Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-27
THE REFORM SCHOOL.
What Shall 30 Done With |. and lis
l1matss9
OLD COURT SCRIP REDEMPTION.



It's diillCultie, hnd complications, il
nssumiugn more and more urgent form
before the Assembly. one proposition
10 10 transfer the inDstee Of the reform
school 10 tue insane aaylum nt Provo,
where they could be- provided with
employment, the boys on the farm and
Tie girls In tue kitchen, laundry, ETC.,
and 10 close the reform Institution.
Inis means TO retire 10 condition Of
"inocuous dcsultudo" property worth
hcarly u quarter Of a million dollars,
though Il would save large sum 90
the Territory each year The com.
mitlcu appointed by a oltiseus' meet.
ing, held recently Ia Ogden, % collect
aata relative TO the reform school, have
rendered their report, whlcn 10 az.
dressed "ro tue mayor and
city council aud ci,Esag meet
ing Of Ogden city," Aud has
boon printed In tho form Of circular.
THIS moraing copies Of this report
were laid on the decks OF members u
the Assembly. II describes tn detail
tho buildings Of the Reform school.
and gives their cost at about $4,000.
There arc 81 acres Of land valued al
100000, exclusive Of improvements.
rhercarc Two buildings on the ground,
about 100 feet apart, one erected Boa
lssS nuu known as the told building. -
nnl ono erected and completed In
1913, anu known ~ tho snow build.
lng'" The old building H. designed 81
accommodate 100 children. The 10.
port sets forth that the new building
contains thirty large sized rUlmn,
Nhich VIII amply accommodate tue
iumntta u the reform school. nu1
that the old building, which D. tho
laIgor n VOL adapted Tor usu ns
refuge for tho deaf mulrs anu
ulnd. Ino report further fc.
presents that tho two sifuclufct
can he completely Isolated from each |
other by means OF high fence, and |
That all intermingllng OF the inmatcs |
Oi tue Two bulldogs can be- prevented. |
Ihe report suggests that tho old build. |
ing containing the deaf dumb aud |
biind be named "rhc School OF Charl. |
ties" THIS report IA endorsed by h, |
NJ. Allison aud l., Taylor, supnfinten. |
dent anu assistant super! Itcnleut OF |
the reform school.
but since II was rendered, the fact |
has been made fully apparent that the |
parents aud friends VI the deaf dumb /
anu blindcharges Of the Territory would |
not consent 10 have them removed 10 |
one Of the buildings Of the Reform
school II the other buililng isto con. |
unue 10 DO occupied by the present |
Inmates OF that Institution. 10 meet |
this objection the plan has been formu.
lated 70 tender 10 tho Territory the
Military academy, situated ia the
northern suburbs VI Ogden, u be- use
~ reform school, while 10th of tho
buildings now 20 used be- named "rhs
School VI Charitius," aud devoted M
home anu school Tor the deaf, dunn
ana blind.
Immediately after tue noon rece-.
taken by the House today, delegation
% Ogden citlzsns' htaIrI by Mayor
Bfough, met with the House. commit.
too on prniientisty Aud reform school.
aud submitted the latter Proposition,
The Military academy can be mad Nv
the Territory II II viii pay the inter.
est on the debt attaching 10 the instiul.
ten, which amounts 10 about Sl7 900.
The biennial appropriation Tor In.
forest would be- about 5000. The
ncadmy cost about tl.,UIl afor the
buildings and HbIut $1,000 for
the furniture, the whole oi whieh
would be turned over 10 the refrltOry.
Mayor BrOugh, H.. NJ. Allison, Nathsn
Tanner, IT,, II. J. kiescl, and other
gentlemen Of the Ogden Delegation |
addressed the committee ~ support of
The plan they had been authorized 10
submit. Ihese gont,rmyn insisted
hat the Military academy was well
adapted 10 tue purpose VI a reform
school, aud that tue present reform
ichOol would very comfortably nc.
the deaf mutes aud blind.
Connected with thB Military acadetnv
& a tract Of ten acres Of laud, with
eservO,r, water power, etc. The
Meeting Of the Ogden gentlemen and ,
no committee WAS a very Interesting ,
nc.
This debate on the bill appropIlatlpg
80, 900 for the redemption % Old c1ufi ,
Grip, no matter how old, a synopsls OF
which iH given below, was an intorest. !
ny one. There were strong arguments /
m both sides, but the prevailing senti.
nent OF the House was COMPATIBILITY
n favor OF paying this class VI claims
n full. The bill requires tho sctip 10
~ Presented 10 the court CUmmitslOnsf
the district within nine months Of
Ia passage.
The report Of the House judiciary :
ommittee, rendered yesterday after. !,
IOOn, in relation h the leasing nf v
niyeraity lands, discusses the legal :,
hases Of the subject At length, AMI I
baohes the conclusion that, AZ the title :,
D such lands will continue to yest J,
A the United states until Congress y
hall specifically yest the "a 30 Ia the "
etritory, the Legislature has uU right y
provide for leasing them. The re-. :,
OFT takes this position tuaI the general ~
oVernnent has merely Tes, tvtd such -
'nls from sale, but has not, In any y
gal SENSE, parted with the ,itlu there. K
, Tho committee recommend the q
assage OF "a bill providing for the ~
aslng OF such LANDS, WhUu the title y
iall DO acquired by the Territory. y
COUNCIL. p
Alter the close oi this report yester. d
Ayi IL. u. lO2, u appropriate Tor the
expenses OF tho WOTld's Fair exhibits, l.
~ passed by iull vote. ol
~ b' W, respecting trade, mafka was di
leoleu, anu the substitute therefor 81
M passed. M
rue Governor reported that no had
proven tho memorial 10 relation 10 a.
nVH IN the Uintah reservation and 10