Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11

| buO luluenOb OF proper Qlop, mOulCHCtOn onu
regular habits, their mental and moral condi-
| tion has beer greatly improved, Among the
necessities OF the institution Is additional land
! 70 accommodate tbs development OF the institu-
tion. As large percentage OF the population
Is below tho age OF 49, there Is need OF q school,
house. There should also be hospital for the
treatment OF patients requiring special alton
| tion.
In the institution of the fee eole- minded youth
the total enrolment for 1904 was 1,0l4; for 1896
l,O46 the daily average being for those years,
respectively, s03 and 935. The net cost OF main
ttenanee In 1894 was siea3l6os, and for 1895
si37s5; and in 1906 s1l41l. In Move mber, 1894,
scarlet fever appeared in the building occupied
by, the little girls. Proper measures were
taken to secure isolation and the epidemic was
confined TO the inmates OF the one building
with the exception OF n single case. In Janu-
| nry, 1895 there was q fire which dlslodged
about 200 inmates. These two misfortunes
account for the additional expense OF 1895 over
emergency board was % neeesstated 3 F' BY the fire re
| In January, 1895, and by early In May the build
Ing attacked by fire was repaired and made
$4,000 was authorized for the rebuilding OF that
part OF the institution damaged by the fire.
| The importance of having nll the buildings
| made nreproof Is apparent, and to this end tits
| recommended by the board OF trustees that the
lighting OF the institution be changed from gas
| tion Is n custodial department for adults-par-
| ticularly for females.
THE PENITENTIARY
The total cost OF maintaining the penitentary
for the year 1894 was $500 9l9' IL; for lsp5 $40
| 80. The increase in the prison population
Will explain the increase in ordinary expenses.
The most important item in the extraordinary
expenses Is the appropriation OF 500 900 for the
construction OF much-needed new hospital
The total enrolment OF prisoners for the year
| 1895 was 33l7; the largest number confined at
any one time was POS; the number confined at
the end OF the year was 1885; the daily average
| for the year was 2,0S5 The institution has been
| free from epidemics and the health of the pris-
oners generally has been excellent. The num-
Der of deaths during 1895 is 43, probably below
| hat ~ i,,st
| in the state. The management and discipline
OF the penitentiary are in satisfactory
ng in Seriousness @ '0is Is tbe Ser empoS nSpeas
ment OF the convicts. The number OF men
employed on contract labor is 992; the number
employed on state labor and those without any
| employment ut all is 993-605 are in the idle
| houses" and 3S7 employed In the various de-
J partments at non-productive work. Each year
| shows an increase in the number of idle men
and decrease in the proceeds of the contracts.
| In 1892 the per cent. OF those engaged in state
| labor and at non-productive work was 1856; in
1893. 2S7; in 1894, 46T; and In 1895 SOL. In 1893
the prison earned S3l 900 above its expenses. In
1884, the excess Of expenses over earnings was
S9,137; and In 1895, the excess of expenses over
earnings reached S55 46l-a difference In two
| years of $50, ,46l The board OF managers says:
THE existing legislation as to prison labor and
contracts does not encourage contractors to use
convict labor. Unless some change Is made in
legislation the deficit will be greater next year
| and for each succeeding year until the contract
system is entirely destroyed and the entire ex-
pense of the prison is borne by direct taxation"
ms SUBJECT SlOulu nave your most tnOrOugh
| investigation to the end that wise action may
be taken at the present session.
Under existing law, the board of managers OF
the penitentiary has no power to parole u life
prisoner. The Ohio board of pardons recon-
mendS that the law be so amended as to include
the power of paroling prisoners sentenced for
| life. concur in this recommendation, but it
might be well to permit the application for the
| parole of a life prisoner to be made only after
would suggest too, that the application be
made primarily to the board of pardons, which
shall consider the case fully, and If satisfied
shall approve such application and forward it's
findings with all the papers to the board OF
managers OF the penitentiary, who shall give
| the same consideration to the application as in
| OF managers concurs with that OF the board of
pardons, then the parole shall be granted,
| the approval Of the board Of pardons, but also
| OF the board OF managers and the warden of the
penitenitentiary, and is besides recommended
by the board of state charities.
| Since the establishment OF the board OF par
| dons, the percentage OF pardons issued has been
greatly diminished. During the ten years next
| preceding the creation Of the board OF pardons,
| the pardons granted aggregated four and one
half per cent. OF the daily population OF the
| the number OF pardons granted upon recon-
| mcndations has aggregated but one and q half
per cent OF the daily population.
ARBITRATION.
The attention OF the general assembly Is re-
spcctfully invited to the report of the state
board of arbitration. One matter which should
nave your early attention IN particular is
amendment to the present law which the board
suggests. Literally interpreted. the statute
now makes no provision for services OF the
board where controversy arises between en-
ployer and employees or any firm, company
corporation operating in q number OF different
counties where the several employers act to-
gether on the one hand, and several groups of
employees on the other hand 1t is only where
q controversy or a difference exists between
the employer and his employees in city or a
single county in the state that the board is in
terms authorized to act. The board hereto
fore has been disposed to regard the spirit of
the law rather than It's letter, and has acted
although the controversy was between a rail-
road company and some employees extending
through tiH or into into number OF eoun-
in fact united, although the business
in which they were engaged was con-
Quoted In O number of counties. 1t was mani
festly not intended by the law to limit the good
Offices OF the board only to.controversies occur
in this particular should evidently be enlarged
so as to cover cases where employer and en-
ployes are doing business in several counties.
The board has done excellent work During
the two and half years Of It's Official existence
it has been called to deal with twenty-eight
strikes and lockouts, OF which fifteen have been
The remainder in the end were settled by the
parties involved. The presence OF the board,
as the states chosen agent for peaceable adjust
ment and friendly conciliation, has usually ex-
erted q restraining and quieting influence that
dispelled .apprehe=sions OF violence and soon
brought about an amicable adjustment between
the contending parties cannot withhold COM
mendation OF the board for the good services it
has performed to the state; and earnestly rec
ommend that the general assembly increase the
appropriation for its uses
THE GOVERNMENT OF CITIES.
The subject OF the government OF cities is
likely to engage your attention, and you will
find no subject more worthy than this OF your
very serious consideration. A general law uni
form in operation throughout the state for
the organization OF municipal corporations
would be beneficial TO the municipalities them
selves, as well as to the state ut large.
THE INSPECTOR OF WORKSHOPS AND FAC
TORIES.
This department of the state government is
working in very satisfactory manner. The
suggestion is made that special bureau of in
spection of steam boilers and elevators be Gre
ated, and that q moderate annual charge be
made for such inspection This would aid in
protecting the lives OF thousands OF men work.
Ing in factories: and would result In making the
department self-Sustaining Similar bureaus
have been created in several OF the states.
| PROVISION FOR THE SUPREME COURT.
| BY ths act of April Is, 1892, an additional
member OF the supreme court was created, and
| u division OF the court authorized for the more
| expeditions transaction of its business. Even
| before the passage OF this law the quarters of
| the surname court were inadeountA for tha