The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-01
A NEW JAIL

Is Needed According to the Report Made
on the Old One-Tho board Ordered IA
Take Action.
Yesterday Mr.. Joseph A. Bodley, Mr.
NJ. +. Giesey and DR.. L. D. Wilson, the
committee appointed by the Circuit
Court TO examine into and report as tc
the condition Of the County Jail, made
their final report before Judge PAUL.
The committee reported last week as to
the condition Of the Jail, but having
overlooked the fact that by the law they
were required to report not only as "a
tue condition OF the Jail, but also as Ia
the performance by the iailer Of his
duties, the report was referred back 10
them with instructions To complete 1t III
this particular. The supplemental re-
port made yesterday showed that the
Jail Is being conducted as well as 1t posi-.
bly, can be under tho existing condition
OF thinRs, which Is simply horrible.
Tho reports were approved by the
court and the committee discharged.
The following order was then entered
It appearing from the reports that the
plasterfng has fallen from the outside
walls OF the jail building in several
places, making the appearance OF the
building unsightly; that the chimneys
on the south aide are leaning out, and
need early repairs; that there Is large
crack in the west wall Of the cell building
that the boiler shed at the west end oil
the cell building needs a new floor; that
the boiler should be overhauled and In.
spected, and the pipes and fittings re-
covered and put In satisfactory repair
before the steam heating apparatus Is
again needed; that the stack from the
boiler furnace has settled TO the west,
pushing the wall and roof oil the boiler
shed with II; that tho top OF the stack
needs pointing, and tho foundation con.
tains many soft bricks which are dlsin.
tegrating, and which will soon cause the
stack to become unsafe, II IL 10 not so
already; that the tin cutters on the
boiler shed need renewing; that the
sewerage in the basement iSinsufficient
10 carry OFF the waste water; that the
pipe In the water closet adjoining the
boiler shed leaks badly, making filthy
pool on the floor Of an unused room Of
the boiler shed, next 10 It; that there 10
no tank or receptacle for kitchen offal
and garbage, and In consequence this Is
thrown In pile on the pavement where
II gives of unpleasant and unhealthy
efIluvia; that a lot Of loose bricks are
pied In the southwest angle Of the yard
wall, rendering egress from the Jail yard
at that point quite easy; that inside the
cell building the lower corridor is very
dark and badly ventilated, the air heavy
and foul, the windows In the west end
being almost closed by the boiler
shed; that the soil pipe running
through the cells on the lower corridor
has insufficient fall, the water closets are
not trapped, great many have no lids,
and there Is nothing 10 prevent the
odors and gases from the pipe from 90.
Gaping into the cells and building-it 10
ordered that the Prosecuting Attorney
OF Ohio county be directed 10 call the at.
tenlion Of the Board Of Commissioners
Of the said county 10 the defects above
specified, and that Upon the failure oil
Che said Board, within reasonable time
thereafter, 10 repair the same, he shall
then take such proceedings In the mat.
tor az ID prescribed by section ~ oil
chapter II Of the Code Of West Virginia.
There 10 little question but what this
ID tho hrst move towards providing the