The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-04

lions 10 cOMplttc ana SuDlui tliSH
annual reports in time for me to give
them such an examination a. would Ell
able me TO present my views and make
suggestions herein concerning them ]
must, therefore. refer you 10 the reports
themselves, when they shall have been
printed and laid before you.
1 have given personal attention TO the
working OF the penal, reforIBatory, and
benevolent institutions of the State.
having visited them since the close OF
your last session. Ia the main they are
working well, and are fulfilling, in an
eminent degree, the design of their Gre
alton.
The recognizing acts of last session
have been productive OF good results.
Especially Is this true respecting the
Ohio PenItentiary and the Cei.tral Ohio
Hospital, for the insane.
The Penitentiary las been managed
with ability and financial success. Its
report shows that il has netted the State,
during the year, over and above the sal
aries of officers and expenses of main-
tenance, the sum of S23, i25 SO; and
over all expenses. including manufacture
of gas for State buildings, repairs, etc.
the sum or "a, 4i2 02. This is n good
showing for a year of financial distress
and diminished demand for convict la
Dor.
The act of aboIishing the board OF
Trustees of the Central Ohio Lunatic
Asylum (now known as the Central Ohio
Hospital for the insane), and creating
Board OF Commissioners for the con-
struction of the institution, has produc-
ed results hardly anticipated by the most
sanguine friends of the measure. Three
gentlemen of eminent worth and pecu-
liar adaptability to the wants of the stu
alton were appointed and confirmed
This new board found the unfinished
walls of the building much injured by
exposure during the preceding winter.
There was. also, an absence of such
working drawings i'll the Architects of
fec as were necessary to the progress of
the work. This condition of things de-
layed work on the building until after
the middle of April. At the present time,
the entire edifice except the water tow
er in the rear central wing, which was
taken down and is being rebuilt) is not
only ready for the roof, but more than
one half is now covered, and workmen
are engaged in roofing it. An Immense
the season, the number of bricks laid in
the walls beng more than thirteen mil
lions, with the material and labor of
other trades corresponding thereto.
The amount of the estimates for work
done by contractors and for all other
purposes connected with the building.
during the fiscal year ending Nov. 15,
1874, is S}34, 06S IS. The retained per
centage upon the same is S2S, 746. o.
The unexpended balance OF former ap-
preparations III the Treasury on Novem-
ber Is, 1874, was $50, 4177O. In addition
to this sum, the Board ask for an appro-
piation for all purposes for the present
year of $3.50, 000.
The act creating the Board of Com
missioners limits their term of Office to
one year, which will expire the first day
of April, 1875. | respectfully recon-
mend that the provisions of this act be
extended for one year from that time.
We have reason for eongratulation
that our State institutions have escaped
serious calamity during the year. \ slight
fire occurred at the Reform Farm School
on the 9TH day of last month, which de-
stroyed the large work shop of the insti-
tuition. 1t was necessary that it should
be rebuilt at once, to prevent idleness of
the inmates, which would breed all man
ner of evil in sHch an institution. The
Board cf Commissioners immediately
proceeded with the work; and they call
foran appropriation to complete it, which
| hope, will be made.
The reorganization Of the Board of
Trustees of the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College has been productive of good
results. The old Board was too unwieldy
for successful management, while the di-
minished size of the Board has enabled
it to harmonic ideas and views, and work
with a singleness of purpose that has
been beneficial to the college. | invite
you to consider the fact that this admi-
rable institution of learning has not vet
received the public attention that its
merits entitle il to. 1t is the college of
the people ;and it should have their good
will and encouragement. 1t has an eff
ficient Faculty, a handsome endowment.
with the accessories common to the best
colleges in the country, and should have
n much larger attendance of students
| respectfully suggest that the General
Assembly may devise ways and means to
aid the Board of Trustees in bringing
about this desirable result.
In pursuance of the act of February
Is, 1874, creating State Board of Cen
tennial Managers, five eminent citizens
of Ohio we've appointed to constitute
the commission. They have completed |
their organization, and entered upon the |
discharge of the duties assigned them
In the execution of the several laws |
providing for the reorganization of the |
various Public Institutions, passed at |
your last session, the appoiL tmepts made
by the Executive have, in every instance.
proved to be satisfactory-such appoint
ments having been made solely with |
view to promote the public interest, with
out regard to other considerations, the
officers appointed seeming to be influ-
enced in their action by the same mo-
tives which determined their appoint
ment.
During last summer, the irritation of
feeling in the mining districts arising out
of the disagreement between the mine
owners and miners, assumed, in one in
starce, a form of intensity which seri-
ously imperilled the public peace. At the
critical moment. the prompt interposi-
ton of the moral authority of the State
was found sufficient to allay the exasper-
alton of passions, and to reassure peace
and harmony, without resort to the
power OF the State
An earnest effort has been made by the
Adiutant General TO collect the Ohio
war claims against the General Govern
nent. He has succeeded in collecting
ind placing in the State Treasury the
ium of S35, Isl, ,9S. n balance remains
NEGLECTED of S275, 9SS. 81, but little of
which will be collected, unless further
egislatiOn be had by Congress For the
letails respecting these claims you are
eferred to the Report of the Adiutant
ieneral.
At the close of the fiscal year 1873,
here were thirty-two military compan-
IS IN the State, OF all branches of the
ervice. There are now forty-one COM
battalions of three com
anies each; one battalion of two COM
anies; twenty-five unattached compan-
IS of infantry; one battery of artillery
four guns and two batteries of two
uns each. This increase evinces a re-
ival of interest in our volunteer mill
Try organizations The security of ey-
y community is enhanced by a well or
lniZed militia; and trust that our mil
airy companies, in which we all feel
Ist pride, will receive the fostering care
the State
The general financial depression has
zen felt by the railroad interest of the
ate more than by eny other interest
ut few new lines have been projected,
I'd several roads that would have been
tilt, under more favorable circumstan-
;, have been temporarily abandoned
ne Baltimore, Pittsburgh & Chicago