Balance to credit of convicts January 1, 1911 $11,662 13 Cash sent by relatives and friends 25,498 38 Cash brought by convicts on entrance 789 74 Cash credited by overwork 11,861 94 Allowance 380 00 Cash deposited in Savings Banks $4,001 00 Cash paid convicts on discharge 5,592 93 Sundry goods, shoes, etc. 4,328 26 Cash paid to relatives and friends 19,943 71 Paid for tobacco, toilet articles, etc. 6,522 82 Profit and loss 1 54 Balance due convicts January 1, 1912 9,801 93 -------- ---------- $50,192 19 $50,192 19 WESTERN PENITENTIARY. The site for the Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania has been officially chosen by Warden John Francies and the Board of Prison Inspectors. The selection of the site is subject to the approval of Gov. John K. Tener, and is in Center County, a few miles from Bellefonte. It contains 4,878 acres of fertile agricultural land, 936 acres being part of a State forestry reservation, the rest, 3,942 acres, being held under option from a number of private landowners. The cost of the private land will be $191,655. From the forest reservation ample wood for the construction of preliminary buildings of the new prison may be drawn. The institution will be entirely fireproof, and it is Warden Francies’ intention to have all the manual labor entailed in its construction done by his wards. From McBride’s Gap, which forms a cleft in Nittany Mountain, will be drawn the new prison’s water supply. Warden Francies has obtained the entire watershed of McBride’s Gap Run, giving the prison absolute control of the sanitary condition of the drainage area. A beautiful roaring spring of sparkling water descends from the Gap, which has a minimum flow of 600,000 gallons of water per twenty-four hours. The water in McBride’s Gap is of a high degree of purity. The sanitary condition of the watershed, as found by engineers employed by Mr. Francies, is excellent. It is Warden Francies’ intention to construct a huge reservoir, which will store about 70,000,000 gallons of water. Pressure will be at command at all times to amply operate the mechanical and industrial departments of the prison and meet the requirements of many homes which will be built by the State for the officers of the new prison.