Daily Republican., 1890-02-07
THIRD EDITION,



Several Very Important Recommended
sions--Ths CHIEF Justice Pronounces 1t
= Valuable Document
The Grand Jury came In Of ~ o'clock,
Aod presented the following report:
To the Honorable Judges Of the Court
81 General 6essions OF the Peace and Jail
DelivPry In and for New Castle County.
The Grand Inquest begs leave to report
that during the past year l6l indtct-
meuts have been presented to 1t, Of which
158 hAvo been returned a. true bills and
8 ignored. OF the true bi Is 3 were for
capital cdcnses and aSaree majority Of
the balance, as usual, for minor ottenses.
On the Doth ultilno We visited the
county jail and found its condition
much improved since our last visit, but
crowded to nearly double its capacity;
this overcrowded condition imperatively
demands relief In the near future.
The financial depression now existing
IN cur county should prevent large
expenditure Of money for this purpose at
present.
The jail usually contains almost as
many Migrants, commonly called tramps,
MS legitimate prisoners. Without their
presence we think 1t would lie ample for
the needs Of the county for years. Since
These tramrs cause, and will continue 10
i cause this condition, we think tile best So
luton Of the question at present pr. c lea
BILE would be the erection OF building at
moderate expense, adjacent to stone
quarry, and near competing lines OF rail-
roads, where not only trampe but yris-
oners for short terms could be sent and
compelled to work. 1t costs the peopls
Of New Castle County yearly more than
four thousand dollars to feed The impris-
Ontd frame. A careful calculation was
made BY n former Trustee Of the Poor 10
ascertain the expense of Dsiutainlng the
inmates Of the alinshouse and insane
asylum.
1t embraces much more than the food
furnished, as quotations from his letter
Of 4,h instant, in reply TO ours will show.
He s,ys: 1.-The coet Of feed. medicine,
Eco. fuel for cooking purpt 5es, soaps, etc.,
for washing and clsaDsing, food for hor-
SEES and cattle, man.res, repairs of car
rlagcs and farm Implements and barne.s,
advortieing and printing, wages OF sup
orintendeDt, matrou and al all othei
emp oyer, excepting the visiting pbysi-
clans. esgineers for the nine mouths be.
viraing April ~, 81 ending Jan 18th, 'SS,
amounted to Si6,20O The number Of
:. meals furnished during the same period
was S267 ,623, making the average ces'
OF each meal six and one half cent?
A.suGiug that all the above mentioned
items entered into the cost Of neal
Had the cost Of medicine, the Wages o
employees, the maintaiuancs OF horse
and carriages not used for farm purpose
been lett out of the above statement. th,
cost per meal would not have exceede,
four and onehaif cents.
A calculation made by the secretary o
the same board. at our request, proved
The accuracy of the contents OF the abov,
qnotsd letter. Some credit would have
been given for the product OF the farm
bad not the meals been charged with &C
many Items not properly chargeable Il
that account, and burdeued them NOR,
heavily than the profits Of the farm
wonld have relieved. All surplies " W
- furnished by competing bidders AND th
eoanty received the benefit OF the com
petitlof.- -----'
For many years the prisoners at Ney
Castle have been furnished board b
contract with tie Sheriff, VINO now re
ceives for each inmate thirty cents pc
day for board aloue. We think II ope
compe itiou tor feeding these prisoner
we're adopted the county would save on,
half Of the present expense. In Chest
county, Pa. its county com mis.ionorl
last report states the costs to b. /.
cents for eaoa convici's brad per day
We also visited the olmshcuse aud foun
II in the bat condition possible, thoi
oighly c'e II from cellar TO pvriet, ail
rsHtct'ug great credit on the manage
ment throughout.
Among the ,sTtunreut i,rfit yp,neui
there we noticed two ruomy stiirwai
lately erected as additional means
escape in case OF fire. We also yisitt
the is in The basement OF the Con
House and found them In excellent co
dition and provided with ample aecou
fsedatlons. The recent sal death OF OF
Of cur number has deprived us OF b
counsel and the benefit OF his experienc
while the county has lost oae oil its no
ore Il citizens, whom 1t can i'll Afford
lcee.
We desire in conclusion to thank 4
Court the attorney general and his dcpu
1or the uniform courtesy shown us
Them during the year
Very reepeetluly submitted,
WILLIAM Coocu, Foreman
VIII the clerk finished reading ,
Iport ne Court said ii was very vail
bic document. and that y copy should
Bat to the Levy Court. The G.a
.aIors were then dischar. ed.