The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
iron roof ON the entire building. with the oil

iron roof ON tho entire building, with the OLE
cell building was $150 COZ, tho steam heating
about q, 600 and tho rebuilding $28, 900, max
ing total cost Of not over ~, 600 The engin,
plete and e-prOof at . cost Of q, 100 The
amount Of insurance collected on this was
49, Since the fire, the insurance money
was used In rebuilding and the earnings Of the
convicts have been allowed to stand as IN Offset
to an equal amount each month against the bills
lure will approve this action. The closest esti-
mate thatnow can be made to complete the work
is as follows: That to use all the earnings un-
til Jan. /, 1885, and all appropriations author
lied by law up to July 81, 1885, there will still
fall short $4,000 This Is far better than the
inspectors anticipated at the time Of the fire.
The financial difficulties of the car company
have not affected the contract Either party
has right to terminate the contract on Sept. L,
1887, by giving one years notice The con-
tractors advise that the present contract be
adhered to- The total earnings t for the year
should be added the loss Of II, 49S days. labor,
at IS cents day, caused by the fire, amount
ing to $6,524, which would have made. the
actual earnings at least 81, GOO.
PARTIALLY sE1F-sUsTA1NNG
The earnings of the next fiscal year will be
nearly, if not quite. $45, 0O0 Thus the prison
about two-thirds sustains itself, including all
CApCu6cS uo 1dbG . ToCOIu, ulCluU-
ing the loss by fire, shows the average earn
ings per capita, to be 1922 40 and total expen-
SEES per capita, $18069! From this expense de-
duct amount of salaries per capita Of $73. A.,
and it is shown that each prisoner earns for
the state $122.40, and it costs the state to
ness, furnish him with medicine, to-
bacco and freedom suits when dis
charged, but $l07.22, leaving profit to the
state Of SIS. Is per capita. Thus, aside from
salaries, the prison is self-sustaining. As the
state increases in population the prison will
become self-sustaining in the fullest sense
The combined pay of the three inspectors fo1
the last fiscal year was about $780, They
recommend that the board be allowed to use
the earnings of the prisoners until they can
pay the debts contracted in building-proba-
bly, about July 81, 18S5-or special appropri-
alton be made of 3d. 600, to be paid not later
than Feb: l.. 1885 In conclusion the board
and counsel Warden J. A. Reed, Deputy
Warden Abe Hall and subordinate officers
are complimented in the highest terms A
copy of the contract with the car company is
appended. The report of Warden Reed de-
tails infinitely the fires and attendant circum-
stances, all Of which are familiar to the readers
of this journal. The completion of the new
cell building is very requisite, as now $50 pris-
oners is crowded into 296 cells. The warden
estimates that an appropriation Of GOO fol
1885 and $4,000 for 1886 will be required
and that the earnings will be $45, 900 for 1885
and $50, 600 for 1885, There were confined al
the time Of the last report, Nov. 80, 1882, 49,
Now there are 356. The highest number
reached was 1868. The increase of IS during
the year is the largest in the PRISONS history.