The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-11
PLANS FOR A NEW JAIL
Discussed by the Board o.
County Commissioners.J
AN INTERESTING MEETING

AN INTERESTING MEETING
or that body Held ycsterday-prcs.
idcnt Dobbins Instructed How to
Vote tho Bridge Stock-sharc
q" Transferred tow. "A. Wilson.
A special meeting Of tho Board OF
County Commissioners was held yesicr.
day afternoon, which was attended by
Messrs. Cruise, Koch, Maxwell, Me-
Gregor, Vollinger, Mckinley and presi.
dent Dobbins. AS stated by President
Dobbins, the meeting was called for tho
purpose OF ipslruc.ing the Committee on
Court House and Jail rs to tho general
plan and kind ola jail tho Board wants
to build, in order that this committee
might be covered by the Boards ideas
and plans in advertising for plans and
specifications for thu new jail. This
special meeting vast also called, President
Dobblns stated, for the purpose OF tax.
ing some action in the matter of having
tho stock held by the county in tho
Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway
Company, properly voted ut the annual
meeting OF the stockholders OF that. cor
poration which is to be held in this city
this morning. -
On motion OF Mr.. Cruise, President
Dobbips was authorized to vote by
proxy the county's holding OF stock, and
1t WINS further ordered that one share
OF the stock held by the county DO trans.
ferred to Mr.. William A.Wilson iu order
TO make him eligible 10 tho office OF Di.
rector in the Wheeling Bridge and Ter.
minal Railway Company, and President
Dobbins was instructed to vote the
county's stock for Mr.. Wilson and en-.
deavor to secure his election to tho d.
rectory OF the company.
This matter having been disposed OF,
important questions OF what tho cost and
what style Of structure the proposed
new jail should be--the general plan,
interior arrangements, etc.-were con-
sidered ut considerable length. rs.
The members Of the Board who made
the Jail inspection trip to Newark and
Pittsburgh last week told of what they
had seen and gave their views as to the
kind OF q Jail building needed here in
Ohio county, and there was a general
interchange Of views and ideas as 10 the
present and probable future wants of the
county in this matter. In connection
with the general discussion OF the sub.
ject Of new jail, the matter of finances
received attention, and it was finally de.
cided that the county, considering the
circumstances she finds herself in-the
need Of new jail-could afford to ex-
pend 100000 in the construction of the
Jail, and that was settled upon as the
cost, or rather that the cost shall be kept
as near that figure rs possible.
1t was then determined that the build.
ing shall be one Of three stories in height,
built Of brick and trimmed with stone,
The general plan, as then mapped out as
a rough guide Tor the architects, is as fol-
lows: The main building, which is to
include the jailer's residence, is to front
on Fifteenth street and DO about 90 feet
long and s. deep. The cell building, or
Jail proper, is to correspond in height
with the office and residence portion of
the structure, and to extend south from
hat portion distance OF about S.
feet. The west wall OF tho cell
building is to be almost flush
with the line Of Alley D which
runs in the rear OF the Public Building,
and the south end OF The cell building is
to be at the line Of Alley Is, which di.
vides the property purchased by the
county for Jail site from the property
Of the Wheeling & Elm Grove road. In
width the cell building is to be about IS
feet, which will make it form IN IL" to
the main building. This arrangement
and these dimensions will allow
good.sized grass plat in the angle formed
by the office and residence part and the
cell building, and also allow the making
Of narrow ornamental grass strip or
plat at the Eof street end Of the Office
and residence part. which will DO the
residence portion of the fail.
The Fifteenth street front being about
ninety feet in length will be about
equally divided accordingto the Boards
idea, giving the jailer about 45 by As
feet on the ground floor and an equal
amount Of space on the SECOND floor for
residence purposes; this space the
Board estimates will allow for about
eight living rooms, including the neces-
sary halls and staifcases, and also the
dumb waiter, or elevator, which it is de-
signed to have run to the kitchen, which
is planned to be situated on
the third floor, over the iail-
er's portion OF the building. Byl
having a well-appo!nted kitchen, so sit.
uated that all the cooking, both for the
family and prisoners, can be ycry con.
veniently done, tho elevator being used
10 bring up supplies and send food down
10 both the jailer's dining room and the
prisoners in the cell room without any
offensive odors from the cooking being
distributed through the building. This
idea was obtained from the Newark iai|.
The entrance from the street TO the
jailer's residence will probably be
at the EoE street end Z of
the building and as it can be made OF an
ornamental character to correspond with
the handsome front which the architects
will probably design for the Fifteenth
street front, there can in such a case be no
objection to the building viewed from
the stand point OF sightliness.
The main entrance will be at the cor
ner Of Fifteenth street and Alley D, and
the Boards idea Is that Al Ornamental
tower or round front shall distinguish
that part OF the building. Entering he
building from this point one will find a
reception hall and two or three Offices
or guard room in place OF ono Of the
Offices. On the second floor over this part
OF the building it IS designed to have
two hospital wards, one for male prison.
ers, the other for females and a half
dozen OF so cages for lunatics who are
not violent. On the third floor OF this
part the Boards idea is to have lot OF
cages or iron cells for the confinement OF
female prisoners. This class Of prisoners
are usually women fill fame, and the
principal idea ig to keep them entirely
separate fron, he male prisoners,
In the basement Of the office and res.
idence portion Of the jaii it is proposed
to have a we'll eouipped Taundrv hath