The herald., 1896-08-20
n. being separated

from the office portion, being separated
| from 1t by heavy brick wall running
| crosswlse of the building from side to
side. On the second floor in front are the
| three court rooms, two large and one
| small. for the accommodation OF the
| police justices, together with the requi-
/ site chambers for justices and clerks
/ and toilet rooms. Against the dividing
wall of the jail has been built a sort of
meZzanine or mali floor, fronted by a
| railing, from which a view IN obtained
| of the main hallway and corridor lead
| ing to the court rooms. On this half flour
are six offices for the use of the secretary
and hailff. the constables and the dis
trict and city attorneys.
Back of the dividing wall of the Jail
and forming the third story of the cell
building is a magnificent Rrge drill
hall and dormitory for the use of the
patrolmen. The apartment runs the full
width and half the length of the building.
and here will be the lockers for the men
and cots whore a reserve force may
sleep to be called IN case of emergency.
In one corner is the photograph gallery,
where criminals will he ''mugged," in
the other spacious bath and toilet room
with four fine porcelain tubs. etc.
The Jail proper Is entered by a door,
way directly back of the main stairway
in the center of the building. One first
encounters n barred portal, passing
NhlSh tiic Sttcl uOpF-Dl lne main IlUOF Is
raced. To the left a flight of iron stairs
runs up to the second story cells. Pass
ing in, the cells are Geen. on the right
stands the huge, steai. tWo-story tank,
which contains twenty-four cells, capa-
bic OF holding four persons EACH These
cells are SIX on a side. and are made of
the hnest steel lattice work, hot riveted.
Every cell is locked separately from the
outside of the tank by means of a lever.
and between the rows of cells runs q
wide corridor.
In the extreme rear of the huge room
which contains the tank in opposite cor
ners are the kitchen and storeroom, or
pantry, with passageway between
barred off from the main hall The l<itch-
en- will be fitted with a fine range and
huge steam kettle for cooking soups,
vegetables. etc. The left-hand half of
the main room is vacant at present, but
is meant to contain another tank SINH
lar to that on the right-han side when
it shall be needed. At present it will be
used to accommodate the chaingang.
Two dungeons. or dark cells, for OBJ
streperous prisoners are also a feature
of this floor. being built in the wall
against the rear next to the storeroom.
From the lower floor the only means
Of access to the upper or second story is
BY going out to the portal and up the
iron stair a4eady mentioned. Going
tHi pbSi tiipllltl SIdltu uOoI, one enters
Il large room with cells on all sides A
partition divides off the rlght-hand por-
tion. which is the women's and juvenile
department. Here are two pleasant
rooms for the matron. and five cells. Que
padded, all light and airy. for the wo-
men and children. This department has
its own bath ard toilet rooms. and is en-
tirely separate from all sight and sou 4.
of other portions of the Jail
The left-hand or easterlV DOrtipn cnr-
tains four cells and there are two more
one for TRUSTEES and the padded bug
house. or insane cell. against the rear
wall. The four on the east are the strorg
boxes of the jail and here felons mur-
derers and the more desperate erin 'apls
will be confined. Each of the four rooms
is a regulation cell. only very large. but
each contains n steel tank. which stands
in the center of the room with passage
way all around it. In each tank are two
cells and a small corridor upon which
they open. Three of these cages were
made by thesYale Safe and Lock COM
pany and are guaranteed to be drill and
file proof. They are made of five-plv
plates and bars, three thicknesses II
hardened steel. between which are lay
ers of wrought iron. Even should
prisoner by any possibility escape from
the cage. he would still be inside the cell
proper and have a big JOB to cut out.
ms completes tne jail arrangements,
which are the best that modern ingenui-
ty can devise. The big tank on the main
floor and one of the small ones in the
second story were made in this city by
Llewellyn Bros, and are pronounced by
experts to be most creditable pieces of
W ork.
The basement of the building contains
a twenty-h horse power boiler for fur
nishing steam. heat and hot water to the
building and the many rooms there will
be used for storage Altogether the
building surprises one by its size and
completeness, and Los Angeles now has
Jail which will compare favorably
with that of any city of like size in the
United States. A visit of inspection will
be we'll repaid, yet one steps into the
street again with sigh of relief and a
pang of pity that it should be necessary
to build such bastiles for the incarcera-
ton of his fellow man.
All prices of wallpaper. greatly reduced.
A. A. Eckstrom. 32i South Spring street.