The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
HAVE ORDERED
MORE RAW JUTE.
Prison Directors Want to
Keep the Bag Mill
Running.
Expert Wadhams' Report of the
San Quentin Books and
Accounts.
To Close the County Road From Run.
ming Through the States Property.
Convicts' Credits

At the meeting of the Board of State
Prison Directors at San Quentin yester-
day, R. NJ. Fitzgerald was reelected
president of the board for the ensuing
year. The most important business trans
acted related to the purchase of jute Tor
the two last months in the year and the
supply of grain bags on hand.
Warden w. e. Hale, in his statement of
the condition of iute, mill, bags. etc., re-
ported as follows: Grain bags on hand
3,0S5, 800; sold, awaiting shipment, 10000;
on hand available for sale, 1909, 500; num-
Der OF sugar bags sold, 1,2l69 900; sugar
bags shipped, 672, 900; sugar bags awaiting
Shipment, 544, 600; on hand, 100000; to be
manufactured to fill orders, 334, 600. Raw
iute on hand in warehouse, 1894 bales;
contracted for to arrive, $500 bales; (of
this 1000 bales have recently arrived)
This quantity will run the mills until
about August Is, and it will require about
5000 bales more 10 keep the mill going
until Decem Der 15
AS this condition of affairs was known
before the board had advertised for bids
for raw jute from August Is last to to the
end of the year four firms bid for the con-
tract, and their figures ran from 2. 95 cents
per pound to 8.43 cents. The last figure
was probably mistake in the cablegram
received by the bidder. The directors ac-
cepted the bid OF R. J. Woods & Co., who
offered 1000 bales at 295 cents, 1000 bales
al 9. 991l cents and 1000 bales a. 95 cents.
The laIter offer was conditional, awaiting
confirmation from Calcutta. Although
the offer was an odd one, the agent said
that he had presented it as 1t was received.
The directors accepted his bid for the two
lots of 1000 bales at 2 80. Most of this jnte
will have 10 come by steamer, as SAILING
vessels would not reach this port in time
to land their cargoes before the m ill would
run out of material. At present the mill
is consuming jute at the rate Of 100 bales
day.
L. Wadhams, the expert accountant, who
has been examining the prison books,
which is the custom at the end of every
year, presented the following satisfactory
report:
To the President and Board Of Directors Of the
State Prison at San Quentin, Cdl.-GENTLEMEN:
Please find herewith my report OF the examlna-
ton of book, vouchers and quarterly report
for the quarter ending December 81, 1896.
January 2, 1897, counted the cash Ill the
vault belonging TO the general fund; also that
belonging 10 the prisoners confined in San
Quentin, Cal The cash i'll the general fund
was short i cent: that belonging to the
prisoners was over cents.
Have checked the quarterly report with the
cash book, checked ali vouchers with cash en-
tries, checked all pastings from cash receipts
and disbursements to the respective ledgers;
also checked each journal entry, and l am
pleased to report that l find every dollar re-
ceived properly accounted for by vouchers on
file, money in bank and money in the vault
agreeing with authorizations drawn to pay
said vouchers. l have also checked the pris-
oners' cash and find vouchers properly filed
and mbered for all moneys disbursed for
orders drawn on the Warden by such pris-
oners as have money in the Warden's keep
ing.
General cash
Cash in bank ...................... s12 so4 ST
Cash in ault. 319 03
Total belonging to the State....... $13,223 80
Prisoners cash
Cash in bank OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $1,000 90
Cash In vault. .......... 80 A
Total prisoners cash. 5000 A
Available funds on haDd-
General Appropriation fund ........... $70,55S 81
state Prison fund. Observation-Disclosures. $3.50 go
Jute revolving fund ................... 100000 90
Cash on hand. Is 223 80
Total .......................sle0. 376 L9