Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-09

NINE PLANS LAID BEFORE TIE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS YESTERDAY.
The Entire Afternoon Given Up 70 a Preliminary
Consideration Of the Explanations and
Specifications


oYe'inoa'''lN
c....,..ionors
The Board oil county Ooi'i'''SN''.''
met ia special session yesterday after
noon al two o'clock for the purpose OF
..,.,...;..,, ti... .,.l.,,,, .,,d specifications
Ian.
Tor the me-" JAIL Ni"' S''> VI P'-'7
were submitted. marked by Such us
Itiuouishing marks. names or devices as
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>"77'''''
the OBJECT o'ilS To ""'' '''' ''"''''
main ia ignorance of the architects
that there might Dee no doubt that the
.nIans were solely considered upon their
merits. The Board required that all
mans bee submitted through the post
nfire and they were mostly received at
tbr Court House on Monday afternoon.
Yesterday morning the plans were ar
ranged on tables in the main room uNcu
bv the Board. and al two O'Clock the
members assembled 20 commence the
r.r,n.1 nvomir,tion There were pres
fIt... .l.., ,,,.,nb.rs or the
Cu,' 'i' @""' wv" w. ,''' l,t,l. Nl.riH
b"1I"' N""", a.. ..,,.
Nteenrod ana Jallor Dummy VIM
cral citizens dropped 900 during inc
|rourS, of the afternoon.
,fter some consultation as 90 the best
...,,-., ~ procedure il WAS agreed that
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."' 'NP'"'''' -. ,.,t,tio,,
ltcctN Shouiu u' '"N'n "P ''
and the c>>chllai p"Itl"H "' '"' "a ~"
nations read. while the members dl lie
Same time devoted themselves TO an cN-
.,..f,,,;,, ,f tIo ,cromponyine plans
i 'i','.,,il,., Til. cn,rsn was mr.
"'" ...l...l- ,,-b,r
>u'u- "h" i' ""N "i'' - M
the last paper H"" "''" ""' -
Board then determined u" 1ul""i " "i' '''
Thursday morning al ten cIocN' "hTi
10 will meet loo executive session To make
% final selection
Tho r,l,us arr am very handsomely
-. ,.I -,.,..,..,l oro .lo bor,tr i'm their
vi" " Tie ''',' Ill III. , fpe
cup. A"! 0'''
Jam OuNdlhg.
Theplnns submitted bv "StOne and Steel
called for au ornate and really beautiful
structure. built of stone figured 10 cost
80 OOl. ON the supposition the stone is 20
come from quarry al distance from the
,itv. with freight allowed for The archi-
te,,ts entirely separated thciailer's residence
from the iail proper and generally carried
out the ideas of the Newark Jail. They had
but thirty cells y feet inches square. and
lesioued to accommodate four prisoners
es,h Unnecessary These cells were not
rr,videl for I'M a separate inside cell
buudiug. but were incorporated by floors.
ina the general building The entire jail
building proper was surrounded by wall
|of stone The Fifteenth street elevations
|ofthc buildings. and especially of the iailor' $
residence showed exceedingly hue Work.
and the latter looked like the private resi-
|deuce of a millionaire banker The archi-
tects submitted thirty type written pages
determinations and sDerifcatiOns. and they
..,,.,,..,'t.,'5 ,i,. cost would not exceed the
f,,,,,es ,,i,.sn as tbe architects said they
RAJ bnilt abont 6ftv stone TAILS They
md, d, ,,oint tbat four.6fths of tine cost OF
tLe buillins would be spent I'm Wheeling.
