pany's works, which company had the contract to furnish the structural steel. At the close of the year the basement walls were up to the first floor level. The first floor of reinforced concrete was laid so that the entire basement was inclosed and heated, to permit the men to work during the winter months and complete the lower part of the building. This building will be one story and basement, with a second story over a part in which will be located the stairway to the second floor of the present building. It will be 100 by 115 feet, with two wings to the mess hall, each 50 by 50 feet; it is to be entirely fireproof brick walls with steel frames and reinforced concrete floors and roof. In this building will be located the mess halls, kitchens, bakeries, storerooms and refrigerator. It will be impossible to complete the yard wall during the year, owing to the difficulties met with in placing the foundations for the south end. The excavation is in sand, and as the water stands in it almost to the surface it was necessary to make cribs of sheet piling and pump a large amount of water to allow the excavation, to get proper depth. Otherwise when dug out it was impossible to place loose concrete so as to make a good construction, as the sand and water would mix with it and impair its value. The difficulty was overcome by moulding large blocks of concrete and placing them with a derrick for the first footing course. All the foundation for the wall is now complete, and 2,100 feet of the upper wall has been put in place, leaving 700 feet of the upper wall at the south end uncompleted. The wall is 20 feet above grade, and the foundations extend from 8 to 16 feet below grade, according to the nature of the ground upon which it stands. The wall is 3 feet thick upon its pilasters, with panels 2 feet 6 inches in thickness, blocked off to give the appearance of cut stone. Its appearance is good, and the cost is very much less than a wall of stone or brick would have been. The new machinery in the wood and metal working classes of the trade school building has been installed and is in good working order. Its use has greatly facilitated all of the instruction work, rendering it possible to make all of the doors and trim of the different buildings and to turn out much of the metal work used. DIETARY FOR THE WEEK COMMENCING AUGUST 1, 1910. Monday.— Breakfast: Regular. Boiled rice, milk, coffee and bread. Dinner: Meat balls, vegetable soup, potatoes, brown gravy and bread. Supper: Coffee and bread. Tuesday. Breakfast: Hominy, milk, coffee and bread. Dinner: Mutton stew, pickled beets, lettuce with salad dressing and bread. Supper: Coffee and bread. Wednesday. Breakfast: Corn beef hash (beef stock), coffee and bread. Dinner: Pork and cabbage, potatoes, brown gravy and bread. Supper: Coffee and bread. Thursday. Breakfast: Oatmeal, milk, coffee and bread. Dinner: Vegetable chowder (mutton stock) maize pudding with vanilla sauce, and bread. Supper: Coffee and bread. Friday. Breakfast: Corn beef hash (beef stock), coffee and bread. Dinner: Macaroni soup, cream codfish, potatoes and bread. Supper: Coffee and bread. Saturday. Breakfast: Boiled rice, milk, coffee and bread. Dinner: Pea soup (pork stock), and bread. Supper: Coffee and broad. Sunday. Breakfast: Corn beef hash (beef stock), coffee and Lread. Dinner: Pork and beans, and bread. Supper: Coffee and bread. Hospital. Monday. Breakfast: Oatmeal, milk, sugar, coffee and bread. Dinner: Mutton stew, pot pie, stewed prunes and bread. Supper: Toast and molasses, tea, milk and sugar. Tuesday.— Breakfast: Hominy, milk, sugar, coffee and bread. Dinner: Prime rib of beef roast, brown gravy, potatoes, string beans, bread pudding with vanilla sauce and bread Supper: Beef, tomato sauce, tea, milk, sugar and bread. Wednesday. Breakfast: Boiled rice with raisins, milk, sugar, coffee and bread. Dinner: Corn beef and cabbage, potatoes, stewed tomatoes, rice pudding and bread. Supper: Corn beef hash, tea, milk, sugar and bread. Thursday. Breakfast: Oatmeal, milk, sugar, coffee and bread. Dinner: Fresh roast pork, potatoes, apple sauce, ginger bread and bread. Supper: Cold pork, fried potatoes, tea, milk, sugar and bread. Friday. Breakfast: Hominy, milk, sugar, coffee and bread. Dinner: Codfish cakes with tomato sauce, green onions, rice pudding with raisins and bread. Supper: Toast and molasses, tea, milk, sugar and bread. Saturday. Breakfast: Boiled rice, milk, sugar, coffee and bread. Dinner: Roast leg of lamb, mint sauce, baked potatoes, stowed prunes and bread. Supper: Cold sliced lamb, cream pototoes, tea, milk, sugar and bread. Sunday. Breakfast: Oatmeal, milk, sugar, coffee and bread. Dinner: Prime rib of beef, potatoes, green peas, apple pie and bread. Supper: Cold sliced beef, potatocs, tea, milk, sugar and bread. Eggs and milk twice a day for some hospital patients. The following appropriations are recommended for this insti tution: 1. For maintenance for the fiscal year beginning Oe tober 1, 1911 2. Hospital building... This is to provide for the increasing proportion of tubercular prisoners as claimed by the board of reformatories in a letter to the Governor under date of December 7, 1909. This item was recommended to the Legislature last year, passed by that body but vetoed by the Governor, it is understood, because of lack of funds. 3. Administration building.. This is to provide the superstructure, the foundations having been laid. Under date of December 15, 1909, the president of the board of reformatories sets forth the need of a place where officers can be accommodated for the reason that "the institution is a considerable distance from the village of Napanoch which is only a little hamlet where our employees find it impossible to secure adequate accommodations. They have to go to Ellenville, two miles away." This item was requested but denied by the Legislature last year. $71,785 32 50,000 00 50,000 00 |