Show TIlE UTAH ASYLUM COMMISSION Return of the Commissioners After an Eastern Tour Judge W N Dusenberry and Dr W R Pike returned to Provo last Sunday after a tour of inspection among the insane in-sane institutions of the east with a view to study the better treatment 01 the insane I in-sane and to purchase supplies and apparatus I ap-paratus for the Utah Asylum located at I I Provo The first institution visited was at Lincoln Nebraska the State hospital which they found in a creditable condition condi-tion and well equipped with modern conveniences con-veniences and comforts The next in order or-der visited was the great insane asylum of Kalamazoo Michigan which they spent two days in examining The asylum building in course of erection at Provo is modeled after the Kalamazoo institution although the structure is of course much the smaller being arranged for the accommodation ac-commodation of only 250 patients while the original Michigan structure has room for 1200 The next place visited was Detroit whence the asylum commissioners traveled tra-veled to Pontiac Mich where another large State institution is situated A third and still larger asylum building is now in course of construction in the northern part of the State but this Messrs Dusen berry and Pike found it inexpedient to visit They next stopped at New York City and visited the public charitable institutions in-stitutions of the metropolis located onWards on-Wards Island They called also at Blackwells Islandwhere thereis a prison and the female department of the charity asylum in which 2300 unfortunate women are confined In Philadelphia much information in-formation of value to our home institution was procured It was observed that the asylums sustained for simple charity where the poor were detained were badly furnished and provisioned while in many cases the asylums where persons of means were lodged were magnificent in every particular At Washington the United States Army and Navy hospital was inspected This institution is maintained by the government govern-ment expressly for the security and treatment i treat-ment of insane soldiers and marines and those who are demented among the citizens citi-zens of the District of Columbia On the return trip Columbus Ohio and Indianapolis Indiana were visited At St Louis the pariy remained three days and inspected all the public institutions institu-tions In inspecting some of the grander establishments for the wealthy insane they found some find articles which our I Utah public cannot afford but by careful observation they were enabled to single out all things that were indispensable and I make aT memorandum for future guidance I guid-ance Altogether the asylums which they visited contained some 10JOOO unfortunates un-fortunates Everywhere Dr Pike consulted con-sulted with the medical gentlemen in charge of the various asylums and was able in this way to procure many valuable valua-ble hints I Requisite furniture was bought at the House of Correction in Detroit cutlery I and dry goods in St Louis and everything every-thing needed in the market where it could be most advantageously procured The modern insane asylum is made a sort of paradise and it will be the ambition ambi-tion of Messrs Dusenberry and Pike to I utilize the information which they have obtained abroad so that our local institution institu-tion will be fully commensurate with the I needs and comforts of our unfortunates |