The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-04-09
Penitentiary Proposals.

The proposals made by variou
towns for the location of the propos
ed new pei itentiary, are as follows
Toledo offers a Site; Rerea. a sit,
and stone enough in quarry to build
IZanesville, a site, stone in the quarry
md water from the city water works
in perpetuity; Mansfield, site an6
quarry; Portsmouth, q any 80 acres
that may be selected, not more thar
four miles of, stone in the quarry oi
any of the excellent varieties in that
vicinity, the fiatch farm, containing
over two hundred acres, fifty being
high bottom on the river, and one
hundred and fifty containing stone
quarries, fire clay and timber
Lancaster Offers site; Sandusky
site from Is to 20 acres, as the
State may select Massilon a site
and general draft on the stone
quarTiss in that vicinity Hamilton q
site and a quarry. The committee
visited Cincinnati, but do not report
any proposals from her. 81
These offers are accompanied by
statements of tie principal attractions
of each place, from which it appears
that all have superior qualities in the
way of salnbrity OF climate, geogra-
phical location, communications,
natural productions, manufacturing
industries and bountiiui inture pros
poets Indeed each seems so rich in
superior advantages that she can
have no desire for penitentiary for
any material profit that it can bring,
but must have made these offers
purely to aid moral reform.
Portsmouth Offers by far the great1
est gifts, and she is thriving town,
witt, cheap stone, iron, and coal, aud
river, railroad and canal communi
cations; but Toledo presents more
magnificent features in those things
which do not Immediately concern q
prison, besides q formidable list of
the things that do. Her healthful-
ness is her strong point, the average
death rate Tor the past three years
being but | IS per cent or about
one death 70 every sixty-nine OF
population, per annum, which is
hardly enough to indicate vigorous
remainder. TIE report states that
.'the manufacturing interests of To-
ledo are in their intancy," and with
Irresistible logic that they are 'there.
lore comparatively @ small; )" which
we presume does, not mean small for
an infant, but small compared with
interests that- have reach
ed the age of paherty; but it states
that ''thev are rapidly growing, and
promise in few years 10 become
more important than any other
branch of her business. The future
prospects of Toledo are represented
as incalculahle. -...9 s.-.... a-cl
Berea is also remarkable for heslih |
though the death rate is not given
and Tor water. coal, grindstone
quarrics, has more business and cap
i;al in proportion to its size than any
place in Northern Ohio, is near to
Cleveland, and can draw from t'Bsld-
dwin University and Germ n Wal !
lace College sn ample supply OF
Young men, both American and
German, OF suitable character, for
.be moral and religious care of the
;onvicts." Zanesville has coal and
ron, salt, stone, p0tiers' clay, water
power, water works and much wealth
and prosperity. Mansfield never had
he cholera, has trade, timber and
coal. Lancaster has agricultural
products, coal, iron, clay, stone,
,alt ami other minerals. s-s
Sandusky has beautiful site,
imber, stone, climate five degrees
farmer in Winter, and cooler in
summer. than the latitude would
Indicate, has fish in abundance and a
productive soil. Massillon is in a
ich and popuious apricultural cOun-
Y, mined more coal last year than
my two counties, has splendid water,
mi produces iron in the cheapest /,
manner. Hamilton is in the rich
Iiami Y allery, is Z fine manufactur-
ne town, has great water power, in
xhaustible water, and plenty of $
and proposes the choice of
We or six eligible sites. Z
Embarrassed by this riches, the q.
ommittee refer the selection to the ,
,eneral Assembly. May they have $
happy deiiverance.