The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-11-24

One Of The large fatsto be erected this
winter will be located on the corner Of
Sixteenth street and Nicollet avenue, by
Valentine Bros. It will face on NicOllet
and have frontage of SO feet. The ma
terial will be red pressed brick and it will
consist of two buildings, detached and
joined by an archway over paved en-.
trance to the court jim the rear. It will
be three stories in height, and each of
the IL suites or apartments will contain
seven or eight rooms One OF the i'm
provements in th,s building will be a
fuel room under the arched driveway,
surrounded on four sides by stone walls,
thus preventing any possibility of fire.
The specifications are not entirely COM
pleted, but the cost will closely approx
innate $4,000. Work will commence
promptly, aud will continue through the
winter without intermission. The build
ing will probably be ready for occupancy
by May l.
Shortly before / O'Clock Wednesday
morning fire broke out in the sheds adj
joining the engineroom of the Union
planingmill at Twenty third avenue north
and the river, and obtained such start
over the department. that a second alarm
was necessary before the flames could be
extinguished. The total loss was roughly
estimated to amount to about 5000, and
is covered by insurance. It is thought
that the flames started in some way in
the lumbershed adjoining the englneroom
from sparks from the boiler. 1t was first
discovered by Cross Nelson, the night
watchman, who turned in the alarm,
which was promptly responded to. The
eagine room also adjoins the frame office
aud large frame shed cont aiming thou
sands of feet of dry planed lumber.
just across Twenty third avenue is the
big Bardwell Robinson plant and yards
second alarm was necessary to prevent
danger of fire communicating to either
the Bardwell r ,binson property or the
big frame she'd The Union planing mill
is owned by Hodges & Perry. The boil
or room was of brick. The principal
damage falls on the planning mill proper
aud it's machinery.
County Commissioner Nash is opposed
to the proposed scheme to do away with
the present farm property. "What do
those people want?' he recently asked.
I'VE board the poor Of the city at the
farm for 81 per week, including clothing,
medicine and doctors bills, and when we
have anybody at the workhouse serving
out sentence from the district court
they charge us 1925. Does that look as
if TIE workhouse people could take care
of them as cheaply as the poor farm,
operated as 1t is by the county? should
think not. In my opinion it is poor
scheme, and would result in loss. Now
as regards the poor farm, it is unfair to
judge tho cost of RAINING it by the past
season, as the board is doing. AS a rule
the farm makes money, or running OK
penses, but last season was dry one and
the crop was poor. Here is another
thing. The farm has 40 acres now, but
in the spring it will comprise 100 acres
more after the foreclosure Of the Farley
mortgage. This will give good sized
farm, which the inmates can work, and
the result will be handsome profit to
the institution, which should make it run
clear of all expenses. In the face Of all
this, don't see how the board could i'm
prove matters: The poor farm now be.
longs 80 per cent to the city, and how on
earth could the authority for the change
| be arranged, even if we were disposed to
| make it, which we, as county board,
| are mott