Semi-weekly interior journal., 1899-06-27
w. p. WALTON.
KENTUCKY HOUSES OF REFORM


KENTUCKY HOUSES OF REFORM
Atapoint about five miles northwest
OF Lexington and one.half mile from
Greendsle Station on .he Cincinnati
Southern Road in Fsyette county,
there is at present under construction
an institution which is attracting con
siderable attention, not only through
out the State OF Kentucky but through.
out the country In general. This 10 TO
be known a. the Kentucky Houses Of
Reform, and 10 being constructed uu.
der q special law passed bv the legis-
lature at Its 1895 session, and for which
the sum OF 100000 was appropriated
for its Immediate needs. In addition
10 this sum Fayette county and the
city OF Lexington set aside $4,000 for
the use of the institution, upon condi.
tion that 10 be located In Fsyette coun.
ty and within I've miles OF the city Of
Lexington. While the amount Of
money appropriated thus far for the
work 10 by no means adequate to fnal-
ly complete the same, the trustees have
by iudicious and economical manage
ment been able thus far To contract for
Q sufficient number OF the buildings aud
sufficient equipment to put the iustitu-
tlou 10 operation this year and 70 take
care Of about LIS 10 300 boys aud 25 to
10 girls.
The trustees having the work In
charge are Mrs.. L +. Yandell and Mrs.
Nellie Gsrrard Chestham OF Louis
Vile; Mrs. Frances T.. Besuchamp and
Messrs. william worthingtop, Of Lex.
iugton, w. p. Walton, Stanford and
ID. II. Howard OF Lebanon, and TO them
certainly great credit is due for the
amount OF work which has been accom-.
plished. and for the manner In which
they have devoted their time and at
tentiou 70 the gathering Of Information
that would enable them TO establish
for the State such an institution -
would rank first smoog those OF simi-
lar kind In the country. and enable
them TO secure for the State the great.
es, possible value for the amount Of
money appropriated for this purpose.
To properly establish and equip and
start on IN working order an institu-
tion Of the magnitude contemplated by
the Law under which this one is crea-
ted 10 work OF no small magnitude,
and when properly started It's opera
tion and maintenance are compara-
lively easy. To the end that there
might be no serious mistakes made 10
starting this institution the Board Wis
tied large number OF institu tions Of q
similar character, learning from them
many things that should be done, gath
ering Information on other points
where other institutions bad made IA
tai errors and are now being recon-
structed
Feeling that 1t was important that
the work should be completely laid out
by some one having an extended expe-
employed as architects, firm who had
built institutions OF q similar charac.
ter, and, after learning from the Board
the requirements Of the institution,
the architects prepared typographical
plats OF the grounds and laid out a
scheme for the entire work as It will |
appear when complete, having In view |
the ultimate accommodation OF from |
800 TO COO
The farm on which the buildings /
are to be located consists OF about POO /
acres, large portion Of which is I'll.
liable land. At the corner near where
the buildings are located are several
acres of beautiful woodland which will
be used as park and pleasure ground.
The land is sufficiently rolling to OBJ
tain good natural drainage, aud the
buildings have been located at the
highest points. The farm has suitable
clay for the manufacture OF brick and
also good Quarries of limestone suita-
BILE for foundation purposes. All these
points OF advantage were taken into
consideration by the board, as IL Is ex-
pected after the institution Is once 10
operation, that large part OF the
brick and building stone will be fur
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