The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-10-29

were plenty oil blankets. AS tho .oiIlce iS the
pacc where, visitors and others having bust.
necessary for the credit Of tho concern that the
sees %ho hey sse
clothes, they have. 1t is also necessary to
SG er the and md
bring them Into. tho ONCE. Self-protcction
Influences tho officers; hence the separation
clerks: too ute # separate iabis. apd Iad VT }
r a n"B br hG SnSs and ssisory Of wtSos G
mix mix or r0 sugar g and drank out Of TN pan
morning and night. We had IN the morning
eoIee and in the Gyenpf ten The coffee was
not much OF a coffee drinker. it was as strong
4s care to have It. The teG was fairly good;
placed on the table and every one could help
himself We Ind mugs OF white ware ,,, TO use
the morning We had bcefsteak. and wo had
some kinds Of cold meat at night. The other
prisoners had only bread With thoir b LICK
's f Ssei FER ,SsS Ssi
except on Friday. whom they had salt goldfish:
The clerks had for dinner. SOUP. meat. and
potatoes and some 9tner kinds OF
poor. On u day, when there was corrneSd boei.
fnmi liarly termed salt horse we Jared tho best.
for that was the best meat they had
The public Office OF TIE workn9oise Il In the
southwestern angle OF thS bn h IT, IS a,
ming through tho middle. Tho space ON one
side OF this railing + allotted to visitors or my
sR Se sc S% sH and G s desks W%% the
Is the sinctum sanciorum where sits the War
| den at his desk, and where another desk is
m BY hs c'Sk other Hny
| and was onc-are prisoners. The lirSt desk
you on entering the Office is that OF the
registry clerk. Upon this there lay two huge ,E
| ledCerS almost aS much rs man could lift.
| one for males and tho other for females. In
these books are recorded the names OF al the
| and other particu lars relating thereto, also the
70 Which hs hj fesm tho
| commitments. of which the clerk at this desk
Xnoihrr desk was that devoted to admissions
and discharges. The admissions of both males
and females are recorded in one ledger; and
c com fs' come on iirsi,hat IS after tho
officers outside are done with then-lnd from
this heG are nasTd e the REL Isssy eSrs With
| of n middle-aged man. a prisoner like the rest
| OF us. an excellent penman, with whom 1t was
doing at al! was worth doing well. He, would
not be hurried II wore faint prais,c, indeed to
ssy ordsry S MS sd @ the
and p1orrs;y H. VIZ y lin fssS,n vcrOe
Lastly. there was the transfer desk to which
l was assigned. Tho number OF prisoners con,
L
| whom not more than half are employed ut the
workhouse. The remainder are scattered
among S nG 4,nf5 M dSsr an a1
| Correction. Accounts must i've kept with all
| these institutions of the help SO transierred
| Ing from the Warden of Bellevue Hospital for
| twelve women to work In the wards When the
boat arrives ut the workhouse at II A. NJ.
bringing the prisoners collected that morning
from the various police courts OF tho city after
ali have been duly registered /. dozen women
| "a pta ah Al Ia
boat returns at +. VI. from the islands further
M the river. these are put on board. Mean
| pital and II transfer made out. bill of ladinE
as IT wern which is given to ihe Cnr,aln 81 the
vne when hc lands his living freight Perhaps
when the boat comes No on her last trip the same
evening shs VII bring back one Of these , We,
the Warden Of the hospital. addressed tH tho
Wardep, Of the workhouse. the tenor OF which
| is a. follows:
work. rS'"Fh 10 you ''Se' AA'''y Reason" refuses 10
Thus. this woman will have made three trips,
work that was very silly proceeding on the
vMe she would not have had u great deal TO do.
| probably but returning to the workhouse. &C
er wsn sdc sha W na, NOW s ON o
easily. She will bs made To work and should
she prove refractory, forty IT., hours con- on,
| will he very apt To cure her OF all such nom
sense. They are bound 10 make her work
| somehow. Every occurrence OF this kind Of
course tended to complcate the accounts OF
the transfer clerk and TO add to his abors.
In addition TO those sent TO the different in
| situations a. helpers. there are at all times re-
siding in some of them N another capacity
persons sent there from the workhouse. Any
! too old TO work nrc sent to the almshousc
Any one becoming insane is sent to on. of the
lunatic asyIum-. These classes have to b.
| in different columns. Ii occasionally happens
! that party sent to one Of the hospitals as u
ngipsr fans SICK ana Is then Gut into one Of the
mediately sent 10 the workhousc, and the rec
ord has to be- changed to accord Herewith. In
will appear. Such a hospital will have one
helper less and one inmate more than the cen.
sus Of the previous evening showed, provided
| piration OF tho terms 81 such prisoners as had
been transferred to- other in..,ntions as help
turning TO the work house.
The work OF the transfer clerk though
of the other clerks, was still more compli.
Gated and included a; greater variety Of
for sometimes, would no, get notice of a
| transfer until the boat was already ~ the land
Ing. II necessarily required some tinet TO learn
| tho routine. and when hurried. ~ above stated
| sometimes made mistakes. But tho paid
| clerk. who instructed mo in my duties had II
great deal of pniience with mo, and know
| tried it often. The most difficult job Of all was
| the daily census. Being tho last work Of tho
! coming ~ IT did, in the evening. when was
tired and fatigued with.my previous lahors il
| cost m. each evening greater expenditure OF
| brain labor than the writing of this communi-
| cation. An error of one in the population Of
| the workhouSe and its belongings. would witt
| ate the whole proceeding: but when ii cam"
! out right it proved itAoif. However ! succeed
| ed ut last. and aft erwarl had no difficulty.
! | had now been IN the worlhouSe over two
weeks. most of the time in the counting room.
| when one evening. on returning from sup
per. found another man seated at my desk.
| 1t seems that among the prisoners arriving
| that day there had come one who was pro-
tessional bookkerprr Although | had told
| them i'll the beginning that ! was neither ~
| bookkecper nor u clerk, yet NV my ten DAYS
! training and practice had become tncrAbiy
familiar with my new duties, ! could now
make out transfers without mistakes. and 1
| could bring the census right every time. and
! that without assistance still. ii was thought
| best to give nv place to the now man and
transfer me TO another ono less difficult to MI.
! Thus. Just ut the time when had yot fair
| understanding Of the work and had learned
how properly 10 do il. lost the studtion.
In addition to the records kept in tho main
Office there is Stiil another set of hooks. one Of
| which. containing the names of the male pris-
| oncrs. il in charge of n paid nmpoy"" called
tho hall man." and ono. containing tho names
| Of the female prisoners, is in charge uf one Of
| the male prisoners under the Hup"rintcndoncc
| of the hall man and tho Mutron Of the female
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