The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-01-19

recommend that you, authorize the com.
pletion OF the remainder OF the building
il in your judgment the public interests
j eau be bsst sU6served By so doing. Il
is important that the work be let with as
little delay as possible, to enable the con.
tractor to procure the heavy iron girders
aud other material which IA asst be shipped
Ifrom the East, so that the work may Bot
heve to be suspended. 10 the spring, to
await their transportation. The public
interests require the completion of the
wing now uadef process of construction,
Al the earliest practical period. The lease
OF the building now occupied will expire
by the time the new building is ready for
permanent occupation. The danger to the
| State of the loss by FIRE of the State Lii
! bTaries, the records CT the A diuatant
| Generals office, aud the records of the
State Office. all demand the speed com
Pletion OF a place of safe deposit for them
rhe Architectior superintendent will furn
lsh the committee all bids, records, plans,
| specifications, estimated cost of compler
lion, and any other, information which
may be desired and ini their possession
| With these details submit the matter to
your wisdom for such action as you 10
your judgment deem advisable; and should
the views above expressed meet your ia
Yorable consideration, trust the result
will be letting of ahe work by your
honorable body, with an ample appropTi-
alton for the speedy completion of the
building. ga
PEHITENTIARY. i 10
The contract for the completion of one
wing of the Peniienriary was awarded to
Mr.. Alexander Caldwell Owing TO the
scarcity of laborers, and the impossible.
~ of procuring stone cutters. the work
has not progressed with that rapidity
which it would have done under more
f4vorabls conlitions. The Directors have
put forth every effort IN the performance
of the duties required OF them, and have
not left anything undone which circum-
stances rendered it possible for them to
do. Allthe prisoners able to perform
manual labor, have been employed on the
work, In such capacity as. in the judg
ment of the Directors, they were best
adapted. The State could not derive any
benefit from the labor of the convicts,
unless temporary quarters were provived
for them. The Directors, after consult
alton with the State officers. proceeded to
the erection of temporary buildings, (Ihe
material of which could afterwards be
used for other purposes about the work
In which the convicts might kept in com
paratiVe security. The early completion
OF the work is greatly to be desired, that
the conViets may be the more securely
kept, that healthier quarters may be pro-
yided for them, and that they may be oc
cupied in useful employment for their
own good as well as for the benefit Of the
State. With the building SO far com pie
ted as to render it secure and comfortable
place for the inmates, the State can, uu-
der proper management, be rendered
almost if not altogether exempt from
further appropriations for their keeping
herewith transmit the report of the Di-
rectors, showing how far the work has
progressed. and the estimated cost for its
completion. A due regard for economy
and the public welfare, require an APP
preparation for it's completion.
When l assumed the duties of the Ex-
tcutiVe Office two years ago, there were
bat seven convicts in the Penitentiary
Remaining in Psniter tiary, Nov. 80, 1865, So
No. during the year ending Nov. 80, 1866, l03
Discharged during the year, 25
Escaped, A Is
Pardoned, Is
Remaining on the 3OLh of Nov. 1866, 100
Eleven of the fifteen were pardoued TO
restore them to citizenship, at the ex-
PiratiOn of their sentence, for good con
duct.
The last one pardoned, Catherine
Frisnd, sentenced for ten years, had al
ready served Eve years of her term. She
and her friends represented that if par
doned she would return to her native
land. On these conditions her pardon
was granted; and believing, as l did, that
all the Statutory re suits that ever could be
effected by imprisonment in her case had
already been accomplished.
AGRICULTURE
In no State does the labor OF the bus
bandman yield larger or better return.
Although farming in general is managed
with comparatively little care or skill,
yet an abundant harvest is the general
result. In the years 1869 and 1864 the
average yield of wheat per ac;e IN tn is
State was greater than in any Other, and
In 1858 second only TO Missouri. The
same results may easily be attained in
all other products of the soil with the
care and skill bestowed in other States.
Agricultural products now command
higher prices than in any other Western
/ State, and doubtless will continue so,
owing to our proximity to market; which
Is, and will continue to be, the WesteFa
Territories.
The vast immigration pouring into the
Rocky Mountain regions will draw on US
Tor greater amount ofsupplies than can,
under the highest state of cultivation.
be furnished from the products of this
State. Consequently the products Of
other States east of as must be shipped
into and through this State to the West,
to supply the ever increasing demand,
our farmers always having tire price OF
transportation in favor of their products.
Our farming interests have. in fact. only
commenced being developed within the
last Two years, owing to the territorial
troubles In the early settlement of Kansas
followed BY the great rebellion. the adhe-
rents of which threatened Kansas partia-
lily on three sides; these disturbing ele
ments discouraged the husbandman from
any further cultivation of the soil than
the immediate wants of himself aud fam