fitting up of the hydro
therapeutic rooms. the building for
the acute insane has not Vet been OPP
encd. That for the chronic insane
Inwnod was opened during the latter
part of the fiscal Year and II has been
found well adapted for the care Of
such patients as IL was Intended to
accommodate
Further on IN the same report i
this confession:
An OF TIA. bindings which have
been erected during pc pas, ten or
fifteen years have been very poorly
sppplieI with single rooms fur the
care Of noisy and disturbed paticnts.