Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-05-31
MR.. OWENS PLAN OF A COM.
MUNITY.


Com munity, subject 70 sucA aAera
TONS as Circumstances zray indicate.
st is PRoPosED--
l.. That, the community shall CON
slst OF persons who have agreed 10 CO.
operate, with their labor and skill, in
measures for producing, distributing
and enjoying, in the most advantageous
manner, full supply of the necessaries
and comforts of life; and for securing
tor their children the best physical and
intellectual education.
ii. That. at the commencement, the
number of persons shall not much ex-
coed five hundred, including their fami-
lies.
Ill. That, as it is Of great importance
that the Community should produce with
IN itself full supply ofthe first necossa.
ries oflife, there shall be attached to the
establishment a sufficient extent of
LAND to render it essentially agricuAu-
raj.
". That, Village to be situated as
hear the centre Of the Land as local cl-
cumstances may permit, be built &C.
cording to the plan and elevations given
n he engraving.
In this village, the dwelling houses. DOR
mitorles, sc. form the sides of a large
square in the centre of which are
placed the requisite public buildings,
surrounded by public walks and exer-
else grounds This form has been
adopted as giving superior accornmo-
dalton to the dwelling houses, and adj
hitting the application at the least ex-
pense OF scientific improvements in all
the departments of domestic econo-
my.
v. Thai the manufactures, work
Shops, granaries, stores, washing and
drying Houses; be placed at the most
convenient distance beyond the gardens
which surround the village and that
the farm offices be situated according to
the localities Of the land.
vi. That, whenever the capital adj
vanced by its own members shall have
been repaid, and the education of all be
sufficiently advanced, the management
oil the establishment shall be confined to
committee, composed OF all the mem
bers between certain ages as for exam
pie, between forty and fifty. But that,
until such heriod, the committee shall
consist of twelve persons, to be elected
at an Annual General Meeting: eight
to be chosen from among those members
who have advanced capital to the amount
Of l,oooi or upwards, and four from the
other members. The committee to Dc
empowered to elect the Treasurers ant
Secretaries
VII. That the Trcasurers be empow
cred to receive all moneys due to The
community, and pay its disbursement;
on orders signed by the Secretary. Tha
they balance and report their accounts
every week to the committee, who shall
appoint two Of their number to examine
and pass them under their signatures.
VIII. That the Secretary be directed
to keep regular detailed daily state
ment of all the accounts aud transaction,
OF the community, and that such state
ment be presented weekly to the com
mittee, and submitted to the examination
OF two OF this number, who shall pass i
under their signatures with such Oh
servations as may occur to them.
TX. That the books of accounts ant
transactions Of the society be open L
the inspection of all its members.
X. That the business of the commu
nifty be divided into the following dc
partments:
/. Agriculture and gardening.
2. Manufactures and trades.
3. Commercial transactions.
A. Domestic economy, comprehend
ing the arrangements for heating, VENT
lating, lighting, cleaning, and keeping il
repair dwelling houses and publi- build
ings of the village: the arrangement
connected with the public Kitchen an
dining halls; those for the furnishing o
cloths, linen, and furniture, and for wash
ing and drying and the management Q
the dormitories.
$. Health, or the medical superin,en
dance Of the sick, including arrange
ments to prevent contagion or sickness.
6. Police, including the lighting an
cleansing the square; the repairing 0
the roads, and walks; guarding agains
ERE, and the protection Of the propert
Of the community from external depre
da,ion.
7. Education, or the formation Of cha