Show COUNTY JAIL BEING constructed reconstructed RE HE contractor thos W whitaker has hab a force of 0 men busy at the county jail cutting holes in the walls of the new building and in laying cement floors in the old building as well as ag installing additional windows the pauly jail company has a couple of mechanics on the ground also to install the steel cages and other steel fixtures which will go into the remodeled jail throughout the improvements as specified by the architect will consist of a row 0 of steel cells six in number running north and south in the mala main building the brick partition wall has been re moved so that the interior Is now one large room the new cells will be feet each and each will lie be equipped with a bunk and toilet fixtures fix the cells will open on the north into a corridor feet which Is equipped with a table and fixtures for serving meals the doors of the cells will be ba opened by the jailer from the outside of the corridor by an automatic apparatus which permits the opening of one door at a time or all of them together and the jailer is still beyond the reach of any of the prisoners immediately upon entering the jail there will be a roomy hall running the entire jengill length of the room and facing the cells corridor so that the keeper may have room to pass along and wait upon apon the men when admitted to the corridor the present cement floor ot of the jail will be made thicker by an additional three inches of concrete laid in steel rods for reinforcement which will make digging through it practically an utter impossibility the interior will be supplied with additional light and ventilated by the installation ol of two windows on the east end three on the south giving it a light and airy appearance which will add materially to the comfort of the prisoners tn the old building which was waa for merly used by the city and for a county hospital additional windows will be installed in the west wall and the north room will be fitted up for a sick room A cement floor will be put in and it will be made as comfortable as possible under the circumstances the south room will be fitted up as a padded cell for the ac ot of violent subjects bent upon doing themselves bodily harm it also has a cement floor and additional 9 windows to make it airy sanitary and comfortable all the steel to be used in the reconstruction st of the jail Is on the ground and the pauly people have a force of local mechanics at work tearing out the old steel cells to make way for the new ones the old cells vere nere taken down in sections by driving the steel rivets out with a punch and sledge 7 hammer and they can be set up at any time they are needed in any part of the tha county or as an addition to the present accommodations as it may te ce deemed necessary when completed the county jail will present a vastly different appearance and former inhabitants who might have the pleasure of taking lodgings in it again wont know the old place incidentally the sheriff his deputy and in fact all the peace ora cers are rejoicing because of the removal of 0 the danger which existed in a the place every time any of them entered it in company of a prisoner |