Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-11-22

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senger trains at 1880. when about |
thirty members of the fraternity ar
rived, and were taken charge of ac-
cording to the program arranged for |
the day. Byrd Trego and wife.of The
Idaho Republican. and Mrs. Blanch |
Eldredge had charge of affairs, and |
they were taken Immediately to The |
Idaho Asylum for a semi-social visit. |
After q short visit together, the party |
was shown thru the institution, and
the gentlemen went out and saw the
stock and all the buildings about the
place. The crops of course have all
been harvested, and there was lit
tie to be seen In farm and garden,
but the following statement concern
ing the institution gives the reader
q correct idea of some OF the main
features OF the work and condition
of Affairs at the present time.
The Idaho Asylum
The institution is half mile east
of town, facing west, and a shady
avenue leading up to the building
from the entrance to the big farm In
the edge OF town. The cinder drive
way is bordered on each side by a
belt of grass, and two rows Of state
ly poplars, while plum and cherry
trees form the background on one
side and pear and apple trees are
arranged in rows upon the other
Immediately in front OF the main
building the pretty lawn is fringed
with flower garden, and stretches
away in well-kept groves with foun-
tains and rustic seats, the whole con-
forming in contour to the two wings
of the building, and presenting a
homelike, restful view from the
many points OF observation both on
the grounds and from the ward cor
riders.
At the rear of the building are the
energizing parts of the institution,
the great well and windmill, the
heating and pumping plants, the
storerooms, fire mains. coal bins,
barns, machine sheds, the twenty
acre garden and the several hundred
acres of crops, watered from ca
mails that tap Snake River and The
Blackfoot many miles up the valley.
The old heating plant was put in
by peace meal as the institution
ggrew, and was getting leaky from
fust,. besides being expensive In
maintenance. owing to the fact that
It was fred in four different boilers
distributed about the building, and
this also made the rate of insurance
high, and the risk great.
The new heating plant consists of
one large boiler situated in a stone
building separate from the rest of
the institution, and a set of steam
pipes laid under ground and cover
ed with asbestos, to convey the
steam to all parts of the building,
where 1t Is used in radiators and
governed by valves that can only be
opened or closed with key. A set
of water pipes accompanys the steam
pipes, all conducted on the gravity
system, to carry the water back to
the engine room as the steam con-
denses in the steam pipes. A sys-
tenn of automatic valves and motors
connects the two sets Of pipes, and
when the water collects in a pipe,
the valve opens automatically to let
the water pass, and Immediately
closes when the steam touches It a.
gain. Hot and cold water are sup
piled TO ali parts of the building,
flne spray baths and tub baths are
eady Saalin cues. and large steel
s.sormA tank is kept filled with wa
ter under heavy pressure. for emer-
gencIes.
Tha sewerage liz carried q short
alstmnEe from the building and dis
ezaMN#aa into a septic tank where II
d entirely consumed by something
rAsemheling yeast in its action, jet
difTerang from 1t In that 1t emits No
oaoF, nsger increases nor diminishes
IN Bfrangth. and does not get stale
from year to year. The striking
feature about 1t is that It feces and
All waste matter from the sewer
. pass into the vault or tank and ap
pear absolutely destroyed. Water
u tho only residue that passes out oil
the vault, and it is considered pure
for ananlysis does not discover any
thing in It. The yeast or germ
costs only a tribe, lasts for an In
definite period. and furnishes a de
monstration of a process that tn.
immortal Bellamy described the op
Grafton OF in his novel. Looking
Backward" but could not give thu
formula for.
DR.. Hoover. the superintendent
showed the party the institution