The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-14


CIR payment % said aecount
The account Of the Indiana Nanufactur-
ing Gomp1ny. for ti.is- -. VAS shown to
he q claim sccrulnx out % the transfer Of
rrison@rs 10 and from Michigan City. In
1xsI and the reduction Of the hours OF
woFh from ten 10 eight hours. made on and
about the same date az said transfer. The
statement made ~ Mr. Hert vas to the
eject that the account had been cancelled
By the old board. but that their action In
the matter vas no, made u record
Mr. Hert. Who was superintendent oe
che institution At the time he claims
lnis debt vas cancelled. Is now super
in,endent Of the Indiana Manufactur-
ing Company. which owes the State
3i.iss.ss. and claims that his own rec
ord is not correct
Another Record
Again. another record was made at
the time the reformatory bill was up
for consideration by the legislature.
when an attempt was made 10 square
another account with this same com
pany. which debt was contracted some
time before date OF record. which rec
ord shows.
lFeh. J 1910. page 3sal
On motion the general superintendent was
snfhprixsi 70 charge on all extra labor up
90 ths ist - April against the Indiana
Manufacturing Company. In consideration Of
the Indiana Manufacturing Company rsisas-
Ing the state from any charge for heating
inmates dining room " TO said date: pro
viiing that said extrs labor furnished for
next sixty days shall not be greater than
that furnished during the past sixty days.
Here is an admission from the on
cial record that extra labor had been
furnished the Indiana Manufacturing
Company. With reference TO this
transaction the facts as gathered from
Superintendent Byers and ofhcers In
charge OF the Institution. are as fol
lows:
First-The oficial record does not
show up to February 3. 1903. that the
Indiana Manufacturing Company was
ever given authority to place steam
in the inmates dining room.
Second-Mr. Byers. the superintend
ent. could not. or at least. did not
when asked for il. furnish the bill OF
the Indiana Manufacturing Company
showing the amount the State owed
said company for steam
Neither could he or did he. wher
asked. show the claim or number oi
extra men that had been furnished
said company nv the State. so thai
you might know the amount OF money
that Was embraced in the so-called can
collation. OF debts and credits.
Neither OF these statements were
before the board in writing when they
made the above record.
Third-The statement from the ON
GERS who worked this extra labor was
to the effect that before Mr.. Byers was
superintendent that the extra labor on
contracts for which the State received
NO pay was from fften TO twenty-five
prisoners per day. and In addition the
team owned by the State performed
labor almost every day for the Indians
Manufacturing Company
Again. the Official record shows. with
reference to an agreement made by
and between A. T. Hert. general su
perintendent. and Joshua NJ Horner
president OF the Indiana Manufactur
ing Company. on July I. 1897. that
the original contract OF said Hornes
provides that inmates shall labor ten
hours per day and after the institu-
ton vas made q resormatory IN April
1897. this contract was changed.
Hert Made An Agreement.
Mr. Hert. who was then superintend
ent for aad employed by the State 10
look after its interests. entered into
an agreement with said Homer presi
dent OF the Indiana Manufacturing
Company. . part Of which agreement ID
- follows:
The parties Of the first and second
part. Mr. Hert and Mr.. Horner. on July
1. 1897. agreed 20 q reduction Of the
number Of hours that the inmates
should be required 90 labor under said
contract from ten To eight hours per
DAY. In this agreement. reducing the
number Of hours from ten to eight. the
old price paid for labor vas reduced
20 per cent and the old task the prison
er Was performing was reduced only
Is per cent
One month and two days after the
signing OF this agreement by said
parties. the entry OF the oflicial record
OF the board shows:
Aug 4 ips. page ~
On motion ~ ordered that the superin
tsndens bs aushorixed to sign agreement
With ~ r. and Joshua Horner che indian M
Msnufseturing Company with reference to
the change Of hosrs of men hired hy them.
shall b. employed. and that the superintend-
eat In signing such contract see that the
rights of the State and inmates are fully
protected
You will notice that this agreement
to protect the rights OF the State and
inmates was signed by the parties one
month and two days before authority
vas given them by the board OF man.
ayers. and that tie inmates were pro
tected by compel ing them 10 do per
cent more labor In eight hours than
they had done under the old con
tract. and the interests Of the State