Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-01-14

ne auhhtteu TO the asylum Tor some time Il
come.
The per capita cost Of the board of thu
patients In this institution during the pasl
year has been $3.50 per week This eovers
every expenditure in the mama &c ment OF tn,
institution.
EASTERN MAINE INSANE HOSPITAL
The Eastern Maine Insane Hospital wa.
opened July Cd, 1901, with one hundred
ferred from the asylum Mt Augusta s ''a IL.
number had increased to two hundred and
nine on November Both, 1902 Of whom onS
for Were rno wnmen "e5e pr men ana ninety
months previors 20 this da.el nrp hr.d -ad
and eleven patients were admitted. Sixty
eight were discharged, thirty seven having
recovered and twentysix being greatly I'M
proved.
Much has been done under tile direction
OF the management to make the surround
Jugs OF this hospital more attractive Trees
and shrubs have been planted, necessary
roadways have been constructed, and the
grounds have been graded and improved so
tar as funds available would permit. Sill
more, however, must be accomplished to
complete this work, and a considerable ap-
preparation will be necessary to meet the
reg Of the institut on In rs yar-
Gus departments and to provide furnishings
ana equipment needed to maintain the hos
pifai at a proper standard.
to meet the deficiency In running ex.
penses.
STATE PRISON.
There are one hundred and eighty three
Inmates OF tie state prison, thirty six of
whom nre under life sentence, Forty seven
have been admitted during the past year;
afty-two have been discharged, and four
have died. On account Of the advance In
price Of nearly all food products. there has
maintaining the subsistence department,
put on the whole the prison has made a
fair showing and will not require SO large
Only four of these convicts are women,
but | am convinced that this inst tuition
should have a matron, whose duty. 1t shall
prisoners. The state Is not doing its whole
duty In this respect, and | trust you Will
take some action to place this department
OF the prison on right and proper bass.
MAINE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
During the past two years the attendance
at the Maine school for the deaf has large
ly increased, and the school has made
most commendable progress and advance
Ninety-two pupils are now In attendance,
nearly every county In the state being rep
resented. Nine teachers give instruction.
and the course includes all the regular
English branches. Industrial training Is
also given, the girls being taught sewing,
hold, while the boys are instructed in wood
cobbling.
This Institution is well managed, and its
needs should receive your careful consider
alton.
BATH MILITARY AND NAVAL Or
PHAN ASYLUM.
There are sixty-eight children in the
Bath military and naval orphan asylum, Of
whom thirty seven are boys and thirty one
are girls. They are from four to fifteen
years OF age and all attend the public
schools Of the city.
This institution is doing good work, and
its management Is worthy Of the highest
commentator.
STATE REFORM SCHOOL.
A proper classification Of the one hun
dred and forty five boys In the state reform
sonooI requires the building of two addt-
tional cottages modelled upon the same
general plan as those already exist.
Eighty five Of these boys live in the origi-
n:.I building, which was erected about fifty
years ago. This structure should be thor
oughly remodeled to meet the present re-
quirements of the institution. 1t Is unfor-
tunate that so many or these poor children
should thus be congre gated together, as II
Is practically impossible to separate those
OF vicious tendencies and criminal N.
stincts from those who have committed
only trifing offences and who are simply
the victims of poverty and misfortune.
Ii Is neither right nor just that this insti
tuition should be termed reform school
and that its inmates, who are only chill
dren, should he stiSmatized as convicts.
Nor should the time they spend here be
termed Imprisonment. The school shoriii
bear some more appropriate name. ] trust
that the needs of this school will receive
your most careful consideration, and that
you will grant sufficient appropriation to
meet its reasonable requirements
MAINE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR
GIRLS.
There are one hundred and forty eight
girls under the care OF the Maine Industrial
School for Girls. OF these sixty-nlne are
at the school. and the remainder have been
placed in homes in different parts of the
girls have been admitted, fifteen have come
Of age, FIVE have been permitted to marry
and ten have been discharged.
The trustees of the school ask that some
provision be made for those who are fee
tie-mnded, seven in all. our annual appro-
priation for the care of such children IN
the Massachusetts Home for the Feeble
Minded being insufficient for that purpose.
am sure that an Institution 80 worthy
OF public support will receive the most
careful consideration at your hands, and
that you will grant such appropriation as
may be reasonably necessary for its sup
port and maintenance.
CONCLUSION.
I have endeavored briefly to present to
You a comprehensive review of state af'
fairs. The reports of the various depart
ments and of the officers of the different
account of their work. The sums set apart
for their support have been ample for theii
requirements, as a rule, and trust no new
Appropriation will be made unless you ar,
fully sat SIZED, after the most thorough ex
animation and careful consideration, thai
the hest interests of the State require 1t.
Not a dollar should be wasted or unneces
sarly expended, hut the same careful pru
dent management, the same jGdic.Opt
economy which characterizes the adm mis-
tration of every successful private enter
prise should be exercised In conducting The
business Of the state.