Part V. State Institutions
- Industrial School for Boys
[pp. 727-728]
OFFICERS.
A. J. HUTTON .....................................................................................................................
Superintendent and Steward
A. A. BACHLER .................................................................................................................................
Assistant Steward
H. R. RAWSON ............................................................................................................................................
Field Agent
J. S. ROESELER ...................................................................................................................................
Principal Teacher
MRS. A. J. HUTTON ...........................................................................................................................................
Matron
The Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys is situated about
three-fourths of a mile west of the railroad depots in the
village of Waukesha, the county seat of Waukesha county.
It was organized as a house of refuge, and opened in 1860.
The name was afterward changed to "State Reform
School," and again to "Wisconsin Industrial School
for Boys," its present title. The buildings are located
on the southern bank of Fox river, in view of the trains as they
pass to and from Milwaukee and Madison, presenting an attractive
site to the traveling public and furnishing good evidence of
the parental care of the State authorities for the juvenile wards
within its borders.
The buildings include a main central edifice, three stories
high, used for the residence of the superintendent's family,
office, officers' kitchen, dining and lodging rooms, furnace
room and cellar. On March 26, 1898, the factory building with
all its contents, was destroyed by fire, the loss being about
$40,000. The Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State
authorized an indebtedness of $40,000.000, and a new building
was built during the summer of 1898.
On the east of the main central building are three family
buildings, three stories high, each with a dining hall, play
room,
bath room, dressing room, hospital room, officers' rooms,
dormitory and store room.
On the west of the main central building are four family
buildings like those on the east in all respects, with the exception
of the building at the west end of this line, which is a
wooden building with a stone basement.
In the rear of this line of buildings is the shop building,
38x258 feet, three stories high, which embraces boot factory,
sock and knitting factory, tailor shop, carpenter shop, laundry
and steam drying room, store, store rooms, bakery and cellar,
and three family buildings with room for fifty boys each, also
an engine and boiler room and a blacksmith shop.
There is on the farm, which consists of 404 acres of land,
a stone carriage and horse barn, two stories high, built in the
most substantial manner, three convenient wooden barns, with
sheds for cattle, wagons and farm machinery, cellars for roots,
and also a silo in connection with cow barn.
The total amount paid from the State Treasury up to June
30, 1906, for real estate, buildings, improvements, repairs,
and current expenses is $2,539,703.96.
The whole number of commitments since the opening of the
schools, August 3, 1860, is 5,623, of whom 305 were
present June 30, 1906.
The average number of boys the past year was 317, as against
320 the previous year, and the current expenses were