The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-10

CHEHsrrs. Oct. ID SPECIAL. l-The
cnd biennial report of the board Of ty~-.
Of the state reform .school has iuss -
completed and vas delivered 70 t. -
nor yesterday. The officers OF he Irssss. Z
ton are row as follows: Sapesinsend.ss
Thomas p. Westeuaorf: aAsxon. ~
NJ westendors: Miss Sesfia Kee,ev .. 8
sistant in girls department.: N- -.
L Warner. teacher IA girss' sepsrtr--ssI
Miss Lizzie TwiSs. teacher IN bovss -
meni. Mary Schmsis. IN charge Of isuns-ss'.
A. l. Flynn. detail Officer; II. A. c.
in charge Of shoe shop; George h 40
IN charge Of carpenter shop; @. q. r..
IN charge OF farm and stock: Jar.. =
Wright. IN charge al kitchen; waHan :
Num-, in charge Of general work. -
oroke. night watch; Charles Wahln-,r
assistant night watch. Seven bon, -
one girl. inmates of the school. -. -
psoyed as assistants in various 49,
menss. In the past two years 10 bora -
- girls have been received at the insfI1.
ton. of which number IS have been 49,
and have died. The number of inme1..
at present is i5S. The trustees reuort 49,
the increase in numb ers has been -.
in excess OF the estimate, and STRIFE -
TEN of economy and cnrtaiiment az exps.~
lures has been necessary 10 avoid crs.ssr-
adefciency. The general cost az msi.Ss
nance per capita has been soneuhst 49,
in the past than Ii will be heresfesr 4
costs more TO establish the institns,..
than to maintain it thereaftsr. and :. sA.
lands belonging TO the school q, Ma
more productive saving win b. nsas /,
their use In this line the trustees hela..
they will serve the best Interests AZ he.
under their care by encouraging ~.
tor agriculture and kindred suhiects. -
At the same time render the institutia.
nearer self-sustaining. The trastsss -
for the reappropriation of $Sooe. which u
last legislature gave for purchasing lana
but which has not yet been expended =.
cause il has been impossible 70 maAn
terms with the owner of ths propsrsy a.
sired. No appropriation il asked for -
buildings this year, though the inss,tusim
is overcrowded. The amount 49,
for maintenance. repairs and imrroys.
ments for the next two years 10 $6sooo ~
$500 for the purchase Of land. Ths -.
cess of the institution. SAYS the repe14
efforts of Superintendent Westendoff -
his estimable vile. the matron Il ~
school. They have been ~ fatAsr "a
mother to this large family OF bon ana
girls, many of whom. tor the first une i
their lives. have known what 10 vss i 3.
perience the glowing warmth Of she a.
side hearth. or receive parental adviosn
to their future welfare and being"
The expenditures of the school durine
the two years past were: For mes hoiid.
ing. $4,000: for maintenance. &8W
Following are the principal items * -
maintenance account: Trussssa ~
diem and mileage. si.52As5; salaries. lI9.
$751; IS; physician. $97a5o: groceries -
provisions. S.. 724.56; butter. sLs13; DO.
$2.o5S; meat and lard. $500; closAine
s1.6s7: shoe leather and stock. s7la
Thirty of the inmates OF the school ~
from Pierce county. % from King eounl&
10 from Spokane. Is from Whitman.
Twenty-Five boys were committed -
petit larceny. 20 for vagrancy. n fcs n
corrigibihty, 9 for burglary. 8 fer gaa1
larceny. for assault with intent to IN
Seventeen girls were committed fof T.
corrigibility and for prosfitution.
The records Of the institution sho9 ~
inmates have fathers In prison. 10 AsRs
insane parents. the fathers Of 81 are d1o4
the mothers of " are dead, s. had inteap
perate fathers, and ten intempsrats metk
ers. 81 had used liquor and 81 had NJ
tobacco.
Inmates Of the school are employsd =
shoemaking, tailoring. carpenssnnt
painting, steam heating, knitting O.
dening. baking. kitchen work, dining
halls. dormitories. laundry, sewing foomA
wood choppsng ard grading.
The inmates make all their own oo0s
ing, shoes. socks, undertaking -
overaIls. Four hundred and thirtg-aW
pairs Of shoes were made in the shop