The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31
JAIL WORKSHOP.
JAIL ACCOUNT.

One of the conditions Of the lease Of the
old Court house lot from the County Com
missioners to the city Of Portland, March 81,
A. d., 1858, was that the city should furnish
apartments and accommodations for the
business of the county, and should, during
the continuance Of said lease. keep said
building and various rooms and apartments
above mentioned, In good repair, TO the ac-
cePlance OF the County Commissioners.
Inc county part being very badly out Of
repair, the Commissioners requested the city
70 make the improvements. which they did,
commencing In the Superior Court room and
going through the rooms Of all the officers
s2GSeP.lng tnat OF the Register Of Deeds,
painting, frescoing and making general re-
pairs, and putting the building In good con-
dltiOn. IL was necessary, after these i'm
provements, that the county should make
the furniture compare with the other i'm
provements, commencing In the upper court
loom and going through all the 0fices, put
ting the furniture In repair, furnishing car
pets where they were needed, and providing
new furniture where IL was necessary, and,
as the estimate was made for only the ordi-
nary running expenses, without expecting
such repairs would be made, 10 became neces-
sary to overrun the estimate OF the Court
House account. The county part Of the
building Is now In perfect condition.
The bridges were In poor condition, espe-
cially the Portland bridge; this needed re-
pairing badly: the planks were ordered In
the fall Of 1886, but did not arrive here until
spring. On removing the planks the timbers
or sleepeTs were found to be badly decayed.
so that Il was necessary to furnish new
sleepers for the draw, which was wholly re-
laid with new timbers; besides this, large
lot Of piles, which had to be purchased and
driven in the piers that had been badly bro
ken, were not taken into consideration In
making up the estimate Of this account.
In the Jail account the board bill for the
prisoners includes fifteen months, owing TO
the fact that in 1886 bills for board Of prison.
ers were rendered semi-annually, and In 1887
they we're rendered quarterly, SO this account
gives six months In 1886 and nine months In
1887.
In the west wing Of the Jail we cut through
the walls between the two debtors rooms,
making an entrance into each other for
work room, In order that the women might
be employed. We have employed Miss Net
tie Webb as matron Of the female depart
ment of The jail workshop; as IL Is a new de-
parture 1t requires SONS time to get matters
all arranged In order to make success OF IL.
Miss Webb Is doing exceedingly well In this
position, in regulating the business and work
OF this department., and we are very much
pleased with her arrangements.
The jail has been kept in the very best
manner during the entire year, no pains
have been spared on the part OF Sheriff Webb
and his turnkey to put the jail in perfect
order and keep itin the same Much praise
is due them for the faithful manner In
which they have peri rmed their duties.
WditcI DItoStIs tuIukoy VI inc ldlts udh
proved himself TO be an able and efficient
officer; in the discharge Of his duties he
has given perfect satisfaction.
The jail wOrshop has been leased for the
term Of one year to the Portland Heel Com
pany for the sum Of $3.50. The shop Is now
in good repair and the men working we'll.
By order of the Prison Inspectors, given in
the fail of 1886. an Overseer and keeper Is
employed TO take charge of the jail work
shop, their salary being included in this ae-
count, as is also One-half the salary of the
engineer and one-half the cost of the fuel.