Evening journal., 1910-01-04
WORK OF YEAR
AT WORKHOUSE
Trustees Report to Levy Court
Shows Institution to Have
Been Profitable
PAID OFF $4,000 OF
INDEBTEDNESS DURING YEAR

The Trustees Of the New Castle County
worxhouse sent 20 tho Levy Court this
morning reports reviewing work accom-
pllshed at the institution during the year
just ended The reports were those Of the
president. George c. Kerr: tho warden.
Leonard Crawford; the physician DR..
Samuel c. Rumford and the treasurer.
Joseph l.. Carpenter. Jr. That of DIT.
Rumford showed that of ten deaths at the
worlhouse during tho year nvo wero dua
90 tuberculosis In various forms.
The population OF the woriShouse was
shown to be 9Ss in December; that $1,000
OF tho bonded indebtedness against the
institution had been paid. that prisoners
work had yielded 81. .s09.32; that prisoners
had been paid S2O00.0i in bonus and that
the workhouso farm had yielded S2,16465.
Reference was also made TO tho shooting
Of John b. Campbell. n guard. in Octo-
ber.
Tho reportof Mr.. Carpenter showed y
cash balance on hand IA December 1908.
OF sie.se249, Receipts during tho year
were s75.6sS.ie. expenditures. s73.1@si>
leaving balance ON hand last month oe
sla.s75sL
The reports were accepted by the COURT
and ordered filed
Paying or indebtedness.
The report OF Mr. Kerr. president, fol-
lows:
AT our last annual report there were
outstanding bonds amounting to S2i001-
90. During tho past year we have paid
s2OOoom on the bonded Indebtedness of
the worlhouse. There has been received
from the Levy Court OF New Castle coun-
" for board OF prisoners, st2.525.6o, from
Kent county. A.s759o from Sussex coun-
". s5,i5S.bO. and from United States Cow
ernment. S62f.00. making a total OF $53.-
1890 received for the keeping OF the pris-
oners. There Is stili due from Sussex
county. 7isSo
There has been received from tho cons
tractors for labor Of the inmates sl7Ae7i
and from products OF the quarry. S2.o9i.aa.
The farm products amounting TO S2.76i65
the greater part OF which has been used
,, IN the keeping Of the prisoners.
'Durlng the past year aoa2 prisoners
! have been rtectied and s99e hfne -Sees
. dlschmged. The largest hnfhbor Ia Gus
) tody sai on July eIth. 1903. and the small
p est number s2i on November 18th. 1903
Average daily population $50.
3 "At the present time there are 275 pris.
1 oners here from New Castle county. TWEEN.
ty-six from Kent county. thirty-one from
q Sussex county and one from tho United
States Government. making total OF
r 1873 on December I. 1900.
d 'In order 10 increase our facilities for
y crushing stone for road building. a
a new crusher was Installed at cost
Of $500. We have furnished some
stone for macadamizing roads, but not
q as much as we would like. In our
n last report we suggested that the Levy
r Court assist us in disposing OF this
4 material in order that the large num-
4 ber Of short term prisoners might bo
! kept employed to better advantage.
We therefore renew our suggestions in
respect 20 road building
More Cells Needed.
"On account OF tho steady Increase
, Of the population it may be necessary
y In the near future 10 provide more
r cell room The buildings now havo
- $40 cells for male prisoners, and ao
r times S75 prisoners have been confined
IN these cells, thereby compelling us
10 place two men I'm q great many
cells, which is not in keeping with the
original plan provided.
"On October 22nd we experienced the
most horrible and saddest calamity that
has visited the worlkhouse during its
= existence. one Of our guards, John
IT, Campbell. was brutally murdered by
a convict. We sincerely regret this
n sad affair.
, 1--WE cordially invite the members Of
the Levy Court TO visit this institu-
tion as often as possible"
Short Termers Increase Sick List.
Or. S. c. Rumford reported as fol-
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