The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-18
PRESENT AIMS HOUSE OFFERS
 FUEL FOR FIRE
Would Make Good Holocaust Special Committee Reports
 on New Town Farm

The initial steps were taken at the
 meeting of the Common council last l night towards the building Of a new I alrnshouse at the town farm in pur-
 suance with a resolution offered April 18th, last by Alderman H. H. Jack son. Aldermen J. M. Griffin, Hugh J. Lavery, H. H. Jackson, J. J. Conlin, and Thomas Stewart who were ap- 1 pointed a special committee to ascer- | tain the condition and approximate te ! cost of suitable buildings offered a re- l port last night which was adopted. l The report is as follows:
 I Your committee has found that the l conditions are congested and that the l buildings are unsanitary and woefu1ly i inadequate Although the conditions | as to the care of the inmates and the 1 maintenance of the farm are the best possible the fact still remains that owing to the poor design of the bui1d- ing. it's safety and the sanitary condi- tions are very hard to be improved by any repairs or additions of a tenn porary nature. One important feature that your committee wishes to enlarge upon is the great danger of hoIo caust owing to the poor facilities to
 check a fire if one should start. After considerable inspection of the
 surrounding locality with the view to
 securing a new site, your committee
 is unit in the belief that the rFes
 ent location of the farm is satIsfac-
 tory ana In the event or new Oul1O-
 ings being erected, the same should
 be located in some more suitable site
 on the present land. Your committee has come to an unanimous opinion that
 1t is absolutely necessary for the city
 to proceed with the matter of having new buildings constructed, and, there fore recommends that the committee be empowered to employ a competent architect to assist it in the prepara- ton of plans for the same so that your committee could give some ap- proxirna te cost of the improvements so
 much needed.
 The committee has gone to consider able effort to ascertain all the in ton to the care and maintenance of institutions of like nature in this and neighboring cities, both by visiting and correspondence.
 The committee visited the cities of New Haven, Meriden and Hartford in all of which they were very hos- pitab1y treated and in every instance all information desired was gladly vol unteered by the officers in charge of the respective institutions. The com mittee also wishes to take this op- portunity to express it's sincere thanks l to the following persons who assist | ed the committee in their 1abors: May B. T. Buckingham. John E. Foster, Co, F. w. Behrens, Merle C.. Cowles of l Bridgeport; Selectman Miller, Michael l O'Brien and Town Clerk Hess of | Meriden; J. V. RatteIsdorfer and o. H. |
  Sti11man Of Hartford.
 As the sense of the original resolu- ton required that your committee re- | port it's findings to this body as to cost ct cetra by Oct. 1st, 1910, and your. committee being unable to make such report at this time therefore, recommend for adoption the following 1 resolution:
 Resolved, That t< the committee be, | and hereby is continued as commit tee to investigate and estimates the of ir1nrOEATnQntS At Lak0V16W Home and report in writing it's doings to this Common council, on or before the 1st day of January 1911, and De it further Resolved That the commit tee may incur expenses not to exceed the sum of $500 to carry on such in vestigation and preparation of est1- mates relative to the proposed 1rn7 provements of LakevieW Home Re spectful1y submitted, Special coramit- tee, J. s. Griffin, Hugh J l4avery, H. H. Jackson, Jas. J. Conlin and l l