Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13
COUNTY LAW MAKERS.
Oa'rial r'ocs ealing. oG the Board OF So.
pei vi>ors--rsr-t Day.

Oa'ridl GrOcs csiings of the Board oT Sc.
prtvi>"rs--r,r-t Day.
Dec. 12.-Board me; pur, uant to
AL lournmcnt. All the members
present, Supervisor Sinnet. chair
man. presiding. The minutes Of the
last days proceedings of the Septem-
Der session were read and approved.
The following communication from
the committee on the poor farm was
read by the clerk:
We. your committee on poor farm.
would respectfully report that after
our appointment as such committee.
that We visited the iniirmary. and
our attention was called To the ncces-
sity of water. ~ the wind mill was
Insufficient for supplying the daily
wants. and the pump that was in was
not in working order. We had en-
pcricnccd pump men 20 investigate.
and each one said that the casing OF
the well was too small. il being only
three inches. We made several cN-
pcrimcnts. and finally found We
could put in three and onc-half
inch casing ?jl feet. which we did.
and bought 36-inch cylinder.
Hooker pump cylinder. cushioned at
both ends. and can I've run 80 to so
strokes per minute. and will furnish
one gallon of water. and don; have
to- run the pump onc-third of the
time. IL does not take near the
amount; of steam To- run this pump a.
il did the old one. The cost of the
pump and the three and onc-half
inch easing was $751;. and they took
the old pump and the three inch cas-
ing at So. 80 the new pump and
thrcc and onc-half inch casing. eos,
w. cash. placed on the well. 1857.
We have also rcmodclcd the base
mcnt of the crazy house. making five
nice rooms. and can accom- mOdatc 10
persons. and keep them apart il they
are violently insane.
We have extended. or rebuilt. our
coal sheds So that We can store up
three months coal ahead. and will
not Ice obliged to haul coal in break
ing up Of the roads. We have also
newly cemontcd all of our cisterns.
and they are all in good shape and
plenty of water in them: also tanks.
This work has all been done by in
mates OF the iniirmary, under the
supervision Of Mr. Dow. except a few
days plumbing in the basement of the
crazy house. We have on hand
about one thousand bushels Of old
corn. We could have sold it, but
did not dare TO risk il. for fear we
might not rasse enough for our own
use. We have 1900 bushels of new
corn in the cribs. and all of the stalks
are stacked up for fodder. We have
i5D bushels of oats in the bin and
1920 bushels of potatoes in the eel
lar. all raised on the farm, with a
large amount oi vegetables.
1hc-c are ut present III inmates.
several are old and feeble. and need
u good deal u: care. Mr.. Dow is do
ing all he can TO make them COM
Portable. He is also utilizing all the
skilled labor of the iniirmary for the
benefit of same. The farm il in good
condition. fences well kept up. fall
blowing all done and all the build
ings in good repair. and cvcrythin.
about the place is clean and well
taken care of.
There is one thing We wish 10 call
to the attention OF the board, and
that is the Necessity Of having u tclc-
phone nj the iniirmary. While we
have had no talk with the company
we understand that they will furnish
u telephone for three years ut $15 per
year; NC are to put up the line. which
can lie done very chcaply. Mr..
Davis is going to cut down good
many electric light poles in Rock Isl
and and Moline. and they will an
swcr our purpose aud can toe bought
very cheap. and the wires. etc.
would not cost very much; the poles
could all be set by inmates Of the in
Urinary. II will be q convenience
aud saving. and VIC recommend that
il DC put 1t. providing that We can
make proper terms with the tele-
phone company.
&. SCHNEIDER.
A. =. vISTON.
JUsEPu fITzPA-EiCK.
Committee.
Supervisor Case moved that the