Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-11-10
OUR TOGUS FRIENDS
Fully Appreciate Result of
Last Tuesdays Elections.
The Home Will Use About 1000
Tons Of Coal This Winter.
The Greenhouse an Interesting Place 10 Visi!
Changes among Nurses.

surely dropped, last Tuesday. We even
felt the Jar of it in Togus. Were the
veterans interested: Well, you would have
thought so when the JOURNALS arrived,
Wednesday morning. The supply was
large, but it was not half large enough.
How they went, and then the shouts and
growing would have led one, who dii not
know the cause, to suppose be he'd landed
among whole colony of roOst' rs. These
oen here are pretty good prophets too in
politica! matters, but after all they I'D not
expect the sky to fall, es il most certainly
did.
The weather of the past few days
naturally leads the mind toward the coal
bin, snd the coal bin here ia quite an extern
,ive one. The new coal SIZED connected
With the new boiler house has capacity
Of about 800 tons. The shed on
the siding near the H4Ilowell road
has a capacity of about 1900 tons. Both
of these are filled nearly to their capacity
while at the Kennebec Central wharf in
Randolph is another shed with a capacity
of over 2000 tons. The estimate Cor Il e
coming year is 1000 tons and nearly the
WnOit afnDuEt has Deen TeCclNtu.
1t is believed that there will be somewhat
of saving in the amount of coal used by
'he new steam heating plsnt. However,
when the boilers are all running in the new
boiler house, six in number, to their full
capacity, it will be l. tons per day; the
main hospital boiler will use one ton; the
bake house boiler, which heats the depot
restaurant, guard house and the old wing
of the hospital will take one ton;
the Opera house boiler. which
heats the Opera house, Kelley build
ing and chapel, 2300 pounds daily;
while for the reside ntial buildings, Co. G's
quarters, headquarters building and other
buildings, something over one ton per day
will be required, thus making about 20 tons
per day during the winter months.
Mr.. Higginbottom, the landscape gar
dener, has been busiv engaged for some
time past in looking after the floral treas
ures of the Home, and the present cold
storm did not find him unprepared. All the
shrubs that are to remain in the open air
during the winter have received due care
and attention and those that need protection
have been carefully covered and wrapped
in their winter coats.
At the greenhouse he has fully 1900 ger
aniums of different varieties, about 1900
eppalanthus, about 1000 coleus and euceran-
thus. some 80 or more Gala lilies, II parlor
NAPLES, about the same number of mego-
MAS and very large number of chrysan-
themums. He has beautiful Jerusalem
cherry hanging full of fruit, also very
rare acacia de France, which is fully 10
feet high, and the top is about five feet IN
diameter. 1t is a beautiful ornamental tree
and he grew it from the seed. He has one
lin from it which bids fair to excel its par
eut tree in beauty of form. The original
tree is I.2 wears old. The Home green
house is quite an interesting place for a
lover of plants to visit.
The party of the Kelley Leagne was a
success, both socially and fl ilanciilly, de-
suite the very stormy evening. DE-
r. M. Turner and wife with
friends came up on the train and
Mr.. Richardson, manager of the EnsoF
Institute in Gardiner, with bis lady aud
party of the patients under his charge'
cam. out in a carriage. Lieut. w S. Oak
man and lady led the grand march, and
from the time the orchestra struck up unui
Home, Sweet Home, 1t was Thoroughly
enioved by all present, and we guarantee
that those who were there VIII not fali 10
attend the next one. All the committees
we're indefatigable in their efforts to give
their guests an evenings enjoyment ana
they admirably succeeded.
Quite change has taken place IN tne
corps of trained nurses at the hosphai
Verv much to the regret of all concerhen'
Misses Gibbs, johnson, Shepard and Ccpp
dc cided some time since to leave mere
Nov. /, and did so. They have gone
tn Portland where they will engage IN prl-
vate nursing during the winter. lheir ser
vices here were appreciated by all, and
tbev leave only friends who have been IN
any way associated with them.
Their places are filed by Miss Males OF
Maiden late of the Maiden, Mass, hospital
Miss Beal of Hiugham, Macs, late OF the
Cambridge hospital, Miss Waterman OF
North Appleton, Me-, late of the CITY nos
n;t.I Hostou, and Miss Pray of Dorches-
ter Mass. also of the City hospital, bcs'
ton. 49,, val
Alloy Johnson late of the lth New otk
Battery. who has recently been engaged IN
developing the gold mine at North flustnn'
was ken quite i'll few days slnce an' l.
now an inmate of the hospital
II 10 claimed that the quartz from lhis
mine will Weld $40 or more per ton
Csn.sin A. l.. Smith, the newly appointed
treasurer. has returned from short trip to
Boston and Hartford, Ct. =:
Outdoor exercises has been nearly IN
o.sinle for a few days ard as cons'-
pyence the reading room and the pool and
hiIlisrd room have had an unusually i'rse
number of patrons .,,. g.,
The health of the men is excellent Tor
this time of year , .e
Number in hospital, 2G6; number OF