Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-10
EPILEPTic COLONY SITE
Selected by Commission at Mansfield Depot-Purchase Completed on Tues- day.
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 WiIlimantic. Aug. 9.-A site has been selected for an epileptic colony by the commission appointed by Governor Weeks and will be located in Holland county, at Mansfield Depot, Just nlne miles from Willimantic.
 The selection and purchase of the site is the result of an act of the iegis- Iature that voted that such an lnstl- tuition should be established in the state and made an appropriation for the purpose.
 Many different sites were visited by the commission and number of them were considered as suitable for the specific purpose desired, but when the site that was finally decided upon was seen it far excelled anything previous ly inspected and met with the approval of the mambers of the commission.
 %The veritable jewel that has been purchased is that place known as Rock Spring farm. the summer home of the late Edwin Reynolds for number of years. The papers transferring the property to the state of Connecticut were passed Tuesday and the deeds filed for record in the office of the town clerk at Mansfield
 The insurance that was carried on the property was also transferred ito the state of Connecticut Tuesday through the agency of A B. Adams & company of this city and the papers turned over Tuesday and a clear title is now in the possession of the com naonWealth. ---'
 The place is a farm comprising 220 acres of land, suitably divided into tillable, pasture and woodland; the main residence. two tenements, two ex- tra large and roomy barns, several sheds and other necessary outbuildings $, together with a geod. sized icehouse. The place is ranked among the finest in the entire state for agricultural pur- poses There is a fine supply of water and in addition an excellent brook winds it's way through the farm, a portion of which has been damned up, making a fine pond from which an adequate supply of ice may be harvest cod annually. =
 We'll Appointed House.
 The house is of brick and has all heat, bath and toilet rooms, running water, and is piped for gas. Many of the spacious rooms contain large open freplaces and there are enough rooms in the building to accommodate all of the patients that are eligible for ad- mission for some little time to come.
 All of the buildings are in first class condition and large sums of money were spent by MT. Reynolds in keeping them in that condition, and the farm as a whole is a truly model abode. The tenements are conveniently situated and are in a good state of repair and no unse emily sum will be required to make them available for colony use.
 On High Ground.
 Situated as it is, scarcely half a mile from the Central Vermont railroad. amid picturesque surroundings and up- on high ground, 1t is one of the show places of Holland county, and of the state, for that matter. It is but 25 miles east of Hartford, nine miles north of Willimantic and 12 miles south of Stafford Springs. Four pas senger trains daily each way stop at Mansfield Depot station and same con- meet with all trains and trolleys enter ing Willimantic from all over the state. The railway. accommodations of the Thread City are too well known to New Haven over the Air Line and from Providence and on the main line between Boston and New York and