New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

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buildings of a character to make them in
dependent units, economically and socially.
and explains that these will house girls
and women Of the same description as the
boys and men. Away up in this valley the
dam is being built, and here, putting his
finger on the spots, Mr. Little shows where
a Counle Of ponds could he formed with
advantage to the appearance Of the land
scapc Along this line" tracing through
the valley. rs a spur OF the Erie over
which we shall get our supplies. on this
track will be the storehouse, the refrigerat-
ing plant and the power plant, and car
pentry and repair shops"
The groups for the boys and girls, II Is
seen. are each to consist Of eight dOrmi-
tories a kitchen and dining room, a hall
for entertainments and gymnastic exer-
cises. a schoolhouse an industrial building
for hand work and an attendants house.
For the able bodied adults capable OF doing
industrial work the groups for each sex
are similar in their equipment, lacking only
the school building For the infirm, how
ever. there are to be no buildings. except
dormltories, and these will he limited in
their capacity TO fifty persons. There will
be no outside kitchen and dining room,
each dormltory having it's own Thus will
ne recognized the infrmities Of the inmates
II is expected to house in them.
In the administration group will be the
Offices. the houses for the officers and the
observation and quarantine building for
the study and isolation of the newcomers
There will also be scientific group, in
Guiding hospital and facilities for patho-
logical and other scientific work In connec-
ton with feeble-mindedness and epilepsy.
Altogether there will be about one hundred
buildings In the vale OF the Minisceongo
comprising the village, for the housing OF
the three thousand inmates and the small
army Of necessary attendants.
THE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATION.
This year. after Governor Dix had drawn
his pen through sections Of the appropria-
ton bills on the eve Of his departure Tor
Furope the amount that was available for
construction work at the village was $751;
OO0 This will provide for four Of the eight
dormitories for the improbable boys the
attendants building, the kitchen and din
ing room the laundry, power house, store
house and machine shop. II is Intended, II
IL can he arranged. to have the dormitorles
only one story high as that Is more con-
venient height for administration as well as
for safety. 1t is expected that the plans
will be in readiness for the beginning OF
construction work in the fall.
With all this detailed information at the
fingers ends, Mr.. Little suggests trip
through his domain, and soon the automo-
bile rolls up, for such journey means the
traversing Of several miles OF highways.
First the machine climbs up the Glove 10
the site Of the dam for the reservoir. Men
are husily engaged raising the concrete
core and pling the earth upon either SIDE
across the narrow valley. Then back down
the narrow Glove and around the elbow and
up the right bank Of the creek The va
rjous sites are pointed out by Mr.. Little,
but somehow the imagination has difficulty
I'm connecting them with the spots assigned
on the blue print map. The map Just filled
the eye but this vale is one OF magnificent
distances when compared with the land
scape architects compact design
While the machine speeds on its way
YOU cannot help being interested IN the
man who is pointing out the future struc-
lures, the athletic fields, the Fairgrounds
and the water and sewer lines. lie does
not look his age. With hat and coat off,
his bronzed face and broad shoulders tell
a story Of love of outdoor life and ath-
lctics which does not need the corrobora-
ton ne throws in I'm good measure in the
form of good natured diatribes against the
occasional necessity for visiting New York
City His philosophy marks him as a
&c ,f gpppph aa
who was brought up in close contact with
the soil lie uses picturesque explosives
such as gods and little fshes! and seems
to be known to every one in a familiar
way No number OF looks at him would
ever convince one that he was forty-two
years old and no longer a candidate for the
varsity.
The machine rolls up in front OF the big,
white homestead which mothers the Dis
brow colony.
Hello, Ed" or Hello, John" or Hello"
somebody else. as the case may be, is his
greeting TO the different boys" as he
passes them The boys" are the feeble
minded inmates. He knows them, every
one, by the first name. and they respond
with How are you, DR.. Little?' and
perhaps open a discussion about the work
they are doing This may be the polishing
OF stove. or digging, or plOughing, ac-
cording to the need and the capacity OF the
individual.
For some reasons ! would like it better
10 have only five hundred inmates" says
the Big Brother, for then l could know
them all individually. could take a per-
sonal interest in them"
Then he leads the way into the one story
dormitory and points out the fact that the
only heating apparatus il contains is a
small stove. This one thinks. would make
little impression upon the atmosphere Of a
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