The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-09

House furnishing - toN ~ ~
cans OF instruction. .::.......... 4F0 90
Repairs and improvements 500 M
Miscellaneous intending work depart-
ment, laundry expenses. postage
and travelling expenses. insur.
ance, clre of grounds, LABOR and
8 incidental expenses, and medical
expenses OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. i 935 %
M,
Total. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 8S,soO 90
THEsTATE REFORM SCHOOL, AT WAUKEsHA.
was visited by your committee on De.
ccmber 81. 1870 A careful examination
of the books aud papers showed 315
vouchers for the expenditure of $50, 103.-
O4, current expenses for he past year, in
Guiding $172127 for improvements and
repairs, which were found correct and to
agree with the reports of the b ,ari of
managers for 1870 We visited all the
buildings of the Institution. The willow,
broom, tailor and shpeshops /; saw the
Iboys at work, I'm the school room and at
play, and tried to obtain all information
necessary to make a statement of facts to
the Legislature. An appropriation was
made ny the last Legislature of $4,000,
tor the erection of a building for work.
shops, DC The managers say in their
report, that they are erecting buildings
which Will cost SIT 600, being $4,000
more than the am ,unt appropriated.
They tell us these buildings were needed
and are worth more than they cost,tand
say, ~We ask" that the committee of the
legislature give them Il thorough exam
lnation and report without fear or favor
whether the best interests Of the state
have been subscrved in their erection.
We did examine the said buildings,
which were not entirely finished, from
root to cellar in all their parts la
VOUCHERS for building expenses have
peen submitted to us amounting 10 $l6,-
2ls42, and estimates to complete, amount
to $500, making total Of $17,012.42.
Without fear or favor, we endorse the
managers statement that the BUILDINGS
were needed and have been cheaply
built; we go further, and say that thew
are built substantially and reflect credit
upon the managers.
Your committee were all more mr. loss
happily disappointed with the estate
Reform School" We none of rs had
fully realized that kindness home jnf1u-
ence and family ties, were the main in
centlves to reform used in the insritu.
ton, and we with every tay payer in the
state could and would visit it and know
it's worth. We had in tn. schooIraon,
together about 200 boys, and more sbrewd
ana intelligent looking boys it would be
hard to find anywhere.
we oetleve the institution to be well
and economically managed, and that the
amount asked for by the managers should
be appropriated
Your committee would recommend
that the name OF *he institution he chang
ed to that of Wisconsin Industrial School
Tor Boys, that no unpleasant impression
might be left on the after lives Of those
who may have been its inmates and have
been benefited by it's teachings.
In regard to the purchase of the 40
acres OF land mentioned by .be board, we
would say that we deem it essential to
the Well-belng of the institution and
should be secured now while it NAV be
had. Difficulties have prevented its
purchase before at reasonable rates
We recommend that the sum of $53.-
900 be appropriated for the ensuing wear
ltemlzed as follows:
Current expenses for is7i $ "a HaS "a "a
70 purchase 40 acres Of land . 4O0O 0e
500 ~" Ouiiuing ........ ..-........ 10000 90
nodro4 $5s, 22S %
O~Nue' amount charged 10 countless. b,29s %
Amount of appropriation ..... $4,000 90
INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THIN
DEAF AND DUNE, AT DELAvAN.
One of the most interesting institutions
visited was the Deaf and Dumb Institute
at De'avan. Here have been gathered
during the past year, IA unfortunate
children deprived of hearing and speech.
This is an increase in attendance over
any former year in the history of tina
school, and there are now present 12s
pupils-49 girls, 70 boys. This gratifying
increase in the number of pupils has been
Brought about hY the enArrv and tant &C