The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-09
p. J. q & BROTHER.

p. j. PAULY & BROTHER.
Steel Glad Jsn Cells, Saw and
File Proof.
The fact that the board of county
commissioners of this county have
contracted with the celebrated firm
Of Pauly 4 Brother for the iron and
cell work of the new Jail, now in
process of erection, has caused in the
community An interest to know some
thing concerning the manner Of
equipment, which this article is in
tended to crafty. This well known
firm having its principal place of
business at 22l5 De Kalb street. st.
Louis, Missouri, has long made q
speciality of Jail work, and for many
years past has furnished to the -coun-
ties of the West and South the
bulk of the cells with which
their jails are made secure. Long
experience in the business has led to
such perfection in their work that
only three escapes are on record from
cells put in by them, and the defects
through which these occurred were
Immediately, remedied, so that now
there is absolutely no chance of es-
cape except through collision or
criminal negligence.
The distinguishing features in their
work are security against the escape
Of prisoners; safety of the jailer from
attacks, and healthful sanitary ar
rangements. A long series of exper-
iments with chilled iron and steel,
carbonized iron and annealed iron
and steel, and a study of the meth
DDS usually employed by escaping
convicts. convinced the man
ufacturers that combination of
iron and steel that could
neither be sawed filed or broken,
would overcome all the dangers to be
apprehended. The bars of which
their cells and corridors are made
consist Of five parts alternating an
nealed and chilled steel and chilled
and wrought iron, rolled together in
one bar. 1t possesses the properties
of toughne IS and hardness that can
be attained in 10 other manner. The
Paulys have the exclusive right to the
patent on this process.
In the matter of safety to the jailor
and guards the cells are 50 constructed
inside of q steel-clad corridor, with
the cell doors operated by levers ex-
tending to combination locks outside
the corridor, that the jailor need
new be brought in contact with
the prisoners. Neither can a
rescuing or lynching party
get to the prisoners. even if they get
inside Of the Jail, unless they can get
possession of the combination and
the keys unlocking the lever box.
The sanitary arrangements consist
in having the cells so arranged that
there is perfecl ventilation and light
coming in from both sides
of the Jail; in discarding
the old iron bedstead and substitute
ing in its place hammocks, which
are more wholesome and cannot be
torn to pieces for weapons of cftense;
in placing the water-closet in the
prisoners corridor in such manner
as to give it perfect ventilation
through the flues of the building,
with a bucket closet in each cell,
also ventilated Though the flues.
Under this arrangement the cells arc
always wholesome and free from Of
fensive SMELL.
The appointments for Il new Jail
may be briefly described thus: A
space of eight or ten feet along the
outer walls of the room is the jailor's
corridor. completely surrounding the
cells and cutting them off from the
walls. Next comes the steel-clad
grating of the prisoners corridor, six
feet inside of which are the cells
proper. In case any prisoner wishes
to 20 into the corridor from his cell,
all the Tailor has to do is to unlock
the combination lever box and work
the lever leading to that particular
cell door. Food is passed in through
the grating in the steel-clad corridor.
The appointments to be about
as perfect as anything can be.
The work here is under the super
vision of Mr.. G. II. Sparks. repre-
sent;ng Pauly & Brother, who have
also the contract of furnishing with
cells the jails in Glendive and Miles
City.