New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-11
cuARLrlES IND COLLECTION


New-Yorl CITY expended last year 100000 III
the support of its correctional and penal insti-
tntions Including the ciiys Hospitals, the House
of Refuge the Workhouse, the Almshouse, the
Insane Asylum, the PenitentiaIy, and minor e5-
Adjustments. The amount OF labor and the
number OF individuals connected more or less
directly with this large outlay arc Worthy OF
extended notice, but especially are the workings
Of these institutions interesting in their moral
and social light Who fill the 75G cells III our
Pcnitcntiaryl Whose are the 1881 children
sheltered last year in the House OF Refuge
How is il that not one half Of the women sent to
tbc Worl.house know enough TO mend the rents
of their garments? What brought 1,fGj men and
women to the Almshousc3 What becomes OF
tbc 200 patients Mt the Bellevue Hospital
Where are the families who arc weeping for the
- corpses which have been stretched upon the
marble sabsof Inc Morguc9 Whocared for the
7.5o4 patients who Hay in the Fever Hospitals
Where are the Tcitys children who have been
inlcnturcd and discharged from the precincts OF
RauLalls Island? Answers To these and other
pertinent questions VIII be found in the detailed
history, given in other columns, OF the trans
actions of the cts : institutions during the year
inst closed The general reader Will there obtain
new views into The Inducements of Newly orN
life. and the taX-paying citizen VIII learn what
&c ,oStS TO support those whom poverty or ernie
hes thrown upon the city for support.
The Board of Commissioners of Charities and
Correction was established in 1860, and was the
first Of the Commissions authorized by the Leg
i,larlrc. 70 which We have learned to look
for relief from municipal ,mismaragcncut Ihe
Commissioners have lahorrd faithfully N the
systcmatiziug Of the public Institutions, and tho
record ~ which we have referred shows how
ef(cctually this has been done. Some OF the
prominent fact. shown 10y the annual reports
are worthy of special mention. The House OF
Refuge is the scene of the lnEoIs of the Society
for the Reformation OF Juvenile Delinqucnis.
Since its foundations, 1909 children have been
admitted and cared fJr. During the year 1906
$50 boys aud giI!s have been indcntuTcd and
DISCHARGED from thi, establishment, OF which
number 100 boys viii lcln to bc farmers, and
~ girls were placed upon the way 10 house
wifcry. while the others were assigned TO those
engaged in various industrial occupations, who
will make of them useful citizens of town or
country. ] his house is not place of punish
uIrpt. hut of restraint and reform and of teach
ing those iutrus.ed to it the at of being use
ml. The labor of The inmates 80 reduces the
expenses chat the annual cost ca each boy j.
Iut -13 80. III, sanitary condition of ,hc insti-
tuition !. attcstcd by tic fact ;hat hutcirlt chill
dln died during the lat year. An interesting
portion OF the report upon the city's Children l.
that relating t. the cHgIts mad. for the cduca-
ton oi idiOfic children, it having been demon
stratod shat those un.ortuuates may hc tan M
enough 20 diversity the liir, which, nj best Is
too utar that of a mere animal.
From the record, OF tLe Noshhousc come
forcibc prouls-Uhric none were necdcd-of
the cnsIayiug power Of strong dripk One
woman is serving her twentieth term OF i'm
pri-onmcnt, and another. the wife Of a wealthy
citizen, is kept there because She is hclplessly
drunk Whenever ont OK the ci.y'5 charge.
Atte Pcn,rltiary th.lc were received during
tie year, lS39 white persons, and 40 coiorcd,
for terms ranging from one month 10 four and
ouc-hall years. The City of Newly orr requires
q prison Iar-,r than that OF any State, except
our own and PENNSYLVANIA. for the reception Of
is criminals. We believe HAT tic record of the
ensuing year. If tire Excise law Is faithfully
executed, will show "a material decrease n the
demands upon the capacity Of this institution,
rs we'll as of all the others OF which We pub
lish reports to-day. Unlimited Hquor-dcalmg
has a sure sequel N crowded hospitals, work
HOUSES asylums, and pcnitcntarics.