The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-01

lookinG to US replacement. "A dining room at the walls at we-
 tumpl<a. was consumed by fire. but it was covered by insurance, which has been collected and paid into the treasu- ". and steps are being now taken to replace It.
 "A number of shelters in connection with hay have been constructed at No {, fences at Wetumpka, and several houses, bridges and large amounts of fencing have been erected at No. s. "A considerable number of stocck at the several places has beenl raised ana
 sold. and the money placed in the treasury, leaving a sufficient amount on hand for all practical purposes Suf- ] ficient hay and corn have been pro- duced, and very considerable quantity | sold and the money turned into the | treasury, amounting to a number of thousands of dollars. The cotton crop | was not very great, but as already stated, is being manufactured at the cotton mills at speigner. A Financial success. "As stated In former report from this Department, the penftentiary and convict system, for the larger portion of the time they have been in exis- tence, have been an expense and bur- den to the tax payers of the State of Alabama The present Convict Inspec- l tors. may therefore. trust be pardon Ted for entertaining a degree of pride in the fact that their labors as Inspectors have been crowned with abundant suc- cess in more ways than one, and espec- ially In the matter of finance. That the success of the present man. agement may be fully understood, 1t may not be amiss to state that for the year next before the beginning of the term of the present management. there was received into the State Treasury. as shown by the Treasurer's report. the net sum of $6.527.S2. At the end of the first fiscal year. after March 1sS. | 1901, the net receipts were $92,713.44: for the next year they were $1O0,o24.- 4S; for the next year they were $l5S,- S62.s7. and for the year, ending Sep- tember S0th, 1904, the net receipts were $292,917.63. and for the five months expiring with this day, the net receipts were the sum of $116,633.27. It will, therefore. be seen that the whole net sum paid into the Treasury. for the four years and five months named was $161,151.77.
 Tn this connection, however, it may | be stated that a part of the earnings for the last five months have not been paid into the Treasury. but are earn ed and due towit: s51,000. which shows the grand total of cash and that which has been earned. and now due to be sS12,151.77.
 "The net sum paid into the Treasury for the four years next proceeding the four years of the present adminis- tration was $102,453.s2. The four years of the present management have been more than six times as much in preceding them. All these figures are taken from the Treasurer's reports. showing the actual cash paid into the Treasury, except the $51.000 net, earn ed and not paid into the Treasury. Justice to our predecessors requires that I should state that the receipts for the last six months of their term
 enters into the foregoing, our tenure
 beginning on March 1st. 1901. That you may know the amount of the busi- lness done within the time mentioned.
 l may further state, that the gross re-
 ceipts from the Department. within the
 time named were s1,469,2s7o2. The ex- penditures which have been necessarily
 great, deducted from the gross receipts l and net earnings leaves the net sum of
 $s12,151.77. as aforesaid.
 Condensed Statement.
 From the State Treasurer's books showing the total receipts and dis bursements by Treasury Department on account of the Convict Department during the period beginning October
 lst 1904 and ending February zth
 1905, as follows to-wit:
 | RECEIPTS.
 From hire of convicts and
 sales of sundrteS. ...20O,26S.9C Erroneous payment on w. L.
 Rogers's salary by R. c.
 | Jelks. ................. 250. DC
 overpayment court cost re-
 funded by Circuit Clerk,
 coosa County .......... 25.5s s200.545. .4S | DISBURSEMENTS.
 Salaries of ofi-
 cers and em-
 ployes |. .....$ 9.056.6s.
 Salaries in the
 mining Gp't .. 1s.oss.1o
 Current exp's 5O,7S1.13
 lCourt costs in
 penite tiary
 | cases 11,O31 26 S3.9l2. 1t Met earnings for the period | mentioned ..$116.633.2 2i
 q beg to add in conclusion that as lpart of the expenditures which have lbeen deducted from the gross receipts and which apparently tend to lesser the net receipts have been expended in repairing and placing the cotton mill in condition to do effective work which would, of course. increase the lnet earnings, from which up to the present time we have received no in- leone, whatever, but we confidentialIy
 expect in the future to receive back all our expenditures and realize a reason able profit from the operations of the mill.
 ''I also bet to add that every one
 connected with the Department is en-
 thusiastic In the beginning of the new term, and expects fullySto accomplish
 more in the future. if possible, than
 has been done in the past.
 For myself, 1 feel sure that the task before us Is a hard one, and that 1t
 will involve a deal of energy anu discre- | tion, which I trust may be brought to
 the discharge of the duties before
 us.
 with best wishes for yourself per- sonally, and for the health and return to duty of our absent Governor, Hon.
 William D. Jelks. beg to remain. Very respectfully. Your obedtent servant, | J. M. Carmichael, President Board of Convict Inspectors" Judge Thomas Bradford whose iIerm as associate inspector of the Lon- vict Board, expired yesterday has re- turned to his home In Centre. He will engage in the practice of law. His many friends in Montgomery regret the departure of Judge Bradford after be- ing associated with him for the last four years.