The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-08

Ohio county.
The cost o. erecting this mammoth
! institution was By the issIe OF bonds
| snd By State legislation the license re-
ceived from liquor dealers wss set spsrt,
| 70 pay these bonds snd iuterest-Hno
any profits coming from the labor OF
| the inmates.
That portion of the Committee who
visited the Allegheny work house, are Of
the opinion that the female department
(which is separate buIlding) and will
accommodate $40 inmates, is well sdsp-
| ted 10 the wants of Ohio county, and
, would be ample for many years. A plan
could be taken from this building, less
some of the fancy psrts, ard portion
built from year TO year ID the wants OF
the county require il.
And so we could recite about the same
results from other prisons, and Houses OF
Correction. Now what is required 10
meet the wants OF Oaio county in the
construction of Workhouso2
lst. The proper Legislation.
Ind, The ground: we recommend the
poor farm, rs, there are several good To-
cations, prime clay TO make brick, and
good building stone.
Ord, Appropriate reasonable sum as
an award 10 the Architect furnishing the
best plans Tor a building, say to hold 200
| or 800 inmates with specifications a. 70
! cost
4th, 1t will only be necessary TO build
portion with skilled labor, sni COM
ple.e as the demand arises with inmate
labor, the cost need not i. our OpInion
exceed $4,000 when completed, and
surely the first year not half this amount
will be needed. We conpsrelt with our
infrmsry building, or buildings OF
! like character.
II may be well perhaps TO consider the
matter OF Stste sside-ssme o. Maryland.
Then any part Of the State could send
such ofienders-ss could not properly be
sent TO peDitentisry, and then have, ssy
four directors from the State and i've
from the county. This part is merely
suggestion. There IL surely good citizen
who will rot acknowledge that there
ought 10 be such a house in this county,
that vii check the onward MAJ h of our
youths OF to-day from becomi G stepped
in crime; almost every day taese kind
Of cases are seen and hesrd-and the city
and county overrun with tramps, who
under the vsgrsnt act could be employed,
and the cost to tax payers reduced. All
manner of petty crimes, are committed
day after day and no reform, and the
following are the costs for feeding offend.
ers in the County jail and Workhouse
for three years, ending December 81,
1876.
For the city in both the above,
the sum o. siy,oh-1u
For the county not including
oedclnB 6c.-....---.----'..-- ..----------. S,fo3
Is $50
And no reform, out like q steady current
OF water, 1t continues on.
As to the employment, we could use
the labor OF femsles probably in making
garments for the Institution and iLarm-
airy, instead Of buying them already made,
sud for domestic work. The male Dor.
ton 10 farming TOR boin houses, breaking
stone, quarrying stone for building pur-
poses maxim shoes, &c, and recommend
that q levy be made next June Of
say $4,000 70 commence this en-
tsrprise the following early tpring.
and durpg the earlier part Of the session
OF the Legislature the proper legislation
can be had 70 make this enterprise = suc-
cess. II is saier n the property OF our
city and county that The young especially
De trained differently than street loung-
ing ard idlenessi that the more ma
ture 8 reform, rather than q continual
3O-dsy eIpenss only for q place 10 stay,
and the common tramp 20 keep out Of
the city or work 60 or 30 days, where be
will be able 70 pay ~ least the greater
part OF the expense Of keeping him, aud
The inhAbitsnts.rid OF tkslr snsoy.nce.
the petty criminal before our Ccur,s q
place % labor rsther than lie In q county
jail, doing nothing ST the expense OF tho
tax payers, without remuneration. and
the above levy can Be made without in
cressing the rate or tax, and la = few
years the county would have sn inssi,u.
tlOn that sOasd be . credit 10 them and
work far better reform in the order Of
our city and county without any addi-
uonal TAI.
ReSoL0sd, Thst the foregoing report be
received, and the further consideration
and arrangement OF thi. cause be con-
iinuet IN the hands OF the Finance Com.
mittee.
Respectfully submitted.
j. N EwNG, !
Chairman.
The receipts Of Henry J. Dice for hand