The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-12-21

Il port 841f ~
Receipts for the year ss5 "a
Total o1237 u
! Expenditures 276 II
1 Balance on hand q the close
| Of the fiscal year $3.50 "A
| NEEDS on THE PRISON.
II would recommend for the benefit
0f the institution, that = new brick build.
ling with stone foundation equal to thsi
Of cell house a, be constructed bet tween
the said cell house and the main build
Ing, with grated doors and windows,
for . guard's hall below and library
room overhead. Tie old wooden trap
which now fllls she space is IN exhibition
lof weakness and temptation for e.
lcapes. The probable outside cost 70
construct suitable bnilding, including
three steel doors with eighteen Inch
wrought iron door frames, wonli be
olO00. IL the labor was done by con-
victs.
.When the buildings Of this Institution
we're constructed kichen and store-roo.ns
were omitted. and IN improvised shed
lerected against the north wall OF long
building which u now used % : dining
room. II hes always been . crazy AZ
lfAir. and IL insufficient snd moi iit for
the purpose Of . kitchen and sio.ing f.r
1.-The prison. Modern and improved
machinery for cooking IL badly needed,
|snd new battery Of boilers with twenty
engine should be placed in
1.-THE new building, which should be con-
lstructed on the north side Of the above
mentioned building. and proper store
houses. with corn and h0miay mill, with
Elevators and machinery put in for run
lining laundry, sewing machines, f0rges.
lsthes aud 10 pump wafer. Bv utilizing
convict labor the cost OF the whole plant
would not exceed, including the new
building for guards, ball and library
room, el2 900.
LABOR CONTRACTS.
THE contracts for hire now In force
Iare - f0ll0ws: With George W..
Brown, manufacturer OF boots and shoes,
Ito expire July !, 1889. st 81 cents per
lday. seventy five men.
| with Alvin L. Bryan. manufacturer
Iot boots aud shoes, 10 expire April I, 1889
Ias 60 cents per day. fifty men.
with Alvin L. Bryan. manufacturer
of b0ots and shoes. 10 expire. July I.
1859. at 81 cents per day, finv mem.
with Patton Manufacturing Co [,
msnufacturers ~ hoilow-w ware. 20 ex pire
December 10. 1891, Il g. cents per ,isy,
one hundred men.
"With Alexander q. Patton, manu-
fActurer OfhoIiOw-wsr~. 10 expire Jan
luary IT, 1892. q S. cents per day, one
hundred men.
with William u. Potion, mannfac-
|iurer Of hollow ware. 10 expire ID g "a.
Der !. 1871. q forty cents pr day, finy
men.
with n. n. Dennis, msnufscturer n
lssddIe-irecs, 10 expirs December I. 1891
lnt 0ity-dve cents per day. thirty men,
with the privilege of fifty men.
The Warden concludes BY thsnking
The vari0ns officers for c0urtesies aud
the guards aud others for EN- ;icnt work.
Directors REPORT.
The annual report or tho Board OF
Directors to the Governor also accom-
|panies Warden Psiieu's report. The
drst part Of Il embraces the financial
covered BY Capt Patteh, with
4 sugyesti0n that the Legislature IN AXE
sn appropriation sufficient 10 psv on the
old debts, allowing the present adminis-
tratiOn 20 commence untrsmmeled BY
outstanding claims. They also ssv fhsi
they believe that the balance OF 1898 u
should have becu applied TO the insirDt.
edncss instead OF requiring Capt. Patten
70 return it 10 the State Treasurer.
Warden Pstter's suggeslions regarding
the building os new kitchen and other
structures are cOncurred in and recvm-
nended.
The cost Of lighting the Prison has
amounted 10 11,650.lO for the wear.
which u interest at the rate or 4 per
cent. on over $4,000. I'VE believe"
Aays the report, - proper economy on
lhe part Of the State would b. observed
BY putting 10 . system Of electric light
The cost oflhe plant, without the bs,I.
ere and engine, 10 estimated q $6OJ0.
which would soon b paid Tor ., The
'ase now paid for gss. A. new boilers
the Legislature u now asked
9 appropriate tl5 O00:ior buildings. light
'Innt and the machinery 10 run it,
The adminjstration Of Capt. Pstten isl
highly commended, q arc also his as-l ,
istants, w. L. Barnes. Deputy Warden
= J. Conner Clerk; "A. 8. Wolfe,
Phy ysicisn, Rev. W. Bsrnhill, Moral Ia. b
.sruc'or: end ,. s. Montgomery.
steward.
The report then takes up the subj ect ! !
4 reform. and concludes with Il by say !
ng: ID
Probably our report should stop here, !
ut we can not forbear recommending, 4
. view Of the number Of young men
00fl0ed 10 prison Tor first offsnses. and
'itentimes while there. contaminated q
nd made lifelong violstors or .disre- 9
pecters Of lev by0 0ssocisting daily with 9
Id O1eudere. that our laws should b. q
hanged - that young men convicted of 2
|rst offences. and Of whom reseonsble 2
'ope Tor relormallon may b Indulged, g
h0uld 10 sent % separate prison from q
6enders guilty OF moro than one offence, q
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