The Winslow mail., 1923-07-06

enabling them to raise vegetables
for Prison use and wheat to- supply
the Prison and other institution
with bread Tt is the intention OF
tho administration to purchase ad-
ditional milk COWS and hogs 10 be
fed from the by-prOducts of the
-four mill, which will supply the Pri-
son with the necessary meat and
dairy products
All of these improvements have
been paid for out of the savings in
operation made during the past six
months
At the Industrial School, all of the
larger buildings have been re-roofed
and painted, and the grounds clean
ed up. A new orchard has been
planted and a new generating plant
installed to furnish electric lights
and power in the school The pipe
line which conducts water from Post
Greek to the school has been thor
Oughly overhauled and repaired and
the supply of water has been devel-
Oped so as to increase the amount
for domestic and irrigating purposes
This work has all been paid for out
of savings effected in the operation
of the school,
At the Asylum for the Insane new
roofs have been put on the larger
buildings The water pipe line and
sewer system have been overhauled
and repaired, out of savings affected
in the operation of the Asylum. An
improved system of checking sup
piles and provisions has been install
led, and the institution placed upon
a more efficient basis.
The Capital building and grounds
have been improved. A new conduit
with high powered line has been
installed. The fire apparatus has
been thoroughly overhauled through
out the building, and wherever neces
sary, replaced. The lighting system
has been Overhauled and modern
fixtures installed to replace the old
Ventilators hav0 also been installed
Many of the rooms have been retint-
ed and the contract has been let for
tiling the main floor of the building.
The grounds have been beautified
and more shrubbery planted That
portion of the Capital grounds be-
tween the side walks and the streets
which have always been desert, have
been leveled and planted with grass
and shrubbery, without any addition
al appropriation having been made.
The Pioneers Home appropria-
tions were made last year on the
bases of seventy-five guests. At the
present time we are caring for one
hundred and twenty men and women
at the Home. We have purchased
the best that the market afforded
and have taken care of the addition
al sixty per cent Of pioneers, with
in the appropriation allowed by the
Legislature
AS already stated the Board of Dis
rectOrs of State Institutions has dis
pensed witha Purchasing Agent and
the office of Secretary and Purchas-
ing Agent was combined on January
first. The salary of Purchasing
Agent has therefore been turned
back into the general fund.
In discussing the Highway Depart
ment the Governor stated that the
situation had not been wholly satiS-
factory due to the chaotic condition
in which the funds of the department
were found on January first. Num-
erOus contracts had been let by the
previous administration and the mon
ey was not available to take care Of
them. The Highway Department
has kept all Of the contracts going
and no contract jobs have been shut
down In addition to this a number
of projects have been completed and
new ones started It is the inten-
tion of the department to push the
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