The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-25
Cost of Maintenance Of the Thirteen
Institutions Kept Up by the
Commonwealth.
AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION
TWELVE OF THE STATE INSTITU-
TIONs REPORT EARNINGS.
Annual Report on Financial
Affairs VIII he Ready for Dfstri-
button in January.

The States fiscal year closed Oct. 81 and
the state auditor has completed the work OF
tabulating the cost of maintenance and
other expenses of all of the states institu-
tons. There are thirteen public institu-
tions maintained by the State. They are
the four hospitals for the insane, the four
penal institutions. three educational insti-
tutions and the State Soldiers Home and
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home.
Eight of these institutions reported their
average daily population to the auditor or
state as follows: Northern Hospital for the
Insane, 791; Southern Hospital for the IN
sane, 617; Eastern Hospital, 656; Central
Hospital, LIZA; Indiana Reformatory, 932;
Industrial School for Girls and Womens
Prison. 24O; School for Predetermined. 9O9;
Institution for Deaf and Dumb, 3O4. The
other five institutions are not required to
furnish a statement regarding their popula-
ton for appropriation purposes.
EXPENDED FOR MAINTENANCE.
The amount expended for maintenance
alone for these institutions is as follows:
Northern Hospital for Insane. $l24.23S.4;
Southern Hospital, s97 ,554Sl; Eastern Hos
pital sos 79S 40; Central Hospital, s276012. 36;
Indiana Reformatory. s1o5.249I7; Girls
Industrial School and Womans Prison. $685.
So. SO; School for Predetermined, s111,6O4.96;
Institution for Deaf and Dumb, 64S39.39;
State Prison, $50, 16253; Institution for the
Blind, s29, 1928; Soldiers and Sailors Or
phans' Home, 100000; State Soldiers Home,
$S9,121.17; Reform School for Boys, 500, 500.
These figures aggregate total for mainte-
nance of 81, 302, 943. Sc. This item does not in
clude expenditures for repairs, clothing, Ii
braries schools trade schools, industrials.
paroled discharged persons or for add1-
tons to old buildings or erecting new build
ings. The auditors figures show that II
costs for maintenance for one person for
one year In eight of these institutions the
following sum: Central Hospital for Insane,
Sl55. SIS; Southern Hospital, $15S.01; Northern
Hospital for Insane S.29; Eastern Hospi-
tai, $161.22: School for Feeble minded,
S111.72; Institution for Deaf and Dumb, S2l3;
Indiana Reformatory, Mi Ls 81 Girls GIT school
H. & i've institutions make no report to the
auditor of their daily population and the
cost per capita is not given.
EARNINGS REPORTED.
Twelve of these institutions reported
earnings. The Northern Hospital earned
S16665 The report does not show how this
money was earned. The Southern Hospital
earned $50 SO, the Eastern Hospital $1O9 SO
and the earnings of the Central Hospital
amounted to $2,110.2O. The Institution for
the Blind earned s417.26, while the Deaf and
Dumb Institute reported earnings in the
sum of $7O9.03. The earnings at the School
for Predetermined were $4,642.10. The State
Soldiers Home earned $269.33 The Reform
School for Boys reported an aggregate of
earnings in the sum Of $11166 The earn
ings OF the Industrial School for Girls and
Woman's Prison amounted to $1.227.12. The
two institutions reporting large earnings
were the State Prison, $50 259. 81, and the In
diana Reformatory, S66.OOS.T7. The total
earnings of all these institutions aggregate
$12S, O65.99. The Soldiers and Sailors Or
phans' Home reported no earnings. Some
of the institutions did not use all their ap-
preparation for maintenance and others
wiped out the whole amount allotted them.
LARGEST BALANCE RETURNED.
The largest balance returned to the State
was from the Central Hospital for the In
sane, which was SIS 3S9.S4. The smallest
amount returned was from the Institution
for the Blind. Its appropriation was $50 900.
and of this amount $2.72 was returned to
the State The Soldiers and Sailors Or
phans Home, the State Soldiers Home and
the Reform School for Boys each expended
the entire amount Of its appropriation.
The auditors annual report showing the
financial condition of the State, receipts
from all sources and expenditures in all d.
rections and all balances in the state treas
ury or chargeable to the state treasury will
be published and ready for circulation in
January or February. 1t is estimated that
the income to the State from taxation for
1904 will be from soc, 600 to $1,000 greater
than from the same source in 1903. This eS-
innate is based on the fact that the rate of
taxation will be the same, but the valuation
of property of all kinds was increased by
the tax officers this