Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-18
BOARD OF sELEorMEN.

->"AA~~Ne ! Miss Posters Baby Farm Ventilated
 Attorneys Hotchkiss and Whiting
 and Dr. Adams Express Their
 Views The Board Consider the |
 Matter and Take Action-The Gar. |
 bage Service Briefly Considered.
 A meeting of the Board of Selectmen was | held last evening. Present, Selectmen Tyler l presiding), Treat, Beecher, Brown and Klenke.
 Hobart L. Hotehkiss appeared before the Board in regard, as he said, to the sensa- tional articles that had appeared in the news papers about Miss Fosters place on Jewell street. He said he supposed that Miss Eos ter had made her reports regularly, but
 found she had not done so. He said that he
 had been out to Miss Fosters place yester-
 day afternoon with Dr. Adams and MT.
 Whiting, and they had changed their minds
 very materially in regard to the character of
 Miss Fosters home. He said, except in the
 case of the puny colored infant that was
 forced upon Miss Foster by Mir. Chilling
 worth, who afterwards made complaint, that
 Miss Foster had given up taking infants en-
 tirely. He thought that the act of 1883 did
 not apply to places of this character except
 where they had the care of infants. He
 thought, however, that the reports required
 by law should be made and that the house
 should be properly inspected as often the
 law requires. Mr. Hotchkiss then said that
 he desired that the Board should take juris-
 diction and appoint, if they will, some re-
 putable physician to visit the place at least
 once a month. He said he had no objection fn oil T1hu h0
 would not go to the place prejudiced against it, but they should be fair to all parties in interest. He thought Miss Foster was doing good work and she was perfectly willing that her place should be regularly inspected by any proper person. If the Board of Se- lectmen were not willing to act then he would have to go to the Board of Health; he thought, however, that the Selectmen were the proper authority to act as the town was more direct ly interested than the Board of Health could be.
 Mr. Beecher said he did not suppose Miss Fosters place was palace. He said he was informed by the man who supplies Miss Eos ter with groceries that she purchased none but the best. The grocer said he had known her to purchase two crates of strawberries at time, saying as she did so, want to give the children feast.
 Mir. Geary read from a report made by Dr. White two years ago, in which he spoke in the highest terms of Miss Fosters place. MT. Treat said he hoped the newspapers that thought the Selectmen had been so very derelict in duty regarding Miss Fosters place would take note of that report.
 Attorney John H. Whiting, representing
 the Humane society, said that he visited Miss
 Fosters place yesterday afternoon with Dr.
 Adams and found matters in better condi-
 tion than he expected to. He said that Dr.
 Adams stated that if he had found things in
 as good condition on Sunday he would not
 have made 8 complaint. MT. Whiting said
 he thought Miss Foster was doing fairly well and had there been some authoritative
 pervision over her place she would not have become neglectful.
 MT. Treat said that Mr. Feldman had made frequent visits to Miss Fosters place and always reported favorably as to the condi- tions surrounding the home. He was sorry MT. Feldman was not present to speak for himself.
 MT. Reecher said it seemed to him that the
 Board of Health were the proper authorities to take charge of these matters, although if
 the Selectmen desired to take charge of the
 matter they could do so.
 Mir. Whiting said the Humane society had
 no disposition to make trouble for anybody,
 but it seemed to him that this and similar institutions should be looked after occasion
 ally by the proper authorities or by an agent
 appointed by them. As the Selectmen had
 this power he hoped they would exercise it.
 MT. Whiting retired and the matter was
 dropped for the time being.
 MT. Treat brought up the matter of re-
 moval of garbage. He said he thought there had been just cause for complaint so far as the garbage collectors leaving their carts open when gathering the garbage was con cerned. He said he had found carts in this ! way himself and had told the drivers that | they must keep their carts closed. MT. Treat said that far as he had observed | the carts were perfectly tight and there was no leakage from them. -.-. 2. MT. Tyler said that the collection of gar bage had rapidly increased, and the time
 was coming when they would have to have | more carts and more money for doing the work.
 On motion Mr. Tyler was appointed committee to instruct the garbage collectors regarding their duties in keeping their carts closed and in cleanly condition. MT. Beecher said that application had been made to him by the owner of the Mer- cbant place, near the new town farm, to place barbed wire fence alongside the road way. He said there was no sidewalk at the place referred to- The request was referred | to MT. Tyler to inquire and report. The baby farm question was again taken up and discussed at considerable length re- | garding the jurisdiction of the Board. On motion of MT. Beecher President Tyler
 and Selectman Treat were appointed com mittee to confer with the Board of Health as l to which board should assume jurisdiction | over the baby farms.
 l It was also voted that the committee on | almshouse and outside poor be requested to | visit the baby farms at least once a month until such time as the final jurisdiction or | care of them was decided upon.
 On motion of MT. Beecher committee of l two was appointed to consider the necessity | of copying the East Haven town records so | far as they concern that portion of the town | annexed to the town of New Haven. The 1 chair appointed MT. Treat and MT. Brown as such committee.
 At this point Dr. Adams came in to see | the Board regarding Miss Fosters baby farm. | He was told that Mir. Hotchkiss and Mir. | Whiting had been before the Board and | stated their views. Dr. Adams said that he | believed that Miss Foster intended to do about right, but she was trying to do too
 much with too little means. He said also in judgment and he had form ed this opinion when she was with the Home for the Friendless. He said he found things very different on his visit to
 Miss Fosters yesterday from what he did on Sunday. Things had been changed and no question about the place being in filthy condition on the occasion of his Sunday visit; but yesterday it had been cleaned up and there was not so much cause for com plaint He said he hoped that the authori- | ties would in the future give these places | that attention which they require. Bills were approved as follows: Almshouse, $105.50; general account, $2,035.13; outside poor, $28S.99; roads and
 bridges, $324. .75;new farm, $200. 00;construc- tion, $22, ,0O; salaries, $57 68.
 Sons of Veterans Picnic. Nathan Hale camp No. |, Sons of Veter- ans, will picnic at Pawson Park tomorrow. Thau will cro hv the harza ,Iunn which will