Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-06
BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT FOR
EPILEPTic COLONY TO
COST $4,000.
HOSPITAL TO BE FIRST
ERECTED; OTHERS TO FOLLOW
Plans Call For Equipment Necessary
to Meet Growth and Care For 1900
Patients-Thorne Asks Legislature
For Funds Necessary to Carry on
Railroad Commissions Work.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. Eff the state of
Iowa is going to really and truly take
care of the great problem of the epilep-
tics, if the work we'll started is to be
built up on a firm foundation then
funds must be provided for the equip
ment of the epileptic colony and start
ing of the work, and the legislature
will be asked to provide these funds
by special short-time half mill levy.
The plans to be submitted to the leg
islature for the hospital part OF the
epileptic colony include buildings
which. when completed, vii! cost ap-
proximately $4,000.
The idea is to construct the hospital
part first, the custodial part to follow.
But the main buildings, the admins
tration buildings, power plants, ETC.,
should be constructed SO that they will
be ample for the institution when it
shall have 1900 or more patients. The
expenditure will therefore seem large
for the commencement of the colony.
The village system is TO be followed
there being groups of cottages for the
inmates, all of one-story height only,
the most modern construction being
adopted.
Chairman Thorne, of the railroad
commission, made a presentation to
the appropriation committee yesterday
of the desires of the commission in
the matter of appropriations for the
important work before the commission.
He suggested an appropriation of 500
900 for checking UP the valuations
made by the valuation ooard working
at Washington on the railroads, to the
end that the Iowa commission may
have a basis for rate making. Either
this should be done or the state should
undertake to make valuation of the
railroads in Iowa. This latter would
probably take an appropriation of
sl00,0 or more. The commission then
desires continuation of the $4,000 for
expenses in the matter Ct interstate
rates, with a moderate increase of the
same because of the very important
cases now pending.
At conference between the mem
bers of the state board Of education
and the state board Of control the mat
tee Of a psychopashic hospital for Iowa
wsts given consideration and reports
indicated that there is already a pretty
strong sentiment. in the legislature in
favor of this move. The plan would
be to have the hospital at Iowa City,
in proximity to the state university
but not q part Of 1t, the hospital. to.
remain under the control Cf the board
Of control and the patients therein
to be a part Of the Constitutional popu-
lation OF the state. The hospital would
be one where persons suspected Of be-
ing on the verge Of mental break down
or possibly in the incipien. stages Of
insanity or other mental disorder,
would be sent for detention and inves-
tigation and for treatment, before they
are committed to hospital for the in
sane.
1t has developed, also, that under the
rules Of tho American Medical Society
every medical college which is to
maintain it's standing as a class A col
lege must have similar hospital in
connection Herewith.
Approval Of the plans made in the
south for gigantic improvement of the
lower Mississippi valley, for flood pro-
lection, is probably by the legislature.
John A. Fox, Of Memphis, who Is con-
nected with an organization for the
purpose of boosting for an appropria-
ton in congress to have the levee
system completed to protect many
thousands of square miles of land from
overflow, explained the matter to
members of the legislature. The theory
is that the people of the whole United
Tot <n mi 70 To ;c
'ection, because the basin drained,
which caused the trouble, includes
nearly third of the United States.
A very interesting hearing was held
yesterday afternoon by the joint labor
committees On the bills to regulate the
children and apprentices. These bills
are being very strongly urged by the
labor unions. The yurge that condi-
tons of labor for women should be
such as to conduce to morality and
comfort and health and that it has
been abundantly demonstrated that
the long hours and unsanitary condi-
lions are not good. There was opposl-
ton chiefly from the hotel men, the
restaurant keepers and the laundry
men. H. O. Bernbrock. formerly mem
Der from Blackhawk county, spoke for
the Jlaundrymen in opposition to the
bills, and w. G. Holden, for the hotel.
There were a number of others pres
ent.
The graft committee" Of the
senate has closed its inquiries and is
engaged in preparing repor. which
will he ready tha latter part Of next
week Yesterday the committee had