The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06

hose are turned out per day, and the
goods are meeting with great favor. The
Messrs. Moulton purchased nearly all
their yarn in Georgia and are endeavor'
ing to make their factory a purely South,
ern enterprise. They have some local
and State trade, but the bulk OF their
goods at present finds Northern market
Mr.. Frank Moulton gives personal super.
vision to the work and is ably seconded
by the foreman, Mr.. Tilton.
THE CARPENTER SHOP.
This important department. of the
penitentiary is under the skillful and
energetic superintendent of our we'll.
known townsman, Mr.. G. E. Kirk, and
does great deal of job work of the best
quality and workmanship. In the shop
proper, there are the following machines
a Smiths molding machine for light
molding or light dressing; a scroll OF
Jig saw, for cutting out scroll work. In
this shop all the carpenter work for the
penitentiary is turned out and all the
boxes for the shoe and stocking factories
are made here. The shop also turns out
quantity of plain cabinet work, such as
bureaus, &C., buckets, wheelbarrows, and
does repairing work on wagons and carts.
does the undertaking work of the peni'
Tertiary, and also manufactures window
and door frames. There are thirteen
hands employed in the shop, all of whom
are convicts and only FIVE of the number
are skilled workmen. Their work
averages ten hours day and they. can
turn out on the machines, 5000 feet oi
dressed lumber per day. At this shop
one hand can put up bureau in i've
days, and can put up per day to the hand
four large cases 2 feet in length by l23
inches deep and 123 inches square, and can
also put up from 10 to Is small shoe boxe'
per day to the hand. The carpenter
work per day to the hand compares well
with all ordinary carpenter work. The
hands are not pushed with too great
severity, but are always kept steadily
employed. Mr.. Kirk is at present en-
gagged with his force in putting up neat
and substantial frame structure which is
to be used, the upper room for a church
and the lower one for mess hall, and
which is to replace the structure that
was recently burnt down. He is also
experimenting the erection of brick
building with rock trimming. All the
brick of penitentiary make.) This build
ing is 10Sx58, and the lower floor will be
used for commissary and the upper one
for female convict prison. The lower
floor is fourteen feet to the ceiling, the
upper floor is twelve feet; the basement
Ito be used for storing heavy supplies,
about twelve feet. A railroad track runs
to the side door, and through and from
the building there will be a tramway for
distributing purposes. The upper floor
has on it sixty. -four double cells FIVE by
seven, with thirteen feet passageway on
North side, and six feet passageway on
all other sides. The roof of the building
is trussed, and the floors are supported
by iron rods and girders. Good yentils-
tion is provided for, and the building, as
a whole, presents the appearance of great
strength and compactness, and it is ex.
pected to be finished by the middle Of
March.
THE STONE WORKS.
This work is in charge of Mr.. James
Fraser, of this city. He has seventeen
stone cutters (all convicts) working under
him. Atpresent they do no quarry work,
as the canal work requires the use of the
quarry, but preparations are being made
to open another one for penitentiary use.
The hands under Mr.. Fraser are now
engaged in renovating and smoothing
off the front of the rock prison. The
work is expected to be completed within
the next three weeks. This force has
also been employed building new rock
and brick structure in the yard, but the
work has been interrupted for the present.
1t will be resumed again in few weeks.
The old cells which Mr.. Fraser and his
force are now dressing off are to have a
new lock, which, according to the e1pla.
nation given, passes on the outside and
above the cells, and opened and locked
all at the same time. The old lock on
each cell door will, however, be still re-
tained and used, the new one being
merely an additional protection to the
cells.
THE CoaiMIssARY.
This department is in the charge OF
Mr.. L. G. Lipscomb. Here all the sup
plies for the institution are kept. 1t is
at present crowded, but as soon as the
new commissary is ready for occupancy
there will be ample accommodation. A
months supplies are kept on hand at a
time, and are given out daily to the
cooks by Mr.. Lipscomb. Adjoining the
commissary is the mess hall for the
guards, and above it are the guards
sleeping quarters.
THE LOOM ROOM.
In this room there are four looms, and
here dll the convict clothing with the
exception of wooden jackets is made. 1t
employs about fifteen regular hands, and
at times the convaIescents from the hos
pital. These looms can make 180 picks
to the minute, which is regarded as ex-
ceptional work for hand looms. The
cloth made here is four leaf drill. In
this room all the guard uniforms are
made up and repaired, and two days in
the week is devoted to the purpose of
repairing the clothing of the convicts.
THE BLACKSMITH SHOP.
In this shop eight hands are employed,
who do the entire blacksmith work of the
institution.
THE HOSPITAL.
This department, in the charge of DR..
D. S. Pope, is under excellent manage.
ment; at present there are only nine
patients in the male wards and three in
the female wards. Of the males four
are sick and five are convalescent, and
of the sick none are seriously i'll, the
worst case being that of man returned
from contractor. This is an excellent
health record for so large an institution
aud of itself speaks volumes for its ints-
rior management. The three female
patients are also all conyalescent. The
diet Of the convalescents is rice, beef and
bread, and for the sick milk, beef tea
rice, &C., is provided: The dispensary
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