The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-10

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| the engine hauling six sixty-foot mail and
express cars, and arrived at Milwaukee
ployes is flfty-seven; a monthly payroll
aggregating $3.50. which will vary slight
| ~ from month to month, as an increase in
the number of patients may necessitate
| the employment of extra labor. = 81:
| 1T would appear to us that for the re-
| sponsible position of city physician. where
| only a man of scholarly attachments ana
executive ability should be employed and
| devote his entire time, the salary now paid
! of $1,000 per annum is absolutely ridicul-
| Gus.
!. 1--WE believe that the administration of
| the city hospital should be entirely
removed from politics, and that such
salary. be paid to the city physician, his
assistant and to the Bookkeeping and
| clerical force. as will make these positions
| sought for by thoroughly competent and
| reliable individuals; also that civil service
! rules might be applied with great ad-
! vantage
with the present system Of account
| ing. as established by the present city
physician and his clerk, it is possible to
| make d complete audit of accounts, and
until the laws are such as will provide
| otherwise. we believe each grand Jury
| should not confine it's Investigations and
| reports to superficial examination,
| but should thoroughly audit and check UP
! this department, the labor of which, III
| continuous, is of small moment
! - County Poor Farm r..
We found much to commend and little
| poor farm. The superintendent, G. w
| Coburn, appears to be the right man in the
| right place. He is ably assisted by his
wife and daughter. .
The buildings and appointments appear
| to be kept in a particularly clean and
sanitary condition. The inmates ppar-
emily are well cared for and are as con
tented and happy as can reasona bly,. be
expected. The. inmates are from different
towns in 2Hennepin county. Monthly bills
are rendered for their. keeping by the
county auditor against all: towns furnish
Ing inmates, and the bills are paid into
the hands OF, the treasurer Of Hennepin
county. r. Supplies are purchas ed by the
superintendent: bills are rendered to the
county auditor, who issues a warrant for
each approved bill, and warrants are paid
by the county treasurer. The superintend-
ent, OF this institution handles no county
money whatever. The institution is re-
ported to be more than self sustaining.
The superintendent reports that, when
death Of any inmate occurs, he notifies
friends It possible-holds body if uncalled
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under the statute, delivers the body upon
.:requisition from the medical college
without expense to the county for delivery.
During the past eight years about seventy
such acquisitions have been issued by the
medical college. We suggest some change
In the system SO that Hennepin county
may receive the benefit of the amounts
paid for such bodies by the medical col
lege, less transportation or delivery ex-
penses. 10y -
-. - City Workhouse.a> =: -:
I'VE made an examination of the build
ing and out houses and found the same to
be in good condition. EVERYTHING ar
peared clean and seemed to be kept in
good order. The report Of. YESTERDAY
showed loS inmates. OF this number,
twenty EIGHT were reported to- be work
Ing in the quarries. - <s.' ~. - :
We made some exarninat ton Of the
books and, as far as we went they seemed
TO- DC fairly Well kept. - The books re-
1erred to are those kept to show the re-
ce1Ning and dismissal of inmates We also
found a book for registering the ainoi1nt
OF goods received and distribute to the
different persons in. the house. We found,
however, that there was no record kept Of
the vegetables and products of the farm
and garden except that they are taken In
and used as wanted. We would recon-
mend that a record be kept of all garden
TUCK raised upon the farm and a. value
paced upon it the same as if it were pur-
chased from outside firm. and that a
record of it's disposition be kept also u
I'VE would call attention to the women
prison being located above the la,,n,lrv
ana Kitchen. The windows all being
barred there is no chance for egress and
exit without coming down to the, ROOM
below, this making no chance for exit IN
case of fire. 81: cr.i..s.' ia!
g. IND that they are running a green
house and hiring a, man, to care forEsane
as well as the vegetable garden tho, keen
er.s salary, being 5000 per year. andatit
takes a good deal of. fuel to heat tl3e
place the year round We find that The
receipts of the greenhouse last year were
sl5l' and we think undoubtedly tina this
is a. questionable Investment rs
-l. County JAIL
We found everything to commend and
nothing whatever to. criticize in our In
spection Of the county jail. e, '.ss sz5
City Lookup Disgrace. .4
! The city sloek-up is a disgrace ITO the
eity--unsa nitary. unventiIated, 1T is q vel,-
TABLE Dark hole Of Calcutta'--alld We
most earnestly recommend to the city
council and the board of county commits
sioners the question Of making an arr
rangemel1t whereby the county shall care
for the city prisoners, thus enabling the
city to abandon the lookup and. ar the
same time effect an economy for both the
city and county. SIS @
Place for the Probe.
I'VE. commend to the succeeding grand
/ jury a. further searching investigation al
the general Office of the board! Of correc-
tiens and charities and its relations to the
institutions. controlled by it, It is a re-
grettable fact that practically every ap-
pointment Of the last city administration
sSopen to suspicion. and each succeeding
grand jury should continue its ipVestiga-
tons along these lines until this suspicion
is. in each Individual ease. either justi-
fled orsrenoyed and we sincerely regret
that the necessity of liking our final re-