Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-09
$1,000 WORTH OF COAL ON HAND
AND SUPPLIES FOR MANY MONTHS
Enormous Saving to Territory Effected Notwithstanding the
Necessity OF Feeding Fifty Additional Prisoners-TrefordS
Showing One OF Which Any Pententiary Official in the
Country Might Be Proud-Becomes Necessity for Mr. Ray
noldS to Explain Remarkable Statements

+ turned over by him 10 the treasury
nor have / learned that he stipulated
I In any way. that said sum OF money
or any part OF the $4.196 also paid by
/ him should be held In trust ON the
/ other hand, over S1.70O of this monc,
was RENTED by Mr.. Bursum In a le.-
4 ter in which he stated that he had re-
tained that amount of money by mis-
& take or something to the same effect
and since IL was considered that Mr..
+ Bursum would not be returning APP
proXimately $4,000 unless he consid-
/ cred himself indebted TO the territory
I In that amount. We saw no lGason why
! this sum of money should not be
/ placed TO the proper credit Of the ter
rttOlN without tying any strings To 10
/ for the benefit oGM Bursum. Since
We have not been In the business OF
protecting Mr.. Bursum, as might seem
+ to be the ease with other territorial
officials. We simply took the money he
WAS willing "a turn over TO Us and pu'
+ IL IN the territorial treasury whore Is
belongs. and from which It had ap-
+ parently been missing for some time.
! II would seem that some five or six
months after Mr. Bursum ietul aed
/ this money to the public treasury, he
succeeded in securing the passage nf
/ a bill through the legislature under
/ which he was willing To attempt m
adjustment Of his accounts with the
penitentiary and which he has sought
10 do by the fling Of ruitf. which iis tiaN.
pending before a referee who has had
most of the books 0f the penitontiary
+ IN his private possession for the past
/ six or seven weeks. And now Il Is
claimed that I should have Kept
these funds IN trust until after Mr.
Bursum succeeded in his efforts IN
passing the bill N question. Concerning
his Intentions as 90 such bill, | pf
course, knew nothing and could not
be expected to anticipate his intcn-
tons In thar regard unless | had been
notified that the question would b.
raised In court The acting governor
Is evidently assuming that the referee
and the court having the matter of
Mr.. Bursum's suit in hand viii ulti-
mately find that Mr.. Bursum did not
owe the various sums OF money he
returned to the territory and az Ia
part of which he claims that he had
overlooked the matter. Possibly
the acting governor could inform the
board concerning the sum which the
referee viii ultimately lind the terri
tory owes Mr Bursum and which
sums. he probably likewise overlooked
when he turned over the institution Ia
me.
Mr.. Reynolds next charges that the
finances OF the penltentlary are In q
very unsatisfactory condition. this
being particularly so with reference
to the maintenance fund. In this Con-
nection | beg to state that VI Mr.. Ray
nolds knew as much about the peni-
tentiary affairs as he claims To know.
he would advise the board that the
maintenance fund Is not solely de-
pended upon for the expenses OF the
institution and he would also advise
the board. as his letter SO clearly
shows. that the maintenance fund of
S35 000 as appropriated BY the legis-
ID has nR maid pnn-half "a fhts
gross expenses Of the institution dur
ing any Of the years referred 10 by Mr.
Reynolds, to-wt. 1903. 1904, 1905.
and 1906. II Is well known fact that
the convicts earnings fund supplies
most Of the money necessary for the
operation Of the institution. His fur
thpr disposition To- be entirely unfair
ln the matter is shown In the fact that
the law requires the advertisements
seml-annually of complete inventory
of supplies and mateyals required for
the penitentiary for the ensuing six
months and eve9l though Mr.. Ray
nolds did not know OF the requirement
OF the law in that respect. he must
have certainly seen the advertisement
published in an the leading papers ~
the territory and he could have read
as asccrtaincd that the board Of peni-
tentiary commissioners az their mcrt-
ing MAY ~. 1907. made various
awards for the furnishing OF the sup
plies needed Tor the last half Of the
present fiscal year. and had he in-
qured he would have further learned
that az least ten thousand dollars
worth 90 supplies had been delivered
and paid for under these awards dur-
ing the months Of May and June. 1907.
pun iuuuiring he would have also
learned that over s. 600 worth of coal
IS now on hand which has been pur-
chased during the present summer
months owing to- the fact that % d.
difficult 10 secure the necessary Sup-
piles during The fall and winter
months This supply of coal will mau-
ufarture about seventeen on eighteen
thousand dollars worth of brick and
when the receipts from the sale Hf
this brick D. in hand % viii ~ fr
swell e surplus fund which should exc
lst on December l-t next a. th. cash
1u hand. bills receivable. af fhi- time
IS more than ample Go run The insiilt-
lion for the next five months despite
The charge 90 Acting Governor Raw
noids % the contrary IN Wow of th-
fact that the staple suppiie- necessary
To- run the institution FOR the next fito
.lloutns are uuH on hand In the sin.n
rooms and fuIit paid for and in view
~ thf further fact a. shown hN Acting
Governor Ra1Unlds that there i- a net
credit haiamtf now on hand iu the
fund Of about ks.5uo and
'haf there o. aisa due the peniteutiarf-
accounts receivable. o. the amount ~
k1I.au0 which with the other bal
snoes in other funds make available
Tor the expenses 90 the institution ftr
he next tive months the total sum %