River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17
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Total &, 25l, 600
CHARITABLE AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
The following interesting and important
facts are subm tied relative to the manage
ment OF the State institutions by the State
Board Of Supervision:
During the biennial term ending September
30, 1855. $780, 81 was expended for the main
tenance OF the seven institutions. OF TINS
amount S523. 800 Is was the regular leg slative
appropriation OF 1885. The balance was re-
ceivcd from counties for the SUI port OF insane
and inmates OF the Industrial School 70 Boys.
The total cost for the support Of the State
Hospital for the insane for 1857 was s95,2l3 i,
and for 1888, s03. i54S3, being a weekly per
capita cost OF 81 s. for the former year and
S374 for the latter The average number OF
patients the hospital for 1881 was 51j, and for
1885 419
Notwithstanding the extra cost Of several
improvements IN and about the hospital there
" II remain a surplus OF $4,000 from the APP
preparation of two years ago.
The aveTa ,e number of insane maintained at
the Northern Hospital during 1887 was $50, and
for issS 6S4 The total cost OF the maintenance
OF the hospital during 1851 was sil2076.O2, and
in 1855 Sls5.'t162. The weekly per capita cost
IN 1885, vas S3.32, and in 1919 s3s1 The in
crease of cost in 1883 OF s13.l43.D over that Of
the previous year was made necessary by re-
pairs and renewals IN hospital bu ldings. There
is yet an unexpeaded balance OF $1,000 re-
naming from the appropriation OF two years
ago.
am gratined to be able to state that the
number OF inmates IN the State prison is not
increasing. The average number confined in
1897 was 44s; in lssS al The total expense
for the support Of the pr son for th@ last two
years was s59,3.5.53 for 1857 and 61.o73.S7 for
the fiscal year ending September 80, 1888 Total
for the two years. Si2J 5g1.4l or this amount
500 1885 yas received from the Pr son labor
contractor. This leaves the net cost OF the
prisOs To tae State for two years, SCI a.
The lndUstr ~ School for BOYS cost the state
for ISIS; $685. y and for 1883 SO. 04 %. The
average reputation OF the school In 1887 was
324 ana IN 1883 359. The weekly per capita cost
FOR maintenance m the former year was see,
in the latter year S163
The School fOr the Deaf cost the State S35,-
$3.50 for 1885,, and 49, $50 20 Tor 1855. There is
left SG s75.4I from the appropriation OF $4,000
by the last Legislature. The number OF schOl'
ars IN attendance 1887 was 1875 IN 1888. BOG
The per capita cost was - IS ana S33l per
week for the two years respectively
The school for the Blind maintained ~
scholars in 1857 at "a cost of SD 3l52 and -
scholars in 1855 at a cost OF s2035J.41 or at
weekly per capita cost OF s5.l4 for the first
year, and Si.66 for the second year.
With commeudatory wisdom the last two
Legislatures made provision for the estab-
} shment aud maintenance OF the State Public
School at Sparta. There has been expended
for that institution $4,000, for lands and build.
incs-S30 900 in 1855, and 5000 in 1881. Five
substantial cottages and one large main build
ing baye been erected ana su rounding these
is a farm Of 165 acres, nearly ali under cultiva-
tiun.
The following appropriations are recon-
mended by the Stale Board OF Supervision foI
the maintenance Of the respective institutions
named for the next two years:
State Hospital ....... ........... ..... Si33 OBJ
Northern Hosp tai .... 80 4bl
ScnOOl tor the Deaf 700. ...-...-..... ia4F
School for the Blind 49,. 3o.%tf
Industrial School for Boys. .......... .9a4
State Prls on 4n,sb
State Public School................... 1Soh
THE CHRONIC INSANE.
Wisconsin has a system peculiar TO itself foi
the maintenance and care Oh . insane. Tht
system includes hosp tais second "a none, be
lieve, in their apo ntments and management
for the reception and treatment Of all recent
hopeful cases. TWO OF these are exclusive
~ State nstitut ons, and the other, the Milwau
kee County Asylum, is both governed and ma n
tained IN part by the STATE. These institutions
have a normal capacity for the care Of l,a'i
patients, and at the close Of the fiscal year hat
1,425 inmates.
In dditiou to these hospitals proper there
are now xieen county asylums for the car Of
the chrome insane, with two others in process
OF erection. The combined Capac y OF thest
asylums will be SUFFICIENT TO accommodate
1905 inmates. The popularity OF these
asylums Is that, while they are main taineC
aud managed by the count Cs exclusively ir
which they are situated, yet, when conducted
in o ~ amer satisfactory 70 the State Board
Charities and Reform, they become entitled
TO assis lance from the Slata at tne rate o
$3.50 weekly for each inmate From persona
Observation OF a limited degree l am con
WINGED thai these aslyums are furnishi 6
practical solu on OF she vexed quest on. How
shall we provide for the constantly accumuiat
ing chronlc INSANE in way economical hu
tnaue and consistent " Ia the civil zed spirit
OF the agef The per capita weekly cost foi
the maintenance OF The asylums averaged tol
the wear 1857 sf.62 and for fss sl-bU Tbs
credit or suEges ling. rerfectiug, ana main
lain rg tbis system IN All is excellence Is que
% the Wisconsin state Board Of Charities and
Reform.
LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS.
The third biennial report OF this bureau con-
tains much valuable information on great va
-iety Of topics. Il : here shown that the an
lual per capita earn ngs OF % B employees N
manufacturing establishments Ia VISIONS .,
including men. women and children. averase
!36.sj, aud this is re orted 70 be So more than
the highest rate ever developed by q United
States census. the average annual earnings
OF skilled mechanics is reported a. s5fLlL
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
The Secretary Of State estimates that the
annual revenues for the years beEinn ng Janu-
airy ]. lsqa aud January 7, 1891, viii reach
- lols 43s1 OF WHICH - ~elf tto VIII DC N1tAFt1
from licenses and fees and sS6e. 54i.95 from
taxes 70 De levied under existing laws He
further estimates that these revenues viii he
ample 70 meet all the ordinary and fixed ex
pend lures Tor those years, and that il VIII be
unnecessary 10 levy any further tax unless ex-
trsordinarv appropriations are made by the
Leg stature. II such appropriations are made
il wili be necessary for you 20 provide for Their
payment.
Ts,- Farm Institutes, row in the fourth year
81 tnefr operation. have proved wonderful
= nuIus il the promotion Of useful knowledge
conce tnfng the most profitable and economical
meth sds o. farm practice. Since the orgauiza-
ton { the Institutes nearly 20 meetings Of
two das-s each have besn held in various por-
tons OF IL, state. At which pract cal questions
relating 10 a.. anches Of animal hushandry
horticulture aLa genera farming have been
discussed. Thes. meetings have been vel at
tended and thoroashly appreciated BY al