Such were regarded as the imperfections of the proposed building at the time of the adoption of the plan.

As advised by those appointed by law to advise, and deemed by the Board most competent to decide, the Directors adopted the plan of Messrs. Wright & Sanders, and proceeded to the responsible and laborious work of construction.

The towers are not only in strict conformity to the style of architecture adopted, but are each indispensable in storing water in positions that command the building.

Soon after the adoption of the plan, the Board advertised for proposals for the construction of the foundation, including the basement or lower story.

On the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and seventythree, the contract was let to Mr. John Cochrane for the sum of eightyone thousand and nine hundred dollars, including the changes in construction, the State furnishing the lime and cement. This foundation, including window-sills and water-table, was to be constructed from the stone of the quarry on the asylum ground.

This contract was obtained on terms most favorable to the State, but unfortunately most unfavorable to the contractor, Mr. John Cochrane, who sustained a considerable loss.

The working of the quarry disclosed the fact that the stone in the interior was more broken, spotted, and unsound than the exterior indicated; and it was found very costly and difficult, if not impossible, to obtain the desired dimension stone for the water-table from the quarry, and if obtained they would have been unfit for use.

The Board, therefore ascertained the difference of cost, and substituted granite for the quarry stone.

This is the principal change made in the construction of the foundation.

Afterwards, during the months of October and November, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the Board advertised for proposals for the construction of the wood and brick work of the asylum.

The bids were opened on the twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and the cost was then ascertained of the wood and brick work, and to whom the contract should be awarded. The bids in the two departments referred to were as follows:

Detailed statement showing the cost of the land, water-works, building, grounds and walls, range and cooking utensils, furniture, farming implements, etc., up to date and completion of the Napa State Asylum for the Insane; and also total cost of supplementary work recommended by the Directors.

EXHIBIT C.-Continued.

Estimated cost of supplementary work recommended by the Board of Directors.

The building of dam for thirteen million gallons of water, with main, equalizing cylinders, hydrants, and distributing-pipes

J. Cochrane, for stone_.

Inclosing the walls of southern courts.

Principal entrance gates, lodge, and farm buildings

Roads and grounds.

Furniture

Contingent expenses.

Total...

EXHIBIT D.

FACTS IN REFERENCE TO THE NAPA STATE ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE.

SAN FRANCISCO, February 8th, 1876.

First At the time of the last Legislature, eighteen hundred and seventy-two-three, the Board of Directors, having made considerable progress in the construction of the foundations of the new building, submitted estimates for the entire work, together with tenders for the brick and stone work, and carpenters' and joiners' work, obtained by public competition.

Second-These estimates and tenders included numerous improvements on the original scheme of construction, suggested by and to the Board during the progress of the work, and while the detail plans of the building were in preparation, and which had been adopted by the Board provisionally only, pending their final approval and acceptance by the said Legislature.

Third-These improvements included additional thickness of walls rendered necessary on account of improvements in ventilation; pressed brick facing of fronts, Frear stone dressings, galvanized-iron cornices, hard-wood flooring and cedar finish, and were finally adopted by the Legislature.

Fourth-The former Legislature of eighteen hundred and seventyseventy-one had originally granted two hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars towards the construction of a new asylum, About thirty thousand dollars of this sum was expended in the purchase of a site, and the securing of water privileges, and the construction of water-works, leaving about two hundred and seven thousand dollars applicable to the Building Fund.

Fifth-The last Legislature, eighteen hundred and seventy-twothree, to whom was presented the estimates for the improved struc ture, amounting, in all, to eight hundred and thirty-eight thousand dollars, granted, in addition to the former appropriation, six hundred thousand dollars, making, in all, eight hundred and seven

thousand dollars, or thirty-one thousand dollars less than was required for carrying out legalized contracts.

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Sixth-No provision has at any time been made for defraying the necessary running expenses, including clerk hire, officers' salaries, advertising, and other incidental expenses.

Seventh-In consequence of the rise in the price of materials, arising from the large amount of building which, during the last two years, has been carried on in San Francisco, the whole of the contracts, except those awarded at the date of the last Legislature, were let at an advance of from fifteen to twenty per cent. on the original estimate.

Eighth-To prepare the building for the reception of patients at as early a day as possible, the Board of Directors were obliged to expend considerable sums in the purchase of furniture, the grading and inclosure of ground, and other unavoidable expenses incidental to the occupation of the building by patients before it was ready to receive them.

Ninth-Although the building has now been occupied several months, and there are more than one hundred patients in charge of the Superintendent, not one dollar has as yet been provided by the Legislature for their support or for the running expenses of the asylum.

EXHIBIT E.

MARYSVILLE, January 31st, 1876.

P. J. O'Connor, Secretary Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds:

DEAR SIR: Your favor of the twenty-eighth has been received. It contains the following marvelous assertion, viz: That the Board (of Directors of the Napa State Asylum for the Insane) assure the committee that none of the alterations made in the specifications were suggested by them, but the Advisory Committee, of which you are a member, insisted upon the changes, and they yielded to "their superior knowledge," etc.

This bold and unequivocal assertion has taken me more completely by surprise than anything I have heard since the latter part of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, when I learned, for the first time, that the asylum at Napa was to cost more than six hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Jewett, of this city, and one of the Directors of the Napa Asylum, on his return from the November meeting, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, gave me this information, and stated further, that up to the time of said November meeting, both Dr. Morse and himself were under the impression that the asylum was to cost but six hundred thousand dollars, and if he did not say so, in express terms, he certainly left the impression upon my mind that he had been imposed upon, if not deceived, by some one or more persons, and that he would assume no responsibility, whatever, in adopting the proposed changes, but would let them be submitted to the Legislature, then about to convene that it might accept or reject the proposed changes as might, in their discretion, seem best.