Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-08

| WD uDffuliDf1es one lol DoNS du'
one for girls, each SO by GO feet in
size and arranged as follows: First
floor. heating apparatus. clothes
rooms, play rooms and other rooms,
second floor, temporarily for schoo!
rooms. later to he used as dorm'tory;
third floor, dormitory All of these
buildings are. first story OF stone.
brick from that up.
A school warehouse for supplies 90
by 30 feet and laundry with up-to-
late machinery and 20-horse power
engine aud boiler to furnish ample
power.
A barn. which is frst-class brick
building 36 by ~ feet and alone will
cost over $4,000, is located near the
school buildings and will be used for
the purpose of instrucing the pupils
in the care and use OF horses, as well
ms accom- modating sufficient horses
for agency use. 1t has harness. feed
and carriage rooms and NOW that
will hold fifty tons OF hay.
Additional Plans.
A large school building not yet con
!
which when completed will relieve the
dormitory buildings OF the use of GER
tain rooms for school and give them
entirely to the purposes for which
they have been designed.
! AcetyIene Gas Lijhts.
All these buildings are to be fur
nlshed. In addition to the steam heat
, | Al, wi ".
lene gas lights and separate build
, ing. apart from the others, is being
constructed for the purpose of manu-
featuring enough to light the whole
: Institution.
Water Works.
The pumping plant. run by another
steam power plant, near the well
which was completed last summer
( which furnishes 5000 gallons of wat
/ err per day. will throw this water a
distance of over 800 feet into a res
! ervoir lined with concrete and ce
T ment and located on nearby hill. 81
7 perpendicular feet above the build
lngs. thus giving ample pressure fol
+ water works and a good supply in case
5 000 cubic feet of water.
{ Additional Stations.
+ Just across tne river from the
+ lgency u iive-room cottage has beer
g erected for the use of one of tn,
farmers. also a warehouse. which is
well filled with supplies. large barr
e and other buildings. All are in use
hut the main uurnnsa pf tbair lnpa
2 lion on the south side of the river Is
t for the purpose of having supplies
and an authorized agent on that side
during periods of high water. so thai
he business and policy of the gov
ernment may not he hindered at any
= lime or by any contingency possible
TO forestall. Another farmer is 10
Gated 30 miles down the river from
the agency and looks after the In
4 dians in his locality.
Roads and Dtches.
} In addition 10 the improvements
Z mentioned roads have been built from
3 the agency along the north side oi
, The san Juan river to Aneth, Utah
| about 80 miles; another to the south
east across the i.ukachnka mountains
about 10 miles: another sonth toward
, Two ray Hllls. about 80 miles. and
, repairs TO other roads to other places
+ on the reservation have been made.
Ditcnes covering several thousand
acres of land near the agency have
been constructed and others started,
and number of springs have been i'm
proved and several small reservoirs
have been built in different places to
hold the food waters and aid addi-
tional farming.
From few to as high as 200 In
dians have been employed during the
past two years. and besides building
roads and bitches are learning to
mine their own coal. use agricultural
implements and do a thousand other
things to help themselves. Just now
hfty sheep dipping plants are being
put in at various places for their use
and benefit Twelve thousand fruit
trees are growing in the nursery for
future distribution among them. A
telephone line has been constructed
about eleven miles to meet with the
toll line of the Colorado Telephone
company near Jewett. This telephone
line. like the roads, bitches, bridges,
grading OF grounds. etc, has been
done entirely by the Indians under the
supervision of white employees.
Management.
There are nine regular white EN-.
ployes, including the superintendent
w. 7. shelton. his assistant. physi.
clan. blacksmith, carpenter, matron
and several farmers. and about twen-
ty regular Indian employees.
All these extensive improvements
have been made under the superyi.
sion of the present superin endent.
who mas accomplished much in man.
agement of both the Indians and the
business, and has hastened the work
Of construction perhaps several years
Benefits.
This institution. besides being
help and elevating influence to the In.
dams Is a great benefit to San Juan
county. 1t Will, after the construc-
iion is completed. employ about so
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