State Reform School, 1894 Report

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at worth $2,250, and much of it has been stored away and will last
 
at worth $2,250, and much of it has been stored away and will last
 
far into the next year.
 
far into the next year.
 
==Recommendations==
 
The Board is required by the law creating the institution to recommend
 
to your Excellency the needs of the school so far as buildings and
 
improvements are concerned. In this respect the Board makes the following
 
recommendations:
 
#The purchase of the forty acres adjoining the institution. ''(From the director:) I suggest the purchase of more land, the forty acres we now own is not enough to produce sufficient feed for the stock and vegetables for the school. With more land we could keep our own cows, thus supplying the inmates with milk, also raise our hay and feed, which we now have to buy. There is a farm joining us on the south, consisting of about eighty acres, which is for sale. This is a very desirable farm and would enable us to more thoroughly teach our boys practical agriculture and horticulture.''
 
#The erection of two additional buildings as advised by the Director. The Director is of the opinion that these will cost $12,500 each.
 
#For fencing the land, $450.
 
#The Trustees are of the opinion that the capacity of the present building will be reached by June 1, 1895, and with this in view, and estimating the needs of the school for two years, the Board believes it will require for the first year two thousand dollars ($2,000) per month; and for the second year twenty-five dollars ($2,500) per month, a total of $5-4,000.
 
#The payment of the loans from banks already made, and also for the bills audited in December, $12,000 total.
 
#The payment of claims tor stable $700 and balance of heating plant, $1,200.
 
 
In concluding this report the Trustees desire to express through his
 
Excellency, Governor Richards, their kindly appreciation of the support
 
and assistance which the Board has at all times received from the Governor
 
and the State officials in opening the institution and conducting it
 
up to its present stage of efficiency and progress.
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
 
[[J. W. Strevell]]
 
 
[[C. R. Miiddleton]]
 
 
[[H. B. Wiley]]
 
  
 
==Residents==
 
==Residents==

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