, 1860-04-16
i DAY 1T THR NEW PEKIIEyTIARY,
oosv1cTs BUILDING IHE1R oTx PRISON

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Hoso .Hatters Look at Jc1f<s.
oosv1cTs BUILDING THEIR owz PRISON.
The Prison N 1t II and II to Be,
OF verify, numbers hare started from Chi
cago bound for the States Prison, with quite
inherent feeling from that possessed Us, On q
oaeht Spring morning. few duys sinet, when
ne found ourselves Bowling ont through the
southern suburbs Of our city, On Chicago &
hocE Island train, bound for tho new Pepiten.
tlary' ut Joliet, distant forty miles south.wes:
o1 chicago, the thriving and lively little city
and county sest Of Will county.
we bad built the Prison several times Cn
tEpe) from the Architects plan. Our views
from the car window have, on divers occasions,
told ~ that great public work waa being car
faed on by the zebra-1ooking operatives who, By
convict labor, are building their own prison, on
the broad slope, about q rpile north Of Joliet;
but the paper plans Of what was to BE-, and the
glance at what tsas, taken while At speed of
ntteen OF twenty miles IN hour, we're alike in
sufficient and n,eagze, and re, in view Of these
facts, administered to ourself sentence Of
"one day in the State Peuiteniary," and dely
expiated the same.
Arrived in Joliet nbout the middle Of the fore
noon, We lost no time in reporting our presence
to the Warden, Sam. Il. Casey, whom not to
know is to fall short Of due appreciation Of
Joliet, and its penitentiary. We were also SO
fortunate rs to have tined our visit with that
OF y. L. Wheelocl, Esq, Of the late firm Of
boyington d Wheelock. Architects, an endur-
ing monument 10 whose skill, this noble work
is to stand for years to come: Though the firm
have dissolved partnership, and each has an
office Of his own in Chicago, thsir joint superri-
sion is retained as regards the carrying cut Of
the work in accordance with their plans.
Joliet was wisely chosen as the site Of the new
Pcnitcntiary, because Of the there happy blend
ing Of facilities Of conveyance and communica-
sion, joined with abundant ard e1haustlcss re-
sources for convict labor in the vast stone quar-
mes, IN the first instance Of great value in the
erection of the Peniteutiary walls and strrc-
tures, and eyer afterwards Us the supply of
monster stone yard, Which will ever be C. pro.ni-
nent means of employing convict labor. The
quarry is owned by the State, or rather it there
owns scventy-Gyc acres, nearly ererr foot Of
which is underlajd By an e1haustless bed of the
s..,. r.>e.~ ~ , ''so0' VI Su"' 4ee''a' ~
AVA aeie' IN .ou
go ~ y, 800. eAe 'oeA ~ e'.ns VI ''e''e 'cenes
.:.1 80" 'Ae er4''se' y. "s 9aant5 We can SPEAK
.'-o Ns~'.ess 'A'e' ~ u'ls sAea"'
aA0a @t1"s "4'so4e0 iee1 s4osle up
J.. fo !.,''s1. ~ tue tfison structure ana "eled
' -4s 'A0ou' s.Ateen aelcs' Ut 'h'fo more
,asA -, 4".A'ue nae'e'o s''a'e fco''entass OF
e.. ~ 1 A, 1ne nna.n "an Is ."enty'nse
49, 40 ''e' t"'sA' LUG 1Roh1 e'e'a'
49, ~ M. e'1A Wv" '''N'as to"a'oS 'ae
~" .v-1. I eA4 Ause ~. - ''o r.l'on IL tntousn
a.N. ""eaAe noe'e oo'nls oa'ta-
', 0n0 'ssetno"at' a oa'on'al
. 49,. ~ 1sn s'oe - range q ce1's' 'ae
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,".".. S:., '@A0 '-' .a>. 'ause tou' oe's IN
~ ' N,nAeo ss".' ootn tanses
=: NA4 ~, ..@n ~ ~. .ass ep'e"us
@:. 49,. 49, w. ~ 1A'a esI'f1' oul'olos aoo IT'S
"AnsS ~ ee'i7 'o'n's 'ne 'afsee snare q Inc
yard, on the west aud north sides, u. safe dis
tanco from the walls, are to be ranged the i'm
mense workshops Of tbe conyicts. Tbc smith.
.csJ o,or,a, ~ r.. a,.1..S.,. ~.
c,ourro n,oe;va xva1, f,rr, a., c.ot1,;.,, ,,,..
is to be The Female Ward and Prison. Thc
K;tche, Dcnartmcnt il \ s.~uc,pre con,sct,.3
by IN iron gallery viii The rear of the Warden.
house. and contains t1,c c.nr;c.., ;i;,;,r,roo,u
e.l chanel. This department tx o,,eoa- I,,:;, md
is temporarily used in q rather mixed aacacltv
in tie interim now nearly ended, CT ths coio-
pletion OF the four hundred cells of The front
o=st wing. Tie conyicts sleep in The chanel in
double tiers Of bunks, aad the well Of tl,c fs-
male department Las. since its conn1etioa hen
made their enclosure 1t night. The cells Of tue
female wa-d are also co,ppietefl uud tcmuorarily
used for males.
But it is less cur pu7no,s t. detail lie MAN Of
vhst is TO b. thau what |, ,as been ,;onc. We
found tbe Warden =. l;z 4cnnor,,r roou. i,