New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-11
CHARITIES and CORRECTION.
p,yD.1's DrAcKwEIL's, AND WARDS ISLAND
HISTORY or LAST YEAR.

I o.rsiy is DONE OF li'ih'eAF'' 4''l'''
., r,yecr with the magnitude Of labor which Is III
- -, tICir rroucr management; while the youm-
p,,s annual reports o. the various SHp'HAehu'nS anu
,lrs ON thc three islands which aye cohuoI'u ny ''
Commissioners Of Charities and CoTeeuohtc"eA inc
yoer hat ne knows nothing Of the real greatness oi DIS
own CITY, until he her thus hed nloIo nm a u VIZ
in ,iror The Oldest and most bcneiicent Of our pubic
,, ,ud correctional Institutions IS the Society for
1o pfr,ration Of Juvenile Dclinqucnts whose mead
| quarters arc ,. 1900,
THE uoUsF OF REFUGE, RANDAIES ISLAND,
! ,-,sito East Observation-Disclosures THIS j.
n first Institution Of its precise character that was over
tblised and in its operations II has become the great
80 form ecbool in the world. 1t sprang from organ
t+i ~ many of the men who, in 1915 were the most
1i,i,,ehcd and opulcnt Of citizens, namely, Tho
Society for the Prevention OF Papesm Inc Managers
of that cleemosynary institution had pohdereu 'no
subject of juvenile vasrancy, ana gwen lheH
ottpon no the condition and possible future of those
vouts vho for petty offcnsoS had been lncarccT"eu
among the adopts and professors Of crime committee
If r society which was appointed in 1898, presented
rcuor recommending remedy iorthe eVl OF asso'lanb
fender youth with hardened crime ara the result was INC
examination without delay, of the Society Tor the re
formation of Juvenile Deinquens. Inc society was III
corporatcd by the Legislature on the 29th oi May ISi
Its first President was Cadwaadcr D. Golden An appeal
N M bencyoleuce of our citizens yielded $4,000 before
tho Iose az be first year. and this sum, soon thereafter
was increased 10 S3OOC)-a sum sufficient To warrant INC
managers in taking about four acres 81 ground on inc
rcsept site OF Madison Square which had been ccded by
the city TO the United States for Government arsenal
the society payng the General Government $1,000 for the
structures then thereon Jan j. 1926 the House was FOR
may opened by Mayor Hone SN boys ana ilIto Eu.S
Militant 1iIdnrs having been provided tine number OF
children was increased 20 dvCI9gc OF 2r IOl num-
S SGT 'f ts c c SS' Of I buscs st Of Dec 1906 1909
The affairs Of the Society are conducted bN hIu :"
30 managers, elected annually by bal eagn snn.go,r
o Tho institution being entitled TO vote In addition
large committee Of women }, annually ApPpihGi, wD
committee Of whom visit the tlIL' Ii9Se W,,hIl IN;
annual income Is derived, iirst from the state doa1h
of $4,000 secondly. from thc city ss9J hid' RON 'e
product Of boys labor ionIih' rom lr o'E "', 1
school moneys; fifth, from donations ahd Ni nom ~"
preparation rs the state 10 cancel annual dcuceucr u
may thus DC seen that the soc't! l'I 'he w
Juvenile Dcnquente is private corporation, tmpyol
m the state the parent, educator ana f'ioimrr Oh lH
Juvenile Migrants ana oli'hltr; pl' ~ E -
corporation, IL is completely under ne c"uiloi OF ' I
ad police magistrates. and when sh De- iouno NOT 90
suicci and put nm end to its operations. II ahoud DE
generally known that the Institution ~ h"l pace IuI
Nfcr thrice erecting extensive structures IN Madison
Aims House, now bellevue Hospital But % length, n
institutions walls. and thc society aided by state
Hunt in 1851 purchased land lnndalrs Isand-th,.r
! possessions embrace nm area OF 80 acIcs-aIH
ti1 ~ co-str1,c hrrror suitable al crs for One acc1ia
mediation Of 1000 children the c9a'I"ct Pr, tSc tf
| Potters Ficld-thc bodies having been eyhu!nrd aud
NE cornerstone of the now structure. lld hy Mayor
! King,laud the 2.ih of November lsl Ihr houses
| kitchen and ~ wasA-lou.c, arranged BOO two separate
departments, male and female Those '.,h bui.di'te
acre ana r' one , i,,''J Jor ', arurcr i-l,l
I'M. Harlem River IS that at vast c1icr OF tU feet u
lcurIlrr Ga the Italian sylr of architecture IhH cr
trgI urd.nr IS s5xla6 fac ana radIauae tlerrom. 200
the q. rI V' ]
fect ana M nc c,tr.lu of cac' wing building ON end
SSn coms S ' only TWO Of me radans Wings having
| been erected.
the girl. also, the two beng precisely alike IN The nrst
story are the dinlnE room .'ho' rom hAl Two ea-
rooms; n the SECOND story, p bedrooms one hu3" pa
EACH In The third story lle number; aud IN ne attic
aic - =" IT,. ,. ti,i and .in,atoJ I'm A.. center ~
titi', a.u ''i. i.'. SOY, .I g. . , ,f,
thc nl.lu-i i'd il- ~ ', -. ~ i
ing y Jet IN width. Ih, ,,aig'i .I, 'Io wy Nv
~ t"ch 81 lEt econ" ..lu lI..n , ,i I'M 3D. i,
oi the sccond tier oleL on f. ea.,i. 80 i'l-
a.. a, 'It,',,, h., one i.y and ffc lo,t Il. 30
a!I1hE." W., "' 'I' U ,, a. i H. ,,,. 49,. f-t
story OF each nuia.r is arranged ora hath.urr'om
having bathing .nb lh li' '.ibI H. tI "l
boys 10 battle ~ one ime hc washing oil th' hands ana
face is also performed no tbs tub.
Tie number 81 children 10 il" house ON The iIt az JIM
SIT utno s12 received, and 500 were iudcntuud
and discharged; leaving 9i innate 10 the institution on
100 w 81 g. and toward eaarere th. COT tlc boys
labor yielded Hu aNtdHr oi t- li' t tHt 'li co. OF
| each boy to the Institution So -. Among The children
Who were sheltered hJ tlt ll"n-r Gi hcIu- i 4, "Hy
$50 were treated i'm the hospital o.. only eirl lhr Ic
Ccpt- ana expenditures were H- InN'N0 from h' 'uH
trolcro Of no state annual allowance toward ihc support
OF the inmates, S35U0 and extra appropriation Tor tho
deficiency Of 100 Slu9-j =; nom c Controller Of the
CITY Of EcW-Iorb, annual appropriation FOR support
5000 and donation, nom ne labor oil ihc Dog tioN
and from other sources $1,000. tJucnt expenses uf tAt
house, about s2oJJ prepayment oi temporary loans, in
tcrest and insurance OF the building about 5000 lrar
pIovcmcut upon he figures OF is15 During me year. go
white boys 10 white girls - coJrgd boy. and ~ oo9nd