Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-01-22
P"ENITEN7IARY AFFAIRS.
Commissioners Adopt the Report Of
Superintendent n. 0. Bursum.
WORK HIGHLY COMMENDED.

The annual report of the board of
Pentitentiary Commissioners to Gov
ernor Otero is a cordial and emphatic
endorsement of the report and efficient
administration of Superintendent H. O..
Bursum.
The commissioners are: F. II.
Pierce of Las Vegas, president; w. III.
Newcomb of Silver City. secretary;
Louis Ilfeld, of Albuquerque; Juan
Navarro of Mora; and j. T. McLaugh-
lin of Albuquerque.
The report of ,ir. Bursum is submit
ted in detail and is made the report of
the board. 1t owe the period from
December /, 1900, to November 80,
1902. A detailed financial statement is
made and from it the showing is made
that the actual cost to the territory for
the two years, after deducting the
earnings by convicts and the improve
ments including the cash expended for
permanent improvements, for the two
per day including clothing, feed, main
tenance and repairs of buildings, salar-
les and expenses, gate moneys for dis
charged convicts, officials, employees,
/ guards, commissioners and all other
items, was 29.9 cents per day. During
the SD fiscal year there were furnish
ed to officers, guards, employees and
prisoners, 933, 143 meals, or an average
number per month of 1852. The total
cost was $"15,3S7.S0. During the fifty
third fiscal year the total number of
meals served a 9S,627, or an aver
age per month of S,219. The total cost
was S15,844. The average number of
meals served per month for the two
years was 1000 and the average cost
per day per mar was 1851 cents.
The number of %convicts imprisoned
on December /, 1900, vas 215. The
number received during the two years
was 2l6, making a total of 431. Dur
ing that time there were discharged by
expiration of sentence 1856, pardons
and combinations A, died 10, escaped
4, and sentences reprieved 8, or a total
of 1876, making the number on hand
November 80 last, 235. By counties the
distribution was as follows: Berna-
lilo, received during the two years,
%; on hand, %. Chaves, received II,
on hand 8. Colfax, received Ia, or
hand 10. Dona Ana. received. %; on
hand, 20. Eddy, received 8; on hand,
4. Grant, received, 20; on hand, 80.
Guadalupe, received, 3; on hand, 5.
Lincoln, received, 8; on hand, 6. Luna,
received, 8: on hand, 7. Mckinley,
received, |: on hand, l.. Mora, receiy-
ed, 3; on hand, g.. Otero, received, II;
on hand, IL. Rio Arriba, received, 8;
ON hand, 8. San Juan, received, 2; on
hand, 2. San Miguel, received, 81; on
hand, 80, Santa Fe, received, 10; on
hand, 3. Sierra, received, 5; on hand,
5. Socorro, received, II; on hand, u.
Taos, received, /; on hand, 2. Union,
received, 8; on hand, 8. Valencia, re-
ceived, 2; on hand, 4.
The number of United States pris-
oners on hand December l, 1900, was
IA, and during the two years "a were
received. twenty-five were discharg.
16 in the prison on November 80 last
OF the United States prisoners, none
were in the prison on the last named
date from the First district, two from
the Second, 4 from the Third, 5 from
the Fourth, and 8 from the Fifth. On
November 80 last 2 jail prisoners were
held from the Fourth judicial district
and l from the Fifth.
BY occupation the prisoners now in
the ~penitentiary are classified as fol
lows: Laborers, 80; miners, 21; cow
boys, 10; farmers, II; cooks and sheer
herders 8 each; blacksmiths, s; ranch
! men and teamsters 5 each; engineers
! housekeepers, shoemakers and stone