Show MM friday daily april 16 THE INSANE ASYLUM city has the bif claims on this institution dexl wednesday the board ol 01 directors of the territorial insane asylum for whose erection the late let ii lature appropriated an amount of will be in our city as we have previously announced the director will next week visit the counties of utah davis salt lake and weber and confer wih their authorities ties and leading citizens con corning the site of the projected establishment their action in abi matter is prescribed by section ol 01 the legislative enactment authorizing the of such an asylum a follows the dir ectore ahall proceed to make a selection of a site for akl asylum of alto shall be confined to that portion of thi territory Terri torr embraced in the countice cn of salt lake utah weber and da tit the directors being authorized upon the above named bosi to fix more definitely the limits to the territory to be admitted in tho selection of mid site in making a selection for n bite for said institution the directors shall not be influenced by any offers of money or property but ahall danl sito solely upon the grounds of healthfulness healthful nese adaptability to alio purposes of alie institution coat of material for con at ruction and convenience of access arora the different portions ol 01 this territory they shall davs power to receive by gift or to contract for and to make purchase of such site for the location asylum ave have in our last mondays issue the matter and think to have substantiated the claims f weber county and ogden city in particular for the erection of the institution within its limits the grounds which shall decide the ee lealion of tho tito healthfulness adaptability to tho purposes of the institution cost of material for con st ruction and convenience of access from the different portions of the territory ara all such that ogden city can boast of at east M much justice as any other tho territory abo board of directors have been active in tho management of the business entrusted to them as wo can gaarn from the following information in last dartt news mr john R winder secretary of the board a short time ago wrate henry P steams M D physician Phy sican and superintendent of the hartford conn retreat for the insane and others asking information respect ing plans for building and method for carrying on an asylum and this morning received a very courteous reply from mr Stearns accompanied by an official report of the II awford institution containing somo of the information asked for and chuny other sources from which further intelligence telli gence might be obtained on the the appropriation made by the legislature is 2000 ol 01 which it is stated not more than ahall be drawn during tho year 1880 to bo expended on alio purchase of tho ary grounds and the building of one section att louet of the Ky luni il to be eventually made to accommodate net exceeding patients ul any on time thus it is left with our municipal authorities and other leading men to tako steps to convince the cm cittee of the aptness of ogdon city a the location of tho asylum 11 der all lie heads referred to by us and indicated in the legislative document we think it would be the moat advisable plan to form a corn of reception composed of our prominent citizens who wald argue th claims of our city before the board of directors and uso all fair endeavors to convince them of the f ur cause the advantages flowing from their in this direction would extend to the institution itself aa well as to the business men and laborers of our city and county and richly repay them for tho trouble they may BOW put themselves under in championing for the claim |