The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-08-24
S284,H7 IS ASKED
FOR STATE HOMES
Institution Heads and Budget Committee
Meets.-Action Is Held Up.-Items to
BE Investigated and Absolute Needs of
Departments to Be Ascertained.
(oregonian.)


SALEM Or, Aug. 22.-Superinten-
dents of the various state institutions,
at a meeting of the state budget COM
mission held here today, recommended
the erection of new buildings, extensions
and improvements during the biennium
starting January /, 1928, aggregating a
cost of s2S4,277. Action on the recon-
mendations will not be taken by the com
mission until the several items have
been Investigated and the absolute needs
of the institutions have been determin-
ed.
A summary Of the recommendation
as submitted TO the commission follows:
Oregon state hospital-Industria bull
ding, $34,500; machine shed, cottage
farm, $1,000; total, $40,700.
Feeble minded home-Dormitory, $45,-
900; auditorium, gymnasium and school
building, S5l $40; addition to dining
room, sl2,S00; alterations, $4,000; total,
$l15,640.
State tuberculosis DISQUALIFICATION
for children, $4,000.
State blind -Dormitory for
boys, S55,000; assembly hall and sleep
ing rooms, $l1 800; total, $66,S60.
State deaf school-Servlce building,
$3.50; machine shed and feed barn, s2,-
760; manure box, $3.50; rustic bridge,
$3.50; total, $4,000.
Oregon state penitentiary-Ro house
$500; service building. $1,000; green
house, 5000; brooder house, $3.50; total,
$3750.
Girls industrial school--Root house,
$500; garage and storage, $500; total,
sl4s0.
Old soldiers home-Dining room and
kitchen building, $l8,200; cold storage
building, $1,000; total, s20,400.
Eastern Oregon hospital--To complete
basement, Sl2,447.
Grand total, s2S4,277,
The industrial building recommended
by DR.. R. L. Lee Steiner. superintendent
Of the state hospital, If allowed by the
commission. will be 80 by 225 feet in
dimensions and will contain carpenter
shop. paint shop, tin shop, tailor shop,
machine shop, sewing room and indus
trial room with storage closets.
The dormitory requested at the feeble
minded home would be devoted exclu-
sively for housing boys. and would have
capacity Of between 70 and so inmates.
II is proposed that the structure shall
be Of brick construction and fireproof.
Besides having six class rooms the aud
itorium recommended at the feeble mind
ed institution would have seating ca
pacity Of 1000 people, and be provided
with stage and moving picture ma
chine. Alterations to the present build
ings necessary because of the erection
Of the new structures would cost opprox-
imately $4,000.
Hospital Wing Wanted.
Plans for the proposed new dormitory
at the state school for the blind call
for building having a capacity sufii-
cient to accommodate as boys. The
structure would contain II sleeping
rooms in the basement. An incline would
be provided instead of a stairway. An
assembly room also would be part Of
this structure.
Besides completing the basement Of
the eastern Oregon state hospital, esti-
mates were placed before the commits
sion looking to the completion Of the
upper floor of the new wing to the hos
pital which was erected during the pre-
sent summer Estimates for this work
totaled $4,000. W. D. MeNary, super
intendent of the eastern Oregon hospi-
tai, said that the completion of the new
wing would provide accommodations for
approximately 100 more patients and
would tend to relieve the crowded condi-
tions at the state hospital located al
Salem.
The new dining room and kitchen
building requested at the Old Soldiers
home at Roseburg, If approved, will re-
lieve the congested condition Of that in
sttution and provide storage facilities