The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-16

Q to 1.-THE estimated expense of N,
ID slructsre. but the great adyantee,
l. Of room, OF light and air in In,
3 school building, and of the heaItl
N 1.-THE whole establishments mad,
% that change real economy. In
e. digging for the foundation Of tbi,
d part OF the building, a quicksan1 i
e and springs greatly impeded the
II work and increased It's cost, but
u Two strung flowing wells were sc.
cured which promise to be perrnan.
cnt. and which supply a supera.
D pundance Of good water tor the use
Of the whole Institution. These
It viii be invaluable, and much more
lhan repay tue extra cost they have
r occasioned. .irf .c q,..a 80
: The Reform School continues it's
v valuable work, and is every year
more clearly seen to be working
! upon the only irue principle in the
treatment Of juvenile ofenders-
D Appended TO the report of the
commissioners will be found the
2 report ofa committee, appointed
under authority of the Assembly. 10
, select u piece of corn land to add
: to The Farm. The committee have
selected farm in the Hooking river
bottoms, which, in their judgment,
meets the wants ofthe School. and
when added to the high, hilly and
shin soiled tract now occupied by
the Institution, will give the vari.
ETY. OF employment and of produce
which is greatly needed. The
irult culture OF the hills has been
profitable during the past year, as
the report shows; and the addition
ofsome corn and hay land will |
tend still further to reduce the ex
Pense of the School. When il is re.
membered that tile whole invest.
mel In this Institution for land and
buildings is not over one. eighth the
cost OF some of The Asylnms hav.
ing no larger number of inmates
there will be little hesitation in
appropriating tho moderate sum
now needed .t.."
The need of a similar reformatorV
Tor girls becomes more apparent .
every year, and the propriety Of ,
establishing one is respectfully urg.
ed upon your attention.
inc administration of tho Pepi. ,
'entlary during the year shows an !
efficiency qnite equal, it not supe- I
rlor, to any that has been witnessed I
Tor many years, and in one respect |
- mat OF economy--the result is a y
peculiarly gratifying one. The re-. a
celits Tor the labor of prisoners i
have exceeded the.expenses of the q
prison by the sum Of thirteen thou c
sand dollars. Thisresult, the Direc- k
tors report as not produced by Il
charging the State with labor per. ii
formed for it, or by any charges or e
credits tor which money has not O
been paid or received; but it is a t,
balance OF cash receipts over cash v
expenditures. 1t has been secured al
by strict attention to economy in il
vi departments, and rigid saving c,
ot The waste which is apt to become ri
arge in so large an instilution.- IL
This fact is most significantly shown ri
% the average cost per convict for ba
food, bedding and hospi. 90
al, which amounts this years to W
VOL 81 against an average Of sS7 90 an
or tbfee years before. The Direc- al
ors are further able to say that, is
although the expenses have been Al
o materially diminished, every dc or
'artment has been as well main. du
a'ncd as in any former year. III
they very properly gave the re-
hlef credit for this result 10 the mr.
Warden and his principal assistants, of
ut it could, of course, be brought no
bout only by a Jealous CO opera. nj,
ion in the public service of all h,
from the Directors them. ad
elves downward. nj,
Your candid consideration is in. TO-
tied to the reasons assigned by Ter
he Directors why a minimum price as
# convict labor should not be cs. do,
'blishcd by law. The accounts of cor
ne prison demonstrate that since me
'e passage Of the existing statute 4
n thar subject, there has been a one
ear loss 70 the State of two thou. ma
md dollars per month by reason plit
the unemployment of convicts der
# whose labor responsible bids ia ,
id been made before the law took cas,
feet. | believe the reasoning of The
10 report on this subject TO be We,
und, and recommend the repeal rusu
the statute referred to. The sity
no mode Of enhancing the price the
labor in tho prison is to perfect of
. discipline and management of nun
o institution go that the labor II. hav
If will be more valuable and re- mer
Ible, and leave it to the zeal of the
'norable and competent Direct. com
s and officers to procure the ed i
ghest market prico for it. No ing
sislation can remove the neccs. ed !,
y OF having honest men in Glen
argo of so important an inslitu. and
N or OIL conhdIng In their trust judi
'r. pare
The number of convicts in the case
nitentiary has averaged one triet
Twelve hundred aud nine pare
one having been in 1t during the #
nr, and one thousand and one re. pres
llning there at the date of the his {
port. 1t is manifest that it will rcou
t do to put off any longer the Asse
'k ofproviding for the increase of dust
nvicts, which keeps pace with our be O
,rease OF population. Such tho't TIC 7
l have been able to give tho sub ors {
4 has oonvincnd nn thot tha n L.