Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-15

A. denth of three hundred feet OH our property and from both of them and from one already dug before the states pur- chase of the place, we have been supplied with water, but at certain dry periods n the last two years,r we have been oblig- ed to draw on the not over abundant water supply of the cottage colony ak Crescent Beach. Even with this addition, there have been a few days during the past year when we have been obliged to put the institution on a short allowance of water. How serious a matter this is, can be readily realized if one remembers that. all the buildings at The Seaside are of wood. It will be said probably thai with the Atlantic Ocean in our front yard, we ought to be able to use it for fire protection. We considered that, and many other phases of the water prob. lem, at The Seaside, and we decided that for the present. 1t was wiser to strain our resources in order to secure such a supply of fresh potable water, either for our daily needs, or for fire protection. With the consent of the board of control, we have used most of our special equipment appropriation for the bringing of water from Dodge's pond, a mile distant. We are piping it in six inch mains through the yards of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company and
 
 i the railroad bridge to elevated tanks in l our grounds. At this writing, the work l is almost completed.
 In the discussion of several tentative plans and routes for the securing of this new water supply, we are greatly in debted to the officials of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad com pany, and especially to it's gracious vice president, MT. Edward G. Buckland. not 1 only for repeated and sympathetic as- 5istaaee,' but also fur grants H rights of way, and gifts of the land necessary for the sinking of wells and pump houses alongside of Dodge's pond. The town of | East Lyme has also shown a prompt ap- | preciation Of our needs and has done everything in it's power to further our ef- | forts to take advantage of the great wat CT supply at ;Dodges pond At the sug- gestion of the town officials we have had our mains plugged at four places in the l main street so that the town may erect fire hydrants at this points.
 Dr. John r. O'Brien continues as sup erintendent at The Seaside; Miss Rip pin is head nurse; and Mir. Wargo, sec retary and booI<keeper.
 The problems discussed at ti1e medical conferences at The Seaside have of course, been those of so-called surgical l lbones and glands. Dr. O'Brien's 1-ray and meteorological studies of his cases have been of the greatest interest both to the medical officers of the other sam atoria and to the visiting physicians from other towns an dstate. s.@
 The commission recorded it's objectio1 to putting all state institutions undel one management, which would bring tn. Sanatoria in the same department a. prisons and insane asylums. an ar
 rangemen which in the commission! opinion would destroy the work 70 lyears. The report mentions Connecti cuts leadership in tuberculosEs Wori
 and it's scientific repute along this line
 the. appointment Of a dentist for tn isaratofia and the question of bovin,
 tuberculosis.
 The commission is to ask the leg;sla ture for the erection of suitable re ception ward at Merden to increase tn capacity of the institution by 30 beds
 Regarding enlargement at the Sea
 side a. Mantle the report says:
 At The Seaside, on the contrary, i
 seems to us that the time has com when we must ask the general assem ply to provide more land and the cree tion of another and larger building fo
 housing the patients. The old summe hotel that we purchased four and hal
 years ago, and renovated and made in
 to sanatoriuTn, has more than fulfill
 ed all reasonable expectation. But " must provide more beds for new pa :! tientSi better school room and dinin
 room accommodations for old and ne1 patients, and when we build this tim we must envisage the certain growth: c
 the institution in the coming years Gu plans in this matter we have s;uF1rnitte :. to the board of finance and we hope t have that boards sanction for ther when we lay them before the apprc prFation committee of the general aS P. senbly. ..'-,>...--.,-