The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-07-05

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ling rumors are in circulation, and
how often they prove unfounded.
JAIL CONTRACT LET.
J. D. Carroll, of St. paul, Gets 1t at
$12,394.
The county commissioners last Fri
day morning awarded the contract tor
the construction of the new county
Jail to j. D. Carroll, of St. Paul, the
contract price being $12, 1874. This in
cludes the construction of the Jail in
brick and stone, tho putting in of all
the iron and steel cells required by
the specifications, the necessary plumb
ing. and the steam heating plant.
The contract price is almost 5000 less
than the first estimate.
The plans approved by the Board
and drafted by E. P. Bassford, OF st.
Paul, have yet to be approved by the
State Board of Correction and Chair
ties, at the meeting of that organiza-
ton the first week in uly,after which
the contract for the Jail will be finally
consummated. The work must be
finished before Noy. LIST, so that pris-
oners can be kept here for the Novem-
Der term of court. Mr.. Carroll, the
lucky bidder, is an extensive contract
or, and is now building the Jail at Ad-
rian, the school house at Pipestone,
and was the builder of the Granite
Falls jail. The commissioners exact
ed promises from him that local deal
ers we're to be given first preference in
material to be furnished, and local Ia
borers first preference in the work OF
construction, the laborers to give sat-
isfactory work at the regular rate of
wages paid, or else other labor can be
imported.
The jail is to be two stories with at
tic, really third floor. The residence
portion is to be 34a by 40 feet, and
the jail proper 80 by 81 feet. 1t is to
be built of hard burnt red brick, trim
mings of Kasota stone, and the front
is to have a handsome veranda. 1t
assumes the shape of Gothic resi-
dence. The range rock above the
street grade is also to be of Kascta
stone. The basement, where the steam
heating plant is to be located, for both
Jail and court house,is to be seven feet
high. The first story of the sheriff's
residence is to be ten feet high, and
the second story nine feet high. The
first story of the Jail will be 81 feet
and the second 81 feet high. There
are to be six cells in the first floor each
one to be y feet high and 81 feet
wide and z feet deep. There are to
be three cells in the upper story OF
like dimensions. All of the cells are
to be of iron and similar to steel cells.
Work on the excavation will probably
commence about July 18th.
There we're large number of con-
tractors present and of course, a large
number of bids we're submitted. All
of them, as we'll as members of the
Board, took particular delight in
roasting" the State Board of Correc-
tons and Charities, and more particu-
lar Secretary Hart, who,they thought,
wanted to exercise his authority on
every occasion. The cause for all
this was the statement made by Hart
that the Board could not go ahead
and adopt plans until the State Board
passed upon them. Commissioner
Arnold took particular pains to rub il
into the State Board, claiming that it
was a public nuisance that ought to
be abolished at once. "It has no pow
er," he said. eve can adopt these
plans, let the contracts, and submit
the plans to the State Board after.
wards, and if they don't like our style
they know what they can do. One
thing certain, they can't change the
plans unless we want them changed. .
The commissioners will hold a reg.
ular meeting on July 10th, at which
time the general county business, as
we'll as more matters pertaining to the
Jail will come up.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS.
Paste This in Your Expiration Req
lister For December, 1894.