r^ 1 F 549 ^^—-^^^^^^--^^^^^^-^^^.-^^^ .S7 118 Copy 1 _ SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT ■ J OF THE LINCOLN HOMESTEAD TRUSTEES REPORT OF GETTYSBURG MONUMENT COMMISSIONERS, AND SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT TRUSTEES STATE REFORM SCHOOL, PONTIAC, TO THE THIRTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. January 2, 1890. SPRINGFIELD. IIX.: H. W. lloKKEK. State Peintek and Binder, 1891. 'v::^ SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE LINCOLN HOMESTEAD TBDSTEES ;to the Thirty-Seventh General Assembly OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. January 2, 1891. SPRINGFIELD. ILL: H. W. EoKKEB, State Pbinteb and Binder. 1890. ■S 71/ S REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN HOME. Springfield, III., January 2, 1S91. To the Honorable Thirty-seventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois: Gentlemen — In compliance with the provision of section five of "An act to create a Board of Trustees to take and hold the title to the Homestead of Abraham Lincoln, in the city of Springfield, in the State of Illinois, in trust for the State of Illinois, and to provide for the care and custody thereof, and to appropriate money lar paj'ing the custodian to keep and exhibit said homestead and the relics and curiosities there col- lected," we have the honor to submit the following report of the transactions and expenditures of the Lincoln Homestead Trustees, from January 1, 1889, to December 31, 1890, inclu- sive: The following State officers met in the office of the Governor on April 11, 1889, for the purpose of transacting such business as might properly come before them, viz.: Governor Joseph W. Fifer, Secretary of State Isaac N. Pearson, Auditor Charles W. Pavey, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Richard Ed- wards. Governor Joseph W. Fifer was chosen Chairman, and Auditor Charles W. Pavey was chosen Secretary of the "Lin- coln Homestead Trustees." The unexpended balance of the appropriation of the 3oth General Assembly on hand January 1, 1889, and the appro- priation made by the 36th General Assembly to defray the ex- penses of repairing said premises and emplojang custodian for the period of two years, and the amount paid out thereon to December 31, 1890, are as follows: Unexpended balance of appropriation of 35th General Assembly' January 1, 1889 Appropriation (act approved May 29,1889,) for custodian's salary. ,t '• " " repairs DiSBUESEMENTS. Joseph Woods, superintending repairs and remodeling homestead. L. W. Coe, labor and materials furnished for painting at homestead. J. M. Rippey, amount paid for plumbing, gas fitting and paving:.. . Paullin & Patterson, papering rooms in homestead and gilding staff and ball on Hag pole The Culver Marble and Stone Co., labor and materials furnished for laying brick and stone walks, erecting hitching post, horse block, etc. , and sodding and grading yard C. H. Edmands, labor and materials for repairing gutters O. H. Oldroyd, brass lettered plate for flag pole and one shade tree. Helwig & Hopkins, repairing pump H. H. Biggs, making, painting and setting H. C. Irwin & Bro., material and labor repairing chimney J. H. Barkley & Co., furnishing one hot air furnace and one smoke stack Buck & McKee, carpenter work on barn and roof of house John B. Sessions, planting shade tree and removing old tree John Donovan, laying sod on yard Culp, Troxell & Co., insurance on homestead L. W. Coe, painting tin roof of homestead J. H. Barklev & Co.. repairing gutters of root Springfield Water Works, water consumed at homestead for 2 years ending July 1, 1890 Paullin & Patterson, 10 rolls ceiling paper furnished H. C. Irwin & Co., labor and materials for repairing flues O, H. Oldrovd, salary as custodian from January 1, 1889, to De- cember 31, 1890 By amount of unexpended balance of the appropriation of the 35th "General Assembly October 1, 1890, which lapsed back into the State Treasury Total disbursements Unexpended balance of appropriation Amount of unexpended balance of appropriation to be paid for salary of custodian 8500 00 Amount of un xpended balance of appropriation to be paid for repairs, etc 115 56 «1,777 35 2.000 00 300 00 ISO 00 58 00 76 48 63 25 409 00 4 08 13 71 3 05 10 00 5 60 313 85 191 34 fc 00 10 00 27 50 15 00 235 22 00 3 50 61 75 2,000 00 115 33 84,077 35 3,461 79 8615 56 The Trustees would respectfully recommend that an appro- priation of $1,000 per annum for the pay of custodian, and of .fl50 per annum for the making of necessary repairs and pay- ment of incidental expenses, be made by the 37th General As- sembly. Joseph W. Fifer, Governor, ChtiirniRii. C. W. Pavey, Auditor P. A., Secretary. I. N. Pearson, Secretary of State. Richard Edwards, Supt. Pub. Inst. REPORT Gettysburg Monument COMMISSIONERS. 1890. Chicago, III., December 1, 1890. To His Excellency, Hon. Joseph W. Fifer, Governor of the State of Illinois: Sir — The commissioners appointed under an act entitled "An act to appropriate six thousand dollars to erect a mark on the Gettysburg- battle-field where the Illinois troops opened the engagement of said battle," respectfully submit their report: The Commission was dwXj organized October 2, 1889, by the selection of John L. Beveridge, chairman, and Joseph B. Green- hut, secretary and treasurer. Before taking definite action the Commissioners resolved to visit the battle-field of Gettysburg to acquaint themselves of the scope and design of the Gettysburg Battle-field Memorial Asso- ciation, and the character of its monumental architecture. This visit was delayed until June, 1890. In passing over the memorable field, the Commissioners learned that all the loyal states represented in that battle, had erected monuments in honor of their heroic sons, except the State of Ilhnois. These monuments number over 250. -Most of them are plain, substantial structures, regimental in character, marking the spot where the regiment experienced the fiery ordeal of battle. The design of the Gettysburg Battle-field Memorial Association is not only to commemorate victory and honor the victors, living and dead ; but by