The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-16

lows: 1S94-oats, 40A bushels; buck
wheat, IA bushels. lB95-Oats. e3
bushels; buckwheat, II bushels: timo-
thy hay, tons. 1896-Oats, 32A bushels:
flax, IL bushels; buckwheat, II bushels:
timothy hay, IL tons. Embraced in the
tract offered Is thirteen acres. which
include valuable water power of 27
feet fall, which tract and valuable
power has been donated by Charles
Espenschied, conditional ON the loca-
ton of the hospital at this point. The
water power is valued by competent
engineers at sum equal to pay the
annual interest on 1874, 600 at per cent
Tor ten hours service and for TWEEN
ty-four hours per day service, repre-
sents an investment Of $16S,000. The
head of water is IT'S feet, and the water
power amounts to 40 horse power This
will be ample to furnish electricity for
all purposes to which it may be applied
for almost nothing. The drainage will
require at the farthest only 100 rods
of sewer to be built and the topography
OF the land Is such that there is an
easy effectua1 drainage and sewerage.
On the land and easy of access is an
unlimited quantity of dolomite stone.
the very best Of building stone. which
has been used for building purposes in
Hastings for the past thirty years and
given the best Of satisfaction. This
stone can be quarried on the ground
and the only expense will be the quar-
fylng and hauling less than half a
mile. The dolomite stone is Of grey
color and buildings erected in Hastings
of this stone forty years ago show the
chisel and tool marks as plainly as
when put in the walls. The opinion Of
Prof. Winchell as to the durability Of
this stone for building purposes has
been frequently referred to in reports
made to the state.
The contention Of the Hastings peo-
pie is that the site offered by them
is the best for the purpose Of a hospital
and the most economical for the tax
payers Of the state. For the benefit Of
the taxpayers who are to pay for the
construction and maintenance Of the
hospital it is claimed that the location
should be where the land is tillable and
fertile, SO that food necessary may as
far as possible, be raised. That good
drainage and the buildings can be Sc
cured, erected and maintained at the
least possible cost, and water album
dainty and cheaply secured. The site
offered the commission by the city Of
Hastings includes all these advantages,
and the citizens believe that with a
careful scrutiny, with no other motive
than the welfare Of the insane and the
economy of the legislature in spending
the money Of the taxpayers, the decision
will be in favor Of the Hastings site.
The committee and visitors, after be-
ing driven about the tract, and having
the various advantages mentioned
above pointed out and explained to
them, were driven to the Gardner
house where collation. was spread
and partaken Of A committee Of thirty
ladies entertained the visitors at the
hotel, and the party returned to St.
Paul, reaching the union depot at z
o'clock. The committee will, 1T is I'M
derstood not stop at the visiting of
the sites at Hastings and Anoka, but
will examine witnesses and examine
carefully into the affairs and actions of
the commission which made the selec-
ton and submit detailed report as
to their findings.