Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-10-09

herewith submit Ia you a report
of my stewardship Oh the manage
ment OF the View Mexico Reform
school.
ON the 23d day of August, 1903. +
met with your honorable board at
In office Of the secretary, r. e. An
| dredge. and discussed matters per
| tanning to the ~remodeling and reno
waiting of the old court house, and
made a contract TO act as suporin-
| tendont roi q term az one year,
IS YOU are aware the old building
was In very bad repair and that Il
would take time and money TO put II
I'm shape fol use as "a reform school
Al that time il was thought that we
| would be able to take care of such
bows as were committed to our
charge. by The LIST OF october. 1909,
In the meanwhile commenced
| work. and Ivy your order ! ceased to
! hire help as soon as ! received IN
| mates that could perform such labor
as had to de- Before my inmates
arrived / had g lighting system put
i'm. remodeled the old jail into a
kitchen. putting IN a cement floor.
| laundry tubs. kitchen range n Wa
ter heater. c%upboards and kitchen
table. Had the walls newly plosteied.
etc. had placed in the old court
room. now used us q dormitory, q
| new tloor. new steel ceiling, and cal
| sominrd the walls. one of the small
| rooms at tho rear of the court room
| converted into a wash room, bath
and toilet. The other small room aC
the rear has not been finished yet.
and is now used as @ store room and
shoeblacking room, IN II OF the
| rooms in front OF the court room, /
I..l r.n- gfaal ..pfIfnp HDf nm and
| walls painted. and am using ii for
The assistant superintendent room.
The other room in front had
painted, new steel ceiling put on. ANA
intend this room for d hospital room
The small room opening off the I'D
| court room i'm frnt, ! converted into
a clothing room. I'll. small room in
the second story Of cupola, con-
Verted into a library and medicine
! room. All the work in these depart
ments on the second floor has been
done by inmates largely. The win
| doWs in the second story have all
been barred and on the down floor,
an the windows and doors. except the
living and office rooms have been
barred. These gates n bars were
delivered at Springer and most of
them have been PLACID by inmates.
New floors have been put in five OF
the rooms and part of haill, on lower
floor. In part Of main hallway, Y
cement floor has been put in. The
building has been given two coats OF
paint on the outside, the roof has
ben given q coat of tar paint, and
the cutters were given two coats OF
coal tar and burlap. The roof is now
i'm excellent repair and viii last for
several years. The ground has been
pat in shape and seede Go grass ana
garden truck. The fence around the
ground has been repaired, and new
fence put IN around the street va
Gated and the lots purchased. Water
hats been brought to the grounds
from the Springer ditch, and they
are now under irrigation. We have
also put in new pipes for water, both
in the building ana on the grounds.
and now have, as near as possible, q
complete waiter service.
On the farm at the edge of own,
we have now under cultivation about
20 acres, which has been broken and
planted TO various farm crops Also
a four barb wire fence has been put
around the 20 acres. the amount Of
land included in the farm, We have
at this time boys ranging in ages
from . to rs years. Alp are doing
Wen and most of them are improving
their time here to good advantage,
both as to schooling n industrial
habits. The hardest time in the his
tory Of an institution of this kind is
in getting it started. The first few
boys that are committed here must
be disciplined, and after his the
next boys tan into line much more
readily.
The stone wall at the rear of the
building, when completed as contcm-