New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-13
CONFLICTS FOR ROAD WORK.
SUPERVISOR ROBINSON. OF CAYUGA COUNTY.
TELLS HIS EXPERIENCE.

SUPERVISOR ROBINSON, Or SAfCoA >SS''A~'
TELLS HIS EXPERIENCE
william p Robinson in The Auburn Advertiser.
II there were a probability that the state or
county authorities would appropriate funds sum.
employ free labor In the t
employment of prison convicts, on the WORK; u,
believe that true economy would be IVunn IN and
skill Of honest Industry. More work and nritef
work wGSd be secured nS h ne Sa and
would substrve more diversified Interests Bu, u
Is sonseGeeea nS ar N key TO reach the advanced
position where appropriations VIII be mace aa.i1s
10 nd me sonei czen II this be true then equally
obvious that the friends OF good ROADS mus a o.
their their projects as may be offered, .,. ,,.
Lass year Tn,, s PsDsTsd upon in this SOun
50 FAR this section Of the Sta'f Is s
prepriated $1,000 to be spent in building roads Nth.
IN thirty miles OF the three prisons 81 ' nses Syas
S 600: to this sum- by subsequent act OF the asss
ture the agent and warss sn,erng and the care
OF the convc,s out OF that cum WAS paiI tne Sai
o escs at ASany The agent and warden. friend
OF good roads pushed the work vgorouSsy Sly, ana ma
built and competed three miles Of maeadsmzsi
using broken sTne ro h by steam roller Ne
also prepared many miles OF road Inaer n me ~.
lion Of RGad TDSEea tSaer an ~ road
west side Of Lake and has eSns tIS,es
many e Ss most essential things the proper
constructon OF roads. ......
conan am IL Informed by Mr. Stout that no, an attsmpi
was made by convict to escape and that he found
IL necessary TO employ but one guard TOT 'ei, I'm 4,
his cell ana to keep him from his outdoor work was
sufficient to secure discipline. , sa0,, - mega
tive the statement recently made by supesnsehY1eIt
Lathrop in an interview published III ,ne hat Il
REQUIRED the Prison s swS rom
nr h r0a sup eH OF State Prisons does not
with the LEGISLATURE nor aoeS ne provided
FOR the work OF 200 convicts on the roads: s ss
.nerIntsndent made no ofclai protest In his re-
port OF 1884, through one OF his agents ano "a'''"~
Taxing into consideration that the convicts worked
only eight hours per day and that tney as me
hsi, Hssps5s MERE to tss 2oaas mads is one
entirely satisfactory That limited number OF s0n
x'c now SAa an essSissed fact and that road con-
structed is frst,cass one Is conceded 0s every UNIV
The road here referred is the road eons.ISetsa
at Dannemora Prison In Clinton County wh'en No
Agent and Warden Stout could not have been al
q this change 81 front On sse Letter s
20 one Of our citizens and written within the last
month, the agent and warden thus expresses him.
Il am thoroughly convinced that the scheme r,.n q
roads BY sSn a s. slsp u 1ns ROAD:
throughout the county for from $50 to No@ mile
4 S. Ys ss TO
| nrnnris ton Tor building and repairing roads md
where have worked that the farmers are becoming
greatly Interested and have rendered assistance nc
believe that in the future appropriations should be
\ made and that II would be advisable for the dis
trcts in which the work is done TO join the State
forces and work their road tax in connection with
| work done by the State authorities"
| assume that the statement made by Agent and
| Warden Stout that the m&cadamized road could b
| constructed for $500 Per mile by convict labor In
tends 10 include only tho cost Of material OF seas
| machinery and guards. and assumes that the labor
| OF the convicts cannot be charged to the expense
account otherwise seems hardly possible that his
estimate would he sufficient II he Is correct. then
| we would be compelled to admit that convict road
| building Is the cheapest attainable means for the
| making OF good roads