The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-01-04
The New Jail

Inc county commissioners, IN tne lr
tour of inspection among the jails of
the State, find that it will be impossible
to erect a creditable modern structure
for less than $4,000. They. are COM
PEELED by authoritative mandate to
build, and can by law expend only slO,.
900 without special legislation. This
amount would, it is true, put up an
apology for Jail. But. it must be re-
membered that such edifices are partic.
ularly expensive. To be properly con.
structed, great deal of the finest steel
and most expensive workmanship must
be provided for, while the walls must be
of the best obtainable stone, every stone
bolted through and through several
times with the hardest steel rods and
jointed with balls of chilled steel. To
build q. prison adequate to the demands
of the present day, costs mint of
money. Then, this Jail must be erected
for the future. The time is coming, and
the wise forsee it, when tide of inn.
provement and prosperity will sweep
over Highland county. We are soon to
come in closer touch with the world,
and the exhibition Of creditable spirit
of enterprise will encourage the advent
of that happy day.
The expenditure of $4,000 additional
to that compelled by law would put up
Jail that may answer all purposes for
century to come, while the legal limit
would afford only cramped and infe-
rior affair which would probably have
to be added to by unsightly extensions.
or entirely removed, perhaps before the
bonds, creating it we're paid off. Some
time, Highland county will be crowded
by necessity into the erection of new
Court House. This may be many years
in the future, but let it not be said then
that the short-sightedness of this gener.
alton, has imposed the additional and
unnecessary expense of Jail. Rather,
let the people of that day commend the
wise foresight Of those who build now.
With tax duplicate of eleven millions,
and say ten years to meet the additional
expense, the cost would amount yearly
TO less than fifteen cents on the thous
and dollars. It would be worth more
than that every day to any public
spirited citizen to have something worth
looking at to show the stranger in oul
gates. Compared with the wisdom o.
building properly, and the evidence O
public spirit whose benefcent influence.
wouldjbe far reaching in this and the
years to come, the burden is practically
nothing.
We have no doubt the judgment o
the good people of Highland count!
will endorse the construction OF re
spectacle edifice, and then we hope tina
the contracts will contain provisos tina
nothing but Highland county labor shal
be employed, whenever it is practicable
Thus the money expended will accom-
plish double purpose and return witt
blessings to the people who gave il
Hard times are upon us and harde
times are coming. The people of thi
county do not want any more distres
within our borders than can possibly b
prevented. While there is demoraliz
ing effect about the giving of gratuitou
charities, there is an enobling resul
from the giving of WORK. Let us folio,
the example of other communities, an
provide as far as practicable, employ
ment for those who will need it.