1853-04-16, Patriot And Terra-Nova Herald

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ST. JOHN. NEWFOUNDLAND, SATURDAY, AV HI L 10, 1853.
[No. 16
GENERAL STATEMENT OF MONEY RECEIVED FROM THE
TREASURY AND EXPENDITURE ON ACCOUNT OF THE
PENITENTIARY, FOR THIS YE \W.
[Concluded from our last.]
An Account of Money Expended in the Erection
Penitenthrv, 18*3*^.
f the Colonial
Month Dsy. Voucher. £    **•
Oct.   9th "              Ditto ditTa  Twenty  threa  week's Isbor and incidental*. 17    5
"   llth  42           Ditto dit.) J.fe W. B-v!   for Jumper  81    t
'*    12th   45             Dilto ditto Roach & I)  lev,   I'ln'.raci   general fouii-i-tnnn, 170    0
"    13th   44             Ditto ditto Roach an.l D -!**v. Ii.ilance of Contract for <lo. 76 11
"    I5t!j    "              Ditto ditto Twenty lour  >m*.*;;*i labour ond incidentals.   . 16    4
"   22nd   *«             Ditto ditto Twenty five  ww'•»•*•         ditto           ditto.... 1«'I2
"    2ith 43              Ditto ditto J. & W. Boyd tor   Lumber  6;0
..   SOth   "             Dn'o i!i;o Twenty five w-k's labour and inci.lent-i** ... I'm* b
„      ••      46              D.tto .fi'to E. L. Jtrtislii'thfir balance on CarB"-p-.*r Rose 1   16
Nor." 3rd 47             D-ttoHitto   Baine Johnston «i Co. J. T.  Nevil'a passage
to Halifax  0    0
.«    «•       47i Dun .I'tto J, T. Neril on account of expenaes to Boston,
CDO "St-/  f-    0
«•    ■«       474            D no ditto J. T. Nevil, on account  of Salary  15    0
*■«    5th    49 Ditto d't'o John   Norman,   Ireigbt per' Ros.:' l'rom St.
John, New    Brunswick  60   0
si    6th      •*              Dilto ditto Twenty Seven   weeks' labour an.l ir.ci.J*'n.si*. 7  t*l
•*•    iSth    •'             Ditto ditto Twenty   eight            do                   do  7    9
«<    20th    '*              Ditto ditto Twenty Nine              do                   <lo     7  17
••    27th 49 Ditto ditto Riehard English  (Maam)  for Kelty'i I-. n*-l
Stone  14  16
"     "        *•              Ditto ditto Thirty  weekt*'    labour   and   incident! !■«  8 14
Ird    "              Di'to dilto Thirty first weeks'       do         do  10   8
lih    **              Ditto ditto Thirty two                 do                do  9  16
50 Ditto auto Charlea Simx.i. Esq., registering Deed .... 2    6
51 Ditto ditto Brooking fe Son,   Paid  freight per • Roaalia' 14   18
"             Ditto dit'o Labour and incidental expenuea  from 12ii to
Slat  December  5     1
£3673   13
Balances' Cash in the Bank as per Dank   Book £186   12
£8865   7
of five acres, part of Harris's Estate, si»uate between ihe road leading to Quii.t
Vidi, and the lake olthat name, by whioh it is hounded on the north, and which
lot, within a short distance ofthe town, t'ombines a healths nnd comparatively
sheltered situition, with great facility for drainage, abundance of good wnier
easiness of access, and the means of perfect isolation.
The Commissioner? beinj*, aware ofthe great improvement*; i
land of late years, in   the tt eminent and management of primmer
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St. John's, 15th March, 1853.
Sir,
L HAVE thc honor to enclose, for the information of Ilia
Excellency the Governor, a Report fromthe Commissioners
appointed for carrying into effect the Act ofthe Legislature,
for the erection of a Penitentiary, together with certain documents alluded to therein.
I have the honor to be.
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
B. G. GARRETT.
Cihainiiar..
The Honble. James Crowdy.
&c.        &c        &c.
<o their more effectual reformation, apd of this
under the anxious  cons  Ir-ration  ofthe   lmpm;.
occasions,  had ous reports Irom
pointed   in  eitquiii  into    he   -tubject of prison   . .   . ntnl
desirous thai this Colon j -should reap the benefit ■•t'r.il
adopted in Gicat Britain, addressed a ietierto the '..speeti.r ii*\
in Borland, soliciting his advice and assistance in ptociiring h i
•enti.uy suitable to the wants ofthe Colons**; and to enable  bin
j ><ot opinion on this point, various statistical returns connected withthe Gaol in
■ St. John's lor the last fifteen years were forwarded for his information and
gufelsnee. His Honor the Administrator was'pleased, ut the lequett uf lhe
Co Ami* y toners, to forward a duplictte of the letter aud it-*-enclosures to the
I i   >   Honourable the Secretary of Slate for the Colonies, •soliciting his Lord-
Uhi.'s Interference with the Inspector General in accomplishing the object »h«
j tootoiiaa oneis hati in view.
'I'he proper heating, ventilating and drainage of the proposed building, the
CoiTii.h-: :.i;rs felt lo be of the utmost importance; no matter bow perfect it
might • • •• in other respects, if deficient in these, tlie rest ot us capabilities wen!.I
be com.Htra.ivelv valueless; foul air and dampness would shew their prejudicial
effects on prisoners of thevmost robust constitution, when under the confinement and restraint necessary to be observed in a Penitentiary ; and therefor*.*'
to obviate ss hn* as in tli'iiHay any defect in pattictilars sn essential, the Com**
nii.->sioners fnither solici'e.1 the Inspector General's assistance in procuring a
com*, cent , er-M.n capable of directing tlie different tr-adesmen in their Various
dejki.ir'ii.cnia; and they are happy to say their applications weie attended writ
taece-sS, i'Lns were prepared by an Architect under the direction of the Ins]
General, to whom they were submitted for approval, antl a person eti
svho inn. t*n;ierintended the building of more than one of '.lie receutiy*e.*tcic*.l
prisons in England.
It now l>econmes necessary for the Commissioners to decide upon one or
two points ih.tt hn 1 long formed a prominent part iti their deliberations, ami
which thfy approached wuh a lull seu*e of the responsibility attached to .1
light eoin_t..-.o'i: was it best to advertise for ihe performance of thc worn by
que com j at i, or io lake several, or to become purcbasers ol the mateii.iU theui*
t.i'!ivj and contiact lor the labour only ?
The firs* has been the course usually adopted in thia Country ; but taking
into account tl,*-* kip* sums to be expended, aud the impossibility of geiiini*f
persons -pfauffi. irfli means to compete for the performance of a wt»«k of such
magnitude with.>uitheir depending almost altogether upon the advanc*^ made
by the Commissioner*, and being warned by the difficulties and disputes that
have arisen from such a course in the erection of some of the public buildings
in the Country, .Ite Commissioners were afraid that no prudence or foresight
their part would protect them from similar difficulties, and they gate up the
i.ira of conirjciing for the performance of the work in this manner.
The employment of several contractors on the same building was open tn
so mmv obvious inconveniences that the Commissioners abandoned this mode
Orf proceeding also, and the only other course left open for them to pursue, was
the one la-** above suggested, namely, their becoming the purchaser* of every
tiling required and contracting from time to time forthe performance of the
labour onlv. •