The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-27
REPORT OF TWO WARDENS
Interesting Statistics Of the
Penitentiary and the
Aims House.
COST OF INMATES MAINTENANCE
What the Paupers Earn
Working on the County's
Farm.
COST OF INMATES MAINTENANCE

Warden Grimes of the Penitentiary and
Warden Ryan Of the Almshouse have
finished their annual reports and submit-
ted them to the Board of Freeholders.
Warden Grimes report gives some intsr-
esting statistics, as follows
Number of prisoners, December L
1S97:-Nale. Isl; female, 72. Number Of
employees, December 1, 1897:-Male, Szs
female, g. Total, 1888.
Number of prisoners received since De-
tai, 49,
Number Of prisoners discharged since
December l. lSs7:-Maie, AZ; female, g.
Pardoned--Male. A; female, l.. Paroled-
Male, l. Died-Male, /. Total, 492
Number of prisoners remaining, De-
cember /, 1SsS:-Male. III; female, Is. Em-
ployes-Male, q; female, 4. Total. l65;
Total cost of prisoners, 81, 1885, clOta~
ing. S5.407.52: miscellaneous, S5,Ss6-40; SAL
aries, S24,so9,71; coal, se,s62ls Grand toLaas
S54. .9l3. 10.
Average number of prisoners during
year, 16S: employees. "a.
Total cost of provisions for prisoners
Sc, ,20z. 81; employees, $5,5940S-
Average daily cost for feeding prison.
ers. l015c.; employees, 45c.
Crimes for which prisoners were sem
fenced; attempt to steal, i: assault ana
battery q; atrocious assault and DattSrys
S. abandonment, 8; attempt to kill. z; At
tempt at larceny, 6; attempt at Durglarys
il attempt at burglary and larceny, J., as
sanIt with intent, /: burglary, 5; bigamy.
s; breaking and entering, 3; breaking. en-
ing with intent, 2; Concealdln,gs NE
birth of child /; disorderly persons, zd9s
entering and larceny. IS; escape, I; EN-
bezzlement. 2; forgery, 4; faise prstsnlIe17. pl p
injury TO letter boxes, i; indecent assault
q Illicit distilling, /; keeping dIsofoesLy
house. u; larceny, 1; larceny ana Isesls- essl- :
ins. S. larceny from person, z; malicious
mischief 3; non-support. o. n0n-z1ay "a
Of special tax, 2; peddling cigars wlrnous
a license. 1; petit larceny, 40: Dasslns
counterfeit coin, 4, robbery, i: smusSAIHs'
4: tramp. 4; vagrancy, 81; total, 465.
Ages of prisoners From 10 TO ~, 81 =
to 30. 1I2: 50 10 40 III; % to 50. So; 80 TO so'
Number Of times different prisoners
committed First. 212; second. li3; tnlre,
so; fourth 2; fifth, Z; sixth. 3; eigntns. ~, z;
tenth tenth 3 fenrtsenfh elsysnfFh q ffeenth siasd ~
Number intemperate, "a; meusraiS
drinkers. 9S; temperate g3-
Money received from =. p eqSssiiirrr,s- I,E;a-
oners. 81, ,SS5 II. Stone quarried during year year
At 81 per ward SIS $50 80. Dirt carted from 1s
quarry TO northern eng 9, q 1I gEouqeq eqefhing
made sA20.90. Shoes soled, s4eS LAooh
performed by prisoners away TO " ~ ss;
at 80 cents per cay, sz'Sssjs ssgS z TotaI
from cost Of prisoners, stso-So-
amount for year. S25 25Sszz ~. .vararat
health of inmates mas btSAt SSoe.y --z
nTe prisoner who tried to escape = NJ"
-sesr.fsfs Fiae months Tor ms atttnapsS +ba
The report of Warden Ryan q elis
Alrnshouse shows 7eq7.
Inmates remaining, Decemner, !. ~ .sS,,.,. =
7=a. limited during year to December
i 1893. 6s4. Total, /, ,434 200. s,as ar.
Discharged during year 9zS' uieu u''
ing year, ls0, Tosal, .l,NIsies g9S adult. So:
,,,aie minors. 1856: female, adult, isl le-
male minors, 1O2. Total, 45l NUMBER
If employees, "A. Grand toIai, tis; is;;4,.t,,.,
Cost Of provisions, S5s l2ils4 ciosiiins' Iai;.ss
ez 59s ss. miscellaneous, S14256.A9; salarlss, ar =,
S16.610.09; coal, Sl2, 30 q; Il osaA'
Average per capita SAlz-e,, ~anart
Denutv Warden John Stuarl, ,.iSkssn ESpos :
e,lC,yts tha number of indentured ch1idretl
- s1io ~ 12e. children with good homes ahes
c9n read and write 81; chllufen VIII ss,s. soss.
SoTs,ss no education. 2; removed pecaeS1 p
home not suitable /: indentdreu - ;31.- li5,,-
-esi5ef1ts of county, 20; transIer5eo a.. ~ ~ u
o,1t eonsent Z; cannot be ioHnu, - s-;+T,
iieved from indenture. = hLdiles
rood homes. s. total. 135 e,4,,s-e
The report of Deputy w WaTaSn sl.S : 5se1s,, s,,5 /
shows that he visited the enlldEssn ssr- as-
,7tTsnrallv assured himself OF thelr cotle ~,
aifion. OF the total, one nundre1 o. s,. es1o
,fsr5iars failed to report on the coA-
5it9oY Of their Industrial charges
rrha renort shows that the total x51u9 sss
NJ fbe farm products We're sl,sSc.ssls
Sbarerad against this is cost OF seeQ anu
fs-filfzer amounting TO S114-S9, leaving =
I3aT rrafit of 81 e2410 The products were
divided between Almshouse, Asylum anu
Smallpox Hospital.