The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03
MAURY COUNTY WORK HOUSE.
superintendent sanders Submits His
Quarterly Report.

Quarterly Report.
To the ChdirB,dn and Board Of Com
miSSiORcrS for Hdury COHl,tV Work
HouSe:-I herewith submit to you my
report as superintendent of the Maury
County work-house, for quarter ending
with June so, 1896.
| had at beginning of quarter Is pris-
oners; 10 males and female; II cOlored
and white men. Received during
quarter 10 prisoners; from May term
of Circuit court, and 2 from Justice
courts We had . escapes and recap
lures; sick and sent to jail in March,
and returned; u discharged; leaving on
hand at end of quarter, Is prisoners.
The entire expense to the county
during the quarter was $2OS.10, includ-
ing one building.
have built l mile and $50 yards of
macadamiZed road, valued at $500 per
mile; total $9l6.36. have several hun
dred yards of road graded: about one
half of all necessary culverts in, and
nearly the entire road grubbed and
cleared of stumps, trees and set rock,
ready for grader.
We would have had much more road
macadamized and graded, but for lack
of teams, which were withdrawn from
me on the 2Sth day Of May, for the pur-
pose of sowing and putting on market
the several crops of the county.
The health of the prisoners is as good
as could be expected; not eating many
vegetables. keep on hand medicines
usually kept in families, and administer
them myself. The result of this course
is that we have had to call in q physi-
clan but one time during the quarter,
and that in n severe case of cholera
mOrbus. In fact, we have had only two
visits from physicians during the last
two quarters the other occasion being
to get certificate to send prisoner to
Jail in a chronic case. The average sick
per week is about three the third week
in June we had eight sick.
recommend that hereafter contracts
be made with communities to furnish
vegetables in season.
Respectfully, j. A. SANDERS,
uperintendent
In connection with the above report,
| herewith submit to you, for the bene-
| fit of Maury County citizens, a full re-
port for the entire time and cost of
building and operating the work house,
to July |, 1885,
have had consigned to me, as per
mittimuses filed, 81 prisoners; repre-
senting total of 1908 days sentence, at
40 cents per day ......-.......... $l44l.20
Amount of fines and cost ..... 2544.6l
Total sentence, fines and cost S39S5.Sl
| Deduct amount for sentences,
| fines and cOst.yet to be worked
out. ......... Observation-Disclosures. 5l5.40
Total worked out .......... $3470.4l
The entire cost to the county
of building, furnishing and oper-
ating, including salaries, ratiOus,
clothing, bedding, medical bills,
and every other expense known
to me, except the per diem of the
commissioners, and not over 500
of accounts not yet in............ 2252.4l
| Amount In favor of county .$l2lS00
have had but little trouble in con-
| trolling hands. / have dispensed with
the use of shackles, except on recap
tured prisoners. Prisoners cannot do
good work with shackles on.
The above statement does not include
the value of roads built during the time.
| credit that to the account of commu-
mites that aid in building roads, where
think it properly belongs; and / be-
lieve they get one hundred cents on the
dollar for tn cir Investment.
1t will be seen that the above state
ment leaves to the credit of the county
full pay for crusher and goods and
money left.
am reliably informed that the actual
saving to the county in securing and
paying fines and costs in the Circuit
Court, exceeds the amount shown above
considerably. Very respectfully,
j. A. SANDERS, Supt.