Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-16

mouth, Mass; e. E. Bourne. Mrs. e. e.
Bourne, E. j. Freen. Boston: j. o. Gam
age. Buffalo. n. T.: Ernest Cookson.
Houlton; Mr.. and Mrs. Cnas. w. Wixon,
Winslow.
Charities and Corrections
The Quarterly bulletin of the State
Board OF Charities and Corrections. re-
Gently made public, speaks as follows OF
the Bangor city farm and house Of cor
rection:
Bangor City Farm
superintendent and matron. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Klatt; salary. $1,000 per an
mum; experience, since April, 1916; nurse,
two cooks and seamstress.
Records Of inmates kept contain the
following information: Name, age, sex,
place OF birth, legal settlement, cause OF
commitment, date Of admission. and dis
charge. All entries appear to be made to
date. Inmates present, males. under II
years Of age, one; II to 60, II; over 60. y;
females, II to 60, seven; over 60, 10; total.
81; one was a temporary inmate; two
were insane; epileptic one; feeble mind
ed. three; crippled. three; blind. three:
less assistance: none were tubercular.
Facilities for the separate care of infec-
tious diseases, a special hospital ward for
the sick, and in addition ward for in
fectious cases. Those able to do some
| work other than care for their own room
or bed were assigned regular tasks as
follows: Two. look after hens; two. care
for horse and COW barns; one, works in
the cooks department; five wash dishes;
one acts as fireman and two work as
carpenters.
superintendent quarters, kitchen.
dining room, Office, two sleeping rooms,
bath room. Additional quarters used by
| employees. four sleeping rooms.
1.-The almshouse is used as house OF
correction. OF the inmates enumerated
above five were under sentence, namely
| four men and one woman. Separate
quarters are provided but not used for
! those under sentence.
Personal clothing in good condition
Bathing required regularly once week.
Largest number present at any time
during the year, 81; smallest, 81.
| Tramps not fed or lodged
Inmates quarters, kitchen. dining
room, smoking room, two living rooms. 81
sleeping rooms; number Of beds. 102; larg-
est number in any one room,r eight; facili-
| ties for the separation Of the sexes, ade-
quate; toilet facilities: For the men,
three bath tubs, six lavatories, seven
| flush closets; for the women three bath
tubs, two lavatories, two flush closets.
| All baths and lavatories are supplied with
hot water
| "House is of brick, four stories. Fire
escape, none; fire apparatus. chemi cal
and dry powder; extinguishers; water
supply from city system; heating by
steam: lighting by electricity.
| General conditions Cleanliness, re-
pair and furniture. good. Beds and bed
ding in good condition except that many
narrow iron bedsteads without springs
need to be replaced and provided with
good mattresses. Sanitation, good; care
Of food supplies-good, but a new refrig-
orator is much needed. improvements:
Many of the rooms have been painted and
new floors laid.
THE new superintendent and matron
seem to be taking hold of the work in
the right spirit, and will no doubt be sue
cessful in their management. Several
suggestions were made as to organization
| of those able to work or of sufficient
capacity to assume responsibility for
cleanliness and discipline and the numer-
Gus small daily tasks which must be per-
formed in an institution of this kind.
ut is recommended that fire escape be
| provided at once, that the iron gratings
be removed from the windows of the part
now no longer used as a house of correc-
/ ton.
Some Of the suggestions made year
! ago in relation to better check on the
cost of maintenance and daily average
number of inmates are being adopted.
cit is to be deplored that persons are
being sentenced here by the courts for
drunkenness, street walking. ETC., but
since they are, it is felt that they should
be kept, as far as possible. except when
actually at work, entirely separated from
the regular inmates 1t has been stated
tina. the institution needs the services OF
these people. The inspecting of11cer feels
that this is more or less Of a fallacy;
that their services are not as valuable as
they seem to be. 1t Is also felt that the
primary object Of an almshouse should be
the proper care Of its inmates, and that
the amount of income which can be pro-
duced from the farm, although de-
sirable consideration should nevertheless
be a secondary one.
"It is thought the institution Is large
enough and valuable labor so limited that
It would be economy to Install machinery
in the laundry, or to contract with local
laundries for doing some Of the fiat
work.
Verse Translation Of Dante
A valuable work has recently been
added to the State library, "The Di-
vine Comedy" translated by Prof.
Henry Johnson Of Bowdoin College.
The excellence Of this new translation
of Dante Is voiced in a lengthy review