The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-08-07
Fire Company remain intact as passed

Fire Company remain intact as passed
at said meeting.
d. a. LFoRs, Chairman.
{Signed) JAMES GoLE,
Isaac NICHOLS.
S. FL. Platts was appointed overseer
on the road from Kingrey's bridge to
the Joe Cole deadening on the Sugar
town read, to serve until December
81, 1888.
MIR. lies in The chair
The Police Jury, in committee of
the whole, having under the consider
alton the petition of citizens of the
I'd ward of this parish, relating to
barbe wire fence arose and through its
chairman reported to the Police Jury
that they recommend the appointment
of committee Of three members to
draft resolution setting forth what
shall constitute lawful fence, and
make their report Lori this body at it's
next regular meeting. The above re-
port was unanimously adopted, and
the President appointed the following
committee: Andrus, Vincent and lies.
The special committee appointed at
the last meeting to report upon the
jail made the following report:
To the President and Members Of the Police
Jury:
Your committee TO whom was re-
ferred the matter of escapes from the
parish jail, beg leave to report that
after a careful investigation, we find
these to be about the facts of the case:
LIST. As regards the escape from the
parish Jail OF the prisoners in the
chrome steel cells, we find that the
jailer neglected to paddock The inside
cell room doors, as it is quite impos-
siblr TO force the cell doors wide
enough away from the jamb, either
top or bottom, to permit of the pas
sage of even the smallest man, there
fore it is very clear to us that the pris-
Joners, seeing that the padlocks were
off, disconnected the lever locks and
there being no outside padlocks on,
walked ont into the corridor, once
there, owing to the bad locking ar
rangement of the front or corridor
door they, by the aid of long lever
forced the top of the door far enough
away from the jamb to crawl through.
In regard to the escape from the
lower room, our understanding Is that
it was always understood that the
window guards were of iron and there
fore easy to be sawed or filed. The
contractors calling these misdemeanor
rooms, for light offences of the law.
cd. We find that the system of
locking as applied to jails is faulty in
several details-lst, the pins that con
meet the upright locking bars with the
sliding or lover bars are left entirely
unprotected by any covering and can
be knocked ont at pleasure by the
prisoners, who can by disconnecting
release the inside cell doors of the
upper and lower lever lock, which
leaves only the middle paddock TO Sc
cure these doors. We therefore recon-
mend that these locks be securely pro
tected where they connect with each
other.
We find much to complain of in the
front or corridor door, 1t should have
three instead of two hinges, and there
should be two more stats and heavy
staples, one near the top, the other
near the bottom, and that three heavy
Jail padlocks to be applied to locking
this door instead of one, as it now
stands; with these simple additions
We will have a system of Jail cells that
will hold the prisoners. In onr opiB-
ion it is both right and just that the
Snead d Co. Iron Works of Louisville,
Kentucky, make these changes; also,
there should be made some improve
ment on the main or front door, and
we recommend that the sheriff be in-sI
strncted to have such Improvement
made on the front door.
Respectfully submitted
WM. VINCENT, Chairman.
DEMcY lies,
ID. d. ARDRUs.
The above report WAS unanimously
adopted.
On motion, be it ordained, that the
following named persons be and they
are hereby appointed assclerks of cleo
ton at their respective polling places,
to serve at the election TO be held on
the - day of November, 1885,:
Ward No. one, poll No. one, Hiram
Lyics; ward No. one, poll No. two,
VIM. jackson; ward No. one, poll No. .
three, J. +. Gray; ward No. one, poll
No. four, A. g. r. Turner; ward No.
two, poll No. 4 /, Geo. j. Rose; ward
No. two, poll No. two, j. r. Robl-
chaud ward No. three, poll No. one,
r. T. Athens; ward Nc. three, poll
No. two, Toliqer Hayes; ward No.
four, poll No. one, Nathan Clifton;
ward No. four, poll No. two, Lewis
Cooper; ward No. four, poll, No.
three, Homer Vincent; ward No. five,
poll No. one, Addison Perkins; ward
No. five, poll No two, VIM. NJ. Dunn;
ward No. five, poll No. three, Joe Eos
ter; ward No. six, poll No, one, VIM.
Davis; ward No. six, poll No. Two, ].
p. McMahon; ward No. six, poll No.
three, Laban WiDgate; ward No.
seven, poll No. one, Harold lies; ward
No. seven, poll No. two, Geo. w.
Ford; ward No. seven, poll No. three,
Geo. M, Gorkin; ward No. eight, poll
No. one, w. A. Kirkwood; ward No.
eight, poll No. two, Mnnroe Perkins.
Committee on finance made the fol
lowing report which was unanimously
adopted:
Jury;
Yonr committee on finance beg
leave to report that they have care
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