The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-01-09

pills in actual attendance at the
Schools.
The former Of these rocommonda
tions is made in accordance with a
memorial Of the leading teaohors and
educators Of the State, aud is based
upon the acknowledged necessity foi
bringing tho stimulus Of competent
supervision closer home to our dis.
trict schools The iccond is warran-
ted by sound reason and by the expe-
rionce of those States which have
adopted the rule. If energy on the
part Of the school officers and parents
In procuring constant aud regular at
tendance Of children at school, is re-
wardcd by increasing their share Of
the public fund, the stimulus is
found practically TO be th1 most pow.
erful in bringing a larger proper.
ton Of youth within the influence of
education. These suggestions are
conoprrod in by tho Commissioner Of
Common Schools, who will, no doubt,
present them with other recommen-
dations worthy Of your attention.
THE REFORM SCHOOL.
The Reform School continues It's
valuable work, and is every year more
clearly seen to be working upon the
only true principle in the treatment
Of Juvenile offenders. Appended to
the report of tho Commissioners will
be found the report Of n committee,
appointed under authority of the As.
3, nbly, to select a piece of corn land
to add to the Farm. The committee
have selected farm in the Hooking
River bottoms, which, in their judg-
ment, meets the wants of tho School,
and, when added to the high and
thin soiled tract now occupied by the
Institution, will give the variety Of
employment aud of produce which is
greatly needed. The fruit culture Of
the hills has been profitable during
the past year, as the report shows !
aud the addition of some corn and
hay land will tend still further to re-
duco the expense of tho School
When il is remembered that tho
whole Investment in this Institution
for land aud buildings is not over
one eighth the cost Of somc Of the
/ Asylums having no larger number Of
inmates, there will be little hesitation
in appropriating tho modS;ato sum
\ now needed.
The need Of n similar roforma'ory
for girls becomes Isore apparent
every year, and the propriety Of es.
lrblishipS one is respectfully urged
upon your attention.
) PENrrENrtARY ECONOMY.
Yhe administration Of tho Peniten
iiaYy during the year shows aR Ell
cheney quite equal, If not superior, Il
any that has been witnessed TO
many years, aud in one respoct--tha
of economy tho result is a peculiar
ly gratifying one. The receipts 70
the labor Of prisoners have exceeded
the expenses Of tho prison by thu
sum of thirteen thousand dollars
This, result. tho Directors report, i
not produced by charging the Stan
with labor performed for it, or by an!
charges or credits for which mono,
has not been paid or received; but |
is balance Of cash receipts over casl
expenditures. Ii has been secured
by a strict attention to economy in al
departments, aud rigid saving o.
tho waste which is apt to become
largo in so large an institution
This fact is most significantly showr
in tho a. orage cost per convict fol
clothing food, bedding and hospital
which amount this year TO S5l 81
against au average Of SS7 900 fol
three years before.
Tho number Of oonvicts in thC
/, Penitontiary has averaged one thou
sand, twelve hundred aud ninety one
having boon in it during tho year
aud Que thousand aud ono remaining
there at tho date Of the report.
RAILROADS. AND TFLEdRAPus.
Tho Commissioner Ug Railroads
aud Telographs has, in tho compari-
lively short tims since his Office wa.
created, made thorough Investigation
of tho history, cost, construction
ma uagcment, etc., of tho various
limos within the State. Tho collec
ton and arrangement Of these facts
iu accessible form, Is in itself Of worry
great value, aud not only affords TO
|. liable basis for lcgislatiDg upon thi
Important class Of intereslk, but ex-
hibits to the world the most autheu
tic evidence Of the extent to whicl
: great public improvements huve beef
carried in Ohio. Tho practical sug
. gostions of the Commissioner upoi
, tho many delicate aud intricate ques
|, tions arising between the people an,
, these useful corporations, are worth
. of the most careful consideration.
PUBLIC WORKS.
9 In accordance with tho direction
$ Of the statute on that subject; tn
: lease Of the Canals aud Public Work
{ has been renewed and extended 70
c ten years, so that il now runs /
: juno lst, 1881 Tho Board Of Pub
: lic Works express great satislaotio
r. with the energy and promptness wit
which the lessees have made the cost
I ly repairs required on the canals /
9 consequence OF tho great freshets q
e 1866, aud give good reason for be
lieving that tho interests Of the Stat
5 are not suffering by the condition
I aud terms of the lease, The drout
I Of the past season has greatly intor
| fored with water transportation o
!, the canals aud rivers, but it woul
5 sccm that everything has been don
which was possible to overcome I'll
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