the monuments, their location and in- scriptions, to trace the lines of battle, and render the field historic. The Commissioners, therefore, considering it would be more in accordance with the plan of the Memorial Association, and believing it would prove more satisfactory to the survivors of said regiments and the patriotic people of the State of Illinois, concluded, instead of one monument as contemplated by the act, to erect three monuments, one for each Illinois regiment, to mark the spot where the regiment stood in hue of battle in the morning of July 1, 1863. The Commissioners were advised that the Memorial Associa- tion is the owner of over 500 acres and has been to great ex- pense in the purchase, care and improvement of the same, and that the states erecting monuments have borne a part of this expense, by contributing for the privilege of erecting monuments on the lands of the Association. The Commissioners have agreed to contribute for this purpose to the Association, the sum of six hundred dollars, believing this to be a legitimate expense in the erection of said monuments. They have contracted with "The Smith Granite Co.'' of Westerly, Rhode Island, for two monuments, for the 8th and 12th Illinois Cavalry, and with Triebel t^ Sons, Peoria, 111., for a monument for the 82d Illinois Infantry. These monuments are to be built of "blue Westerly graniteli" completed and placed in position by June 1, 1891, at a cost of |1,500 each. In cost, size, design, finish, beautj^ solidity and durability, the monuments will compare favorabl}^ with the regimental monuments erected on the historic field ; and their inscriptions, written in granite, will tell the generations the part Illinois had in the great battle of the civil war. Many of the states have publicly dedicated their monuments. It is the intention and solemn purpose of the survivors of the Illinois regiments in September, 1891, to dedicate the monu- ments erected by the beneficence of the State. Several of the states appropriated sums of money to defray in part the expense of such dedications. The Commissioners, in behalf of the survivors, and in memory of the gallant dead, respectfully request your Excellency, in your biennial message, to call the attention of the legislature to this matter, and to recommend a liberal appropriation for this pur- pose. All of which is respectfully submitted. John L. Beveridge, I). B. Vaughan, J. B. Greenhut, Commissioners. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT TRUSTEES STATE REFORM SCHOOL, PONTIAC. 1890. To His Excellency, Joseph \V. Fifer, Governor of the State of Illinois : We, the undersigned, trustees of the State Reform School^ would respectfully present the following communication, which we hardly wish to have considered as a report, but rather as a statement of our views as trustees, having the welfare of our institution at heart. We desire to call attention to the fact that there a great num- ber of boj^s now in the Reform School for whom no steady and useful employment can be had under the present laws; and es- pecially is this true during the winter season, when but very few of them can be employed outside of the buildings; and when we take into consideration the fact that the idea that lies at the very foundation of the institution is that of reforming- the boys sent there, to teach them some useful trade or occupation which will enable them to become self-sustaining when their term has expired, we can see how far we are from fulfilling the object for which the institution was formed. We also wish to say that in our opinion there are a great number of convicts now confined in the two penitentiaries of this State who are what are called "first offenders,'' who might be reformed and made useful members of societ}', if they were properly cared for and instructed, and were treated differently from what it is possible to treat them in the penitentiaries under the existing laws: and we believe that the idea of the re- formation of our criminal classes has taken a hold on the minds of the masses of the people to such an extent as that they would hail with delight any movement in that direction. We further believe that a large reformatory for boys over the age of, say 9 years, and "first offenders" under the age of, say 30 years, could be instituted at the present State Reform School, which would reflect credit upon the intelligence of our people and result in making useful and law abiding citizens of a class of men who, otherwise, would become permanent residents of penal institutions. The necessary buildings could be erected by the use of the convict labor of the two penitentiaries, which would otherwise be idle, with very little cost to the State. There is now a sufficient amount of land owned by the State in con- nection with the Reform School for the purpose, and we believe that Avith comparative little expense an institution could be built up here, which would stand for all time as a monument to the intelligent foresightedness and philanthropic motives of this administration. But it would be necessary to have new legis- lation on the subject. The present reform school law would have to be changed and modified, and new laws passed in con- nection therewith, M'hich would involve a vast amount of labor on the part of the friends of such a measure, and yet we believe the end would amply justify all the time, labor and expense necessary. We do not mean by this that the Keform School should be abandoned, or its usefulness impaired in the slightest degree, but that its sphere should be enlarged and amplified. Other states have been moving in this direction for some years, and we do not think that the great State of Illinois can afford to be in the rear in the onward march of civilization, but rather should she be in the van-guard. We respectfully ask you to think over this matter, and make such recommendations in your message to the next legislature as you may think the subject demands. Very respectfully yours, E. M. John, A. D. Cadwallader, V. JOBST, Trustees. Dated at Pontiac, 111., Dec. 4, 1890. 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