The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-15
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.

CONDITIONS al the county FOOT
8 House.
3 Hon. w. o. Gordon, Judge of the Coun
8 ty Court Of Maury County Tenn.
8 Strive, your committee appointed
& to inspect and enquire into existing
conditions at the county poor house
beg to report that on Tuesday, March
20, 1910, the full committee, accompa
1 MED by yourself, visited the county S
B property, embracing one hundred and
( twenty acres of land on which Is 10
5 cated good dwelling, barn, and some
ten or twelve very nice and comfort
} able cabins occupied by the county
abandoned poor, idiotic, halt, blind,
and half crazy.
The premises as a whole present a
very satisfactory appearance. The
occupants seem very we'll pleased and
appear to be in a very good state of
health and well fed The rooms are
very well furnished and the bedding
comfortable, and close examination of
the mattresses and tickings did not
reveal the presence Of vermin so far
as we could see.
The water facilities might be i'm
proved The nearby spring does not
furnish sufficient water. The large
| spring at some six hundred yards dis
lance sends flow whiting one hun
dred yards ample for laundry, bath,
and sewerage purposes With the as
sistance of hydraulic ram and tank |
an abundance of this water can be de-
livered to all of the buildings, and |
at a very slight expense sewerage
pipes can be laid and flushed from
such tank.
The committee recommends the In
stalling of a hydraulic ram, tank, bath
house and sewerage, the cost of which
should not exceed $3.50.
The large spring should be encas-
ed with concrete walls and piped to
a ram near the buildings where it
could be lifted into tank and carried
to all buildings. 4
We further recommend the appoint
ment of a committee of three citizens
whose duty it shall be to visit and I
inspect the asylum at the county's ex-
pense at least four times during each
year, reporting their findings at each 3
meeting of the court.
With these improvements for the +
limited and kind Of work you are do ]
Ing, everything considered, we believe +
he property very well located, and, fl
Il kept in the condition in which we e
'ound it, satisfactorily conducted. I,
Respectfully submitted, o
J. F. BRoWNLow, n
e. E. ERWIN, 8,
r. H. GUEST,
H. F. FARISS, N
G. w. HAYES.
Jurors Named. r
The jurors for the next term of n,
curt were named Monday by the mag ~
strates as follows: IN
First district-Francfs Brady, Bud ar
.ndrews, Rufus Childers, r. G.. Null II
ms. mr.
Second district-C. T. Taylor, w. F. AZ
askfll, S. X p Goodwin, Eben Alex on
nder. RI
Third district-C. w. Derryberry, nj,
'. II. Jones, r. B. Warren, Dr. j. M. 70,
[oore. Ke
Fourth district-W n Fitzpatrick, ha
ancey Tendell, w. D. Hardison, Err pa
est Fariss. CHI
Fifth district-A. w. Crews, Lee CO,
olt, w H. Cunningham, ]. NJ Es- I'D
wv. or,
Sixth district. w. Matthews, r. IN
Lowell, A. L. Emerson, ]. c. Nelson. ra,
Seventh district. M. Chafin, w. ara
Workman.
Eighth district-W. ]. Fitzgerald,
A. Kinzer. HI,
Ninth dlstrict--W H. Davis, Maj.
hite, ]. T. Bats, s. s. Porter. j. r. the
lchannan. me
Tenth district-w. M. Morrow, 2. J. Nil
,gue. bot
oficers to wait on the COURT. P. EN-
ilson. J. P. Harris. by
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