Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-03-06

To TIE EpIToR OF THE STATEsMAH:
Please give the following report, In relation to
the eligibility OF Coshocton as proper sightior
the New Penitentiary, place in your paper, and
oblige .s-. CosHocToN COUNTY
March S, 1861. lt tt7n rR u.s.
REPoRT SHOWING THE ADvAsTAoEs OF CosBocToA 40
slTE FOR THE PROPOSED New PEETRNTIARY'
7b the LEGISLATURE of he STATE Of Ohio: .-..I
On the 9lth OF January, 1884, application was made
bv citizens OF Coshocton and vicinity, spd placed In
the hands Of the commissioners, Messrs Franklin
and Jarvis in behalf o. the said town and neigaoSr
applicants the best site for the location OF the contem
plated New Penitentiary. tl 70
1t being now understood by Us that the Commission
era have made their report and that the matter Is nov
before your Honorable Bodies, seems TO us expedient
to call your attention 10 the advantages which our loca
ton presents. And in the first place, 1t Ia proper to
stats that In choosing site for the location at coshoc
ton, you will not be confined TO single one. We be-
ieye that besides those designated In our memorial to
the Commissioners there are others equally good, and
perhaps beer and we offer you choice between several
on The east side Of the town. upon lands at present
ed BY Dr. Samuel Lee, Samuel II. Lee John Burt, and
A. Estinghausen. well as on the Roscoe side OF the
river upon the land Of A. Medbery.
As to GENERAL YrrNEss LOCATION, all that has been
said In favor Of zanesyile 10 equally true In fGyor o
Coshocton. :. -,
passes through Coshocton, and either OF the sites pro-
poSed will be but short diaance from the depot In said
town. and situated to said road that switches car
be taken upon the ground. the Ohio Canal passes on
ers through the town Of Roscoe, where exists as fine
water power from the Canal and the Walhonding Canal
which there has y outlet into ne Ohio canal a Any
hondne rivers between the towns Of Ccshocon and Ros
coe are crossed BY good bridges,
MATxRIAls Stone Of the best quality for all building
il found n the greatest abundance at various
poihts Al short distances the lines Of the Railroad and
canal This stone has BEEN abundantly tested 10 the
buIdipg Of bridges, aqueduots, locks &C., and Is In
eshabe under The action OF frost water. Clay for
byiek n found almost everywhere To the re brick clay,
poters clay and black marble, some reference will be
made under another head. The timber Of this section
as good and as acundan. ~ any n .ns ].
uniform DEPTH in our wells in Coshocton IN inexhaust
HE supply as Is proved by our Steam Mill and Disttll
and The Water Tank erected E. tsr g' % ,Ee
Il upo the highest terrace within the corporate is o.
the town springs Of pure water also abound In the hill
which forms the eastern boundary Of the PLAIN upon
which The town and various proposed sites are situated
and could be brought In In pipes The rivera OF course
furnish resource which, If used, would DO lnexhausti
BILE.
ven and the distance would depend Of course, on the
te ohossn The coal Ii bituminous Of the best quality
Il aid 10 be the best that Is sold In either Newark
ccunbus and to lsiea tss nsIss. m pT's sbs
In detail on this point well as for details Ia reference
n ysrous other Matters we refer you to The memors
already msntIonedas having been made TO the commits
sioners. :, ..u,.,., go,
ly In prison. are the same 40 other town.
IN the state having railroads and canals as means oi
tansnoration The manufactured article can be takel
"a anv peiut required either by canal or railroad from
Ooahccton with as much ease fron an
o'Ser Peryi present. no demand exists her
tor labor By persons engaged In manufacturing
Ru, ths locating Of the prison here, at any othe
place, would draw to It those Wishing to employ cor
anv branch Of misunderstanding that might be carrie
an IN he prison viii not conflict with any carrie
~ IN ihIs vicinity, unless II would be the disllng
shisky and the making Of coal oil, neither q Which,
~ prison labor. In this connection II may Be state
nat within the past two years, extensive manulactort
on Oh from eanneI coal, have been erected within min
reis ID contain e. that could be made 10 the prison.
q so thought proper 10 suggest that fire brick els
and potters' clay. OF the same quality as that use
Liverpool on me 3nio ysm - rne D W. 2, 'ss n
roposed tes and another two miles on mot less tha
twenty feet in thicknessi and that II The manufs
tare cferocsy Esre started yi,n,n tas prison, sm
bs mnished 70 the convicts. Tho history Of III
> 1t and manufacture, both In France and England
q Il known to you, 10 30 curious and interesting 2,
ere rise 10 the anticipation that, from such begir
ming there would grow, In time, es skin would be y
nnired and as new discoveries and inventions would
brourht IL 70 Into life and being business not le
sr,spsive or important han is row enjoyed by bol
tsose eountries There s also, the ten acres Pre-
nosed 10 be donated BY Mr.. Josepy X johnson, qua
~ of Black Marble. about thfeefourths cf mile fro
k unpsr lite, on the railroad, Of the kind with u
samnls frnished 10 the commissioners, capable Of
Inr employed M many uses, ornamental and useful,
sseecisv f being prepared in square pieces for Mos'
ic doors q the kind in the State oapo but much aan'
.s.,.. IA srfrs a n n --rs9,.n - - = r 81.
'0%si; .ta,s,ic. of Of This town an
peirhborhood show il to be ope o the heethes In u
pnoy,s,ors,-rhe we'll known fertility Of the MuI
silev Vhich a far wider and richer from Drel