REPORT OF TEE DIRECTOR 13 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Buildings. 



' A house and a barn are in course of erection and will be ready for occupancy in 

 the spring. 



House. 



1 The Superintendent's house in outside measurement is 30 feet by 32 feet. The 

 summer kitchen is 14 feet by 14 feet. The basement is the full size of the house and 

 the summer kitchen, and is divided into three parts, in one of which a furnace has 

 been installed, also a coal bin and a soft water tank. The second is for vegetables, 

 potatoes, fruits, etc., and the third provides an outside entrance to the cellar. The 

 ground floor has four rooms, parlour, dining room, kitchen and office. There are four 

 good-sized bed-rooms and a bath upstairs, and a commodious attic. A spacious veran- 

 dah, eight feet wide, extends along the east and north sides of the house. A small bal- 

 cony on the north side overlooks the railway and a vestibule protects the main entrance 

 on the east side. The house .is substantially built of good material. 



The Water Supply. 



' This is obtained from the well and is forced up into a tank in the attic. A sixty- 

 barrel galvanized tank has been placed in the cellar, to receive the rainfall and will 

 furnish a sufficient supply of soft water for household use. 



Sewerage. 



1 A septic tank 10 feet by 6 feet and 8 feet deep has been built of concrete cement 

 with a reinforced concrete roof. The tank is situated forty-five feet from the house. 

 The outlet from the tank is a four-inch glazed tile drain, well connected at the joints, 

 which empties into a large disposal pit which is filled in with loose stones and coven • 1 

 over with earth so as not to interfere with the plough. From the septic tank to the 

 disposal pit is 225 feet. 



' The aim in planning these buildings has been to have them as convenient as pos- 

 sible and to utilize all space, also to secure a plentiful supply of hard and of soft water 

 and to have the best sanitary conditions possible surrounding a rural home. 



Barn and Stable. 



' The combined barn and stable is 62 feet by 38 feet with twenty-foot posts and 

 a hip roof. This gives a large, roomy barn with plenty of space for storing hay and 

 fodder. 



Horse Stable. 



' The stable is in the east end of the building and has accommodation for nine 

 horses; six single stalls, one double stall and a loose feed box, also a five-foot passage. 

 in which the hay hatch, oat, bran and crushed-grain bins are conveniently arranged. 

 A large bin for oats with a capacity of two thousand bushels has been provided in 

 a corner of the barn and a chute conveys the grain to a smaller bin in the feed pas- 

 sage. The floors are laid in concrete. The stalls are planked on top of the concrete, 

 except the loose box, which has a clay floor. 



'The water supply is obtained from the tank in the house attic' A pipe line 

 connects the stable with the house, with a hydrant standing in the feed passage. 

 From a small tank at the hydrant, water will be siphoned into a watering trough in 

 the yard 



