The record-union., 1896-10-11
VENTILATION OF THE JAIL.
The Board Of Health Makes Suggestions
to the Supervisors.
They Also Want to See a Women 8
Ward Constructed and Vermin
Exterminated.

uioi SCSSlOu yesterday morning, super
visors Morrison, Todd, Curtis, brennan
and Jenkins being present.
A petition for the opening of a road
east OF East Park, through the lands of
N. Clark and Mrs. Klotz, a practical
continuation of I street, was read and
the bond Of /. p Eldred and Ellis Kill
gore In connection with it was approved.
Charles Cooley and E. Requin were ap-
pointed viewers with the County Sur
veyor.
A number of bonds for saloon licenses
We're approved as follows: Belmont &
Holdner, j, Eighth and Ninth, bonds
men Frank Ruhstaller and F. X Elmer;
j. n. Payne, $50 1 street, F. Ruhstaller
and M. Duffy bondsmen; Samuel A.
Pugh, Perkins, bondsmen George E. Di-
erssen and D. Dierssen Jacob Fassber,
229 j, bondsmen F. x. Elmer and f.
Ruhstaller; T. q. Stewart, 72S X, bonds
men F. Ruhstaller and J. Woodburn; !;
u. G. Hawkins, Twentieth and X,
bondsmen F. c. Knauer and B. X.
Bloch; B. Feraut, Second and o, bonds
men n. Weinrich and f. Rankin.
The names of the following prisoners
were presented by Jailer Beckley to the
Pete Meegan, James Murphy, Dan
Keefe, John Fitzpatrick, John Sbar-
bro, John Mcclure, Minnie Talbot, Car
oline Hoagland, Frank Williams, Laura
Steinmiller, John Saunders, Conrad
Strang, George Dunston, Thomas
Brooks, Frank Curtiss, Thomas Black,
E. M Arnold John Watson, John Muir
ply, James Connolly and John Murphy.
The deed for a right Of way for a
county road from Warren E. H. Hyde,
Ida A. Hyde and J. F. Cross for a tract
OF land in Antelope Township was read
and ordered recorded, as was one from
Emma Mcbride for right Of way of the
same road
The report of viewers on the road
asked for by w. B. Bradford through
the lands of Robert Christianson was
read. 1t recommended the opening of
the road, for which Mr.. Bradford will
give half and for the other half of which
Christianson asks $500 The viewers
recommend that he be allowed $63 80
for land and fences.
The hearing was set for November
9th at p. m.
The report of the County Surveyor on
the road asked for by Louis Meiss and
others through Buckeye Valley to the
county line was read. It stated that all
the property owners are nom consenting
and that the petition will have to go
through the usual formality.
The board took a recess till o. m
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The bill of D. Faulkner as Superin-
tendent of the repairs of the Twelfth
street bridge was put in and the board
after some discussion decided to post
pone the matter Of fixing his salary as
superintendent till next Tuesday.
Drs. Wizard, Ross and Pinkham ap-
peared as a committee from the Board
or Health to urge upon the Supervisors
the necessity of sanitary improvements
in and about the jail and also a female
ward, where women can be separated
from the men.
They had inspected the jail and re-
quested the board to put in a system of
ventilation, as they said it was abom-
Unable. They thought all confined
there, even the most hardened crini-
mails, were entitled to fresh air, at least.
The Jail, washroom and cookroom
should all be ventilated and f1ues should
be run up above the Courthouse so that
those who occupy the rooms in it should
not be compelled to breathe the foul air.
The hobo cells should be taken out
and burned, to get rid of the bedbugs
| that infest them. There should also be
| a separate ward built for the women.
with proper conveniences, so that they
| might be entirely separated from the
male inmates. Their plan is for the de-
molishing of the City Dispensary and
| the building Of the women's ward from
| such of the material as can be used, and
| the construction of a new dispensary
upon the ground south Of its present To-
| cation. The plans for the system of
ventilation, ward and new cells call for
an expense Of about $4,000.
| Chairman Morrison said the board
| had been in favor of the construction of
i women's ward as soon as it could be
afforded So far as regarded the hobo
cells, there is an iron cell now made,
| the sides Of which are latticed and open,
with hunks that can be folded up in the
| day time These will be easier to keep
clean than the wooden ones. He would
| do the Sheriff and jailer the justice to
say that they had done all they could
| to keep the cells clean, using disinfect-
ants every week, but the vermin breed
| in the cracks and cannot be exterminat
| ed The question is, what is the best
| kind of cell, and if the committee will
give attention to the matter no doubt 1t
| will make good choice.
County Surveyor Boyd asked what the
| board was going to do about the Sutter
Island road The agreement had been
| that the residents and the county should
each pay half the expense. The share
! of the county can only be determined
| by taking measurements now, for if the
| islanders go ahead now before measure
ments are taken, the proper amount can
not be determined which the county
should pay. He wished to know what the
| board wanted done in the matter.
| Jenkins said the board had agreed to
spend the same amount the islanders
did. and Surveyor Boyd should certainly
| be requested to go down and make cross
sections of the road and see how much
| material would be required, and he
moved Mr.. Boyd be so requested. The
motion was carried unanimously.
| Mr.. Boyd then gave an estimate of the
work required at McConnell's on the
grade, but said he would make another
/ estimate for a grade two and half
feet above high water mark.
| Morrison thought that should certainly
| be done. as high water mark increases
every two or three years. and the work
| should be done 50 that 1t would keep
| the road above it for some years to
come
The board then adjourned till Tuesday
| at 10 a. m.
RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS.