Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-02-19

! employment, but when its practical
workings are tested, I am convinced
1 they will be found satisfactory, and viii
rebound fully as much to the character
/ and credit of the State as any other OF
| her numerous plans of benevolence to
the afflicted portion of her people.
5. I do not propose to discuss the OBJ
/ iectiOns that have been started to this
measure. The time and place are not
| appropriate to this purpose. The one
most forcibIy urged is an anticipated
/ conflict in the management of the In
stitution. I have no apprehensions of
| this kind, and I cannot see any good
reasons for them. There are no neces-
/ sary conflicts in cases Of this kind,
| where trustees and State authorities
work together to carry out the purpos-
/ es of the General Assembly, as mani
tested in its enactRents. There is no
necessary incongruity in the working of
| the educational and printing depart
ments Of the Institution. If any such
is created. it will be the work of fac
tion; as the trustees will necessa-
rilY control both departments, they
need not find much difficulty in dispos-
| ing of disturbing elements.
The Senate is well aware Ofthe constt-
tutional obstacle to be removed, before
any further action can be taken in this
matter. That accomplished, have no
hesitancy in earnestly ecOmmending
the transfer of the printing and bind
ing to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, as
one alike important to the State and
beneficialt to the pupils.
Very respectfully,
JOHN BRoUGH,
GoUeTuOF.
If anything further were needed to
settle this question, the following COM
munication from the Supervisor of
Public Printing, laid before the House,
few days ago, ought to be sufficient:
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 8, 1869.
Hon. F. ". ThornhiH, Speaker, etc.:
In answer to the resolution of the
House of Representatives, adopted Feb.
6, 1869, calling for a report of the cost
of the public printing for the years 1865,
1866 and 1857; how much of the State
binding has been done by the inmates
of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in the
year 1868; how much of the State bind
ing is is being and will be done in the
year 1869; what the same would cost IL
let at the average prices paid in the
years 1865, 1866 and 1867; and what is
the annual cost of the supervision and
instruction of the inmates in the bind
ing department of the Asylum have
the honor respectfully to report:
l. The cost of the State binding for
the year ending Nov. 18th, 1865, was
S73, $50 II; for the year ending Novem-
Der I5, 1866, $50, ,322 So for the year end
ing Nov. Is, 1867, $21, ,746 n.
2. No portion of the State binding
was done by the inmates OF the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum in the year ending
November Is, 1868. The pupils of the
Institution were dispersed in the spring
of 1867, and the school was not resumed
until the 10th of September, 1868. At
that time the work for the year 1868
was nearly completed-Only work on
portions of the Agricultural report and
the Journals of the two Houses remain
ing to be finished. The contractors for
that year were, of course, allowed to
finish that work.
3. All the work for the current year
has been and is being done at the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, except some small |
jobs of full binding, &c, for which our
is not vet complete. In one |
month from thisStime, I expect to be |
supplied with machinery complete, SO |
that the entire work of the State can be |
done at the State Establishment at the |
Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
4. The cost of the State binding for |
1869, if let at the average prices paid in the |
years 1865, i66, and '67, would be $751;
977 55, on the suppOsitiOn that the !
amount required to be done would be |
about the same as in those years.
5. The cost of supervision and in
structiOn of the mutes in the binding |
of the Deafand Dumb Asy- |
lum, must be a matter Of estimate at |
present. have in employ at this time |
a superintendent at a salary of 81 800 a |
year; an assistant, a deaf and dumb i
binder of experience from the New York |
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, at salary of /
81 900 per year; and a lady binder of /
experience, capable of instructing in /
all departments of the work, at $40 per /
week. These are all the permanent en-
ployees I have or expect to require
and their salaries amount to 5000 per
year. It will be necessary to employ /
occasionally some additional assistance /
in some of the more difficult portions /
of the work until the pupils shall have |
made advances therein. I calculate that /
from five to seven thousand dollars will /
cover all the expenses necessary for su-
pervision, instruction and assistance for
this year. The amount necessary will |
diminish from year to year, as the pu-
pills become expert in the business. |
The cost of stock, cloth, leather, boards, |
gold leaf, &c, may be nearly as much /
more, and that is all the State bindery /
need cost the State under an honest and |
economical administration of the law
say from ten to twelve thousand dol
lars per annum.
Respectfully submitted,
L. L. RICE,
Supervisor of Public Printing.