Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1888 — A County Asylum. [ARTICLE]

A County Asylum.

The Plan* oim! Specifications Adopted. <- The County Commissioners met in special session, Tuesday, pursuant to adjournment, to consider proposed plans and specifications for a new building on the county pool farm. The plan of J. L. Fatout, of Indianapolis, was unanimously adopted, after full examination. It is for a brick building, 42 by 65 feet in dimensions, two stories high, with a stogie basement In ihe basement, which will have q. ceiling of (ij to 7. ieet, in the clear, will be sitqated the hot air furnace, 3 cellars or storage rooms,.coal ropm and .a commodious bath rqqm. The Hrs) and second floors w|U each have a wide hall, running its whole length* lighted and aired by windows at each end, end the two halls connected by doubly stairs. On the first floor will be seven bedrooms, 12 by feet in a kitchen and a dining room. Ou the secend floor will be ten bedrooms, each 12 by 15 feet. The partition walls will, all but two, be of brick. The roof will be of slate. The building will be substantial, durable and comfortable. Its general outward appearance, judging from the drawings of the elevations, will not be ornamental but at least creditable and, it might almost ba said, handsome. Advertisements for bids for the construction o| the building appear in this issue of The The bids will be opened and acted upon op the 14th day of August, at a special session. -7- —— —-r-