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Show REPORTS OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS tem-it is a cesapool aptem, and is worse because the word "cesspoolJ' is a art of it than because ot' any danger to heal$% arising from it. No solid matter is tgrow or rlin iuto these cesspools to decay. The town on the river llelow hns voted and is now negotiating $!Z50,WO in hands for a new water system to bring the water from the mo~~ntains.T his is to be con-strnotsd at once, 80 I hope the 04jeetion ou the part of the town to onrdraining into the river will noon p:las away; tllen the law regarding the matter will become inop-erative because of the ohanwed conditions. Tile solid waste from the h n h e is put in boxes or barrels and is removed daily. The water-closets are provided with long troughs, which areregularly withdrawn, filled with fresh sal.th, hauled ont, and emptied upon tho fieldsbont three-ei~l~tohfs smile frvm the houses. A closet on wheals has been reeommaided, with trenches dog very shallow. It might prove efficient ou a different soil, lmt the winter Reason here won111 let a wheel 6 feet in diameter down to the hub, and the rvork of dig ing it out would keep the boys in tile immediate neighborhood and in the midst opthe stencl~to o long. Besides, if i t were removed asofteu as is the rule with the present arrangement only n. yesr or two would elapse before tlle greater portion of the ya.rd wauitl be underlitid with hnman waste eo\rered in "shaliow trenches," and this, in a co8~ntr.v where the prucess of decay is as slow as it is here, would ,jeopardize not only the school but the oeighborlloo<lt o R I I C ~a n extent th:bt the sanitary sentiment of the eommnnity would force 11s to abate it a8 a nuisance. I ,lo not know how efficient this might prove in a hvt, humid ooul~tryb, ut I do know that no badresults hsvooome from ibnr years of the presaat methods; that the troughs sralight enotlgh to hereadily handled, and that when we have handled them we have removed this very objectionable waste to s t ~ o la~ d iutauce that there is no danger of the fall and wiiter hius raisiug it to the surface and filling ollr llostrils with tbe ateneh aud our syatenls with the very danger from which we had attempted to free onruelvea. I think it is better to lmry anch stuff, but I prefer having it buried in the back of the field to having it in the back yard in "shallow trenches." I have been made aware tililt some complaint has bern made ss to the expense of the school. Tlle 1udi:ln Oficesent me tho I ~ d i o nap propriation bill whichnroolaimed an appropriation of $167 per capita. I t is the cuntou~a t this school to keep s n aoou-rate rash a e c au~~atn,d after tho shipping billa are all in i t is always an easy matter to aseel tain the an~ounotf funds available. This is never exceeded, and never will be so long as I am in charge. I nsed 811ch portion of the appropriation the past year as was ueeesnary and returned a Lalanceof $1,337.59. I would have used this as well had it been necessary. Retrenchments.-Now that tile question of irrigation water is settled, we will he able to make a marked re,luetion in the expense of irrigat.im watrr. * * Shoe and harness shop.-It is not fai1.l~re presented in the statement of products elsewhere in this renort because of the thct that the foreman of the shou was taken f rm~11 11s. lrop n~ld,; ut to rurk on tllr ftxrm to n,isngnra.rn nnal warts l~av.' Heinsr tlla bvrt all-r8sorbcl !clan on rlta pluce, it ii neeesanry lnqu<ntly for ole 10 'hnve l ~ i ~ ~ l ~ ~ ill llic tlcltl,it~t l," b:{m,in the hl s rksm,~l , s l~o~,t,lums rund.and in rhe hua!#ir;el.a nd A . his ahopwoik nroessariiy suffers in eoisequeue6. It has been suggested that this be discontinued. I have the honor to reeomlnend that tho position be ooutinuetl till the present stock ai material be uaed up. I will crowd the shop and will work up the material a8 rapidly a8 is oooaisteno wit.11 good work aud before the close of tho present calendar year will take up the metter with your office and make snoh recornmends,titions as the facts in the case seem to warrant. " " * seeds.-No new buildings will be needed, but some additions to standing build-ings should be made. There shoulrl he an addition built to the hays' dormitory. this should be of brick, 28 by 60 feet, and two atories high. At present there is no kittinz roam nor reading room for the boys, and n,hen the weather is so had as to drive the farm boys from the field there is no place fir them but in the dormitories among tho brda. When driven in by rain, as they sometimes are, the exhalatious from the drying clothing aud from their bodies render the domitory wholly unfit for oeoupnney-nor are the odors of such axhalation rendily dissipated, bat mey be detected some days after. This ~ddi t ionw ould cost $1,925. There should be a frame one-story addition to the sohoolhouse. The present l~ssemblyh all is too small to hold all the pupils for any considerable length of time; in fact, drowsiness is noticeable antong them, and the little One8 are frequently asleep in less than an hour. Especially la this the case an cold winter elienings when it I8 necessary to keep the windows closed. This preseut nssemhly room should be divided sod made into two schoolrooms. Below stairs are three schoolrooms, tlte middle aue long nnd na~.row2 nd lighted only at the euds. Thia should be lusde into s hallway and provided with sufficient hat and coat hooks to accommodate all pupils, and should lead to the new assembly hall, which should be directly back of |
