The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-02-03
OTTAWA FREE TRADER: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY g. 1882.

best ticks to make steam TO keep the jail
red hot and warm up all outside doors NJ
the same time! This is the result OF pure
stupidity on the part OF the persons 10
charge. Raised IN the woods probably IN
a log cabin, an oldfashioned fireplace and
"chinkiny" out here and there offered very |
easy ventilation, but in these times OF im-
proyement first.class Jail, with the most
complete means of ventilation at hand. mas
0nly one defect-it needs brains and atten. |
ton! 1t will not run itself.
In regard to the above, please take the
actual facts, and who is to blame: There
IS a gavanlzcd iron box that covers one OF
the cellar windows. This box IS about IL
feet long, 3 feet wide and Is inches deep
In the bottom of this box 10 door that
covers an opening sxS inches square, and
this is the only cold air duct leading into
the cellar. Upon the side Of this large box
is an opening 1896 inches, closed when
necessary by an iron door or valve. Ihis
can be opened or closed by an iron handle
on the outside, or the prisoners can close II
by throwing down bread, bones, or any
thing they see fit. This iron door or valve
1896 inches. lets the pure air Of heaven
into another galvanized iron box, about
"a feet long, % inches high and 10 inches
wide In this iron box are placed sixteen
steam pipes "a feet long, and the steam
man IN charge says the steam must be kept
on or the pipes will freeze Ont OF this
iron box start the cold air iiues which sup.
ply this model of jails with cold, pure
ar The writer placed thermometer in
the cas-. cold air fiue on the second floor oil
the isil, and in three minutes 1t rose to lo6
degrees, and not satisfied with this one test
went to the extreme west one near the floor
and placed the thermometer in the cold air
duct or f1ue, and it rose to ITO degrees IN
two mlnutes--at the same time four or five
of the windows were open on that floor.
The committee say that bread and meat
and other things were taken out of the
cold air box below by architect Beers
Who is to blame for their being there!
1t is the opinion of this part Of the grand
Jury that the architect and building com.
mit,ee are the ones to blame for making
these fues 30 that the prisoners could
throw these things down on the hot air
pipes and cause impure air. If this was
the condition of things on the second floor
what would 1t be on the third floor' And
how ahout the water.
The Water Supply.-The grand jury
committee have made the discovery that
ar,es,an we'll water is not pure, but is un-
wholesome, insufficient. Numerous ana
llyses of the arteslan well water OF this city
have demonstrated that next to distilled
water 1t is the purest in the world. There
are two'tanks IN the attic of the jail. Each
has q capacity OF about so barrels. One
holds soft water and the other arteslan well
water. The water is as clear as crystal in
both, and they are constantly kept full by
1.-The engine. These tanks are tai ped by
plies, and the water carried everywhere
, about the jail. and in the sherlirs house.
If the supply IN the closet or bath tubs has
,, ever been short it il owing to the want OF
att, nj On. A drop of oil in valve works
wonders sometimes. The fact is, as to the
means of ventilation, publication, III any
is needed-cold, sweet, wholesome air, hea
;. and all appliances OF cleanliness or COM
t fort, this Jail is model Of excellence. Bu
il aoiU not run itself! The committee made
it as near perfect IN all Its parts as posi-
BILE. and ever after 1t IS expected to run or
without further care!
The tanks exist, but the pure water ii
not there. One tank IL filled with wste
from the side cut and pumped up b!
steam, and the other is filled with rail-
= water, heated by steam, as there is steam
I p,pe over the cistern or IN the cistern
3 and Is pumped up by hand. Th'
Z fact is that the water closet in the Jail
used by the jailor's family at the time tn
committee of the grand jury visited tn
jail, was supplied by the artesian we'll, ant
no water was to be had in that close,
neither was there any In the wash BASH
in the Jail office, nor could any be draw
in the kitchen, and all these things exis
today, except In case of the closet which
, has been cleaned and supplied from IN
u leu lEOul tuC biuC'COt SAItCslou WdtC
r can be drawn III the cellar, but the pipe
! are placed be side the steam pipes which
heat the water, and after drawing off tw,
r wooden buckets full of " alter the tempcrs
: ture was tested and it showed 70 degrees
Who of us would like to drink this colt
and pure water after standing and bein
It heated IN iron pipes'
The next thing that the building commit
tee and architect object to In report is tn
u water closet. They call It
/, That Vauls.-In the rear Of the kitche
is a private closet intended only for tn
q women and children Of the family. TIL
n lcommlttee obtained evidence enough I
d make them believe that ever since the sheI
: liff g house has been occupied ell the slopi
potato peelings, coffee grounds and oil
dish rags OF the establishment have bee
J. thrown into this vault TIL the escape pipe
e have been clogged up.
% Please notice the committee report, a
10 made to the honorable court of La Sail
II county: