, 1881-11-27
DIETING. PRISONERS.

IT Car, ZEE Done for 20 Cents n Day, and
Tct the Sheriff Asks for More than
rs.
Sheriff Mann sent to the County Board ic"
days ago request TINT the allowance ma"c 10
him for dieting prisoners it, tho County Jail be
increased frosn the present = cents pcr diem to
some figure not named by him. llo based his
request on the fact that the prices Of must arti-
clcs Of food have Advanced Ut late: hut he failed
to submit his bills for 1851. by which the
lsoara could have asccrraincd something
about the actual cost Ut feeding the prisoners.
Notwithstanding this the Committee OF .1aii nnd
Jail Accounts decided To recommend all Increase
of the allowance to 10 cents per diem for each
prisoner confined in the Juil. In order TO get ut
some approximation Of the figures which tho
Sheriff tuilcd to supplya reporter visited
4 SrA1nEI OF THE CHEAPER: RESTAURANTS
and inquired of their rroprfetors what would he
Il fair allowance for such food rs Cook County's
II must be remembered that tho county pro-
viacs for the Jail fuel. stoves. wafer, and gas,
una that the only labor paid for " the sheriff Is
that OF a head cook, tho bulk Ut the work
OF cooking and delivering tho meals being donc
hy .'trs,s1y" prisoners And !lt-:nen. Tho prs-
oncrs ret three meals per day. breakfast con,
Of soup, stew, hash. with brcMd: and supper
Of bread and cu,Iee. Tho till ct fare is simple
enough and may be considered wholesome unu
sufficient, nothns having berl, proven. ut lt.sst,
against THO quality Of tho food. The 1ucts wcru
set bctoso tic persons questioned. aud they we're
cnurgc.i in their restaurants They we're unan-
iulous in declaring that the contr7ct Wt'l1l he Il
good one 1T even 1ower figures than ths'se now
mid. aud the following may serve rs specimen
Of the interviews:
We iced here, = said a South Side man. "two
or three hundred people every day, and We feed
then. cheap. .ltuuSt mcntS, PORK ana beans,
s.ruc.i nact allu clbbaEe, and all i1ht St,rt of
thing 1T IL cen1s-chicken and turkey comes Il
little h!Eher' tnt ,is h. ShcriHs n1ar',rs : . DENT
butter with every meal,t to proviue ruon. tables.
chairs, knives and turks. cooGG and walters, tld
!" g"y for s! "qa 70: III cr nt ':'' .s na4
be.n engaged IN harst on1dt'tr labor all the
morn,:,s. and are As hungry Us it i necessary
tor tllan to be. Yet nine out III Ten OF these
DO NOT SrI:S1, Mo}.f: THAN Il CENTS
for their meal. ana YOU eau brit they Y@t enough
tn eat Or they would not come here twice. 4
mar. can live very well in this city lor ~ centa
day Considering: a!l thu ln,ints-tha1 rhtrt: is
nothing TO furnish but bread, coffee, lncAt und
Vegetables, and scarcely anything tur cta,Ei.1g-
believe there would be Il pruilt IN the cuu1r,ct
II iced tho jail PRISONERS ut Is cet11s each per
what do yeu suppose days food for a
| Well, ! could not figure It o,;t exactly. be-
cause 1 dent know just what they Eet Or how
| much OF il. Elt ys,u cul make :. twenty-sallHn
uarrcl OF sup with 70 cents North Ut vegetables.
| them :il sup, which we throw i'll without
caar:.e+ and that soup
cosr MI. 10 CENTS, MEAT AND ALL.
| A soup bone-shank of beef-can be rot any
wher1t for l0 cents. where you buy good deal
| Ut ,ne:t1 Eaey' will throw III .:l tilt h'lcs YOU
| want to nothing. SOu!' Is about us cheap and
! tilus Il .h!1.s yG1l cun feed nybt4ty tn. AZ
| II the bread, 1t will Gust s. per iU3 pounds
..:slcss the prisoners hurt much bread they
Wnnr hll1 they wont get n"y with nlurt. than
lt,;lf Il day each All atcruEe. 1he Kind OF cut
tee nettctf the Jail will Gust perhaps - ccnts II
| pound, u1ll Stbu can make :.uHHt coffee with II
| quarter Of 4 pound iU tho gallon. SUPPOSE
The prisoners get pint with their int.at. alu.
| there is S,lxHr milk TO count OIL, you cail
| see hnsr much taut costs
| '.NI.1r j. Till: PRICE or MEATs"
| .'Iu such use as thar .'tur Ineat will COST YOU
eight ccuts :. pound IN the average: that Is.
fresh meat. turncd beef costs hre CENTS, und il
you give them sIaveriIS, aud that it doesn't Gust
mors thai, four cents pound. :ttl you want ut
| it. II amy n:o!asscs Is gitcn That dnn't cost
| much, for can buy the hest sirup, nve Gal;ous
at time. ut Gj cents gallon lt= pretty hartl
TO tell just how much 1t Gusts for cAcA man. hut
| woui like tho contract ;lt Il cents Il day."
AT OTHER places visited, the reporter found :;
general agreement that % cents l. t!ay Wt,tili
furnish all that wts required, considering all
| agreement that the figures alt,, ::iyen we're
pretty nearly CORRECT. but, in the absence ut OK
act knowledge Of what the Jail soup cnnsIste!
Of. nob;,y could tell just ht'w s:,uh It ct'st Il,
feed II 1risout:r Cock County jail 1t IT said
10 cost IL crnts pcr day To feed prisoner it, tho
| Kriteweli- where they are employed ut hard
| work. Taxpayers will III: interested iu figuring.
| u,lt the con,n1ru1u: '"1low. much should tho
| county pay tur dieting; the jail p,7soncfs?"