Wichita eagle., 1888-04-29
CONTRACT AWARDED.
PAULY JAIL cos. PLANS AND BID
OF S47,225.
Much of the Work to be Done by
Wichita charlottesville
scription of the Jail.

complete the building, ready for use, by
the lst day of September, with a forfeit
ure of SD per day for every day beyond
said date.
The building covers space of likes,
and in height has two full stories, base
ment and an attic. The architecture is
modern, tending something to the Queen
Anne. The building will front east, hay
ing the residence portion towards the
south. The residence is very conveniently
arranged, with vestibule, hall, parlor,
dining room, kitchen, pantry and china
closet on the first floor and laundry be
meath the kitchen. The parlor is 15xl5,
dining room EXT, closet and pantry,
4.6x6, each kitchen 14xl9 The second
story of the residence has one above bed
room and three other bedrooms
of smaller size, with commo-
dious bath room and closets
for each room. a commodious staircase
ascends from front hall to one above, while
a very comfortable one affords pass way
from rear to hall below. From the dining
room OF residence, where provisions will
also be furnished for prisoners, a passage
enclosed with glass affords a passway to
an iron entrance door to jailors corridor,
thel eby affording the greatest convenience
for handling prisoners food without any
one but jailor having intercourse with the
prisoners. The residence Is also cut OF
from the sheriff office by a strong iron
door, thus enabling the sheriff or jailor to
have complete control of the jail proper
without in any way coming in contact
with the family or occupants of the resi-
a Il ~, Tho ,,,aiu
trance TO the jail proper is on the north
and entirely away from residence. Prls-
oners are brought into the public vesti-
bule which is grimly guarded by large iron
grating both inside and out. To get in
side this yestibule bell is rung and the
jailor comes out into the vest!bule from
jallor's corridor and closes an
iron door behind him. Then
opens the large front entrance iron door
admitting the visitors or prisoners for ex-
animation. There prisoners can be search
ed or visitors questioned before further adj
mission is gained. Entering the Jailer' 5
corridor on the right is a large. entrance
door 20 the rotary cell room. In this door,
or a section of this door, is encased the ma
chinery for operating and rotating the
cells This rotary cell structure is i'll two
tiers, operated on the first and second
stories, each tier containing ten cells radl-
ating from a common center, and which
rotateS bodily on a central vertical shalt,
twenty-five inches in diameter, and turn
ing upon conical steel rellers, like a rail
way turn table with which all are familiar.
The cells are surrounded with q heavy sta
tionary combination iron and steel grating,
extending from floor TO ceiling, with only
one door opening in it for ach tier OF cells,
as the cell structure revolyes and the sew
eral cells contained therein are successfully
presented in front of the door III the
stationary grating, 1t Is possible Tor
prisoners to be put into or taken out from
the cells, provided the door is opened by
the TAILOR, but at no other time is this pos
sible. as all the cells except the one oppo-
site the door are securely closed by the
grating, behind which they more ample
and sufficient exercise corridors are pro-
vided as well as a comfortable and conven-
lent bath room for each tier of these cells.
The water closets of the rotary cells are
the most wonderful of this system, they
being automatic in flushing and discharg-
ing. The whole sanitary arrangement of
this Jail is certainly the most perfect and
complete of any jail yet built quite vol
luminous description of this portion of the
Jail could be given, but Is reserved for the
future On the north side of jallor's cor
ridor is the sanatory for the employees of
the building To the left is six steel cells
in two tiers of the square construction
and which will afford good and safe quar-
tiers for twenty-four of Sedgwick county 5
worst citizens In the front and to the
left of the jailor's corridor in the sheriff S
office which is midway from residence and
Jail proper, and where he has surveillance
over every department
From the jailors corridor one ascends by
an iron staircase to the first balcony, which
leads into the second tier of rotary cells on
the right. and the square cells on the left,
as well as the first tier of misdemeanor
cells. \ second iron staircase leads on
another balcony and into another tier OF
iron cells for females, from the first bal
cony, entrance is made TO the hospital,
which has comodious bath room and
water closets. Bath rooms and water
closets are interspersed throughout the
residence and Jail, as well as China and
other closets, making it a model of con-
venience and comfort as well as the most
convenient and secure jails of the period.
The building will be fire proof throughout.
The foundation will be of stone and the
superstructure of brick with stone trim
mings, faced with press brick.
Sedgwick county viii have a Jail build
ing superior to anything in the state and
in keeping with the wide-awake and en-
terprising city of wichita. In fact no bet
ter or more scientific Jail is built in the
United States This jail is being built eX-
tensively in the east. The well known
iail company who has the contract Is en-
tirely reliable and is an assurance that the
county will get value received for heI
money. This Jail company is now build
ing tails of similar character AZ Dover
New Hampshire. Charleston. West Nir-
ginia. Waxohochie, Texas, and Salt Lake
City, Utah. Last year they built similar
ones at Sherman, Texas, Oswego, New
York and Burlington, Vermont Mr.
James J. Lyon, secretary and general
manager of the company, left last night
for St. Louis Mr. II. H. Devendorf, agent
of the company, left for his
home at Topeka He viii
return next Wednesday TO sub-let all con
tracts. The company awarded the con
tract will do the iron and steel work but
all other branches of the work viii be sub
let 10 men in the city, which means that
all work that can possibly be done hers
will go 10 the city's contractors and
laborers.
The bids submitted and considered by
! the commissioners are as follows:
| Stewart, Coney 81 Co, Wichita, iron
| work complete, without steam
nSdbAlS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS S.~>.Dt