The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-02
THE HOME FOR HEROES.
The Plan of Comfort fer Illinois Vet
erans...Rep0rt Of the Trustees
10 Governor 0glesby.


the time commissioners were around pre-
tending to look after a suitable location,
and finally decided upon the Missouri
town of Quincy-is lingering and always
will be maintained. So that anything
concerning the home will be of interest to
all our citizens as well as to old soldiers
themselves. living in the city.
The board of trustees has made re-
port of its visit to the several homes at
DAYTON. Milwaukee and Leavenw worth,
and has submitted some suggestions to
The governor for his approval concerning
the plans for the home After setting
forth at length an argument in favor of
the cottage plan, the board submits the
following:
Our suggestions TO your excellency in
the matter of buildings are as follows,
having in view fund of $3.50, 1000 appli-
cable 10 construction and expenses incl
dent thereto:
| /. The erection Of a central dining
hall and kitchen. fully equipped, having
two main floors. each room furnishing
table accommodations for say. eight hun
bred men In the event that only Que of
these room would ever he needed as M
eating room, the upper floor could be
readily utilized for some other purpose
.. The building and equipment of.
say, six cottages or homes, each furnish
Ing lodging space for one hundred men.
These would be grouped about tue CEN
trail building and convenient to it.
8. The building of u boiler house.
with such plant as would have steam
capacity for heating tie various build
; ings.
4. The building OF laundry, equipped,
with power connected.
s. The building of 10 ice house.
g. The remodeing and repairing of a
brick dwelling now on the premises.
I. Necessary expenditures for sewer
age piping, architect. typographical sur
veys, and plats and landscape plans, su-
perntendent of construction, miscellanc
Gus work and expenses.
s. The snndry equipments required to
place the institution in running order.
We estimate the work outlined above
can be Carried out for the appropriation
available The materials recommended
are brick or stone, or n combination OF
: both, such material being of good quality
Mt Quincy and vicinity and not expensive
We nave not considered in the expendr
lure now contemplated amy ether build
=. ings than those above suggested. or any
p improvement beyond ordinary work III
p the grounds. The construction now pro
posed would, in our Judgment establish
"a comfortable home tor the soldiers anC
sailors of Illinois, so far as the essential
of such an institution are concerned, ant
e provisions for the probable number wit
Q would be entitled to admission could no
well be made for less than the sum APP
Il propriated In expanding that fund 70
e the essential requirements of the home W
think our duty will be TO that exten
= properly fulfilled.
The trustees desire to add that they ar
Il also considering the ACCESSIBILITY of quar-
/ tering the inmates in smaller buildings
# having more of the homelike features o
4 ! u
ferred to- and where the men would b
u fed as well as lodged Provided the esti
: mated cost OF construction and malnte
d nance on this plan be not too great.
f may possibly be preferred to the othe
plan mentioned The board also sug
Il gests that if the residence or villa plan b
d adopted the expense of the main dinin
d hall building. say $4,000 or $50 00(
would be saved, and the amount cOud b
distributed among the smaller structure
m ntioned.
The trustees appointed 5. NJ, Rau
n dolph, of Chicago. architect for th
/ institution, ami Capt +. C.. Nichols {
Kansas City, consulting engineer. Re
spectfnlly supmitted.
: DANIEL DUSTIN,
e h. T. DICKAsoN,
}, & ROWLAND,
a Trustees