Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-13
The SrATE PRISON MAN.
AGEMENT.

the vht tor the State Prison War
dcnship. b It tho continued harping
bv the Rnno Jr,~na' nnor the
beauties If the Bell Administer :
ton. r., n lnrs It nn"nssa.v - expose
some of the fallacies Of its argu-
mn~t.
Tho Journal is constantly show
i,~ how ecor"mirallv the Prison
HIS been nm sine, Dnl t.,n', charge.
I, nnr opinion shnrt-s;chted parsi-
m,rv would he a better term nv
witch tn DESIGNATE the present
mlnacem mt F.r insta"cc. IN o.
der to save wood. the rris ,ners
have heer sent ont in clngs to cut
s,-n brush. an IN nrlnr to save
further expense. thew were attend
cl with lcSs guards than WAS neces-
ea~v to insure their safe keeping
A a n,tural consequence several
prisoners have escrned. and the
cast Of r>cantnrinc them and paw
inr rnw,rl- his ,'n,rltn1 t. very
mu"h more th1n the amount saved
in VOL and guards
Th..se items ,o'l very well on the
w,ol recount, Init make a bad bal
arc, in the other side. To slve
$,O wo-ti Of wood at an addition
Al nxp,rsa Of s. 10 is not economy.
We are inf,r,nn unon good au-
thoritv that the tools IN the shoe
eh,,s are nnarlv all worn ont.
worn to su"h an extent that the
successor Of Warden Bell will be
OBLIGED to 90 to heavy exnnnsn IN
order t. rnol,ce them. Probably
WHOM this is done the Reno Jour
MI will show how much more cv-
p,nsivo Nha s',oe-sl,,n was in
1875 thin i, 1884 Mr.. Bell was
chosen to act a. W,-i,n Of the
general ideo which seemed to pos
SIS, eve-vbo " that he was a cool
mn. H, hl1 held a responsible
position under the Western Union
telegraph Company and filed it
creiitahly Here ri@idlv econom-
zeal manage ncnt WIS necessary
E 'erv foot Of wire. every pound of
chemicals and every glass jar used
in II, b,tta.iss h II to be account.
ell FIR and they were all used just
a long as they would hold together.
NJ. Bell is il thoroughly honest
man. and his m tives for short
sighted economy. practlced at the |
State Prison,are honest motives. but
the management has been fail
ure. and his economy is partly re-
sponsible for the failure. It is
generally understood that the pris-
O1a..I c,m, abb It As near bossing
the Institution az the Warden.
Tne Journ lea Of all this
talk about the economy Of the
Pi~nn mana .ema ut is to have it |
moved down to Reno.
Ile Suite has had quite enough |
of this experience in havin. the |
1isaIe Asylum located there.
TIE Reno people asked for GER
tn appr,ori ,tio1 FIR the Asylum
all the bill providing for its
e.'e .tioa coit,ine a clause, placed
there expr,s 81 v to guard against
the h,ll-ft>t all grab Ill policy.
for which R,no is famous. 1t
provided that under no circum-
st,nces should the cost of the
building exceed the appropriation,
yet at the next s,ssi n # the Leg
islltrre a relief bill for several
thousand dollars came up for this
Wv Asyl Im, and it was passed
thro III, in nt'e. disregard of the
p .oyisio - of the bill, which gave
it its existence.
The whole scheme was a sorry
failure. The Asylum could haye
been buiit here by convict labor at
one half the expense Of the Reno
Asylum. 1t is located quite dis
lance from the city. on a sage
brush plain, oyer which the win "
blow at the rate If about 40 miles
an hour. Here it could have had
State water, but in Reno it las to
be pumped up continually to get
it in the upper story of the build
Ing
We believe that the people Of
this State have seen enough Of the
hi I'd Of Wa,hpe county in the
management of its public institu