Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-10


the superintendent to keep track OF those dis
charged. He has recently furnished me re-
port IN detail showing the record he has been
able to keep of those released. OF the rs dis
missed from the school, IA are permanently
employed, and are doing well; is are doing
still at liberty; q have been sent to prison,
and IS have disappeared and nothing is known
OF their whereabouts or of their conduct; These
results can not but commend this excellent in
stitution to universal public favor.
Z INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR GIRLs.-Appropri-
atioas for 1884:
Ordinary. ........... ................ s14 00o
Recommended for 1886:
Gt 80
EXTRAORDINARY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2o.oOU
Total. $50 500
The 300 recommended increase in the ordi-
nary expenditures is due to the growth Of the
institution. The items for wSich the extraor-
binary appropriation is recommended are as
follows: New cottage for girls SO, 600: furnish
ing and heating same, $500: :ruit trees. 900.
total appropriation over ths last by SIS, 600
The new building is absolutely and Immediate
ly necessary il the work is to lie continued and
the institution made adequate to meet the de-
mandS upon it, For some ldonths past the
home has been overcrowded, she number now
room for single additional Inmate Girls en-
titled to the benefits and privileges of the
school are constantly being denied entrance
date them.
The school is accomplishing great work in
helping hayward and homeless children along
the rough paths they are oblig I'd to tread. This
institution was also establi.hed by an act
passed In 1897 1t has been in active operation
girls have been discharged thei efrom. Two of
these remained at the home onty few days,
and were then returned si to their respective
sion. OF the remaining thirteen Tho have been
dismissed, only one is known t: have turned
two others. They have disappea. ed and moth
ing is known of them Nine out ~ the remain
ing ten are doing well. and the otl,r one is now
reported as doing moderately wei. Seven of
those discharged have since MARI ed, and the
others are honestly employed.
PENITENTIARY.
The penitentiary is perhaps the most diff
cult Of all the state institutions - manage,
and furnishes more perplexinS prs5lemS for
solution than any other. Warden Pace has
been obliged to confront obstacles * the most
greatest care and prudence and tbs most ex
acting attention to overcome. Undos the cir
cumstances he has every reason to e%ngratu-
denomnate the phenomenal success @. his ad-
ministration. The condition OF th, prison
nee Saj n ne qp
necessity for which had existed for son,e time
and could not be longer delayed. For ths first
half of 1893 the receipts of the prison foc .abor
employed under contract made the institution
even more than self-sustaining. ahen
longed and disastrous. The men working ln-
der contract were employed by cam
paniess engaged in different lines. Of
Each company doing business
at the prison is under contract to employ a
minimum number. During the first six montuS
of Warden PAGES administration the shops
were run at their full capacity. The contracts
then called for 1.O30 men, but nearly every
contractor had number of extra men at work.
At one time during that period the number "
men employed in the shops was 1902 which
was 172 in excess of the reS uirements of tho
contracts.
But the prison manufacturers were affectea
by the panic IN the same way as those on the
outside. They found 1t necessary to curtail
the limits of their operations. To such an ex-
tent did this go that the number of men actual
ly worked by the contractors fell off from / 2O2
to 1888 during the fall of 1898 which was 314 men
less than the minimum covered by the con-
tracts. 1t often happened during August. and
months in 1893. and the earlier
months OF 1894 that scores Of men being paid for
by the contractors were lying idle in their cells.
When the men employed in excess of the con-
tracts laid off, the loss fell upon the insti-
tuition: when men contracted for were left in
their cells, the loss fell upon the contractors.
The direct and palpable effect of the panic on
the penitentiary was to decrease the receipt
from S75 to 300 per day. In addition to that AS
if that were not enough the inmates of the
prison increased with astonishing rapidty.
This increasing number of admissions became
noticeable during the fall months of 1893. and
has continued almost without intermission
ever since. The number of convcts at the pen
itentiary on January l, 1893, was 1852 1t had
grown to 1867 on January L. 1894, and to 2. 17S on
December 81 of that year. In these two years
the number of convicts has increased % per
cent.
But in spite of decrease on the one hand.
and increase in RESPONSIBILITIES on the other
wholly beyond the control of the warden-he
has managed the institution with such remark
ably good Judgment and skill as to make it al
most Self-Sustaining. During the last two
years the penitentiary has cost the taxpayers
SOS .109.29 for maintenance. exclusive OF con-
struction and repairs. But the warden reports
hat no has
S4.6l66l that were paid for out of this sum so
for maintenance. Subtract the cost
from the treasury for maintenance. and the
actual expense to the tax payers for this pur-
pose e during the last two years will be 81,
Of Warden Morrison, the
was drawn from the treasury for like support.
the prison then contained nearly 500
fewer convlets than now; while Tor the first
lSS9-9O. the sum of S70325, exclusive of repairs,
was drawn from the treasury for the support of
clothing. food. salaries etc, exceeded the
earnings by that amount And these most
gratifying results have been accomplished
without any diminution in the sufficiency
quality of the food and clothing furnished the
convictS, and without any detriment to the
sanitary conditions OF the prison; but on the
contrary. the high standard of the institution
in these particulars has been not only upheld
but advanced
additions have been made to the
The most important of these is
he new power plant. The power-house is one
kind in the state. The new boiler plant located
herein can supply sufficient power to operate
Ill the machinery in all the establishments of
he penitent1ary. slaughter-house. COM
Dlete in it's appointments and ample for the
Uses of the prison. has been erected. A third
story has been added to one of the buildings
occupied by the GieSecke Boot and Shoe Co.,
hereby adding new shop 6exlso feet in
dimensions. In addition thereto other extern
,ive Improvements and repairs have been made
% the buildings. machinery. etc. The aggre-
rate actural cost in money for the improve
nentS made amounts to S50.539.54 which were
for machinery, hardware, cement.
lumber. and the like. All other material used
md the labor employed were furnished by the
Institution itself.
An appropriation of 5000 was made BIZ the
asst general assembly for the purpose of pur-
containing about forty acres, and known as
he Minor track The property was obtained
md has been conveyed to the state at a cost of
affordng opportunity to enlarge
he prison quarries. while the ground can be
ised in producing vegetables for consumption
hereby saving large expense on that ac-
ount.
CONCLUSION.
The governor recommends an increase of
hop room at the penitentiary. laundry,
nends an appropriation of 100000 He also rec
board of pardons. an electric light
,lant LOT tne oo peh11eht,ars wh.eh ne psiie'es
Thomas H. Benton be placed in statuary hall
n the national capitol. in the space reserved
or Missouri. He also says that he will doubt
eSs send other messages to the legislature in
he near future pertaining to state affairs.
Another big whaleback steamer for
ocean traffic is soon to be built at
Everett. WASH, where the largest yes
eel of the kind afioat was launched a
ew weeks ago. Seagoing folk on the |