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month, t"othirda going TO the State.
Iha toto income is thus several thou.
sand dollars yearly to the State. In
the year l920-2l the revenue was
about $4,000 Of which the inmates re
ceiye $4,000. The men have also
Jeen employed to a considerable ex-
tent en- the highways, receiving
third Of the product Of their labor
here also AT the present time there
is no work Of this kind in the vicinity
Of Windsor and alllabor Is within the
walls At the women's rcformatory at
Rutland, laundry in which the in
mates work brings ia a revenue Of
about 500 a week. The work here is
all stra gilt hand labor, the washing
being done on scruDbing boards
In 1918 work done by inmates of the
House Of Correction brought a rev.
enue Of nearly $500 TO the State and
nearly $1,000 to the men employed.
The men were paid at the rate of 81
day and the State received 80 cents
a day for their laJor A recent devel
opmont is doing work for the forestry
department It Is expected that ut
como future time tree nurseries will
be established at oil the State insti
tat'on3 through the cooperation Of
Judge Weeks tire supcrntenlents Of
the Institutions, ana State Forester
w G. Hastings
a larg item which does not come
under revenue to the state, but is new
ertheless a considerable saving, is the
production Of vegetable and milk at
several OF the institutions. In 1918,
!, according to the report Of Judge
Weeks, $50 acres were planted to cere-
ais potatoes ana garden truck at the
five institutions. The farm at Water
bury Is a good example Of what may
! be done along this line Vegetables
and mix are produced for the !nstitu-
ton, and considerable quantity Of
produce is sold out,ide Butter IS pro
ducei at two OF the institutions
Maintenance Of the Institutions has
, b-cn q growing factor IN state ex-
] palse, hat may be expected to grow
/. less with the return OF commodity
r prices TO normal levels The main.
r tenance expense seems to have fol
y lowed r"aing PRICES enlarged plants,
n and increase IN the number Of inmates
d a three factors. The auditors reports
show a steady rise to the figures for
! the year ending July J., 1890 when the
School for the Feeble Minded cost
- $32l0439 the States Prison SS0575
= Is, the Industrial school Sl02,331 AZ.
= and tie State no pital $2O5,l77 s.
. The House Of Correction had the re.
Il markedly small maintenance figure OF
= S2003.0l fog the year. but during the
i previous ycaI the expense was S43
~ MESA.
!, The State Industrial School has had
~ q steadily increasing maintenance ac
n. count for the past u years. going
/, from S2G49173 IN 1909 to $lO2 ,331.42
/, in 1920 The maintenance expense
, ran through the 30 and 40 thousand:
I till it reached S55,5994i for the year
4 ending July 1919 The following
- year evidently Witnessed an attempt
"a TO cut the budget. as the regular audit
4. or.s detail dropped to $45,jS79S. 4
=. sp-cial appropriation Of S8O750 wai
3. made however
-. War time costs brought the ex
~ panses to S73.7i5.4J in 1917, and owe
H. SS5 900 the following year
% The largest item in the account 0
N. over 100000 for 1920 was S27 6669
+ for construction SUPPLIES and repairs
~ SalarIe and wages made up the sec
= cnl largest item Of S21,939 40. In 1915
~ however, sala~es and wages toppa
b construction, supplies ard repairs b
h. over $4,000
d The largest jump IN expense sine
Il. the school was founded came in 1921
3. when expenses went TO S1354249$.
or The State School for the Feeble
at Minded at Brandon, in q five years q
pr existence. has not shown q remarl
cd 9bly large Increase IN its maintenance
or cZperse
he Tho state School for the Feebl,
DC Minded began O. financial career b
se. purchasing at auction with the appro,
rh al OF Governor Gates the so.calle
nd Forest Park farm, q mile north {
l. Brandon. The purchase price wa
is $4,000 and the farm contained 30
&c acres. Or. Frederick J Rus ell too
,ol chargo as superintendent on Septen
ne Der |. 1915, and a dormitory housin
,m 20 was erected a payment to the il
ns stitution OF $4,000 Is entered in tn
2l State auditors accounts for the yea
ending June so. 1915. During the yea
he ending June 80, 1916. the institution
p3 maintenance expense was SlS,0730
an The expenses of the trustees durin
vi these two years totallcd $2,2576
he FOR the following fiscal year the g,
60 rense was $4,000 GO. and for the yea
en- ending juno 30, 1918, it dropped t
S3471C19. IN the fiscal year endin
at IN 1917. the trustees expenses wer
he Sl12I63. a considerable part OF tn
re expenses under maintenance durin
OF these years went for construction an
\ repairs
Is In 1919, the maintenance expens
ke na'd by the State auditor was $27
on 57519 and IN 1929 IL was S32.104.3!
IT, The net weekly per capita cost to tn
m state for 1915 Yves $A9S5, as given 4
rs the r7po,t of the director OF Stat
* inst tutions The maintenance el