Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-01-10
ears were levied as fol-
Total taxes Tor all pur-
poses 81. ce9,7 III 50 s.. 725.Ss9 Al
17.3 mills 1874 mills


and disbursug money in December as OF Novem-
Der, leads to a delay Of their reports for two or
!hres weeks, which might BE- avoided But think
it desirable, that the legislature meets bien-
nially that the full reports OF State institutions and
officers should he furnished in print for the deber-
ate consideration OF the members elect much earlier
than they can possibly be under the existing law
The dates of making official reports should also
be similarly advanced. Tho law should DO amended
printed for the use OF tho legislature except that
Of tho commissioner Of statistics, need be made
only biennially and on the years previous to regu
lar sessions. recommend also that the regular
annual appropriations be hereafter made for fiscal,
instead of calendar years, Your own provision in
1885.
STATE INSTITUTIONS
The various charitable, refOrmatory and penal in
stituions Of the State present satisfactory record
rs regards their management and the results accom-
plished. An unmistakable evidence OF the rapid
increase of our population is the fact that neally
al; these institutions have already reached the limit
eff the capacity. and are asking at your hands ap-
preparations for additions ana enlaSsemsn''
The inspectors of the State prison submit vol
luminous report. which exhibits in much detail tho
affairs of this institution. The nanageroen. OF tie
inmates to conduct condition is represented
as very satisfactory The total populate at this
time is an increase ct twenty hye during me
we're 9,964:56. and for is 1892 s54.972 ::6
The earnings were $26, 277.o4 ard S50,e52:7s
=,
credited to apply on purchase Of machinery under
tho award of 1881. The warden estimates tho
penses for 1883 to be 100000 aud for 1854 $S5.-
600. and the earnings 900 and $4,000 for tie
same time.
There las been expended during The past ,yea-
$3G.3l2. 55 in construction OF additional wall for
1881, also liabilities incurred for paving streets
within the enclosure SIS, roo painting roof 5000.
and premium for insurance 5000, for which there
was no appropriation, and which is presented In the
a 00ficielCy. llSDeCtOrS
1o Xa s9a s 900 for the a,a hon
most OF which will soon be occupied The adai-
tona! cell room should be provided land therefore
approve the recommendation OF the inspectors in
this respect The completion OF the wall would
add greatly the security OF the prison. which. as
the po;ula'ion increases, becomes more OF aeces-
the treasury 10 that extent. committee OF your
body By personal examination can best decide as to
The prison enclosure viii afford ample room for
500 or 600 cells about double the present capacity
1t will DOUBTLESS prove economy TO the State to
concentrate tho population Of this class in one in
stitutioc. where the cost OF maua2s1nens Will bot
slightly increase with its growth. until its full
estimate, the prison can be made to meet al re-
Qu!remeuts for ten years to come by increasing
lis cell capaeity; TO the limit allowed We III, by
room or machinery the labor of tho convcts Gan De
fully employed Some of the gravest objections to
the location Of the prison are now overcome though
at large cost to tho State It would to be the
part of wisdom now to make complete as possible
the present instSution, when IT is confidently oe-
REFORM SCHOOL
The report OF the board Of managers OF the Ne
form. sehool shovs a gratifying record for the past
since is ii havs Been
| this number 225 havo been in connection with 1t
during the past two years, and 1913 inmates at
the M
of the reasons urged by the managers for change
in the law regulating commitments. especially that
feature which provides for the maintenance by each
county OF the youth they respectively send to tue
! in the early history OF the school for
| this discrimination in tho maintenance OF its
inmates have lost much of their force by the
general Developments Of all portions of the State.
Without repeating here the argument most forc;biy
presented by the report for the change referred to-
1concur with the managers 10 their conclusions
would be greatly augmented by placing it upon the
footing in this respect as the other State in
| stitutions. The engine house connected with the
tachments was destroyed by fire last July. The
| property has been restored in much improved
form, at cost of s57sl e. ., The expenditures:
1882 $3l, $50. 81. Appropriations are asked as
| follows:
Deficiency for 1872. caused principally
by destruction Of engine house, etc. 7,501 O5
! Repairs and improvements. 1884,. 1000 20
! insurance. ..--. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Z,OOO w
INSTITUTES FOR THE DEAF. DUMB AND TEE
! BLIND, AND sCHooL For IDIOTS AND 1NDE-
| GILES
! The directors of the institute for the deaf, dumb
and tho bind aud the school for idiots and in1be-
Giles, report 'that the several schools under their
care have. durug the past two years. given e1cep-
! tional satisfaction
| In May, 1881. there was organized separate
department for tho education of the blind, which
| was placed in the charge Of Prof. J. j. Dow. as
| superintendent, who has been connected with tne
institute as teacher OF the blind since 1879. ihls
change in the system Of is management has proven
advantageous to the destitute in many repects. The
deaf and dumb dera tnent continues IN charge OF
Prot J. L. Noyes. VINO has established an enduring
record Of great efficiency in his work, during the
many years he has abored in behalf of this insti-
tuition. -
The Imbecile school occupied its new building
work moro successfully, under the superintendent
! of DR.. George II. Knight There is ample room in
the Building occupied by the deaf and dumb 1ol
come. but the schools for the blind and the imbectle
arc already overcrowded. The directors ask an av-
preparation Of $50, 900 to erect and furnish addi-
tiona spacs for these two departments. The state
men, which appears in the report, that there are
now in the State eghty-four blind persons undel
twenty-five years of age who have never ATTENDED
school, and ffty-nn applicants for admission K
the imbeciIe school now waiting who cannot be &C.
commodatod, is. Of itself, an argument in favor o
increasing the capacity OF these schools that doe
not need 10 be enlarged upon. therefore recon
mend sufficient appropriation for the purpose
stated.
There are now 1c5 pupils In the deaf and dumb
department.; "a in the blind, and Al In the imbe.
cile There are 233 uneducased deaf mutes in tn:
State who have not yet received the advantages
offered by this school.
| The disbursements of the board for current OK
penses were $44,278.98 in 1881, and $49. 8O7. 2:
ia 1862 Appropriations are asked of $5O, 900 fo
1883, and $4,000 for 1854 for the same 40
| count.
The directors conclude their report with tn
| significant statement that. "Adhering to what W
regard as the strictest economy compatible will
success. We follow tho unbroken tradition OF tn
past and report an uuexpended balance in tn
treasury"
HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE
That portion of the first hospital for the insane a
St. Peter destroyed by fire in 1880 has been re-
stored, and is now in use. Tho east wing OF thu
second hospital at Rochester, the contraction O
which was provided for IN 1881, will be ready TO
occupancy in part by Feb. prox and wholly com
pleted early tho present year: The CAPACITY OF tn
proper care of $50 patients and those at Rochestc
| for $50, total of 9OO There are now connecte.
, with the two hospitals 872 patientsr-635 at ST
Peter. and 236 at Rochester, large number at
tached to the former Institution still occupying til
J temporary buildings that have been In use for sew
! eral years.
The problem of providing for tho future wants 0
this class of untortunates 10 that will engaR
your serious attention. and any possible solution Q
It must iavove expenditures to large amount Fo
many years mast there has been An annual averap