The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-03

the complete iniormaton they Will iurnisn Oh
the occupations OF tne peopls.
TIE PvDLiC h LEAI..s. r...u. la,
The spread q cholera IN wesIeth IN. @ y, ~
State BOARD Of Health to prepare for Tie rSe s
ton Of the disease shCnlu inNaelon tahe iiae =
| Local Boards Of Health throughout the S F,
were. required to report UPON the sS9nlt y. I.
conditions OF their ,m9piclpallti9s and as 10 70
what Arrangements had been made 70 care Ior
cases Of cholera u any came III oTLeI 10 as.
| sure active and eHlelent WORK, PIX lnsrectottna
were appointed by the state Board 70 VISIT
places OF entry o my M Sxnosed snportIns
| hospitals disintectinR STATIONS or huGn IN
matters OF Importance TO the pubic neai ~. !.
The wisdom OF tnls Wnrk nNs ucsh Wei haoi,h
nutbopitIes and while il is a source Of con-
! graduation that cholera did not reach this side
| OF the Atlantic, had IL done so the readiness IN
which the most exposed places were put IrO MA
| have been prevented, o., ,..,,.-
| The precautions ct the Quarantlne StAton
thorough ,-,.,..,-
The eSaminaton o, Snttie Ior tu .gca sn
has ben ssHdb sa Ss3s Geeh aHansa
p13 Killed to prevent the spread OF the disease,
MeroscopiSal and 6aS {, essmina.
lie IaGereuio.ls germ ia, all Care Is exe !:
Kent, Thoresult WILDE. II work In tnis direc.
ton ls continued. to imbr9ye the cat,ie ~ ne
further protection TO the public health by re-
| moving this source Of disease germs.
u1nNoS os,, ,".,, s .,,ant,nn -. ,or
nc nunneI ~. T, III r isip S,ns uSI
Ggh &c 0r.sn oT IL ~ orsr ibs prayIo1s
80. hu Nv * i,I,e, - ,ohooI 20
yeat ne oiu NJ ,t Nv, ~ IN
Mse XII Tie chiIhTn n'" ~ school age we're
euucn,ea In btaNhh'et ", TIa tntoi avian
were nnt ~ scmnpI A. p1,,tn e' ,hs yanr
WAS III Hi ,iS71 an increase OF sIGI. io2 is
the ount @ ria IN s tno 81 cofse
ycar me M E ol ph.s ~ ,'G n, y, sa,inn.
VA rnno Tad ntions Tor anrourseipe nv ali
, ,rcp ~, n,s he en,ctency 81 re cannon
school system, Our free schools should 9e tho
.nrsJf Ill., ILL., II to t "hN NV OO'S VI "'0
THE STATE PRISONS
The number OF convicts In the three state
| prisons on Sept 80, 1898 was 3, I9l. being lO4
| less than on tine same date OF inc previous
Oa care ss and for the sea
| year was Sl37.O4 for each convict. .
sT The financial reeuits'ot the Industries In the
This was owing TO the depression In business.
which affected the sale OF articles manuiae-
| tured, TO tho recent legislative ,restrlctlons
be permitted. and to the employment
ing and in the construction OF new
workshops aud other prison buildings. The
main object IL. Of course. to keep the convicts
at work, and at the same time not to permit
| their labor to compete with that OF free men.
| There were but l.3O0 conyicts employed in
pared. with 9 l02 on the same day in 1872.
This falling OIL could not but effect the prison
is gratifying to know that the employment OF
convict labor in building workshops at Clinton
and Auburn prisons has given excellent re-
suits in construction and has saved the state
about S48.Oo0. Isuggest the propriety Of in
appropriations for the reconstruction or i'm
nroyement OF prison buildings q provision
by convict labor.
| Many OF the convicts at Clinton prison have
OF the prison. This was in tho nature Of an
experiment, and the warden reports that the
aesui,s are sssiis,actSry, o mere were tnree
tureL
INDKTERMIgATK SENTENCES AT THE EIMIRA RE.
ToRMAroRY.
rhetrsns,er n, nrisoners from tbs r,mira
Geiormatory to the state prisons Is a subleet
ansserrins eafeiui az ;h me
to tTanses teSpnrapE With The wri fa con
seht o, INC Superlhtehuent uI IIisons 70 either
Ssva ha.n tie my, my ne c s,nMn 70
more than thirty years Of age: or to have been
nnm,I JUNrsiiri.Ia nr.ir' ai'n a.so nny
enrs in ths rcformstnrv annsors to n ssripns1y
W. ,e - h % -
ueIiineIiIai 20 .ne wei DeinE Oh .iia, insIi,u
turn TO the rndrmStSry OF 40 rsns
hoHs IN, Yin, a., ,ia 10 .,9
prisoners in much greater numbers than I
law was enacted; and the trnnst"rs do not op o
pear to lie made temporarily but finally. and
with the Intent that the Remaining norton OF
the terms Of those tran sferr.d shall be served
In the prison.
From Teports made to me by the wardens IL
appears that between Dec % 1870 and July
10 1879 $50 prisoners we're Trans f.rred from
the Elmira Eeformatory TO Clinton Prison:
and between Marcel ii. 1891. and sent. Z 1883
400 were trnnsferred to Auburn Prison md mn
10 the first dny OF October last only one OF the
whole number had been returned TO the re.
formatory When IL Is considered that these
rrisone:s are moi old ofTeniers' but are undere
going punishment Tor their FIRST offence that
many OF the m are more luds thar tho nnrnusa
OF senIlnr them TO The rafoInmtnrv WIS 70 az
minister n lipbt nm nish nent md If nussiHle 70
e'iert their Tsformntiun and that com mittin0
them To- the State prison Practically ronsinns
than 10 imprisonment for the ionrest term
Prescribed by the p.nnl Code Tor their offences
t me- GfIss INJUSTICE OF maHlnE NE tGansiers
once appreciated.
In my judgment this system should be alto
Gether abolished, or else 40 far modified as
eiIectually to u ohihit abuse. The managers
ought not 20 be clothed with the arbitrary
power OF committing to prison Tor long terms
persons sent by the courts to the refof mAtory
for purposes OF reformation. Transfers should