Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-21

S IL nake6 no ulrtct return 70 tnt ,- Territory indirectly it is just SO much J. money saved for the Territory. The s other half of the prison yard Is enclosed
 by wall of plank two inches thick and
 sixteen feet high not scalable without
 assistance, and with only two outlets e which are guarded during working Q hours by four guards, one at eact l. corner. The prisoners are called al 7 six o'clock in the morning. Half an houl e is allowed for washing and dressing and half an hour for breakfast; at seven they begin work. They have one hour at noon and work until four o'clock when
 they wash and get supper at five. From that time until bed time-eight o'clock . their time is their own. They read, ? some study; others. who are industrious , and ingenious, work. They make various articles some of which are very pretty.
 They use jack knife only for tools and
 their material is old cigar boxes.
 Tbe last appropriation of S20000 has been and Is now being used
 in the construction of water
 tank, office, dining-room baking and
 bathrooms and kitchen, all separate
 from the prison proper. The rooms now
 and formerly occupied for these pur-
 pnses will be us Il for hospital, l,store-room
 ard cells for female prisoners.
 The new tank h Ids about 5000 gal
 Ions f water. It is covered by floor
 and roof and, in addition to givinga full
 water supply, makes a guard station,
 which commands the entire prison
 grounds. The new building about com
 pleted is llS feet long by 24 feet wide,
 covered with a shIugle roof, with a cor.
 ridOr between it and the prison, 10 feet
 wide, also covered and shingled. This
 building and corridor is already compile
 ted and protects the cells entirely fIom
 the sun, and, We are informed by the ! persons in charge, that during the heat ed rm from June until September the
 cells are cool and pleasant. The build
 ing of ten additional cells is in anticipa- ton, and the material IS all now on the
 ground. This is made necessary by the increasing number of prisoners received.
 When completed, which will be about
 next December, this will give room for
 one hundred and four prisoners-four to
 each cell, with a capacity for about eight
 more in room to be vacated. in all from one hundred and twelve to one hundred and twenty.
 The plan of the prison commissioners in building and making improvements is to elect two of their members as a construction committee, who control | the funds appropriated for building, and | make their reports to the full board | quarterly. The construction committee | who are attending to the present work | are David Neahr. of Mancopa county, and Wm. M. Buffum, of Yavapai county, who Is treasurer of the board. The | other member of the board is A. Frank, | of Ehrenberg, Yuma county. These commissioners receive each a salary of $500 per year and mileage. The sec retary of the board, H. x. Alexander, receives a salary of s4OO per year. He keeps the minutes and books of the board of commissioners.
 In addition to the work ou the cells, offices, etc, the construction committee have bought boiler and engine, an iron
 athe, shears and punch, which will be run by steam power. They will have two forges and carpenter shop, and will do all the work hy prison labor.
 The stone work of the tank will con- pare with any work we have seen. in the Territory, by any mechanic; the work on the tank and new buildings, is done as well, or better than we have seen done by paid artisans; the adobe work is excellent, and we are informed by Mr. Neahr and Capt. that all the prisoners seem to strive to excel, and are anxious to learn and improve. If this be so the money SD, mt by the Territory is we'll spent, if nothing more be done than teaching these prisoners to work and be useful.
 The health of the prisoners is ex- cellent; all are looking robust, with the color or health in their faces, and we learn by the reports of the attending physician and superintendent that here IS no sickness except when the prisoner first arrive, who sometimes bring disease with them. Only one case IS now in the hospital, and this is from ! gun-shot wound received in attempt ng to escape.
 The conduct of the prisoners, as shown Dy the quarterly report of the superin- endent, is good-not single discredit mark appearing during the last year, ex- ,ept against one prison, T, who has been z ,onti lually disturbing element ever ince his confinement and who Is dis fixed by all the other prisoners, and they onsider it punishment to be put in . he same cell with him. O
 The cost of maintaining the prison is, t or all expenses, about s2l, 900 per year. U payment of the superintend- z nt, guards, commissioners, secretary, a rovisionR, clothing and supplies gen. ? rally. No doubt this expense can be d ut down as the territory settles up, and VI ages become lower. The guards get e' ne hundred dollars per month. which. p ] fact, amounts to only 80 per month, s' } territorial warrants sell at ninety cents. o' n our opinion these guards earn their te loney standing from A N. until 6 P. M., n' Telve hours, particularly in the hot tl onths. ol The supplies for the prison are all fur ci shed by contract, and are purchased
 price as cheap us can be bought for or Ish, and sometimes cheaper. as they are ai by the year. The principal fr ems are four, beef, beans, sugar and tu flee, which are liable to vary during m e year. ga The plan of the prison as shown to us in pears to be perfect. The cells are ca safe; they are of stone pa 1rk, five feet thick. with Iron gratings pr
 the center, with 21lIlz inch co 'n on the sides, bottom and top. ID d arched with stone on the top. The F, ntilatlon and sewerage are perfect. i