For compensations to sheriffs for bringing con ..... victs from the counties to prison, ... 1448 02 For the support of female convicts in N. York, 2298 96 For salaries of agents and keepers, 11,255 97 guards, chaplain, physician, 3312 40 291 65 524 56 -15384 58 51513 48 1987 96 Leaving a balance of monies in the hands of the agent, Elam Lynds, on the 31st October 1829, of....... $53,501 44 The following statement will shew the amount of monies remaining in the state treasury from former appropriations; and of monies in the hands of Elam Lynds, the agent, applicable to this prison, the 31st of October 1829: It will be seen by our report of 14th January last, that there was, on the 31st of October 1828, in the hands of the agent, Elam Lynds, a balance of monies then unexpended, of.... $276 02 ... 28159 45 31085 37 That on the same day, there was remaining in the state Brought forward, And by the present report, as stated above, that there has been received by the agent, for sundry accounts at the prison, mostly from earnings of the convicts' labor, ...... Expenditures at the prison have been paid by orders on the treasury, as by the foregoing statement, from 31st of October 1828, to 31st of October 1829,.. $48374 50 The agent has paid disbursements from monies received by him at the prison, as in the foregoing statement, and mostly from the convicts' labor, 4850 92 64371 76 Leaving in the state treasury, of monies appropriated and not drawn for, 31st October 1829, 3138 98 51513 48 12858 28 And in the hands of Elam Lynds, the agent,. 10870 32 Amounting together, as above, to.... $12,858 28 We noticed in our last report, that two contracts had been entered into by the agent, for cut stone, which were in a train of being executed; first, with the corporation of the city of New-York, for stonecutting and blacksmith work for the city penitentiary, which contract has since been completed; secondly, with the committee for building a court-house in the city of Troy, which is in a train of being completed. In the course of the last summer, contracts have been entered into for cut stone for the state-house at New-Haven in Connecticut; with the corporation of the city of Albany, for cut stone for the city-hall at that place; with the commanding officer at Fort Adams in the state of Rhode-Island, for the coping stones required for that fortification; and also for an iron steam boiler, to be sent to Mexico in South America. The work and materials for executing these several unfinished contracts, it is estimated by the agent of the prison, will amount to $25,000; and that so much of the work on them has been done and delivered, as will amount to something more than $10,000, for which no monies have as yet been received, and is not to be received until the contracts are completed. Exclusive of the above mentioned work done on contracts, and of monies received for work by the agent at the prison as above stated, the following is an abstract of debts due the prison: It was apprehended by the commissioners, that the contracts for stone, &c. might retard the completion of the prison; but the agent was of opinion, that the men employed at stone-cutting and in the quarries, were not wanted about the buildings, there being as many men at the buildings as could work to advantage. The number of convicts in prison at our last report, was.... 513 Since which there has been received.... 152 569 Remaining in prison, 31st October, 1829,........ The prison has been built upon a plan of enclosing a hollow square five hundred feet long, by 250 feet or more broad in the clear, on the inner side, for a prison yard; by placing the prison buildings upon three of the external lines of this square, and a wall on the fourth, against which work shops might be placed, if ever wanted. The prison, four stories high, and containing 800 separate cells, fills the easterly line of this square; it was soon after our last report completed, and it is believed that no better penitentiary prison was ever built at any time, in this or in any other country. The appurtenant buildings on the south line of this square, are first, a building two stories high, extending 80 feet along the line, by 40 feet broad: the lower story is the prison kitchen, and a store room for provisions, with a partition wall between them. The upper story is the hospital, with a store room for clothing, with a partition also between them. Adjoining this, and extending along the line 80 feet farther, is the chapel, 80 by 40 feet, and of the same height as the kitchen and hospital; it will scat about 900 persons, but is not yet entirely completed. The two buildings together fill 160 feet of the south line of the square, and there remains of this line 90 feet to be filled with other buildings, or with a wall of the same height as the buildings. On the north line of the square, adjoining to and at right angles with the prison, the principal workshops have been built, of the same height as the buildings on the south line, and thirty-five feet broad, and together 230 feet long; covering this north line of the yard to that extent, and leaving on this line but 20 feet of shop, or wall, to be built to fill that line. The lower stories of this range of buildings will be occupied as smiths', carpenters' or other work shops, and room for keeping articles appurtenant to their trades.The upper stories are intended for carrying on other manufactures for the use of the convicts, or of persons who may employ them.To entirely enclose this yard, a wall must be built on the west line 500 feet long, on the north line 20 feet, and on the south line 90, in all 610 feet, and of the height of the work shops and chapel ; against which work shops may be built, when they may be wanted, if ever. The stone cutting is done in low rough board sheds, running from east to west across the yard. The agent and keeper's house, in which is included a clerk's office, is placed adjoining to and at the southeast corner of the prison; a part of the basement story is a hall for the use of the keepers and guards. Considerable progress has been made towards building this house; the wall and the chimneys are built, and the house is covered. In order fully to complete this establishment, the length of walls above stated must be built, and the buildings which are not yet quite done, must be finished. There will then remain to be built, a wharf along the water, out side of the west wall, about 600 feet long, and 30 feet broad. This wharf the commsssioners deem to be a very necessary appendage to the establishment, and therefore recommend that it be built. The agent is of the opinion, considering the present state of the grounds and of the work to be done, that another appropriation for the ensuing year, of $30,000, is required, in which opinion the commissioners concur, and therefore recommend that it be made. The removal of all the male convicts from the then old New-York prison to this, conformable to the act of April 1828, increased the expenditures at this prison without proportionately advancing the work of the prison buildings; altogether the number of convicts was larger than could profitably be kept at work on the buildings, and the bodily infirmities of many of the convicts so amoved, was found to be such as rendered them unfit for out-door labor, and only capable of performing some lighter in-door work, at which they have been employed. Before the removal of the convicts from the old prison to this, the number of two hundred only, and all able bodied men, were employed at building this prison, and those of them becoming disabled from sickness, &c. were sent back t the old prison. It costs no more to maintain the able bodied men than it does the weak, and although no particular sickness has prevailed among them, and the numbers in the hospital has been comparatively small, still the cost of that department has been increased; which, together with the necessary additional keepers and guards, in consequence of the enlarged number of convicts by the removal, has helped to increase the expenditure. The payments of sheriffs' bills for transporting convicts from the places of their conviction to the prison, and for the board and maintainance of the female convicts to the corporation of New-York, has been the occasion also of additional disbursements, the latter amounting to about $2,500 annually. The annexed paper marked A, contains a list of the convicts received into the prison. That marked B, a list of convicts discharged. That marked C, a list of those pardoned. That marked D, a list of those remaining on the 31st of October, 1829. That marked E, contains the names of the female convicts under the care of the corporation of the city of New-York; and the paper marked F, is the inventory of the prison property for the 31st of October, 1829. G, doctor's report. H, two letters offering land for sites of female state prison, at Troy and Utica. By a concurrent resolution passed at the last session of the Legislature, the subject of locating a prison for female convicts, was referred back to the commissioners, with instructions "to ascertain upon what terms a site could be obtained, and a suitable prison built, in the vicinity of some one of the populous villages or cities of this State, which should combine suitable employment with moral instruction, and the superintending care of benevolent females, and to report the result of their inquiries to the next Legislature." In pursuance of this resolution, the commissioners have examined grounds in the city of Troy and of the village of Utica, where seve |