Excerpt from 5th Annual Convention of the League of American Municipalities Held at Jamestown, N. Y. August 21, 22, 23 and 24, 1901, Vol. 5 The first great need of this institution, if it is to be permanent, is a suitable building. This far the work has succeeded in Spite of the drawbacks incident to a badly arranged and unsuitable building. A building detached from others, equipped with means for protection against the dangers of fire, and so arranged as to secure thorough ventilation and cleanliness in all parts, is an essential in this kind of work. There ought to be means whereby all clothing worn by applicants may be thoroughly fumigated, and if necessary, washed also, so that no lodger need take any clothing into the dormitories, save such as will be clean. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.