the not distant future. It would seem
cheaper to erect the entire structure at one
time rather than to build a portion of it
and subsequently enlarge it. A second
floor should be erected over the dining-
room so as to provide accommodations for
employees.

Wyandotte, the present diningroom and
kitchen cottage, a wooden structure,
cannot satisfactorily be enlarged but might
if vacated be remodeled for dormitory pur-
poses or utilized for employees.

4. Enlarging and Deepening Willow Pond to provide storage for at least 30 days' supply of water and placing a proper unclimable fence about said pond, laying of required water mains from pumping station to pond, etc., in order to furnish adequate reserve storage capacity to be made use of during periods of freshet and drought in Kishaqua Creek and furthermore, for proper fire protection of the Colony such changes are urgently necessary. At least..

5. Concrete retaining wall extending in a southerly direction from Colony Bridge over Kishaqua Creek to protect the Water Softening Plant

Retaining wall extending north from dam to protect Power Plant, smoke-stack, etc.

$10,000

10,000 00

5,000

15,000 00

At the present time the Water Softening Plant is exposed to serious damage by any considerable freshet, which may occur in Kishaqua Creek. In 1916 as result of a cloudburst raw creek water overflowed the

top of the clear well, which contains the filtered treated water used by the Colony for drinking purposes, thus exposing all at the Colony to the possibility of serious infection. Should there be at any time material damage or interference to the Water Softening and Filtration Plant, there would necessarily follow serious menance to the lives of all residing at the Colony. The retaining wall being built on the west side of Kishaqua Creek north of the Colony Bridge should be extended north so as to further protect the Colony Power Plant, smoke-stack, etc.

6. Central Heating Plant, including enlarged boiler room, boilers, pipes and similar equipment, main and connecting brick conduits, automatic stokers, adequate provisions for storing bituminous coal and the various sizes of anthracite an appropriation of at least $150,000 is required. There should be at once made available $15,000 so as to permit of being made by the State Engineer a general survey of the Colony to be used as a basis for the subsequent preparation of complete plans and specifications for heating from a Central Plant all structures at the Colony for which such a method of heating appears feasible. Since shortly after the establishing of the Colony there has been annually presented a request for the correction of the present wasteful and unsatisfactory method of heating the Colony structures by means of multiple heating plants. The use of a cheaper grade of coal would be possible in a Central Heating Plant. The doing away with hauling a considerable amount of coal and the removal of ashes in a similar way would also be

eliminated. The present method of receiv-
ing and storing coal is not at all what it
should be. Several of the heating plants,
i. e., one in the Villa Flora Group are in
poor condition and will have to be replaced
very shortly. There would seem to be no
question regarding the economy of applying
such an amount as might be necessary to
replace outlying individual plants, toward
the construction of a central heating plant.
The removal of many of these heating
plants would also improve the sanitary con-
dition in several of the large structures
occupied by either employees or patients, or
both..

15,000 00

7. Power equipment on sewing machines in tailor shop and sewing room, electric cutter, electric irons, etc..

1,200 00

Depending on foot power for operating of
sewing machines in the tailor shop and
sewing room prevents turning out the
amount of work which might otherwise be
completed. With power equipment the
Colony would be much nearer the position.
of being able to make all of its clothing for
patients as well as all bedding, etc.

8. Motor trucks

The necessity of having motor trucks at the
Colony has so long been apparent that it
seems strange that our repeated requests
have not been favorably considered. With
so many outlying buildings at the Colony,
these trucks could be used to great advan-
tage.

9. Farın tractor

With the desirability, nay necessity, of a
tractor on the Colony farm with its land
lying so well for the use of such a piece of

3,000 00

1,500 00

equipment being so apparent, there should
be no argument against providing the
Colony with funds with which to make this
purchase.

10. Equipment for the making of shale paving
brick, hand repress machine, screens, sheds,
etc...

If this equipment was available it would
permit the Colony to manufacture an excel-
lent quality of paving brick, which could be
utilized to advantage for many years to
come, toward improving the Colony roads.
There is not only no stone on the Colony
premises but none within a reasonable dis-
tance. The shale at the Colony has been
sampled and considerable testing made so
that it is established that it would be most
excellent for the making of paving brick.
11. Nurses Home, Villa Flora Group.

As so frequent mentioned there is needed in
the group for female patients a home in
which those employees in the direct care of
patients can when off duty reside in a build-
ing especially arranged for the purpose and
which is not occupied by any patients. The
cottages now occupied by nurses and attend-
ants were arranged for patients and should
be available to be occupied by them. These
cottages are not properly arranged for our
nursing force. If this home was constructed
there would be vacated space which would
be available for at least seventy additional
female patients. This building should be
planned so as to not only provide for sepa-
rate room for each nurse or attendant,
adequate toilet facilities, bath rooms, etc.,
but should have a large assembly room
which could be used by nurses for recreation,
social purposes, etc. There should also be

1,500 00

provided a kitchen. The cost of construc-
tion of this building would have to be deter
mined by the State Architect.

12. Furnishing the two new dormitories now prac-
tically completed in the West Group......
Until this appropriation is made available
these structures, which have a minimum
capacity of 120 male patients cannot be
occupied. In conjunction with this item
the one referring to an adequate dining-
room and kitchen for the same group must
be given consideration.

Colony Requirements

12,000 00

With many of the physicians on the medical staff married, in order to provide proper living accommodations for them and also to gain additional space for other officers, employees and patients, there should be constructed, in the not distant future, cottages for several married members of the medical staff, e. g., the first, second and third assistant physicians and the pathologist. These cottages could be constructed for reasonable amounts and the space thus vacated be used to excellent advantage at a much less cost than could otherwise be arranged for. The privacy of a separate cottage should be afforded more of our married officers than is possible under present conditions.

When the present state of affairs throughout our country clears somewhat and conditions approach a normal readjustment, every effort should be exerted to obtain sufficient funds with which to progressively develop the Colony toward its final completion with proper accommodations for the care of at least 2,000, perhaps 2,500 patients. If the latter figure is decided upon it will be necessary for the Colony to acquire more tillable land. In several recent reports submitted by me there have been outlined in considerable detail the items needed for this purpose, therefore I will but repeat the list at this time, referring to them in this manner so that they may not be entirely lost sight of.

1. West wing to Peterson Hospital.

2. Fire escapes, including enclosed interior fireproof stairways, for the Infirmaries, etc.