St. Paul daily globe., 1885-08-15
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.

!
The Board recommend that the salary
of the Clerk in the Health Office be fixed at
! SO per month from June 4, 1885.
Adopted by following vote:
1eas-Ald. Cummings. Dowlan. O,Con-
nor, PetSch, Cullen, Sanborn, johnson Van
Slyke, Bryant, Minea, Air. President-11
Also,
Nuisance on Bradley Street
ne Board recommend that Bradley
street De graded between Beaumont and
1illiieik'la streets the same being neces-
''i 5 " aod'e "a nuisance existing thereon.
accepted, the matter being acted unon bv
the Board of Public Works. 5000 NP0-- "
Also,
Sewer on Nelson Ayenue-
Inc Board recommend the cons+r,,ot;o,,
OF a sewer ON Nelson avenue. from 1911
street to Virginia avenue, as q soU;t'9 oUSet.e
measure. sanitary
Referred to Board of Public Works
Also,
Road to Dumping Ground
me Board recommend that the Ci+v
hhgiheer oe authorized to put the road
tId 1ed'llhS 10 20 the dumping ground in passa-
$500. p0i''o 1o' exceeding
Adopted. (See resolution)
Nuisance
?, Inc ne bOSrd @ report that they had ordered tho
heaith OElcer TO notify the Van Hoyen Two
Stock Company to abate the nnisanoa 14,.o a,.
listing ON their premises in the unner 10ort >e
the city. "'p0A part OF
Adopted.
REPORT OF BOARD OF CONTROL.
Inc Board submit their report for the
month of July, 1885, showing the total av' el,o
pehdltureS to be 81, 1,969.2S, accompanied bv
| Public Accounts.
MI OI'I OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ST,
o. PAUL wORKHOUSE,
Seml-annual Report
10 the Honorable the Common r-ouno,, -.
Ihe City OF st. Paul.
ENiLEMEN: We have the honor IN
ttailslhlt TO you herewith the semi-annuaI
! Statement OF the Superintendent and Sac-
retary OF the st. Paul Workbn,,Sa Ui,
tables are prepared with his usuoI cara aI,I
| accurately show the character and amonnt
Oh disbursements and the number of nris-
OneTS received - Pi4
80 full an exhibit of the Workhouse af-
Iairs IS made III the January annual reports
thit IL Is not thought necessary to go into
much detail in these semi-annuaI state
mentS. The Institution. its hooks and roc
ords are at all times open to inspection bv
your honorable body, and at all times every
FACILITY VIII be furnished you for such III
Vestgatlon as may be your pleasure. We
cannot omit to renew our protest against so
many hye-daY men, and also must ioin
with the superintendent in OBJ
Jectlng to intirm, crippled and insane
! prisoners utterly Incompetent for any
labor whatever If legislation is required
to change the destination of such yagrants
| 1t should be obtained
You will observe that the Superintendent
Is OF the opinion that the value of the buiId-
ings we have erected. since the or~inaI
building was opened and prisoners first re-
celved, is greater than the money ex-
| pended for all purposes When. to the
value OF the buildings, we add other prop
erty, such as farm machinery, tools, furhi-
! ture, steam boilers and heating apparatus.
clothing, horses, cows and all the general
| equipments of the place, there can be no
| question that our assets far exceed i'm value
the SlO9, 70, which is the grand total
expended, in the time specified, for all pur-
| poses. All prisoners able to work are
still kept busy in caring for the buildings
and property, grading the grounds, cutting
TIMBER for fuel, stumping, farming and
! general repairs. The few women we have
are employed in laundry work and in max
ing clothing. their own and that worn by
the men. None are allowed to be idle that
are able to work. No decision as to what
! to manufacture at the Workhouse
! has been arrived at as vet. This
is difficult conclusion to reach.
When the five and ten-day prisoners,
the sick, intirm and crippled, and those
necessary to be employed in keeping the
premises clean and supplied with water and
fuel are deducted from the total inmates,
there Is not left a sufficient number to war
ri Of fon
ing plant.
1t is hoped, however, that the future
will in some way solve the problem. 1t is
on account of this uncertainty that we have
not asked you to issue any of the bonds al
lowed by the Legislature at its last session.
For the present. and through the coming
winter, the prisoners can be employed as
heretofore, and if the few able to work do
not produce what can be put on the market
and sold for money, the reflex reformatory
influence upon them can but be paying re-
suit in a high and noble sense worthily dis
tnguishing st. Paul and all who have IA
v0red and encouraged so admirable an in
stitution.
AS the Superintendent states,-the last six
months at the WOrkhouSe have been quiet,
orderly and healthy, all largely due, in our
opinion. to his own untiring care and
watchfulness.
All of which is very respectfully sub
mitted. GEO. w. LAMsoN, President.
MARK COSTELLO,
LOUIS ENGELs.
G. j. MoNFoRT,
G. II. PETSCH, Directors
August 3, 1885.
To the Honorable the Board of ST. Paul
Work House Directors,
GENTLEMEN: AS required by law, l
have the honor to herewith submit this. the
fifth semi-annual report of the st. Paul
WOrkhouse Your frequent visits of i'll
spection make you so familiar with the
workings of the institution that it is hardly
necessary to enlarge on matters of routine.
The last six months passed in prison
mOnOtOny, the prisoners have been employed
to the best advantage possible. Prisoners,
as a rule, have been orderly. Very little
punishment has been inflicted and none of
a very severe nature; there have been $50
male and 26 female, in all 546 prisoners, re-
ceived during the six months ending July 1,
1885, leaving 81 prisoners July l.
Schedule ID will show how many each
month, their terms, etc.
Schedule a will show ledger balances
from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1885. Whole pay
ments in warrants, S11, 996.57.
Schedule b will show ledger balances
from December 1, 1882, to July l, 1885, in
all payments in warrants S109, $50. -; the
last amount is less, claim, than buildings
erected with part of the money are worth,
which was made possible by the cheap
purchase of material and the judicious use
of convict labor.
This wise course on the part of the board
OF directors has made the st. Paul Work
house self-suppOrting from its incipiency,