Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-05-19

increased from 2,264 to ana. gain
of SO, and the cost of maintenance
increased from $63S.722 Il to $685.
0Uu.61, an increase of $49.21S
During this biennium two separate
ward buildings were constructed at
the western hospital at cost of
$10o,S30.40, and SO acres of land ad-
joining the hospital grounds on the
west were purchased. a new ward
building was erected at the eastern
hospital at cost of S54,321.36, and
a building for the institution for
feeble minded at Medical Lake built
at a cost of $49,210.91. New cell
rooms were added at the state peni-
Tertiary at a cost OF $40, 900: a new
hospital built at the soldiers home
at a cost of $9,941.65; and new
heating system installed there at
cost Of $4,818.29. Additional land
was purchased at the state reform
school which cost $4,000.
Boards Duties increased.
On April LIST, 1907, Matt l.. Piles
was appointed to succeed himself on
the board, his term having expired,
and Fl. T. Jones became chairman.
On June 29th, 1907, Matt l.. Piles, J.
H. Davis and H. T. Jones were reap
pointed members of the board to sue
coed themselves under the act of the
Tenth legislature. This was the act
which increased the salary of the
board members from 50 1000 to 5000
per annum. The name of the state
reform school was changed to the
state training school, Increased du
ties were placed upon the board by
giving them the care, custody and
control of the state capitol building
and grounds; provided that the board
should visit the following named edu-
cational institutions, investigate their
system of accounts and bookkeeping
and report the condition thereof and
the needs of the institutions and APP
preparations deemed advisable there
for: the University of Washington at
Seattle, the State Normal School at
Cheney, the State Normal School at
Ellensburg, the State Normal School
at Bellingham, and the State College
Of Washington at Pullman.
This legislature also authorized the
construction of armories at Seattle,
Tacoma and Spokane. and provided
that the chairman of the board of
control should be member of the
board in charge of the construction.
The same legislature also created the
"indeterminate sentence" act at the
penal institutions and provided that
the board, with the warden OF the
penitentiary, should constitute the
prison board, to terminate sentences
and release all prisoners hereafter
confined in the penitentiary.
In 1907 the legislature created a
new institution, to be known as the
Washington Veterans home, and also
created the Washington state reform
atory. This brought the institutions
under the jurisdiction of the board to
nine in number.
From 1907 to 1909 the population
of the different institutions under the
management of the board had in
creased to 3,216, gain in the two
years of 442, and the cost of main
tenance had increased from $685.
OOO.61 to the sum of $1,O66,499.66,
or an increase in the two years of
$37S,449.05.
During the two years preceding
1909, two large buildings for sleep
ing quarters, dining-rooms, a new
power house and a new bakery were
constructed at the state training
school; a new dormitory was erected
at the school for deaf and blind; a
new administration building COM
pleted, a new hospital built and
equipped, and a woman's ward COM
pleted at the state penitentiary; the
Washington veterans home, located
near Port Orchard, and a water and
sewer system installed, and dining
room and cottage building built
there; the new reformatory located
near Monroe and temporary quarters
erected there.
January 18th, 1909, J. H. Davis
resigned as a member Of the board
and was succeeded by Eugene Lorton
of Walla Walla, and on the 2Sth OF
the same month H. E. Gillian of King
county succeeded Matt L. Piles. On
July 10th, 1909, A. E. Cagwin OF