Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18

Colorado Springs and the surrounding
plains, stand the home buildings They
face the west. and the view takes in the
mountains from Castle Rock. thirty miles
to the north, to the Spanish Peaks. eighty
miles to the south. To the west the land
slopes down to the city, and to the south
west to Prospect lake. To the south and
east the land inclines to dry creek The
soil is dry and loose, but produces album
dainty when properly irrigated.
The grounds about the home are beauti-
fed by lawns, flowers shrubs and trees.
maple and elm alternating in front and
along the driveway.
On each side of the driveway, extending
from the gateway to the main building-a
distance of $50 feet-there is strip of lawn
twenty-five feet in width, which is paralleled
by four-foot cement walk.
Green houses furnish ample protection for
the plants and flowers during Indictment
weather, and also permit of the propagation
of new varieties.
The main edifice is LA feet long by forty
four feet wide, with wing to the rear OF
the north end twenty by forty feet. Porches
extend from the wing to the south end of
the building on the first and second stories
affording easy access to any part OF the
tains a central hall the entire length of the
building, every room opening il to the main
hallway in addition to having outer WIN
dows broad stone stairway, protected
by heavy baiustrades leads up to the mas
sive archway of the portico.
Portals of Main Entrance.
From the vestibule the open portals of
the main entrance invite to spacious par
lors, reception rooms and chambers on
either side of the main hall. Above
the portico in the second-story cap
course of sandstone, in raised gothic
letters are the words, Union Printers
Home" while on either side, throughout
IL e,,ita Al inc
ments the exterior. The inside finish is all
natural white pine, except the stairway,
which is white oak with carved panels. The
building contains seventy-fve rooms, the
kitchen, pantries. cold storage room, dining
room, closets, etc, being on the basement
floor.
Consumption being one of the diseases to
which the printer is especially liable, 1t Is
not surprising that the rayageS of this dis
ease caused many to seek shelter and care
at the home. This class of inmates began
increasing early in 1893. and at the Louis
vile session of the International Typo
graphical Union in 1894 1t was reported by
the superintendent that the authorities OF
the state of Colorado We're contemplating
enforcing a law compelling the placing OF
conservatives at such institution as the
home in separate buildings. The erection
of a hospital was suggested, but the con-
vention failed to take any action on the
subject. In the report of the executive
committee of the home. trustees to the
Colorado Springs convention in 1896, the
hospital proposition was taken up and the
advisability of such a building discussed.
The management of the main and hos
pital buildings, which VIII accommodate
about $50 inmates, is in the hands of the
superintendent who acts under the diree-
ton of the board of trustees, one of whom
is a resident of Colorado Springs. The
slIperintendent's wife acts as matron, and,
like the superintendent, is appointed by the
president with the concurrence of the
trustees. The nurses and other employees.
being selected by the superintendent, are
directly under his supervision. The ply
stefan is appointed by the board of trus-
tees.