Litchfield enquirer., 1875-10-07
THE JAIl.

On Wednesday the county members ol the legislature met pursuant to adjourn ment to receive the report of the commit tee appointed Ut the former meeting to report on the question of repairing tn, old jail or building new one.
 At2p. m., the convention was called to order in the courtroom, by Mir. Ed wards. Chairman, and the call of the roi showed sixteen absentees, three or fou of whom afterwards came in.
 The Chairman remarked that reports resolutions &c., would be marked in tn, order of their reception and acted upon il order. The following report of the com mission on iails was then read, as fol lows:
 To the representatives to the General As
 sembly for the Towns in Litchfeld
 County. ..f..f
 The committee appointed by the Repre- sentatiyes on the 24th day of August ls7; respectfully report: that they have had several meetings on the subject of theil appointment, and have made diligent en. qaigy into it; and by subcommittee have examined other iails and obtained plans which are herewith submitted: and nos report that new jail OF c thorough repair and extension of the old iail is i'm. peratively demanded.
 That a new jail built in accordance with said plans will cost forty (3lO, ,0OO thou. sand dollars.
 That the old jail and land upon which it stands can be sold for eight (S8, ,OOO) thousand dollars. That other sites may be had for a new jail; one of which is the land of Miss Deming about fifteen acres southeast of - tho village which can be had free of cost ton the County. Dr. Gates land at south end of the village as follows. twenty acrca ae a, 900; ten at A2. TED: aaat and tsaaty- i've acres 6, 900 and four acres at $500, west end; Phelps lot at south end of village, seven and one-half acres, at q. 500. That an addition of forty feet to the west end of the present jail building with twenty-eight new cells arranged in same manner as indicated in the new plans; and rearranging the cells in present jail to conform to the new part with twelve cells; making in all forty cells for males. Make full arched opening about seven feet wide through the end wall on both sldes con- necting the new and old parts, which will make the jail Tn its arrangement of cells, and ease of supervision, substantially if not exactly like the plan reported for q new jail. To make floor between what is now the second and third tier of cells, putting upon this floor say six cells for female department and debtors use, with door and stairs to the jailor's office, also to remodel the iailor's departmentla laying the first floor oyer with new timbers, anc m general to conform it in it's arrange ment to the iailor's department in tn, new plan. will cost ten thousand dollars
 J. N. BARTRAM
 E. 0. HoTcHKIss
 JOHN T. ROCKWELL OO''see'
 GEO. o. WOODRUFF
 Mir. Bartram was called on for an expla nation. He presented the plan of ne, jail drawn by Messrs. Lambert and Bun nell, architects of Bridgeport. The plal was arranged for two tiers of cells througl the center of the prison room proper; eacl tier having ten cells on side, with ven tilatiou pipes running through the parti ton wall and through the ceiling. Tn floor and ceiling of each cell was to be single stone. The front of the buildin, was used for offices, debtors and womens cells and other necessary rooms. Tn cost of such . jail was estimated at s4O, OOO. MF. Bartram stated that with th proposed addition of forty feet .ther would be sufficient space in the presen jail for an arrangement of cells and pris on rooms precisely like that proposed il the new one. while the present front hal of the jail, or county house proper, woul afford all the room necessary for offices jailer's family. &c. The addition was t De only two stories high, the upper stor of the present prison room being use, for debtors and womens' cells. A
 MT. Hotchkiss assented to the state ment of Mir. Bartram.
 Afr. Rockwell was also called upon am said they considered the present Bridce port jail . model one and that the pla they presented for a new building ws copied from that. He thought the ten pOrary difficulty of providing for tl FrisOners while repairs were going on, the plan of repairs was adopted, could | met by first building the addition of fort feet, making it ready for and removin the prisoners into it, and then compile ing She alteration of the main buildin, The addition and cells were to be bric and the system of ventilation was to | the same as that in the new building.
 Dr. Deming remarked that he could n, sSe how there should be such a difFeren. in the expense of erecting an entire ne Duiiding and of making repairs that onl made use of the shell of the old one. q $lO.OOO in the former can and only s10 0f in the latter He asked Mir. Bartray for an explanation.
 Mir. Bartram said the Bridgeport ;a accommodated 100 prisoners and co. e0O. 900. exclusive of site, and the arch tscts made the estimate of Sl0. 900 for tb new one here. The estimate on repair had been carefully made by Mir. Hotel kiss and himself. The walls of q ne, jail would be the most expensive part Q it. with brick as high as they are ii LitchAeld.
 Inquiry was made if there was nm,