The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-25
PRAISE MIXED
WITH POLITICS
Members of the City Council Tell
of the Pleasure of Inspecting
the Home Farm and Incident
ally Boom Themselves
MORRISSEY THINKS IT
WISE TO RETURN HIM
The Need of a New Heating Plant
Emphasized by 0verseers of
the PoorFigureS of the Ex-
pense of Conducting the Farm
Given by E. M. Woodward

Given by E. M. Woodward
The annual inspection of the Home
Farm by the overseers of the poor and
the City Council was yesterday. Every
, department was found in perfect con-
dition, and unstinted praise by all for
the admirable conduct of the institu-
ton by Mr.. and Mrs Thomas 7.
Schouler superintendent and matron.
Considerable time was devoted to
inspection of the piggery, and the pork
ers from the heavyweight that tips the
scales at 1856 pounds down to the little
fellows born day or two ago were all
on their good. behavior At present the
1 pig census shows a total of 216O dis
tributed about the farm.
A feature of the inspection was a
splendid dinner served in the chapel Of
the institution, followed by remarks by
nearly all those present. incidentally,
sympathy was expressed for the men
/ who have the work of securing an
| election before them. Edwin P. Curtis,
! chairman of the board of overseers, act
/ ed as POSTMASTER, and showed no par
TALLY in calling upon the speakers.
/ a
plant at the Home Farm was impressed
upon the minds of members of the City
] Council. 1t was explained that the
board has waited Tor the plant so as to
/ give an opportunity to observe the
working of the plant recently installed
/ at City Hospital While the overseers
would not recommend the installation
| of a plant like the one at the hospital
I the members believe that a new plant
/ is absolutely necessary, and that 1t
would be economy for the city to do
away with the present arrangement as
soon as possible.
| Superintendent Schouler explained
his plan for locating the boiler house
and a sizeable coal bunker some dis
| tance from the administration build
| ings at a point now occupied by hem
! houses. During the past year there
have been many Improvements about
/ the grounds. The old smoke house, So
/ called has been torn down, and the old
men now have quarters where they
can smoke and play cards, in the base
! nent of the new wing.
One of the most noticeable changes
| is that brought about by following
out plans prepared by James Draper of
the parks commission for improving
, the grounds. wide driveway and
| sidewalk are being laid out from
|
a rustic gateway is practically COM
plete. At the rear of the farm build
| ings the removal of the smoke house
and sheds has admitted of a big i'm
| provement and the handiwork of the
| landscape artist is again in evidence.
/ Those who made up the inspecting
party were Edwin P. Curtis, e. NJ.
/ woodward, Charles Fl. Ellsworth,
Frank e. Murray. Freeman Brown,
| IOa1 al w
Home Farm, Aldermen Louis j. Ken
dali. John w Mitchell and F.. G. Bar
Irett. Councilmen Frederick Clee, Frank
L. Dean, Olaf G.. Hedlund, John j.
Power, James P. Crosby, Louis j. Ter
rill, Frank L. Stetson, j. Louis Muir
ply, Joseph P. Morrissey, George l.
Clark, Julian F. Bigelow George N.
White, Albert f. Newton, Charles S.
Holden, Clarence D. Mixter and Nelson
H Davis. City Messenger Charles Mar
vim, City Physician Walter T. Clark, S.
Hamilton Coe. clerk of the Common
Council, and George w. Hoitt of Mer-
rimac.
The party left City Hall at 10 o'clock
on the regular Fitchburg electric car.
After a short reception in the office of
the institution during which Mr.. and
Mrs. Schouler met the new members
of the City Council, members of the
party were assigned seats in farm
wagons and taken for a drive over the
farm The houses where the little pigs
are born and weaned and the adJoin-
ling enclosures where the fat pigs are
kept were thoroughly inspected. Then
came the fields where the medium
sized pigs run free, in one of which
were about 400 likely porkers, and in
another $50.
The horse and COW barns were looked
over and then Mrs. Schouler con-
Quoted the party over the house Dinner
was served at l o'clock and the spread
was up to the standard of former
years. Rev. Daniel w. Hoitt, chap
Hahn of the institution, invoked the
divine blessing.
After dinner Mr.. Curtis called the
| gathering to order and expressed his
qualification at the fact that so many
members of the City Council had seen
fit to grace the occasion by their pres
ence. The board depends on the City
| Council for funds to maintain the in
stitution and he believed the aldermen
and councilmen should be in close
touch with the board to see how money
appropriated is spent. The overseers
I of the poor did not want to blow their
Eown trumpet but the institution was
open to broad daylight and the visitors
could see for themselves how things
We're conducted. All vegetables raised
on the place are used by the inmates,
and the milk of a herd of IA cows is
also used exclusively in the institution.
Mr.. Curtis hoped that the mayor would
be present but the grade crossing hear
! ing prevented his presence.
| Alderman Louis ]. Kendall was sorry
that but three members of the Board
| of Aldermen were present. He thought
! all should turn out on occasions of the
sort and see just what is being done at
tho Home Farm.
Frederick Clee. president of the Com
mon Council, said the overseers of the
poor was one of the finest committees
he had ever served with. He approved
most heartily OF the movement look
| ing to Improvement of the grounds and
the general conduct of the institution.
| Alderman +. G.. Barrett thought if
1.-THE entertainment provided was a sam
| pie Of what is done at the Home Farm
! It was a pretty good sort of a place. 1t
was his first visit and he was delighted
with the general aspect. He hoped to
attend the inspection next year if
blessed by an invitation and incident-
ally an election.
Councilman Frank L. Dean was
| much impressed by the excellence of
all he had seen. He has been informed
| that the Institution had a few equals
| in the state and he was unable to con-
l-ceive how there could be any superior.
He congratulated the superintendent
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