The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-01-11

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to $2i1 ,32A.U7 The Board Asks ~.
preparations TOR additional buildingn 81
Gtenwood, and for improvements,
repairs. and furniture 1t ali The
Homes.
PENlTEnTiARY OF THE STATE,
TheysnerAl suppsrt II She Pcaitensi.
arg during TIE past tvsn years, cs,at
SEA, l39. ~. or this amount g. 5.S8
was drawn directly Or inLirsctly from
term ssu. .'sssss Saas 'ns s"s.
amount needed for esnesd support.
that ending October 81. 1867. about
twO-hflhs. A. at present managed,
therefore. It will be scen that the
prison gradually approaches . self-sus-
tanning basis. The sum ut $S.SS per
month IL allowed for each pris0ncs out
Of the State treasury. II needed. (Less
than my cents per month was actual.
~ drawn during the last tern.) sfhe
oificsrs' aid guards salxFies are 0xeti
by law, and paid from the States
treasury. The entire amount con.
tributed by the State for these several
itoms. and on account 1T special ap-
OropriatlOns. during the last two years,
was so. 679.62.
The number Of con victa incarcerased
In the Penitentiary, Nov. I, 1871, was
273; m increase Of 81 simve Nov. I !,
1859. A similar increase within the
next two years will exhaust tho pre-
sent enlarged capacity Of the prison.
The question, then, urges itself upon
your consideration. whether the pre-.
sent building shsll be enlarged. or .
site obtained for another prison. and
an edifice commenced thereon forth.
with. The Stale owns, Ut Fort Madi.
son. . piece Of ground to the wsAt ward
Of the prison. wall, ~ the extent Of
SIS Fee. The Warden suggeses that
this piece, with $50 feet moro. 10 b.
obtained by purchase. be included
within the prison walls. This extsn
sion, that o(iacer estimates, will ctnt
81. 600. To enlarge the csll-roosn Of
the present building, which II neces
ears II anything It al be under taken
q Fort Madison. 1t II estimated, will
cost $2l CO., No doubt these exten
sions. when completed, will answer
the demands of the State for years;
but Il Ia believed that tr0e economy
lies In the direction Of . SECOND
penitsntiary building. At best, the
improvement suggested 1t FO't
Madison IL only an expedient to bridge
over the difficulty for . time. Sooner
or later there viii he renewed demand
for additional prison rom. Mean
time, the expenses incurred ia
c0nvicts To the present
Distant PeaitentiAsy will coniiisue -
bear very unequalIy upon the several
counties, aud will be larger Ia the
agg regate than it would be were there
another prison. more centrally located.
/ would, threfpre, renew the r-cOrn
mendation Of my forsDer message,
that . site for n new peuitentiary be
and would further suggest
that provision be made for the erection
Of suitable buildings thereon. II is
believed that very small appropria |
tion--not 10 exceed $l0, OOO-wouid be |
sufficient for the work which could be |
done in two years, convict labor being |
largely. almost entirely, employed
upon 1t.
Under the contract for the labor Of
the convicts made pursuant 10 the act
nj 1854, the contractors were required
10 supply labor for only l5C cunvicts.
A modification Of this CONTRACT
enlarged the number To LIS. ilis
number was exceeded more than TWO
ye,rs ago; but, as nany were employed
IN various ways about the kitchen.
lining hail, and other appointments
1f the prison, there WAS then little or
10 surplus Ut unemployed labor. The
by the last General
for the increase Of the
lumber OF cells furni. he'd employ meiit
Or such NJ there WAS for several
Aftcrward. until Fet,rury
asst. from ffty to seventy live VI the
,omvicts were entirsIy unemployed.
At that time, made contract f0r
heir labor. running to the first day VI
he present month. with Messrs.
,s.ule, Kretsingsr 4 Co., the present
for prison labor; . copy Of
his contract will he found In the
report A provision for their
urpius, which is now again unem
,loyed. will require your earliest
Ittention.
To be continued.