The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-01
WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
The Bows Sent bY the State to the
Reform School.

AUGUSTA, December 31.-The seventeenth
annual report of the Reform School has been
presented to the Governor and Council. The
trustees report that the institution is growing
more useful every year; that 1t is increasing
in its powder for good. The appointments
Of the institution are very satisfactory. the
variety and quality of the food good, the
clothing satisfactory. the sanitary condition
excellent.
During the year 80 boys have been released
conditionally and one has been pardoned by
the President Of the United States. Two
of these boys have been returned, one b y his
parents for violation OF the terms Of mis- leave
of absence, the other by the Maine General
Hospital. thus leaving SO boys still out on
leave. OF this number % are doing well.
are doing badly ana 8 nave not reported. AT
present 50 boys are out on probation. The
records show. that 80 OF this number are do
ing fairly well, Q are doing badly, 10 have not
reported as required, 2 have been returned
to the school and two have died. About 90
per cent of the boys discharged from the
school are doing we'll. per cent are doing
fairly well, 10 per cent are doing badly, IL
per cent have not made regular reports,
per cent have been returned to the school
and per cent have died. 1t Is but recently
the trustees have kept records OF boys grad
them TO Judge correctly Of what proportion
OF the boys graduating from the institution
were doing well. Already new interests
have been awakened through THIS channel OF
information. 1t Is encouraging 10 know that
many boy, are apPsfsfn s,1sns EeloTmed and
Hinder the head Of the recommendations
IN the legislature the trustees estimate that
the current expenses OF the institution will
he Increased on account of the family school
and nalanlata that aY
| es for the next two years will be as follows:
For 1891: Current expenses including me-
chanical school and new cottage, $4,000; or
dinary repairs, $1,000; furnishing new cottage
| $500; steam htating and plumbing, $500;
total, $4,000 For the 1892: Current expen-
Sc; ssc.coo sts0' ordinary fspaf'' S1OOO' 'O'A''
rhe treasurer's report shows the total re-
ceipts to have been So, ,024 40, divided as fol
| lows: Balance on hand December i, 1889,
S2l3 81; for state treasurer for current m @ ex-
| penses, 81, 900; general repairs, $1,000; In
| terest on Sanford legacy, S42; farm and
stock, S., ,177 58; chair work. 5000 b2: cities,
| towns, etc, board of boys, S3,37S 10; other
| sources, S157 56. The expenditures lack but
| So SO of the receipts; Ihe cotlagt acc.nnt a
| of S3.455 4S and an expenditure during the
| year Of the same amount.
Superintendent Harrington makes his sew
| epth annual report. The whole number OF
boys received into the institution since 1t
Bows were committed during the year for
| the following offenses: Larceny, IT; truan-
| cy, 8; common runaway, l; vagrancy. 2: as
sault, 8; arson, /; lasciviouS speech and be-
| havior, I.
| places Lewiston, Presque sic, Cape Ellz-
abeth, Bluehlll, Gardiner, Winthrop. Rock
land, Bangor, Brewer, Moose River Planta-
tion, Skowhegan, Calais, East Maehias, Bux-