New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-19
THE "E'g WoRA-HOUsE OHBLAch WELLS
ISLAND.

ception from the almost universal rule ought % have hon
" cradle mention IN Especial manner.
There may be more thar oae well-yenlstod Church 10
vewYork including the City OF Churches on INC
bo, side Of the East River bu, there s we have neY
cd u II there is c weli-ycntiated courthouse or
ub hal in tie United States it has not bsea our for
,u. ~ breathe It's pure cir when occupied 81 crowd
a. e. io.t.r. ventilation is set down IN The BILL
M .bsr, fore the audience have right 10 expect IT.
{, or wretch is sentenced % prison s part OF ss
urnrrcr .ha. no shah only have jus. vital air enough
70 .u,,sp lie AMI sometimes the line s drawn - close
fiat .re experiment; fails end the prisoner dies.
Irsr he ens.horses thar We have visited, fresh ar Is
No. IS enc OF the necessities OF lite OF eomions
OF Il, institution, iO tho furnishing oil wh'h oo '""'-
ager, OF founders are in any wa! responsioie'
Tie designer manager or master spirit 10 wa0in We"
York j. indebted for one OF her very best pdec nsi'a
,op nus, have been bora where the mountain broe1es
freely blowing gave healthy action to his leoge ana mn
pressed HIN viii The truth that OF the very hrsi OF our
wants pure air.
Y TN, that children DC taught how 70 eAis' upon
the smallest possible mOdicum OF oxygen N INC h'' "po
thai they breathe that viii sustain life, but tins QUIZ
accomplished by long training in one Of our modernouit
school houses But If We may judge from appearances
We cannot say hat we are impressed with the belief tnst
sucb children enjoy quito good health as those VINO got
tic fist rsmer,s in tho old log school house, win
wood iro in fse-place big enough to ufnsh atausn'
Of air almost strong enough TO take up one OF we sl"an-
d,,s 20 be found IN more than half Of the school houses IN
/ the | n;cd States.
Whoo.or contriyel the New W0rkhouse on BlecSwehs
ISLAND understood the value those in confinement par
ticuarly while in their sleeping apartments OF ha'ng nc
atmosphere as iesh and pure within the walls, and ii
healthy temperature, az it is without
The building is bundled feet long, with wings az
each end north and south II is located upon the nortn
hall Of The island about opposite scvcntecnths.reet the
M no end and tho
Pententsy the south end and between that and the
Nok-louse tho group Of buildings forming tho Aims
house
10 reach the island, take the Third-avenue cars
Sxtyrst-s,rcct tho sccondayenuo cars, "a 5000 as
they run to that street. which win be in few days From
the foot Of Ssty-frst-streei which is but short walk
from the cors roY-boas constantly plying 70 tho yCri
Gus institutions in which you easily get Igoe passage
If yoa have taken care provide yourself with permit
to visit the island from Of the Ten Governors.
The buildings are all built Of hammered stone, mostly
qusrred upon the leland the surface of which has been
considerably extended by building soa-was and filling n
The new work house the last but not the least least
needed and is The best constructed OF any OF them.
Under the whole length OF the foundation there s air.
chamber some five feet wide and six feet high built
with double walls and arohed over the space between the
walls being foot wide In summer the doos a. the end
Of this archamber may be left open but in winter being
closed and the space heated by sternppcs cir is let into
between the Wuls, IRON Yentlatlng lowers
each side % tho building, and from these archambo it
Is let into the great chamber through registers in the side
wall below the heated pipes. In the floor above, which
little above the level OF the earth, there is register
every fifteen feet opening into the great archambor be-
low. This A0or, in tho north part OF the building, has
none above IT, end the great dining-han OF the male
prisoners. From this doors open into sleepngooms upon
each side While the approach to these rooms IN tho sew
era stories above by hanging galleries upon each side
f.ar NIL, iron pe-
in every room there opening eight or ten inches
square into fue into the wall aud this fue leads into
conduit under tho roof OF greater capacity than all the
hucs that open into it, and that conduit leods 70 tall
chimney ao capGcious enoughto carry draft to the top
so that the could cir from the outside 10 sumner VII o.
ways have regular draft through the registers through
all the doors which cannot be closed tight and up the
nues to the chimney which will also be provided with
heating apparatus by which he air be rared to such
adegree that draft be created strong enough TO
carry up all the fed breahs Of thousand such hard
cases" will usually occupy the rooms.
The south part of the building is occupied by the
female department. which is under the superior good
management of principal matron, Mss Beers.
who served her apprenticeship in the matrons
department Of Sing Sing Prison, and several efficient
assistants. Tie females principally employed ID
making garments for those who have to be clothed at the
Citys expense The females sleep in room, with the
exception of room, where Of the best Of them
/ are allowed 10 be O little moro gregauous
The upper story Of this part of the edice IL hoored Tor
work room the lodging in the Intervening stories
being approached by hanging galleries in tho same way s
/ in the male department
! by this arrangement, a superintendent in any part OF
either Of the galleries the doors of all the rooms,
and all the lover hoor any person moving in any drec-
l ton.
| In the center, on level with tho dining rooms abi
luton for the men, dish washing room, and space
for dishng out the food which cooked in q kitchen OF
ample dimensions the level and not far on, only
some store rooms being located between 1t id contempa
ted to lay down rails from this center room between the
two dining balls and carry back and forth the
dshes and food.
These prisoners certainly complain of their are
They all regularly seated at clean table in clean
light airy room; they have coffee with their break
fast and for dinner which ge witnessed the whole psrsk
ing Of quart of rich beef soup, pound Of beet and
slice Of bead at least ten times large you VIII ever
get in city restaurant The supper generally, consists
OF mush made from sweet meal, the only fault OF
which IT, il ground 100 fine seasoned with sugar mo-
[ l0sses.
The class that are so we'll fed well clothed vel lodged
in such palace this workbouse the small pos-
ton who chance get arrested who found drunk in the
streets or making disturbance o. home, who bea;
their wives or wives who scratch their husbands and nov
AID then sturdy beegar and the genus yagant gene
rally The men are mostly employed in getting out stone
and the labor of building tho south wing not YET beng
completed All this kind of labor has been done by prs
oper in erecting this great building which exceeds in
sze the prison buildings at sngsing that the cash
pense bat only amounts TO $4,000.
Immediately over the room mentioned on the lower
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