St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-11
PRISON CITY PICKINGS.
Matters Of Moment in and About
Saltwater.

Capt C. A. Bromley, for thirty-fve years
resident of this city, died at his residence.
40 South Broadway, at noon yesterday,
after an Illness of some six weeks. He was
engaged i'll the livery business from the time
of his location here until one year ago last
spring, when he sold his outfit to MI E.
Capron and retired from business. Capt.
Bromley was married twice. his first wife
dying ten or twelve years after marriage.
His second wife survives him. Capt. Brom-
ley recruited Company b, First Minnesota,
left for the three months service re-inlisted
and returned to Alexandria, where he re-
signed and came home to recruit another
compa ny, but did not again enter the serv-
ice The deceased was Mason and insured
in the Masonic Mutual. The funeral will oc-
cur Wednesday at p. m. from the residence
under the auspices of st. Johns lodge, A. F.
& A. NJ, of which he was member.
About 300 men are now employed by the
Thresher company, all of whom are citizens,
and an increase of this force will be made
this week. The company will do more work
the coming season than they did last. par
ticularly in the construction of the Giant
traction engines, which are rapidly gaining
in popularity. Since the concern has become
established upon solid basis its business
has rapidly increased. The most experienced
and careful mechanics are employed and eX:
perts test every portion of the work when
completed. BY Jan. fully 500 men will be
i'll the employ of the company.
a SERIOUS stCCiOcut OCCQIItd TIC piISOt
yesterday, whereby a convict named William
Burns was badly injured. 1t was caused by
the caving in of the dirt where excavations
are being made for the retaining wall. The
detached earth came down without warning,
breaking Burns leg and injuring his back.
He was taken to the prison hospital and
physicians summoned. who gave the injured
man all necessary attention and pronounce
his injuries, aside from the broken leg, quite
unim portaut, and by evening he was resting
quite comfortably. Burns is from Hennepin
county under four years sentence.
The work going on inside the walls employs
about $50 men constantly, so that One-half
of the able bodied force now confined there
work in the forenoon. and one-haH in the
afternoon. Already 11.0iiO cubic yards of
earth have been removed. and about q, 900
yards still remain. The soil is composed of
quicksand and clay. and is of the most
treacherouS character. Precautions will be
taken to obyiate any danger of further acct
dent. Since the termination of the prison
labor contract on Sept. 1, in addition to the
HOOD yards of earth removed. retaining
wall los feet in length and 40 feet high, has
been built, and so or 100 feet more will be
put il, at once to prevent the caV1ng IN; Al,
ready the main wall has been warped. and
the work being done is OF the utmost i'm
portanee for its preservation. The wall built
by the prisoners is or the best character and
equal to any heretofore constructed. Allow
ing for their labor at the former contract
pTlCc VI ~ CCllto pei LAY uiist Ou tIiO w,
feet built, the state has saved between $1,000
and 81, 800. The continuation of the ex-
cayation, the extension of the retaining
wall to a junction with the solid wall
OH the south side and the extension of the
main wall to q junction with the other is a
matter of the most vital necessity for which
if done by the convicts ample appropriations
have already been made. 1t will employ $50
men two ,e ,rs. which is about one-half of
the number fit for hard labor, and thus solves
-boIT nf the HOnvipf labor nrOb1Rm THE
transfer company furnishes the cars if load
ed and unioaded and draws the dirt outside,
depositing it along the lake front. An old
hoard fence now incloses the yard. This is
means get into the yard by night freedom is
easily gained. The necessary excavation and
erection of permanent wall is an impera
tive necessity.