River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-20
sufficient for all our present necessi-


sufficient for all our present necessi-
ties
At the institution for the education
of the deaf and dumb, the buildings
provided for by the law enacted last
winter have been erected and will be
found well adapted to the purposes of
the school. The amount expended
from the building fund was S49.549. 81.
from the current expense fund S48. 475.-
IS, including in the latter sum SIS, asa :
40 for repairs and permanent Improve
ments and 81 ,060 for the honse fnr-
nishing. The greater part of the ex-
penditures embraced in these last
mentioned sums was made necessary
by the fire in 1879, and is covered bv
the special appropriation Of last
winter. The amount paid for salaries
and wages was 81, S01. 43, and for sub
sistence $S,060.34. The whole number
of pupils enrolled during the year was
1876, of whom 100 were in attendance
September so, 1880 The estimates
for the current year are based upon
an assumed average attendance of 175
pupils, and amount to $34, 10000 for
current expenses, and 81, $4,000 for
various purposes as set forth In their
report. In addition to the recommen-
dations made by the trustees, ! suggest
that 1t would be eXpedient to appro-
pirate a sum sufficient to paint the
shingle roofs Of the buildings and pro-
vide pipes, hydrants and hose for pro
lection against fire. / have been much
I'D -
nected with this institution, which is
becoming an important branch of its
industrial department. 1t now greatly
needs Some additions TO its material,
and | believe small appropriation
may very properly be made for tins
purpose.
AT the institution for the education
of the blind, the total number Of pu-
pills enrolled was 50, with an attendance
Of n, October 31-the close Of their
fiscal year The fiscal year of this in
stitution does not correspond with the
states fiscal year, and if any discrep-
ancies should be found between their
accounts and the tables published by
the secretary of state, this fact may
account therefor. The current ex-
penses of the twelve months ending
October 81 were S17 ,60074, of which
sum SC, 45507 were paid for salaries
and wages, and S4,133.19 for subsist-
ence. The estimates for the current
year are, for current expenses. 81 SOC
and for i'm provements and repairs,
81 200, for which sums, less 81 800 for
cash on hand, the trustees ask appro-
priations.
have, in obedience to my own in
clinations, as well as in compliance
with law, visited all the state institu-
tions during the year, and, without ex-
ception, found them in most excellent
condition and order The health and
comfort oftheir inmates are well pro
yided for, and, in those devoted to ed
ucation, the proficiency and progress
of the scholars is altogether satisfac-
tory.
1t is the duty Of the
STATE BOARD or CHARITIES AND REFORM
to set forth in their report their Opin-
ion Of the appropriations proper to be
made for each Of the charitable and
correctional institutions supported or
aided by the state. This, | have no
doubt, the board will do, in the report
which will soon be laid upon youI
desks, and thereby''you will be greatly
aided in arriving at just conclusions as
to the several sums necessary to be APP
propriated. / have frequently com
mended the labors Of this board. By
visits to jails and poor-houses, as well
as to the state charitable and correc-
tional institutions, they become fami-
liar with the practical workings of the
various laws enacted for the relief OF
suffering and the repression and pun
ishment of crime; and by judicious adj
vice and timely warnings they succeed
in remedying many evils which other
wise might become public scandals
Their report for the current year is not
yet 10 print, but from general knowl-
edge of the matters to which the board
has given attention, | anticipate a
document of unusual interest and ac-
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