The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-27
Mr., COOPER RETURNS
MeSSrS. Collins and PahlSen Will In
Spect Chicago Ventilation.
WILL MAKE A REPORT LATER
The Bozeman Member OF the Com
mission Appointed by the Gov
ernor Gives a Description of
the Trip and What Was Seen.
Special Correspondence Of the Standard.

Special Correspondence Of the Standard.
Bozeman, Jan. 25.-The committee
appointed by Governor Richards to
look into the heating. ventilating and
sanitary methods now used in the most
prominent public buildings of this
country. finished its work this week
after a six weeks tour of the cities of
the eastern states, and Hon. Walter
Cooper returned to his home yesterday.
He was interviewed by a Standard re-
porter.
Has your commission finished its
labors?"
Yves: we separated at Cincinnati on
the 18th of this month, having finished
the examination of buildings. l came
directly to Montana, while the other
members OF the commission, Hon. 7. T..
Collins of Great Falls and Architect
Paulsen of Helena, went to Chicago for
the purpose of gathering statistics and
examining drawings not to be found
elsewhere"
What cities did you visit, Mr..
Cooper"
we visited St. Paul. Minneapolis.
Milwaukee, Chicago. Detroit, Buffalo.
Syracuse, Boston. New York, Brook
lyn. Washington. Cincinnati. Column
DuS, ftd1nlNOn ana OInel CliltS.
Have the large cities generally
adopted the latest and most improved
systems for heating and ventilating?"
mo; quite the contrary. We have
visited but one city that has adopted a
uniform, or. as they term it, a stand
ard system, for public schools. some
cities having every known system.
while all have more or less trouble.
There is a constant struggle going on
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boards of health. The latter generally
have one or more able physicians
among their number who labor untir-
ingly for good fresh air and ample ven
tilation for schools and colleges. School
boards are usually divided, each fac
ton favoring some pet system and I'm
this way often get the poorest. Boards
of health in many of the large cities
are now in despair. turning their atten-
tion entirely to legislation and several
states have passed laws requiring for
each school and college, 50 many cubic
feet of fresh air per minute for each
child, demanding an entire change OF
air every seven minutes or upwards
and by this method IL is hoped to revo-
lutionize the methods of heating and
ventilating now in vogue.
I'VE have visited some OF the finest
buildings in the land and found in
some OF them absolutely no ventila-
ton and the heating OF the poorest.
New York and Boston are. at this mo-
ment doing exactly what this state Is
doing, investigating the different sys-
TENS of heating, ventilation and sani-
tary matters, as the farther east you
go the worse the conditions are. The
older cities are slow TO realize that
they are back numbers. We met gen
tlemen in Boston who had visited Den
Yer, Col, as members of a commission.
who declared that the state capitol
building at Denver was perfectly heat
ed and that nothing in New England
compared with IL.
MANY oourtesies have been extended
US and we feel very grateful to the au-
thorities of Syracuse, Cincinnati, New
York, Washington and especially Bos-
ton, the mayor of Boston. The board
of aldermen and the heads OF the diff
ferent departments there treated us
with much consideration. We were
given every opportunity to inspect city,
and state institutions and en-
Joyed for one week the entire freedom
of the city. Boston, / believe, Is Justly
entitled TO rank first among the cities
of the country for her enterprise and
her humane methods IN caring for her
mo; we have not made our report
yet. We will do this before the next
meeting Of the state board of educa-
ton"
Mr.. Cooper spoke of the magnificent
new public library building of Boston.
which cost about $1,000. 600. This. he
says. is one of the finest buildings in
the United States. but one OF the POOR
est ventilated. He also mentioned a
room on the upper floor of a large
building in Chicago, where $50 teIe-
phone girls sit in a half circle at their
work. This room has no direct connec-
ton with the outer air, the windows
being sealed air tight. so that no dust
can force its way into the room. but 10
Is so thoroughly ventilated that upon
the room one feels a thrill OF
delight. the air being as pure. cool and
sweet as that on one Of the grand old
of the Rockies which loom
up all over our glorious state
These and many other interesting
facts gathered by the commission. OF
which Mr.. Cooper was a member. will
appear in the report OF the gentlemen
at a lated day and the commission
hopes to be able to present such infor-
nation as will aid the state board OF
education in obtaining for the public
buildings Of Montana, the most per
fect sanitary conditions possible 10