The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-23
LET CONTRACT
FOR ADDITION
Children's Home Society to
Build Addition to the
Main Building.

Fargo. N. D.. Aug. 22.-The ex-
ecutive committee Of the North Da-
kota Children's Home society recently
let contracts for the erection of an
extensive addition to Its main build
Ing, one he moving Of Its cottage for
disabled children to the northeast
nue. south. Fargo.
For h past three years 1t has been
apparent to the management Of the
home that it's nurseries must be en-
larged. and play rooms provided for
the children's use in wet or cold
weather. Recently the need has be-
have come in lin showers" as Super
intendent Hall puts it. The dormi-
tories are full. and where to provide
1 sleeping accommodations has been a
Vexatious problem. Juvenile courts in
various counties have sent in more
large boys than there is a demand for.
while a number Of others are being
held off for lack of room.
Messrs. Wallgren & Edlund were
the lowest bidders for the general
work. and Champlin & Manson Sc
cured the plumbing n lighting con-
tract The work has already begun,
and will be completed for occupancy
about Christmas time. The work will
include an addition. on the south end
of the receiving home, 21x43 feet, two
stories and basement. and will con-
tain on the ground floor an office
room and %fireproof vault, a large play
room for boys, to be used for a school
cation room for sick children. This
will not be connected with the other
rooms, and will have separate bath
n toilet connecting with the out-
side world by a separate vestibule
SO that after quarantine the patient
will leave without again being ex-
posed to infection.
large nursery, a u bath parlor for
sick children, which can also be used
as a play room for little folks, a very
neat operating room and office for the
house physician, a dressing room for
infants. with juvenile baths, and "a
play room for girls.
superintendent Hall and his corps
of workers have studied the needs of
the work very carefully and feel that
Messrs HaXby & Gillespie, the archi-
tects. have given them a highly salts
factory Set of working plans.
The cottage now used for disabled
and crippled children will be partially
remedoled after moving 1t to it's new
location and given better facilities for
the care Of the incurable homeless
children who are here given a perma-
nent home.
The public will undoubtedly respond
>Eloerally to the homes call for finan-
cial aid in improving in any possible
way the home where the homeless and
disabled children Of North Dakota are
cared for. The home takes the place
OF father and mother to these unfortu-
nate boys and girls, and an apprecia-
tive public has always gladly respond
ed when asked for anything to help
along such truly humane work.
Tho c00fnfu hos A-
hand, but will have to raise about
$4,000 additional from the public to
cover the cost of these most neces-
tary additions.
To make these improvements and
at the same time maintain it's regu-
lar work will taX the management to
the Utmost for funds. Here would be
a beautiful opportunity for some of
North Dakota's real philanthorpists to
do the handsome thing and put up
the building for the society. so that
their regular work may not be Grip
Piled. Three thousand dollars in ad-
dition to funds that will have to be
taken from maintenance fund. will
pay for the improvements. and Super
%1ntendent Hall states that as the work
will he pushed at once. ready cash
will be an absolute necessity. The
work is to be done by North Dakota
men. The HON spends a large sum
earh Year for the support of its work.
and IL people should reciprocate in
their time of need. The superintend-
ent say that up to date the home has
provided for 1875 children.
f.. j.. Weiser Of the First National
bank is president OF the society; ].
FlIAs Treat. first vice president; c.
4R|Neredith, second vice president; r.
r.. Griffith of Grand Forks. third vice
.apresident; Henry Amerland, secretary
and S. s. Lyon of the Merchants Ma
tional bank is treasurer.