Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-23

and that all receiving standing kept
track OF to ascertain whether they not drawing
essary aid
SECOND That on Wednesday, the 10th day of Novem-
ber 1897 without giving notice Abrams person
charge of the poor farm, visited
tain its condition and the condition of the buildings
thereon and the inmates.
When reached the farm we found Mr. Abrams with
crew OF the inmates of that institution stumpng
part of the farm that had been cleaned
ton Of the farm is good shows good management
All OF the farm is now cleared except about six
Abrams has just completed clearing narrow strip around
1t to keep fires out. He recommends keeping this
pleasure ground for the inmates of the farm
We examined the buildings upon the farm and found
the house clean and neat in all its parts and the barns
except that repairs hereinafter mentioned needed Ali
machinery and crops for which there under
were properly housed and all fodder housed prop
erly stacked The stock of CATTLE horses hogs
in good order and showed evidence of good care We
before either Mr. Mrs Abrams knew of our presence
We received complaint from any of them They seemed
comfortably dressed and their clothing well patched
showing economical management.
Our impressions of the management of the poor farm
from what we saw and were told there is favorable.
We further find that the present capactyof the mems
side of the farm is insufficient three having
remedied by building an addition at small expense.
THIRD. We find several improvements badly needed
LIST. That hardwood floor be placed in the mems
sitting room as the upper course OF that floor is badly
worn and split.
End: There are forty-one windows in the house and
many of them loose fitting and consider that it
would be great saving in fuel well great of
comfort the inmates that each windows
storm window fitted to it.
Bird. An examination of the capacity of the vegetable
store house shows it to be wholly inadequate the
needs The store house is built the side HILL
very near the house, and is filled to the and to the
door with vegetables raised on the farm considerable
amount of vegetables also stored in the milk cellar
undesirable place for storing Them and besides these
there two pits of vegetables for which there
and potatoes have been sold because there
Mr. Informed
woodwork of the present vegetable house badly
rOtted and that it will have to be replaced soon.
He further says that it is not of nearly sufficient
capacity to store the products of the farm that
store house can be dug into the sde very the
house, and in doing half enough rock will be taken
from the excavation to build commodous stone store
house, and that nearly all of the eXcavatng be done
by the inmates of the farm that the the county
will be comparatively light.
Further than that he says that there will be little out
side work in the nature of farm improvement that the
inmates do from this time unless provision this
other kind is made nearly all the farm
now cleared and stumped.
We would therefore recommend that the Poor Com
mSSOnerS to be erected the bank the
house cOmmOdiOuS vegetable sOrehOuse during the
the thereof not to exceed $1,000 to Wood county
over and above the labor of the inmates of the farm.
18th. We further recommend that this board take
some action on the matter of putting addition upon
the poor house. that it will not be crowded pres
ent. We think such addition be made
penSe of not over 100000 B. NJ VAUGHAN,
ED. d. SMITH,
JOHN SCHNABEI,,
Committee on Poor Farm and Poor Accounts.
on the minutes.
The following bills have been allowed on the O. K of
the superintendent OF Poor and recommendation of
Poor Farm