Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-08
Annual Report Of the Trustees Sub
mitted.
ESTIMATES FOR TIE NEXT YEAR
President Falls Calls Attention tc
the Institutions Needs.
EXPEN SEES LAST YEAR


have submitted their annual report to the
Attorney General. The report is signed by
MIR. s. j. Falls. president of the board of
trustees, and contains the following:
Pursuant to the law, 1 have the honor
to respectfully submit herewith the twenty
fifth annual report of the board of trustees
of the reform school of the District of Co.
lumbia. From the date of the organization
of the school. twenty-five years ago. up to
and including the fiscal year of 1894 there
have been received at the school 1,919 boys.
At the commencement of the last fiscal
year there were 2O4 boys at the school; 121
were received there during the year, maxi
ing total population of 80, as against 2S9
for the previous fiscal year. OF those re-
ccived Il were committed by the Police
Court and IL by the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, 10 by the United
States courts outside of the District of Co.
lumbia and ii by the president of the board
of trustees. There were discharged during
the year by order of the board Of trustees
1OI; by order of court, change of sentence
1; by expiration of sentence UNITED States
courts). II; absent without leave, 4-leaving
In the school at the close Of the last fiscal
year, 201.
Low Mortality.
mo deaths have occurred during the last
fiscal year. Since the school was first or
ganized, now over twenty-five years ago,
but twelve deaths have occurred, the rate
of mortality being less than three-quarters
of per cent. This mortality, as we are in
formed, is much less than in any similar
institution liz the country"
Estimates for Fiscal Year.
Estimates of appropriations for the next
fiscal year are included in the report, and
call for the following:
Salaries .$l4, Az
For support Of inmates $1,000
Fer new bake oven. including brick
building for same. ..................... 2,GOO
For new roofs, and other repairs to
buildings OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000
For fencing the farm. 900
For painting new family building.... 500
For new family building; salaries. LILO
Explaining Figures.
The report then goes on:
substantially, these are the same ap-
preparations as were asked for the present
fiscal year. but none of them were appro-
priated for except the regular salaries and
for support of inmates. Twenty-six thou
sand dollars was asked for support of in
rates for the present fiscal year, but only
S25,5UU was allowed. Twenty-six thousand
dollars had been allowed for several years
when there was a less number of inmates
than are in the school at present, and 1t is
more than probable that a deficiency to
supply these will have to be submitted to
Congress during its present session.
IAN appropriation of $4,000 was made by
Congress for the erection of a new family
building to contain fifty more boys, and
81 300 was appropriated to furnish the same.
The building has been completed and fur
nished, but owing to the failure of Congress
at Its last session to make an appropria-
ton for the necessary officers, this build
Ing remains closed and unoccupied. There
ia nd -nrl-I,A
hve boys under the age of sixteen years.
sent there because there Is no room for
them in the school, and there they must
remain until We can occupy this building
The especial attention of Congress was
called to this. An appropriation was made
by the House. but for some reason, IN
known to the board, it was strick en- out by
the Senate; and until the appropria ton is
made by Congress for the employment of
the necessary officers, this building must
remain unoccupied. An estimate is SUBJ
mitted for officers for this building for the
next fiscal year, and at the proper time
Congress will be asked to appropriate for
this purpose SO much as may be necessary
during the remainder Of the fiscal year
after Congress meets.
An appropl iation of $40 500 was made at
the last session of Congress to replace the
barn and contents, which were destroyed
by fire on the I'D Of July, 1SY3. Under this
Appropriation contract was made for the
reconstruction Of the barn, and the build
ing has been completed in a manner most
satisfactory to the board of trustees, and
the contents of the barn which were de-
stroyed, consisting of horses, wagons, har-
ness, farming Implements, etc, have been
replaced.
owing to the great scarcity of water
caused by the drought of the summer of
1888, the board of trustees deemed it wise
and necessary to sink large well and erect
windmill to increase the supply of water
at the school By this means a more liberal
supply of water has been obtained, which
suffices in ordinary times, but on occasions
of extremely dry weather the water supply
at the school is inadequate. 1t is hoped
that at some future time some arrangement
can be made whereby water can be ob-
tanned through the city's supply.
Money Made.
During the last fiscal year the superin-
tendent received and paid over to the treas
urer of the school, who has covered the
same into the treasury of the United States
in accordance with the law, the following
sums of money, and from the sources in
dioated:
Paper box factory, 81, $50; sales of farm
products, $l57.33; greenhouses, $63.yO; mis-
cellaneous sources, So. 45. Total, s, O33. IA"
Last Years Expenditures.
The report contains the following account
Of expenditures during the last year:
Current expenses:
Appropriated for salaries. s14 252 90
Appropriated for support. 100000
Replacing barn supplies. ........... 100000
Refund, Department of Justice. 1881 "a
Total Observation-Disclosures. .s4s, ess. "a
Expended on account. ............. 1851. IS
Leaving a balance of..... 5146
New family building:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 600 90
Expended on account. 999337
Leaving a balance of...-......... .63
Furnishing new family building:
.....................s 900 90
Expended ON account. .............. ,19S.4 Al