The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-01-13

er county, has been appointed IN his stead.
| Mr. Heard having submitted TO the tund
commissioners a satisfactory account OF
the work performed and of that TO be per-
formed in the future by his successor, /
respec fully ask that his report be printed
| for the inform alton of The general assem-
bly,.
PENITENTIARY.
There are few subjects, if sny, which will
engage your attention that are OF greater
practIcal importance than the management
Of the renitentiary,. and there is none so
misunderstood, from ignorance or from
some designing cause. IL is an institution
20 prominent 10 a state administration,
that if unwisely and corruplly msnsg d,
the world would know it at glance, as ii
is "city set on a hill, which cannot Be
hid"
The peuitentisry isin excellen! condition
at the present time. II hiss been success
fully managed during the last sdministra-
ton, not costing the state dollar IN is
running expenses, except in the pay of its
civil list
From an examination of its books / find
tina, the earnings and receipts for The years
1888 and 1884 December 1884. estimated)
pended for maintenaLce during those
years December. 1884. estimaied) $685.
436. 10. leaving S2S, 4ll.92 upon the credit
side of the prison, which has been expended
IS follows:
Pay-rol of officers and employees, October
and November, 1855, ,36S AZ
Permanent improvements, materials, ETC.,
for bu ldings Is, 5iS 80
For fuel in excess Of amount on hand,
.s..-..
Real estate for rock quarry use--..--.-.-. 900 %
Total 'szo,iii az
Which is the excess of earnings as above
given. The last legislature appropriated
Sl55 900 10 replace certain buildings or
workshops which were destroyed by fire
February %, 1882, and TO extent The wal
of the peniientiary and TO do Certain other
specific work, detsiled Ia the bill. These
dem 4nds exhausted the appropriation be-
fore the work was completed. Under the
direction of the prison inspectors the war
den expended, as before STATED, SlS,5 SAB SO
Tor materials purchased and used Ia the
construction OF the buildings AID wall. In
addition 10 this sum, The warden expended
$4,000 for brick, rock, labor, etc., for
which ne should receive credit, as the br cs
rock, and Labor represent value equ,l 10
that amount of y. If no credit is
given the penitentiary for the Excess of
earnings over that of maintenance.
S2S, ALP and the $4,000 for brick, rock
and lab,r, as above stalled, then there will
be an outstanding indebIt dness OF $3.50
against the prison, but il credit is given i,r
those amounts, which shOnld be done, then
there is surplus of 200 in favor of the
pr son, which surplus accrued during the
wear 1884, which shows that the Institution,
with its rapidly increasing numbers of in
experienced lsborers, has been manag,
with Singular foresight and Judgment, COM
manding the respect OF sll the business meu
who have inve, tigated or had means of
Knowledge as 10 how this prison has been
managed during this administration.
The new buildings have been fully COM
pie ed and are pronounced equal, if not
superior to those erec'ei In any of the
sta es for shop purposes. They are commo-
dious fre-prOof and well ventilated, and
specially we'll ada pied to the USES to which
they have been assiga ed. The walls of the
prison should be completed as soon as
practicable. Ii the prison is not divided,
more ground should be taken into the en-
closure, which may nece,sitite the re-
NOV i of ,he warden's residence and The
erection of a new one elsewhere.
The following tables show the number of
prisoners confined In the penItsniiary dur
ing the years 1888 and 1884:
Total number prisoners remaining on
hand December 81, 1SS2..................l,3l S
Total number prisoners received in 1888. $50
Total number prisoners recei we'd in 1884 $50 26ls
Total number prisoners di charged lssS 525
TOTAL number prisoners discharged 1884 $50 I0sO
On hand December 81, 1SSi.....--..-..--.. l,54O
December is estimated In the above state
ment
In 1881 the daily average was 1905; in
1882 the daily average was ,31S. showing
an increase of 1l3 in 1882 over 1881 125
in 1883 over 1882, and 95 more Ia 1884
than 1888 Th,se figures show that with
an increase OF population there has teen a
correspon Ting increase of crime and an in
crease of convictions. 1t is now a settled
fact In Missouri that the laws will he en-
forced; wrong doors of all eli asses will be
punished and all classes of honest and in
du,trious peop'e will be projected from
personal or property disturbance.
The cost per capita for main
ter ance for 1854 % -i0ths of cent
Guarding ..--...-- Z lOths OF a cent. |
Total cost per capita e. .....Sl l-2 cents
Which is 1890 less than the cost of |
maintenance and guarding IN lSSl-cc.
This is lower reie than prevails in any |
{ the: state. The Missouri Republican used |
this Ian uage at. er tie report of The legis
lsfive committee on the peni,entiary in |
1882, which is more apple able now lhsn
then, "a the prison is more economically
msnag, d now than then:
"fhis settles the matter and shows to the |
peo;le of Miss Duri what they had good
r'asons for belie ring before, that their state
PRISON is in the hands of honest and capa.
oil officers, aud is one of the most econom-
ically and efficiently managed institutions
OF tie kind in the country. Indeed, it is
part OF a general stare administration
which challenges respect both at home and
abroad"
The health of the prison is excellent.
The death rate is small. No epidemic has