The Washington times., 1901-12-01
MANY MOREB0YS IN
THE REFORM SCHOOL.
ASK NO LARGER APPROPRIATION
RapidIy Growing Institution Makes
some Estimate of Its En-
penses as In Many
Years Past.

The annual report of the board oil
trustees of the Reform School Of the DIS
trict of Columbia was yesterday sub
mitted to the Attorney General of the
1rnited States by Col Cecil Clay, Presi-
dent Of the board of trustees In MS
report President Clay. among other
things, says:
MAXIMUM Number of Inmates.
"at the beginning of the fiscal year
there were in he school lSZ Doys; theie
we're received during the year 14S, total
of $40 as against 300 for the previous
wear. One hundred and twenty-three oil
those received were committed by the
Police Court. and by the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, Is by United
States Courts outside OF the District, and
1 by the president of the board of trus-
tees. Three boys who had escaped were
returned.
There were discharged during the year
70 by order of the trustees, 10 by expira-
tion of sentence Omitted States Courts),
and 1 by pardon of the President of the
United States Six escaped and are still
absent, and were returned to the Police
Court by its order, leaving in the school
June 80. 1901. 237. There were no deaths
during the year. and the general health
of the inmates was and is good.
Estimates Same rs in the Past.
THE amount appropriated for salaries
for the present fiscal year was Sl6,4
The amount of the present estimate for
salaries is the same. The amount esti-
mated as necessary for the support OF
the inmates is the same as was appro-
priated for the present fiscal year and
has been appropriated for a number of
years past
During the year such necessary re-
pairs for the proper care and preserva-
tion of the buildings and personal prop
erty belonging to the school as the
amount available under the appropriation
for the support OF inmates permitted were
made including those TO the workshops,
family buildings. barns, stables, fencing,
sewers. roadway. steam plant. etc, in
all of which work the boys were employed
whenever practicable The amount avail
able for repairs each year is not sufficient
10 do everything that is required and
there is included in the estimates for the
coming year an item Of 81 800 for making
general repairs 10 all OF the buildings
needing them. and for painting them.
New building Completed.
THE assembly hall, work upon which
was going on at the date of the last re-
port was completed and has been in use
since May last. 1t is a well-designed and
thoroughly constructed building,
creditable both to the architect and the
contractors. and its use is OF great bene-
At to the school sd
THE parole system is working well and
has already demonstrated the wisdom of
Congress in making special provision
for il. r-s. u
In the last report It was stated that
The present maximum capacity OF the
school is $50 boys. II the number of white
and colored boys is such as to utilize the
provision made for each. The present
report shows that the decrease in the
number of boys in the school in 1899 and
1900 was temporary, the number in 1901
being even greater than in 1888 the
general tendency being to increase wis
the growth of population. The increase
does not. however. always follow the
color line At present the number OF col
ored boys in proportion to the white is
much greater than usual.
ut would be a good thing for the school
and for the public service to erect another
family building. The continued increase
in the gross number on boys N the school
and the disproportion between the colorel
and the white alike call for this
THE board regrets to announce the