The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-21
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cerning the Hospital for the Crimi-
nal Insane at Farview is to the
effect that Notwithstanding the
disappointment as to the amount of
the State appropriation, the force
of men will be increased and the
work pushed along as rapidly as
possible. Despite the disagreeable
weather since excavating started
there is evidence on the grounds
that considerable amount of work
has been done. The top soil where
the first group of buildings will be
erected has been moved to one
side and will be replaced as soon
as the buildings are completed. A
large amount of earth has been
scooped out for the first building
by a mammoth steam shovel which
is run by a capable engineer and is
being scattered on the ground along
the roadway in front of where the
administration and main buildings
will be located. The concrete
forms Is inches in height which
will be a foundation for the outer
walls are about completed for the
first two buildings and everything
is in shape for the concrete. The
crushed stone and sand to be used
for the concrete are already on the
ground and the water to be used is
conveyed from a dam near the old
picnic ground at Farview. Every
thing is staked off ready for the
excavation for the first group of
four buildings to be erected. Spec
ial care has been taken that the
bricks, both for the inner and outer
walls, the sand, crushed stone and
all material to be used is of the
best quality obtainable. DR.. Fitz-
simmons, who is the general super
intendent for the state, is on the
grounds every day, and takes much
pains in showing visitors around,
and explaining the plans of the
various buildings. a large number
of steel purlins arrived during the
past week and are stored on the
ground near one of the large store
rooms which the contractor has
erected near the Canaan station on
the Honesdale branch. A mechani-
cal engineer from Philadelphia is
now on the grounds.
At the Fifth academic Decla-
nation contest at John Grouse Col
lege, Syracuse, n. Y, on Thursday
evening of last week, there were
thirteen participants, so that each
of the ten who failed to secure one
of the three prizes, may consider
himself as victim on account of
the unlucky number of competitors.
The contestants were mainly from
city high schools, the exceptions
being entries from Rome and FL
mira Free Academy and the Cazen-
ovia and Genesee Wesleyan Semi
naries. Three of the speakers
chose for their orations "Webster's S
Reply to Hayne," two of these be-
ing Joseph Jacobs, of Honesdale
and Raymond Bellamy, of Carbon
dale, both of whom competed in
the Dunmore contest. The SYRIA
cuse honors were awarded to A.
Howard Aaron, of the Binghamton
II. S., whose selection was the
March of Attila"; Henry Milliman,
of Cazenovia Seminary, declaiming
the "Eloquence of O'Connell," and
Stiddard More Stevens, Jr., of the
Elmira Free Academy, who gave a
fine rendering of THE Death of
Robespierre. Indeed, in the
judgment of many listeners, Mr..
Stevens, who secured only the third
prize, was we'll entitled to the first.
Rated alphabetically, a competent
and conscientious critic put three
of the contestants in the "A" class;
three in "B"; three in "C"; three
in ID" and the thirteenth in "E."
Although our champion failed to
bring home the badge of superior
ity, it is gratifying to know that he
ranked we'll in the "B" group, and
formance. He was probably the
youngest competitor, and was un-
fortunately the first on the pro-
gramme, circumstances which must
naturally have placed him some
what at a disadvantage. Moreover
the fact should not be overlooked
that, as a rule, the contestants were
all much older than the representa-
tive of the Honesdale High School,
and most of them had had the bene-
fit of training in special schools of
oratory. 1t is to the credit of
young Jacobs that he is in no de-
gree cast down by his failure to
bring home special honors; but feels
that his experience has been great
ly beneficial in that it placed before
him new ideals, and inspired in
him a higher ambition and a fuller
determination to achieve ultimate
success.
The remains of Miss Eliza G. Dim
mick, whose death was noted in our
last issue, arrived in Honesdale Wednes-
day forenoon, and were at once con-
veyed to Glen Dyherry cemetery for in
terment in the family plot of the late
Attorney General Dimmick, her dis
tingulshed brother. Rev. w. B. Beach,
o Green Ridge, and Rev. A. L. Whit
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