The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-08

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Estimate OF farm products raised in
past year: 10 tons OF hay, $50 bushels Of
potatoes, 40 bushels Of oats, 600 head Of
cabbage, 475 bushels OF corn, 1900 pounds
Of pork, garden vegetables, butter and
egg5, and straw, etc, aggregating abou,
Farm stock and tools on hand: Q milk
cows, 2 horses, ! SOW and 10pigs, s plows,
9 harrows, ! c%nltivator, / Jersey spring
wagon (nearly newt, l old spring wagon,
/ road wagon, l cart; portions Of farm
products on hand, at least one.half.
The amount OF tillable land, So acres.
The entire building and fences are 10
prime order, and a credit to the county.
The cooking apparatus we are about i'm.
proving, US It Is OF little value at present,
We God by reports from counties In Penn.
sylvania that the cost per head OF some
OF their institutions is from q TO 3S cents
per day, and report Of one In Indiana q
cents per day, one in Ohio "a cents per
day; aud nearly all OF these have large
farms OF good, tillable land. We are
therefore gra,ifed at the results OF the
Poor Farm and Inirmary Of Ohio county
the past year.
The reports given above were received
and filed, as 'was also the report Of the
Superintendent for the month OF Deccm-
Der, which gives the following figures:
Total number OF inmates 80, white malea
40, do females q, colored males 2, do
females 0; no births; one death, John
Schepp, a white male; transient poor 81,
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
The Committee on Roads and Bridges,
having examined the various Surveyors
reports for the past year, together
with their accounts, recommended the
payment Of the following bills: Triadel.
phia district road tax, $40 10; Richland
district, 1912 90; Liberty district, S265 90;
Sum total for three road districts, ST.
1877 65. Also TO pay to ]. ]. Jacobs, Sur.
yeyor Of Roads, for the year, S5s. And
regular monthly bills aggregatipg $40 s..
All these bills were ordered paid.
The committee further reported that
from the various road Surveyors' reports
the general condition Of the roads Is bet.
ter now than for years past. The bridges
and culverts are in good condition. The
road tax 10 the three districts is we'll
worked out, say near two.thirds as q gen.
eral average; yet We think there will be
sufficient for general repairs.
HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
The special committee TO whom was
referred the project Of erecting a House
OF Correction reported as follows:
GssrLEMEa:-Your Committee on
Finance and Accounts report in the mat
ter Of q House Of Correction and En-.
ployment, rs referred TO them by action
Of your Board June4th, 1877, that sever
al members OF said Committee, and tile
Clerk, left the city on or about October
9Th, 1877, on q tour Of inspection OF work
houses and institutions Of that nature at
Baltimore and Philadelphia.
[Here follows q complete report OF the
tour Of inspection made by the commit
tee, the leading pointsof which were pub.
lished In the INTELLIGEHcER Immediately
after their return home. After describ-
ing the various institutions visited by
them, and the manner in which they are
conducted, the Committee continueE
Now what is required TO meet the
wants Of Ohio county 10 the construction
OF 4 work house2
/. The proper legialation.
2. The ground. We recommend the
Poor HouIe Farm, as there are several
good locations Of prime clay to make
brick, and good building stone.
8. Appropriate q reasonable sum as m
award 10 the architect furnishing The
best plans for 4 building, say to hold 200
to 800 inmates, with specification as to
cost.
q. It will only be necessary TO build a