Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-05-29
THE COUNTY JAIL.

Jail Building Company Speciaca.
tioas Of the Work.
At the last quarterly meeting OF the
Board Of Commissioners of Alturas
county. contract was made with the
Pauly Jail Building and Manuf.ctur.
ing Company. Of st. Louis, by which
that concern agrees to manufacture
and erect in the oell.room Of the Jail
in tho town Of HALEY, two cells fin.
ished complete, ready for occupancy,
including all the attachments connect.
ed Herewith.
These cells are to be constructed
of 5.ply steel Jail cells and corridor.
These 5'ply bars consist of FIVE layers
three OF iron, and two of steel
al thoroughly welded together, the
layers of steel being curved, so as to
meet the surface at the corners; the
said bars to be hardened on the two
edges the entire length and the cen.
Ter to be annsaled-thus rendering
them saw and file-proof, and At the
same time leaving them tough and
strong. Each cell is to be six feet
six inches wide, eight feet deep from
front to rear, and seven feet high;
tho corridor is to be FIVE feet vide, Is
feet long, and seven feet high; the
floors and ceilings Of tho cells and
corridor and the outside walls of the
cells, and the rear end of corridor and
eight inches of the front end of cor
ridor, where the Lover. DO K is attached.
to be made of 4.inch thick 5.ply
hardened steel Jail plate. All the
partitions to be of 3 16ths inch thick
plate iron; all the joints to butt and
be strapped with 4x8.inch steel straps;
all the inside corners to be put to.
getber with 2x2x4.inch angle iron;
all the outside corners to have ad.
ditional angle irons; outside angle
iron to be 24x24x4inch; all to be
riveted with s inch and 4-inch coun.
ter-sunk, oval head rivets, counter.
sunk riveted on the inside. Rivets to
be spaced 3 to- 81 inches from centers.
At the rear of each cell there will
be lattice section or window two
feet wide, extending from floor to
ceiling, to admit air aud light-made
Of the steel bars, crossing at right
angles, and to be riveted at every in
tersec,ion with ainch counter sunk
oval head rivets, counter. sunk ,iveted
on the inside. Meshes to be 21x2A
inches. Said steel lattice section to
be riveted ut top and bottom, between
the outside and inside angle iron, and
on the sides to be securely riveted to
the plate.
Each cell is to have a door two
feet wide and six high, made Of same
kind of material, and constructed in
the same manner as the rear sections
hereinbefore described. and at the
bottom there will be a feed opening
4axG4 inches. Each door will be
hung on a pair OF strap hinges, pro.
tected by steel bars, and opposite
each hinge on the door will be a
steel rabbet catch which will shut
into mortise in the angle iron frame.
In the center, across each door, will
be a 4x8 inch steel latch bar, riveted
to the door with ] inch rivets. Each
door opening will be provided with a
2x2xa-inch angle iron frame. securely
riveted to the plate on the inside, and
forming rabbet for the door to shut
against.
The entrance door to the Jail room
will be of iron, double three feet
wide, aud seven feet high. The door,
on the outside is to be of 3.16ths.
inch thick plate, with 4-inch plate
riveted on to four panels. On the in.
side it is to be made of 2xA inch bars,
crossing at right angles, and riveted at
intersections with 4.inch rivets.
Meshes to be 2tx2tiuches. This
door to have q basket 12x18 inches,
made of a-inch round iron bars set
II inch from centres into three semi
circular bars 2x8inches, and the
round bars to be rive,ed into top and
bottom 2xs inch bars. Top and
bottom of basket to he covered with
! inch thick plate. Doors to he hung
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