St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-24
A MODEL POORHOUsE
10 be Formally Turned Over TO
Ramsey County To-Day.


At the formal opening of the new Ram
sey county poorhouse to-day no pre-ar-
ranged program will be followed to any
great extent. Early in the forenoon the
visitors will start for the poor farm with
private conyeyances going via the harvester
works tunnel. Among those expected to
be present are Mayor Rice, the board Of
county commissioners. members of the state
board of charities, contractors, Architect
Wirth, Supt Mills, county com
missioners from Hennepin county
| and others interested in the work
Of charities. Arriving at the destination
considerable time will be spent in the in
formal inspection Of the buildings and
premises, after which the tormalities at
| tending the change of hands will occur and
several speeches will be made by officials
and others present. The building commit
| tee will receive the building at the hands
| of the contractors, and will in turn surien-
der it to Mayor Rice. the chairman of the
county commissioners, who will pass it to
| the board of control, from whom the super
| intendent will formally receive charge.
Commissioners Hazard, Mitseh, Konantz
and kirWln are supposed to be
loaded for the occasion, and remarks
III Uc uidlt ny ScfGidl Ottl6TS. LII Is the
earnest wish OF the public-spirited men who
have had supervision of its erection that
as many as can will visit the institution to-
appreciation would be extremely gratifying
| to those in charge. Said one of the COM
missionerS yesterday: sit is our wish to
show the people, as their servants, what we
have done with their money, and to
encourage the public to visit such
institutions. The public knows too little
about such institutions, existing for years
| right in their midst, and more frequent
| visitations would tend to stimulate the
management to a greater degree of excel
| lence, and would prevent in large degree
| the scandals and complaints that so often
arise"
THE BUILDING.
The building which, INTELLECTUALLY, is of
plain but pleasing appearance, occupies a
commanding position on the 160-acre tract
purchased last spring, lying about five
miles east of the city and near the line of
| the Wisconsin Central railway. An
examination of the interior reveals
the fact that it is model in
stitution of its kind, every detail necessary
to health, comfort and convenience being
carefully carried out, the whole institution
being monument to the thoroughnesS and
faithfulness of those i'll charge of its PLAN
ming and erection. George III. Hazard
George Mitsch and G. T. Konaitz, the COM
mittee on poor of the board of county COM
missiOners, to whom the work was given,
prefaced their labors by a thorough study
of the best institutions of the kind in the
East, assmilating and improving their best
features and adapting them to the climatic
and other conditions to be met. Its fact
which is often attributed to the invigorat-
ing influences of this climate that the pau
pers OF this section are almost wholly aged
and feeble and in the erection of
their new home their needs were looked
after accordingly. Following the ideas of
the commissioners acceptable plans were
drawn last spring by George Wirth of st.
Paul and the contract for it's erection let to
V. B. Parks for S25, g25, steam heating
and plumbing not included. The building
was begun the last of June and completed
last Monday.
The building is of brick with stone trim
mings, consisting of q main structure
142x42 feet, three stories, with basement.
and rear extension 59xSO feet, two stories
high. The superintendent department
OCCUPIES THE CENTER
of the main building, and the wings on
| either side are devoted to the inmates, the
sexes being kept entirely separate. Sitting