Daily Kennebec journal., 1885-01-09

: of the best in the country. The several
e carefully written reports of its officers will
' give the members of the legislature full and
: accurate information, which should guide you
: in your action.
; HONS FOR SoLpiERs' ORPHANS.
The appropriation for the Bath Military
and Naval Orphan Asylum for the past tive
years, amounting to $4,000. has been fully
expended for the orphan children of the sol
diers and sailors of the State. There are S2
children under its care. and as the number Of
orphans coming under the provisions aud
requirements Of the present lew as competent
tor admission. is constantly diminishing, it
becomes apparent that q broader jurisdiction
as basis for membership is necessary in
order to fill the institution up to proper and
economic standard.
The school has been well managed, and is
deserving Of the continued assistance of the
State.
STATE PRIsoN.
The State Prison at Thomsston appears to
be in better condition, so far as cost to the
State is concerned, than for many years. 1t
is not expected that it will soon become a
self-supporting Institution, but considerable
progress has been made in that direction
since the present Warden has been in charge,
From 1858 to 1880 the average annual cost
| OF the Prison to the State was upwards of
S22, 900. In 1880 il was S24.55l; in 1881.
Sl6,754; in 1882, l4,742; in 1883, Sl0,5le;
in 1884, 5000. The earnings of the con-
victs in 1884 would pay the salaries. pay roll
and all the incidental expenses of the Prison
amounting to 1850, leaving balance of
only SO, 200 for the State to pay. which is a
decrease of Sl5,S5l as compared with 1880.
During these years of financial improve
ment, the health and general condition of
! the prisoners have been steadily maintained
so that u case of sickness among them is
exceptional. The total loss by sickness in
the hospital during the entire year has not
taken from the aggregate of labor the service
| of one convict for three hundred days.
At the present time there are but two de-
partments of work carried on within the
walls Of the Prison. and those are harness
and carriage making, The work done by the
convicts in both of these departments is of
excellent quality and finds ready sale, and
the Warden manages to sell much of il out
side of the State, The amount of work done
by the prisoners is not so great as would be
done by the same number of free men, but
suitable manufacturing serves the double
purpose of keeping the men employed and Of
reducing the expense of the Institution to the
State. In 1883, the profit upon the harness
department was 81, 702 II, and in 1884, S3.-
$50 During the same years the profits of
the carriage department were Sl3, ,003.57 and
Sl3,So0, making total profit of both de-
partments in 1888 of Sli 706. %, and in 1894
| of Sl7, 100. From these figures it appears
that the convicts earned in 1888 an average of
$3.50 ca h, aud in 1884 an average of Sill
6S, while the expense of subsistence of each
convict was Sii "a in 1883, and S4339 in
1851 Inc average amount earned py the
| prisoners actually employed in these two de-
nar,mnn,s .ss nnns;da, aiI,, .ha.a ,h, s',,re.
hsv. mentioned ,he ,onoraI avars.n &c
sin, or.,., r,j,o,;one hno,nso -, ,Se -,
rnn,h,r ~ r,on .,h, ar, oanahIa or 80.
no,,nar.,;vai,, ,;,ia H. ~ ~,
Tho p,;s,,, n, ,ho c,nsa aT issa go co, tss
Ak ana NJ the close of 1884 800 go ei
Dnring the mas, two vsars the Goyer,,r
| and CnnnciI bsyo mada ssvor.l yisi,s :, 10
pr;sor and rorson.Il, ,xau;na5 ;,s nora;,;nn
and listened ,o wb,,cyer comnls;n,s th.
prisoners have desired IN mako The d;sc;-
pline of the Prison has been found excellent.
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u;'atls ,n' ~ 100. ""' % nu"e'
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| RESOURCES OF THE STATE.
The natural resources of State are i'm
portant subjects for consideration, correct
knowledge of which is necessary that proper
legislation may be secured. Agriculture
furnishes limited announcement for a liveli-
hood when unaided by other industries, but
as result of enterprise and provident care
we find the three important elements Of gen
eral prosperity, agriculture, manufactures
and commerce well represented and prose-
cuted in our State, and grouped together they
are fit monuments Of power and wealth.
Ao,,c,,,r,,,,
III would seem unnecessary to occupy your
time by lengthy dissertation on the import
ance ana vaiue OF agriculture as the leading
industry OF our state. The claims and in
terests OF ne Arlv eighty two thousand farmers