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tendent of the Minnesota State Sanatorium and has accepted the nomination. A man better prepared in every way to do this work could not have been found, and to have secured his assistance to start the Minnesota Sanatorium on correct lines means that the work will be a success from the beginning, and eliminates all costly errors and mistakes that might have been made by one seeking his way along new and unaccustomed paths. There are but two or three state sanatoriums now open in the United States, although a number are being erected which shows that we have been very fortunate in obtaining an experienced superintendent.

The needs of the institution at the hands of the present legislature are as follows:

A Maintenance Fund: Although the theory of the law is that this institution is to be self-supporting, yet a maintenance fund is indispensable at the start. Nor can you engage Dr. W. J. Marcley until you have the funds with which to pay his salary according to the law under which your board operates. An appropriation of $25,000 for furnishing and maintenance, made immediately available, will enable us to open the institution next spring. The cost of maintaining a sanatorium for tuberculosis is greater per capita than the ordinary state hospitals. This is due to the fact that it is expensive to have fresh air in the wards day and night. It costs much fuel, and makes extra blankets and robes necessary. It costs more to feed these patients than it does the others. They must have meats, eggs and milk in liberal quantities. This institution will not be the blessing to the poor of the state, it is intended it should be, if the patients must pay their proportionate part of the cost from the start, when their number is limited by our cramped quarters.

Sleeping Shacks: In order to increase the number of patients we should immediately erect sleeping shacks in each of which from 12 to 20 beds can be placed. These shacks can be erected at a cost of between $1,500 and $2,500 each; $8,000 will build shacks to accommodate as many extra patients as our temporary dining room can take care of.

Clearing: A pressing need is to have the grounds south of the buildings brushed and cleared to give the air a chance to circulate during the Summer months. At present the growth is so thick that it is very oppressive on hot days. Such a clearing could be utilized for a dairy herd, which is another necessity.

Farm: We must have a commodious barn in which to care for cattle and horses. The district in which the sanatorium is situated is not farmed and it will be almost impossible to supply our patients with milk unless we have a large dairy and good pastures. Pastures can only be had by cibaring. The same is true of a garden. To have fresh vegetables we should have a garden as they cannot be procured in the neighborhood. A large chicken house, well stocked, will be the best way to provide the fresh eggs that will be required for our patients. For the above purpose at least 100 acres must be cleared, some of it partially, and some of it put in condition for the plough. This will cost $2,000. Barn and hennery will cost $3,500. The necessary cows, horses, farming utensils, wagons, etc., will cost $1,500. Superintendent's Cottage: A small cottage for the superintendent would add greatly to their comfort and contentment, and would give valuable and much needed room in the overcrowded temporary administration. building. Such a cottage could be erected for $3,000.

Administration Building: It is not necessary to say that the greatest and most urgent need is the appropriation of $100,000 with which to put up the administration building in order to have a sanatorium large enough to relieve, to an appreciable extent, the suffering of the poor of Minnesota caused by consumption, and to be able to conduct it properly and economically. Under existing circumstances this cannot be done.

Landscape Gardening: The grounds should be put under the supervision of an experienced landscape gardener who should dictate what grading is necessary and lay out walks and drives according to some comprehensive plan. Under this expert direction the necessary clearing should be mapped out. In no other way can the beauty of this grand location, with its natural advantages of wooded hill, valley and lake shore, be properly developed. It must be a gradual development, but it should be undertaken on a well considered plan, which in after years will have converted our 740 acres into a beautiful park, one of the show places of the state, at a comparatively trifling cost.

We earnestly hope that you will have this work done by an authority on landscape gardening and parks at an early date.

To recapitulate, we recommend that the following appropriations should be asked for:

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Farm buildings, machinery, live stock, clearing land.
Sleeping shacks

Cottage for superintendent

An emergency appropriation, available at once for maintenance

and furnishing

$100,000.00

7,000.00

8,000.00

3,000.00

25,000.00

$143,000.00

H. LONGSTREET TAYLOR, President,

G. S. WATTAM, Secretary.

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REPORT OF STATE ARCHITECT

To State Board of Control:

During the past two years building operations at the various State Institutions have been of a varied and interesting character. The endeavor has been to build substantial and permanent structures and to perpetuate the policy laid down by the board from the beginning, viz; that well-built buildings, free from ostentation or display, yet preserving a vital architectual character constructed honestly and made fireproof as far as possible though more expensive in the beginning are yet less expensive in the end.

Labor and material have continued to rise, the cost of building to-day compared with two years ago, showing a general advance of approximately 25 percent, while compared with that of four years ago, in some lines, the advance is over 50 percent.

It would be desirable in consequence to bear this condition in mind in appropriations for new buildings.

During the past biennial period covered by this report the following buildings have been constructed or are in progress of construction.

FERGUS FALLS.

Contracts have been awarded and work is under way for the fireproofing of floors in West Detached Ward Building for women, together with structural improvements in the same building and renewing of plumbing in the toilet and bathrooms, a considerable portion of this work being done by inmate labor.

The tower of the Administration Building, which was left unfinished at the time building was erected is being completed and promises to make an attractive architectural finish to the structure.

A new building for a Home for Nurses is under construction on a sightly location in the rear of the hospital group.

The building is of brick with "half timber" second story and tile roof; it is fireproof and very substantially built and of convenient and commodious plan; when finished it will be a model structure in many ways and form a decidedly attractive addition to the institution..

ST. PETER.

Since the last report the Main or Administration Building has been completed sufficient for partial use and provides a fireproof building arranged in a convenient manner for executive offices and hospital wards; owing to lack of funds parts of this work could not be adequately finished and should in my opinion be improved as money will permit.

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