Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-01-18
A SPLENDID SHOWING.
Some stat isticai Information OBJ
tanned From Advance Slips or the
Report of the Steward of the In
sane Asylum.

Geo. W. Ward, steward of the New
Mexico asylum for the insane, has mad,
bis annual report to the board Of direc
tors, covering the fiscal year from Novem
J ber 1st, 1895. to October 31st, 1896, from
which THE OPTIo is permitted to make tn,
following excerpts:
In the house furnishing account. includ
ing everything about the institution, ar
ranged in aIphabetic order, from an az,
| handle to whs elbarrow and q windou
grato, there were on hand and IL
use, November 1st, 1896, articles to the
| value of 81 62743; consumed during the
yesr, s921.57 in stock. unused, $36 40; is.
sued from stock, $3.50; total, 81, ,644 30
issued during the year, $735 10, less s5s 80
amount issued from stock, and the total
cash expenditure aggregates $676.20.
| In the matter OF kitchen furnishing
| there were in use, November 1st, 1895
utensils TO the amount of $265 OIL; issued
for the ensuing wear. s4l.15; total to be
accounted for, $306 49, consumed during
the year. s27 81; on hand, November 1st,
1896 s27S 35; total, S306.l6.
The dining-room furnishing account is
| figured out as follows, by the steward
Articles in use, No.smber 1st, 1855. every
thing from bells to wooden-handled
spo ms, value, $50 81; issued during the
year, sS11; consumed during the year.
$l1 49,; on hand and In use, at present,
$77 81; total. SSS75.
Ths recap tllation Of the laundry furnish
ing account, from boilers down to wash
tubs, is as follows: On hand and In use No
vember 1st, 1895, 1888 SO; issued during the
year, sl09.01 total to be accounted for
S197 80; consumed, sl19 Al; at present oD
and, $78.4S; total, $197. 80.
The stable account shows that $1S2. II
have been expended In this department,
within the fiscal year, distributed as fol-
lows: For one stock boiler, 81 25; 1000
pounds corn, So; 6,025 pounds chopped
corn, $57 23 S,937 pounds bran, $77.47;
8. $50 pounds alfalfa hay, $3476. The value
OF the live stock in the report for 1895,
was SIT; total, $35971.
The livestock exhibit shows the present
value of the animals ON hand, consisting
OF cows, hogs, bull calf, etc., to be $3.50
There have been sold, or issued, the past
year, oDe pig for 81. so; one calf, SC; /. .72S
gallons of milk, $345 IS; 1.414 lbs. of fresb
pork. $l9S 9S; old sacks, $40 20; total $463. 43
To the latter sum Is added the present
value Of the live stock given above, and
sumption and value in the last report, Of
S359.7l, sh wing profit in this department
alone of 1898 ~.
The birth and burial accounts show that
So were expended for coffin for Ruby
Gam; IS cents, cambria for same S. coffin
for Pablo Bea; 81. coffin for Charles john !,
son: S6 coffin for Francisco Garcia; total,
$685..
The light and fuel account shows sos. 70
expended for 405 gallons of coal oil 1913 70
for II tons, of soft coal SO 45, for box OF
candles; S2l9 80, for 81 cords of wood; 81. 80
for two cords of pinion wood; $3.l5 for
weighing 81 tens Of coal at 10 cents.
The general repair account shows total
expended during the year, of $160 80; tele-
phone account, So 90; ANIMAL water rental,
Aqua Pura company, 5000; insurance
account, s4S7 40; the premiums received
by the several Las Vegas agencies being as
fellows: A. d. Higgins. S54.6S; Edward
Henry, $109 80; r. L. M. Ross, $i0938; A.
a. Wbitmore, $l00.35; Smith & Otero,
$54 6S
The stewards itemized account of expen-
ditures for improvements, shows $33 "a
expended for coils Of barbed wire: ST. 25,
for 25 ferce staples $14.25, for 2S5 fence
posts; S., for surveying and plating
ground; total, $5s. "a.
The home industry account shows that
the gardens at the asylum have netted the
management $274.36
The amount expended for food supplies.
the first half of the year, was ST.. .561. "a: the
second half, $2.069 79 total food issued,
within the year, So 68l.73 composed as fol-
lows: On hand, N vember lat, 1895, 90 lbs.
bulk tea, $40; furnished from live stock and
home industry acc UNITS. S7S2 4S purchased
within the year, - S39.o5
All supplies purchased during the fret
balf OF the year footed up 81, t0S 66: second
half. $2,459S 81; total supplies purchased.
IS BIS 81; total expended for food s., 1888. .25: