The morning call., 1892-06-12
PRISON DIRECTORS.
Contracts for Prison Supplies
Awarded.
Warden Hale Recommends the Construction
of a Place in Which to Exc
cute Criminals.

The State Prison Directors commenced
their regular monthly meeting at San Quen-
tin Friday night instead of Saturday, the
usual day of meeting, in view of the fact
that large number of bids for the next
years supplies had to be examined into.
Fully 1O0 commercial men were on hand
TO look after the interest of their respective
firms, aud all had not only their talk with
them but their hats. The hats were not of
much use as transmitters of their logic re-
garding the quality of beef, beans, blankets
or anything else, for the directors are
shrewd business men. The commercial
men fingered out In the moonlight while the
directors deved into the bids. True, they
were called in when their firms bids came
to the surface, but the directors judged the
quality of the wares aud the prices asked
with tie sagacity of experts, and awarded
the contracts ace 0rdingly.
When the meeting was called to order
Director Sonntag, In aneat speech, presented
Daniel T.. Hayes as the successor in the
board Of Irwin G. Stump. Director Hayes
took his seat in the board, and the business
of the meeting proceeded with a rush.
One thousand bales of jute were ordered
from ParrOtt q Co. at 3.42 cents a pound
and 1000 bales of different grade from New
hall & Co. at .032 cents a pound.
DlIlS LOT the InOUIU OIL May, 10 the
amount of S11, ,40S 16, were audited.
The directors, after scheduling the bids
for supplies. adjourned until morning. The
commercial men skiTmiShed for shelter dur
ing the night, while some of them, II OF wish
ing TO be subjected to bad dreams by repOs-
ing within the prison walls. INDUCED in q
hot game Of poker.
All the directors except Devlin of Sacra-
mentO were present at yesterday mornings
meeting and all the commercial men were
on hand. Director Sonntag, when the meet
ing was called TO order, introduced resolu-
tion which was unanimously adopted. 1t is
one prohibiting the smoking Of cigarettes
by prisoners in both prisons.
Warden w. +. Hale reported that work
on the new jutemlll was progressing as
rapidly as could be expected and that the
captain of the guards new residence is near
ing completion. He also reported that the
jutemill is running at its fullest capacity
and that 1900. 600 bags had been sold,
628, 600 of which had been delivered.
He recommended the construction of q
brick warehouse, in which TO store jute and
manufactured goods. The Warden also
called the attention Of the board to the ne
cessity of erecting suitable rooms III which
10 execute State criminals in accordance
with law of the last Legislature, which
provides that all executions shall take place
at either one of the State prisons. The at
tention of the board was expressly called TO
this portion Of the report. as AuguSt5 of this
year is the date set by the court for the exc
cution Of Antoine Vitol, who murdered a
Chinese in Santa Barbara. The pardon Of
Frank Wilson, who lost his hand in the
jutemills few years ago, was recommend
ed TO the consideration Of the directors.
AS the commercial men were becoming
uneasy the directors decided 10 lay over ali
other business except the examination Of
bids, so they proceeded to award contracts
amounting at least TO 100000 The awards
were made as follows: 400 coo pounds of beef,
at 80 cents, and 5000 pounds of mutton at
7.5 cents to Miller Il Lux; ice to the Union
Ice Company at 81 90 4 hundred; 1900 tons
steam or Brymbo coal at Sc 80 to j. c. Will
son & Co., the coal to be delivered at San
Francisco; small quantities of Wellington,
charcoal, COKE etc, TO c. r. Allen; smOk-
ing tobacco 6009 pounds, Washoe brand.
0ppenheimer q Bros, at 20 cents a pound {;
chewing tobacco, 10000 pounds 16-ounce
plugs, 2.45 a pound; 800 barrels OF Portland
cement to Henry COWel at 81 30 q barrel /;
1000 barrels Of lime at 81 so barrel ard a
small quantity of frebrick TO the ii. T.
Holmes Lime Company; $40 pairs Of
| blankets at So % TO Levi Straus & Co. /;
1900 yards cashmere pris0n-cloth at 93B
cents 10 Levi SIauS q Co.; COCO wards of
flannel to Brown Bros. q Co. at 3ls cents;
10,0O0 yards Of State Prison flannel,
for pants, to Levi Straus 81 Co. at
25b cents; 1000 pounds of California
caliskin to Dolhver & Bro. at 81 cents
400 pounds of French calfskin to Williams,
Marvin &5 Co. at 81 30; $500 pounds OF kip
skins to Doliver 81 Bro at 36 cents; 10, 500
pounds of sole leather to Williams, Marvin
& Co. at 23l5 cents; 1910 pounds Of leather
betting TO L. p. Degen at 60 cents; 2400
pounds of rawhide to l.. p. Degan at 80
cents; 10000 pounds Of corn meal to the
Del Monte Milling Company at 2075 cents 4;
hardware to Huntington. Hopkins & Co..
and Hawley Bros; Rugs to j. J. Mack and
Worden & Co.
No contracts. were awarded for supplies Of
flour or baking powder as the directors
wished to have tests made by the prison
bakers and act on their reports.