The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-29
Meeting of the City Prison
Commission.
Shall the TOmbs be Removed to
Another Site!
Comptroller Green Reports UniayOrably Of
Bellevue Hospital as a Jail.
Three Blocks Of the Area of the Tombs
Required for New Building.

Prison and Bridewell, met yesterday at four p. NJ.
In the Mayors office. Mayor Havemeyer, Comp
troller Green and President Vance, Of the Board
Of Aldermen, were all present. and, after the
usual preliminaries Of assembage, Comptroller
Green, who had been requested to do so at the
previous meeting, presented the following report
upon the subject Of the erection OF the new
prison.
TO the Hon. WILLIAM F. HAvExEYER Mayor and the Hon.
SAMUEL b. II: VANCE, President OF the Board OF Alder
men who with the oomprolsr arc 0emmissionsrs tor
At u meeting Of the Commission held the 18th of
solved That be REFERRED e the to cse
80 ns AZ II n b Is
tas Laws q S to eSsry tine PROVISIONS Of SAID act into
occupations would admit and present the following Sow
As Bellevue Hospital has been named and. somewhat
the
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anime and rspor! upon the animal and vegetable poisons
irpston These and the letter Of the Com.
rspSrs regarding the Of the Suass
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ana vsnastinS ara e me crowded state q shs Sad
heating and the
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70 change them into prison would be great waste Of
The Commissioners Of Charities and Correction also
in ns IS city g with
the wants Of the city for the nsxt y We're
ne AND
II ~ said the to be s ssa Of
buildings used and occupied for that purpose in said
s 5 pa saa be Ss as city ne sa
building together W with the land upon which The
sacon by tie Of Sinking FUND Of said
city uc neither IF IL one g or
tsrmne It might be well to consider the advantages Of
have taken pains to ascertain the conditions that
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sher Ultimate place Of Confinement 70
En S e The e eS s
police take an arrested person first TO the police courts
r4S @ city, sssH S
ans $
either hold the person arrested for al dis
SSSsJss @ thus e
f It usSes s' a
Of transportation Of persons arrested from the various
sw ns
aS e Mn9s
The population is more dense below the Central Park
IL Psasss sss%s
Be conveniently located for the purpose
yeyng ,ncv ans police are mot IN per
would be Impossible to ,e The prison with
moved about BY within and fancy and by considerations
s
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IN he
shId consideration is the convenience Of judges
and t. s OF some hundreds
The fourth consideration Of the necessary relations of
:ns SsSs S Ike snsssss a as
very 70 ac nat bt these r be
ATTORNEY Benjamin K Phelps has Kindly given me the
s .has s the
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tie and ESi high
:rs ss0sf he efs the sessions Of which
ocaos Of The new Post Once not % favor hs
s y a sad ns Go pU AT & a. s
catioS where tie bddnss should Be placed
tive " hs early part Of the day attention to their
INC question Of the tran'portaton Of the prison in
as Of
,ay hs the s sSd om u e
points OF departure for more permanent confinement
Suns viii the dstresns ssSs hand.
so Se IN a the ss T The eE
crowded in suocstng masses while the trials are going
Starting then, with this point fixed that must be
near the courts and that the courts as now located will
Obtained that convenient e and I hay
Hosd Gs.wssn Tie Of retaining the prison
e,,s,y or ru Ess sais As, The present ste low py
:, so%s cla..ea as unwhoesSme facts not seem
ne out s, that Gse a% with
ever known there and that the shei SfeIy is ewing
cause hs COMPLAINS Of its @ u is con
system Of plumbing work and drain age, A.,
Improved plan prison .Ichiissinre tss block
might be remeded The next block ground a pres.
en-: sd 0s Soass Tsst Re
ably be had. the arsenal building also, The next
The dimensions Of these plots Of land are shown in The
T.sse blocks be taken and upon them build
iugs for the prison erected Transferring the prisoners
y the be
@ %sec
ss could be had by an enclosed gallery extended across
Hsessrdins the area Of required proposed
1sraI Courts gathered iose,hef
he dimensions Of the court rooms and other aparmens
soars and from these have Arrived at the following
Considering the accommodations needed and allowing
such proportions be located in upper stories
and that the Court OF General Sessions the City
Judge the Recorder and the District Attorney no pro-
vision made for the latter officer by the building
will needed which will occupy ar area OF 10000 square
et also find that to accommodate the Court OF Special
Sessions and the Police Court building will be required
which will occupy 10000 square feet or together there
houd be 20 900 square feet provided for the and
their accessories
pal rooms in their net dimensions. To this there will
have be added for minor roems, vestbues starways
walls and open for light about 100 cent making
total requirement. for this part OF the building OF 1000
SQUARE feet
Our present City Prison has ls4 cells only 145 Of witch
however, are in use and only portion of them are OF
proper dime while many Of them contain two
and sometimes three prisoners each.
From this crowded condition OF the prison, and &C.
commodaton with the rapidly increasing growth Of the
CITY in extent and population estimate that IL will lie
proper provide for at least thousand prisoners This
4 will be remembered is not punitory place Of con-
hnement but OF temporary safe keeping during trial
The number Of inmates 9 be accommoda,ed at one time
ciai machinery charged with the duty Of examining and
trying them II this works steadily and continuously
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