Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-11-07
PRISON BOARD
MAKESREPORT
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF eEoR-
GAS PENITENTIARY SYSTEM
SHOWS SOME INTEREST
ING FIGURES.

Some interesting statistics are present.
ed in the annual report of the prison
commission which has just been issued
from the press. The report is a detailed
one and gives several tables showing the
status and other information regarding
the criminals of Georgia.
: In regard to the actual expenses and
receipts from the prison farm 1t is shown
that the farm has paid a profit Of $1,29S
for the year..
Regarding the financial condition the
report says:
From a financial standpoint the oper-
alton OF the present convict system has
been a decided success. In 1897 the gen.
eral assembly appropriated for the use
Of this commission, from direct taxation
the sum Of $4,000, with which II was re-
quired to purchase the farm lands needed,
and pay all expenses of the commission,
and this is the only appropriation from
taxes which has been made since this
commission was created. The new con-
tracts took effect on April /, 1899, and at
that time the aged. infirm and diseased
convicts were placed upon the farm.
From that date until January 1, 1900.
the commission was allowed to use all
OF the convict hire, except t25,0O0 which
was paid into the treasury. net From
January /. 1900. to October 1, 1901, there
was paid into the treasury, net, over and
above the appropriation made from this
hire, 1859 and from October 1, 1900,
TO October l. 1901, $s1, 904.09, aggregating,
net, for two and one-half years, $16S, 730. Al.
For the original investment of 5000
the state has a farm and equipments well
worth this sum and more. besides farm
products on hand valued at $4,000.
The receipts. and .expeditures for the en-
tire penitentiary system of the state is
shown as follows:
To balance brought forward....S 5,lT7.l u
To executive warrants. .......... 120, 90
Received from farm products. 13.O05.05
Total receipts from all sources. .S13s, %. IL
Pay rolls. SOS, 1891; farm supplies, s16,-
1924; ONCE salaries. $S,ss0.00; farm water
works system. A,S75.49; permanent i'm
provements at farm, s., So0.S3; rewards, 81
HAIL: camp expenses $907.s6; farm hos
pital supplies, S711.51; inspection account,
s77o7S; Office expenses. $77s.57; incidentals.
tation account $61059; Litigation account,
s36s.59; inquest account. 500; incidentals.
S2z. ss-total expenditures, $182, 0s2.l6. Bal
ance carried forward, S61ss.71; grand total,
S13S. 222.17.
The number Of inmates in the peniten-
tiary and sthe discharges. etc., are:
on hand last report, ass; commitments.
ass: recaptures, II; received from the asy-
lum, /: total handled, 2729 Discharges,
o46s pdTQOnSs TO- C5SdpoSt o.
return for new trial. i; sent TO asylum, l.
total 49, on hand October !, 1901, 2245.
Some. of the most interesting statistics
In the report Is the statement showing the
occupations OF the convicts before they
were sent TO prison, which is as follows:
lowing:
Accountants, II; artists. /; awningmak-
ers, 1; book FLINDERS, /; buffers, 80; broom
makers, 2: briclzmasons. IS; barSeepers,
Z: butchers, IS; blacksmiths. %; bakers, 8;
boflermakers, q; BARRIERS, Is; bootblaclSs, IA;
carpenters, IS; clerks, mercantile, 14i
Coachmen. is; candymakers, 9; cooks, IS;
coopers, Z; draymen, p; distillers, 4; dyers,
/; farmers, 6s1; harnessmaRers. a. jockeys,
13; laborers, 955; locomotive engineers, /;
merchants, 6; machinists, g.; molders, 8;
miners, 8: marbelworkers, 1; pilots, l; ply
sicians, 2; preachers, o. plumbers, 3; por-
tiers, IS; painters. 10; printers, s; plaster
ers, 4; railroad firemen and others. n rail-
road hands, 12s; silversmiths, Ii stationa-
~. engineers, 8; stevedores, z; stonecut-
ters, s; sailors, 8; shoemakers, s; school
teachers. 6; stonemasons, 2; singing teach
ers, 1; stovemakers, 1; tailors, s; timers,
2; telegraphers. 1: weiIdiggers, /; walters,
A; mill operatives, 4. Total, 2,245.
Number women in the penitentiary-
Blacks, 20; whites. s; total, S..