dations provided have not been increased in ten years, while the number of officers has been doubled during that period. The erection of a Staff House should be considered at an early date. Item 18. Refrigerating plant and ice machine....... $10,000 With over thirty-five refrigerators to keep filled in addition to our cold storage rooms, the need of ice is very essential and apparent. Owing to the mild winter, we were unable last year to procure our usual harvest of ice from Willow pond, so were obliged to purchase a sufficient quantity for our requirements. When the present store was erected, several rooms were arranged at the north end of the building to be used for cold storage purposes. In 1901, a request was made for an appropriation with which to install a refrigerating plant there, but this was not granted. In view of the present size of the Colony, it is absolutely necessary that something be done soon in this direction, so we can use the space at the store originally built for cold storage rooms. The present cold storage space is entirely too small for our needs. An ammonia refrigerating plant of sufficient capacity should be installed at the earliest possible date. In connection with it there should be built an ice machine to produce four or five tons of ice daily, which quantity, with our present population, we require on an average, daily the year around. In former years, we cut all the ice we used, but our needs are increasing as we continue adding new buildings, and the ice pond supply is not sufficient to meet the increased demand. The cost of running an ice machine is nominal, and we believe that the machine should be put in, even if we have some ice, for the reason that we can reduce the temperature low enough in our cold storage rooms in hot weather to keep meat, which it is impossible to do satisfactorily with ice, as we cannot reduce the temperature below 44 degrees, and often it is up to 50 degrees, consequently there is more or less meat that has to be trimmed off. The machine, of course, could be run at less expense for the cold storage alone, if we cut all the ice we could to supply the large cold storage rooms at the West House and Inn Kitchens, each of which takes nearly one ton per day in the hot weather. The ice machine would not perhaps make ice enough for all our refrigerators, but in an ordinary year, with its assistance, we would be able to put up enough ice so that at least it would be a paying investment in saving meat in our large cold storage room. A complete refrigerating plant, ice machine and installation of same in small addition to store would cost about $10,000. Item 19. A permanent right of way to part of the Colony premises. $650 In the southwest part of the Colony at the present time, there are several acres of land to which we cannot gain access except by trespassing on some land owned by a neighboring farmer. It would seem advisable that the Colony purchase a sufficient amount of land so that it would have a permanent right of way from this piece of property to the public highway. We have an option on land which lies between the Colony property and Tuscarora highway. This piece of property is 32 acres in extent and the price asked by the owner is $650. Item 20. Nurses' Home in Men's Group... $20,000 We have at the present time no place in which to provide proper rooms for nurses and attendants employed in the Loomis Infirmary or Letchworth House. Several married couples should also be provided for, as under existing conditions they have very poor accommodations. Nurses and attendants should not be required to room in the Infirmaries or Letchworth House. When off duty, they should be away from those patients as their hours of duty are long and trying. Item 21. For a dormitory in the West Group to take the place of Six Nations Building.. .... $40,000 It has long been evident that Six Nations is unsuited for use by patients and should be replaced by a modern structure. The present building is a veritable fire trap and not suited in any way for the purpose of a dormitory. Item 22. For maintenance during the fiscal year 1910– 1911, a sum not less than $252,000 will be required for a population of at least 1,400 patients. For coal trestle and storage vault at main power plant.. 12,000 For replacing worn out furniture, etc., in patients' cot tages. 5,000 Permanent right of way to part of Colony premises... Item 20. Nurses' Home in men's group... Item 21. For a dormitory to take the place of Six Nations..... 650 20,000 40,000 $372,150 For maintenance for the fiscal year 1910-1911... $252,000 The total sum asked for under special appropriations may seem large, but we must not lose sight of the fact that the Colony is far from being completed. There is not an item on the list but is important and greatly needed. Several have been asked for repeatedly. Fire Department Reorganized. A main hose company, three auxiliary hose companies, a chemical company, a hook and ladder company and a protective corps were organized in January. Regular monthly drills are held by the different companies. Regular fire drills for patients are held every two weeks in the cottages occupied by them. A modern fire alarm system is to be installed as soon as the necessary material arrives. Training School. Before we can have our training school registered with the State Department of Education, a principal for the training school is required to assume general charge of the practical instruction. It is earnestly hoped that such a position will soon be created. A class of eight, six women and two men, was graduated in June. The address on that occasion was given by Rev. George M. Price of Mt. Morris. Those graduated were: Miss Cora E. Strutt, Miss Sarah A. McGrane, Miss Anna M. Martin, Miss Belle Simerson, Miss Flora B. Crotser, Miss Katherine Riordan, Mr. Joseph R. Welch, Mr. Maurice E. Jackson. Medical Meetings. The Staff meetings are held twice each week. All new cases are presented as are also other cases and reports on autopsies. interest taken by the staff in these meetings is commendable. The Livingston County Medical Society held its quarterly meeting at the Colony on May 4, 1909, and was well attended. The program for the day was presented by the members of the Colony staff as follows: Papers. Possible Case of General Paresis.- Dr. S. H. Parker. |