Morning journal and courier., 1884-10-03
sroNE-WoRKINe.

sroNE-woRKING.
 Work upon stone in the quarries upon the l West Rock heights for paving purposes or | macadamizing purposes, if not directly prof | itable, will furnish continuous labor, and of | that steady sort which is especially desirable | for those refractofy ones, who are old offend
 CTS, and who require something punitive
 as well as steady. To this end, if for no 1 other should advise the opening of quar- | " on the heights to the westward, and the | establishment of substantial stone enclos- l ure with proper sheds in close neighborhood | of the same for the reformatory work spoken l of. Tramps and vagrants and wife-beaters would find good air there and very invigorat- | ing employment.
 | THE PIG BUSINESS.
 1 A neat and well ordered piggery must be | an essential part of the adjuncts | of town farm; the swine are needed, up to a certain number, for the con- | sumption of the waste of the houses, also of | the inferior and perishable produce, and for
 their contribution to the manurial resources ] of the farm. But l very much doubt the l wisdom of giving to the pig business that ex- I ageerated importance which is demanded by | a consumption of all the offal of the city. | Swine, so fed in large numbers, are very prone to attacks of the hog cholera, which may thus come to infect the whole district | Moreover, a great and disproportlonately large herd of swine is essential. Filth ac- cumulates, the neatness and order which should characterize every department of such an establishment disappears, half the ter
 ritory reeks with foul odors, and all sanitary | conditions are set at naught.
 THE WATER SUPPLY.
 The present water supply at the various
 buildings and hydrants is derived from
 Wintergreen Lake through the pipes of the
 New Haven Water company, and | +ba n1n of tbn 1ak kn iC
 such as to give fowage (though
 not strong head) at the top of the new 1 buildings proposed. A much larger supply, | however, will be called for than the present | branches from the main direct now furnish.
 It will be quite feasible if extra supply is | demanded to throw up water upon the | plateau from the Wintergreen gorge by power (either ram or turbine wheel or pump
 associated with the dam proposed at that
 point. From the same source and by the same
 means, water would be available for flushing | the sewerage tanks and the discharge pipes
 or conduits from the same. A dam in the
 locality alluded to should be very carefully | built, entirely impervious, in view of the pos 1 sible establishment of farm buildings below; | and permanent body of water there of one | or two acresln extent would give excellent 1 opportunity for the cultivation of carp, thus 1 making economic addition to the food supply l of the farm.
 | WOOD AND TREE PLANTING. | have already advised the careful preser- | vation of the wood immediately adjoining I the Wintergreen gorge except such portion | as may be removed for the flowage of the small lake referred to. I would also urge the | re-establishment of that fringe of wood | which only recently skirted the brook below | as far as the transverse road from farm house | to piggery, also the belt of road upon the | bluff at the extreme northern limit of the l plateau upon which the new almshouses will | probably be erected. Other small sheltering 1 belts of wood have suggested and represent | ed on the map, upon the steep declivity west ! ward of the cultivated lands between the | brooks; also along the north border of the l same lands and upon the abrupt decliVities
 which form the border line of the farm for a l considerable distance on the east. I have | suggested the planting of trees (sugar naples preferred) along either side of the proposed | new highway; also other such disposition of l single trees along the line of the interior road l from farm house to the almshouses, up to a point only upon the hillside where such 1 trees will not interfere with the reach of | view from the plateau before the new build ings.
 have also proposed and figured upon | maps an irregular contour to the boundary | of the wood before spoken of which skirts the gorge and pond, by opening glades into | the mass of wood and by such thinning and l planting as will give to this central mass of l venture park-ike aspect.
 l Should the uses of the farm demand the felling of the wood now standing northward
 of the proposed orchard site, I would urge | that heavy belt, at least sixty feet in width, | be left upon it's northern border; and should | similar requirements demand the removal of l any considerable portion of the wood now | covering the Thomson tract of mountain l land and the Judges Caye tract (if added),
 I would advise that the needed cutting be
 not done, ,crudely and inconsiderately acre by | acre, but that due care be taken to leave l screen for the quarries and cover for the ! steep declivities, and such alternating inter vals of grassy surface and of shade as shall | give interest and pleasureable variety to any ! future driveway to the neighborhood of the l "Cave"
 1 DECORATIVE TREATMENT.
 have proposed or suggested little or no l special decorative treatment, save what may l come from the orderly adjustment of the
 roadways and the buildings. have indica- ted a few beds of flowers, one or two groups
 of trees and of ornamental shrubbery. But
 if the necessary roads and walks are laid down in curves adapted to the easiest traffic, and are neatly kept, and the crops are
 orderly and well cared for, there will be no need, on such site, with it's wide-reaching views, for any eZtraneous decoration to secure landscape charm. trust there will be no whitewashing of the trunks of the trees, and no unnecessary trimming up of the few isolated old forest specimens which remain.
 The two principal entrance gates might have & little special architectural treatment of inex-
 pensive character to declare, after a fashion,
 the town ownership in the property; thus the gate at the opening of the loAg avenue going northward from near the bridge might have its massive massive post + of masonry masonry and the second important gateway upon the hill in immediate neighborhood of the buildings might have more pronounc- ed character with its escutcheon of the town seal, and if needful be surmounted with it's iron lanterns. Sketches embodying these hints for gateways accompany the plans.
 The almshouse structures proper should, in my opinion, be staunch, sold, convenient, perfectly adapted to their purposes, with no surmounting fnials and irregularities, severe in their lines and simple in detail. A needed water-tower or two for tanks, baths and the like, would be picturesque by their hating the mass ;and there might be quaint, unpretentious bit of belfry upon a central building for the legitimate and common sense purpose of hanging therein 8 bell. Even under these limitations regards adornment, and partly by reason of them, I believe that the institution and the farm might be made cause of pride to every citizen of New Haven.
 All which is respectfully submitted to the consideration of the Board, by their obedient servant,
 DONALD G. MITCHELL.
 NEW HAVEN, Sept, 1884.
 YOUNG MEMS INSTITUTE,