St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-20
THERE WERE MANY OUAKERS
OF a Different Sort in the
Large Number OF Drunks
and Vags
WHO FEASTED ON BOLOGNA
And Other Hog-Like Deliea-
eies--StatiStics Are Inter-
esting.

Of numerous annual reports sub
mitted to the mayor yesterday by
various heads of city departments,
that of the st. Paul workhouse was
the most interesting. 1t was so, be-
cause, unlike the others, no portion
Of it has been previously published,
and, Furthermore, because it con-
tains some statistics concerning our
''drunks," "vags" and "disorderlies,"
which human nature finds far more
entertaining than, for instance, the
worthy city engineers annual state
ment Of how hany days work per
man, per cart, the department can
show, or how many miles of sewer
his inspector has explored
For instance, figures like these are
diverting: OF the 1,273 men and
women received at the workhouse
during the year 1894, only ninety
nine belonged to the gentier sex
Statistics like those" should cause
the lords OF creation to think of the
difference. OF these 1878 infractors
OF the law one was a Quaker. Alas
for the Qualiers! 1t might be added
that 624 professed to be Catholics,
494 Protestants, 6 Hebrews and 148
said that they had not had the
benefit of any religious instruction.
Possibly some of these latter, not
knowing any better, lied. The re-
port does not state.
Whisky is still on top, with its in
to
second, for there were 495 .'drunks''
and 327 ''vags" admitted during the
year Some of the 211 "disorderly
conducts" received might owe their
incarceration to whisky or it's equiv
alent. For appropriating other peo-
pies cash, clothing and other be-
longings, in a sum less than $25,
145 visited the resort at Como.
Ability to read and write does not
seem to have kept 1889 of the crowd
out of the workhouse, while II, who
possessed neither accomplishment,
and 3, who could, like some police
officers, read trifle, but
SCORNED TO WRITE,
fell in the same predicament
OF the entire 1878, 557 called them
selves ''iaborers." OF the remainder.
81 admitted they were cooks, SO said
they were Transfers, 81 were bricklay-
ers, and II owned up to being BARRIERS.
Asked if they drank intoxicating bev-
erages, LIE confessed that they had
contracted the pieasurable habit, but
the other SO insisted that they were
temperate.
Ten dollars or ten days" was the.
sentence of AS who didn't have the $40
and 447 remained with Supt. Fitzger-
aid for thirty days because they
didn't have SIS. There were 70 sent IN
for ninety days, and stayed at the
Workhouse for whole year. The act
ual number in the workhouse during
the year was 1855.
From a business standpoint, the
work u.s. did well. 1t was self-sus
tanning, and paid into the city treas
ury $o,772.24. It is entitled to credit for
labor to the amount of $17041 40. which
makes an aggregate credit Of $50, S13. 81
The institution drew $23, 6533. q from the
treasury, leaving a balance to the ex-
penSe account of $83957. Had not the
drouth last summer DESTROYED the
produce of the farm, the earnings
would have been considerably larger.
In their report, the directors compli-
ment Supt. Fitzgerald highly for his
efficient administration. There was
only one death among the prisoners in
the entire year, and the general health
OF the inmates was good, likewise
their department. The knitting shon
earned 8666.66, and the average num-
Der of prisoners was 1OO.5l per day.