..gu.l4ii.n'' subfnitted II mixed stone and
l,,.i,.l, .tirletiire the characteristic outside
f.,tiire of ,vhfrh WAS ii uussiyc and tall
,,.,,... t,,.e, nv, th,. rot.rel.of the Fifteenth
-, o,,d eIisv II o,ar mo main entrance
M mo ioiI Tiero were four tiers of ~
I''' ."' I'll 49,. ,,t.,,-,ti l,'.i,in,, So
49, - $50 - so Nm
80, $3.50 'l;,-. and DRAWINGS
.T,;I- i,,;iSi,,., ,,.iff stonc basement
,,'l .',,,.,,,, to,,.er 0f Inn moderate height
60, g., .,,t,.,,,,. am Tine corner of t'if-
,.'.,.,.t' ,t,....t ',,,3 ,llo, ID There WAS but
.i;.-tt,.s,.-,,i1,, fro,, tba o,.i.-ir.l ideas of
- n,.,.5 tbors tai,e, si,t,- coils I'm the
.''C 20 ;il;,'. LII ,,.,,,.,.. oils ,.t,.
'',',. i,''' C',,,.,,'.t;,.,, ,,., .,,-,,t,.J I'm
'.,.,i ,,,,. ta;i H., ,i,. ,.1,,,rt1.,. Tho
-" ,..o,-',;i,t;,,., .,..t,,n +. tho
var lil"- ""o I...'i,t M. 80,
SUM- as IN w -,., ,,,, 4''''
Vas ~ W., ~ ,,,.,.,. l,,,,.l l,,,.to
Olo" anu ..'i''.. 4 ,.,',,.,',iiI,,.
.'9 lot en-. 81, 3D.. ,oir
U1,,io.l'-, "a. t,,..,t,, ,,,o,S n
cen go, l'o ,'.,,... H., tl. f,t,,ro mo plans
,.i 1.,,.'. i, ,o,,e hniidiho on
,i liz .,,, s,r't fanl,ej L,. Two round
-. Wv Th'.,.ti,,.., j;l not Slain beouty
for ttn axte,Sor but the internal arrange
-, ..l,,.t,.,lJn rrb..au buildiug is
S5vi5 o,;i onen An rpe roof From cor
80. "t ,ha no,.tb end N sinc-ic yatabman
..,.,, o,-orse. ou line uifsouer, at all Times
Mo ,,.,,nef,.- 3euattment had thirteen cells
onenino ON lar,r vorl, room. with bath
opening out of &c. The cost was placed
WITHIN SsD mo
.Nucbo,', showed 81 handsome bric,
h,I5ir,,,,, , Stone foundation and with
-t',,. t,.iunr,i,,.. st 3u estimated cost oi
.>i,ooo IN s50 0DD The front set bacl. fey,
f..t rro,, I7iftaenfb Street and The general
architecture well matched the existing
E"l,ii. buildiu~ There we're sixty cells.
20 NJ A q" submitted plans for "a squar,
f,rfrl, buildiug iGV1g feet. with stone trim
mings The cell building WAS NjXiG, with
.GOcciis. and was connected with the main
building by a bridge. The internal ar
plain. The cells were provided with a
combination locking SYSTEM and healli4
was by hot water OF steam Inc COST Was
somr 6Tiijing of brick with stone trim.
min. having identical round towers at
the Eoff street and Alley ID corners. The
tal front The building was N2XlO' feet
with central court ana was figured 10 o, c .l
r"'VQ or S.''N". I' ""' S'N'' ''''S III ''''
'','''' ,a Ga5 oi,bo,-,to nlons M "A castei
died building ar sitlkihs oeS'sl' lAc pu,
side feature ni Niiru WdS q ldlkt tNuhV
tower az the alley corner. The cell huliu
inr was 80 by 81 feet. with four tiers of
cells. ~ in AN. The residence was In d
wing when ana no1 r9n up TO I'i' 'oI', ,
Eof street side being an ornamental yard
me yeh'..,.il.s sI' en- was very "s'' "'
'osS was ,ut %, s.. ,,5 5,.;,,us of 81
ou.,u,,s ~ C bHIjing NJ stone and bri,l,
Iof the dimensions approximately those
called tor in the ideas submitted 10y the
. Boau
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