Second biennial report of the Board of Trustees and officers of the Minnesota Hospital for Insane (organized 1866) located at St. Peter : and Second Minnesota Hospital for Insane (organized 1877) located at Rochester to the governor of Minnesota for the fiscal years 1881-2.

  • Minnesota Hospital for Insane.
Date:
1883
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Second biennial report of the Board of Trustees and officers of the Minnesota Hospital for Insane (organized 1866) located at St. Peter : and Second Minnesota Hospital for Insane (organized 1877) located at Rochester to the governor of Minnesota for the fiscal years 1881-2. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE. (-Second Minnesota Hospital.) To the Board of Trustees: Gentlemen-—Your committee beg leave to submit the following report for the biennial period : Pursuant to your instructions at the annual meeting of your Board in December, 1880, your committee proceeded to attend to the furnishing and putting in the heating apparatus of the build¬ ing for women. A contract was made with E. F. Osborne, of St. Paul, to put in all necessary apparatus, the hospital to pay him the actual cost of material and labor with ten per cent added tor his risk and skill. The amount paid him in full for this risk was $4,563.25. The furnishing was done by }mur committtee selecting samples, and awarding contracts to the lowest bidder. The $5,000 appro¬ priated for this purpose was all needed to make the house comfort¬ able. The building committee in accordance with your instructions entered into contract with Horace E. Horton, architect, to furnish all drawings, specifications and supervision for all the building operations for the years 1881 and 1882, which he agreed to do for the sum of $1,200. We were also directed to attend to the construction of the new engine house and chimney. Plans and specifications were prepared by the architect, and approved by your committtee. Bids were invited, and Granville Woodworth, of Rochester, being the lowest bidder, the contract was awarded to him. For the engine house