New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-07

railroad i Ia,ar induced capitalists TO ouiio
The New-York and Canada halfway u,ason
consequently leased by the Delaware A' 20
from whitehall to Plattsourg anu 80. was
pouses Point The Clinton Prison. 'ne' -
.' tn communication by rail with the cou"
~, .. ~. south and west. and the STATE Pi
authorities soon enlarged 1t ana oroue' s,rg
,.y.i with the State prisons at AUBURN a'lu ANA. -,
ane Indeed when one coihiuei' "a" go. 80 for
~ buildings Of the Clinton prison. 'heS ",0 -.
,or IN those Of the other prisons IL Is BIZ
ra,ad also In more healthful iocaloh ma"
others Sing Sing was placed IN swamp -
e6ps OF the Hudson River. Auburn hau eoou 90 -,
V,d,nrs hut It's grounds are rather Hni'eu III
go ara touched upon every side by city
h,ud,rgs Clinton Prison. on the other manu- no"
ts buildings constructed on the side OF An ~ .,
dack mountain, commanding view OF inc ~
dark country and of Lake ChampIai. anu ~
Green Mountains. The pure air OF the Ao''o''u
region plays around 1t; and so heaI'h' 10 ''
- tho, the consumptives among the coh'iS'
nonuIatton OF the State are sent TO II 10 proions
their lives.
CLINrONs INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES
when the prison industries were stricken down
IN January last by the edict OF the Cons.'u''v,
thar nothing made by the convicts should De 500
m a private citizen. Clinton Prison suhereo roi d
hra, time like the other State prisons. Ihere
were nearly thousand conVic's Ia s
nrison and q majority OF them became iuie' "''
therefore miserable men. But the prison hau !"
Ihayer,
and one who was resolved that the conVcts shouiu
M, rema,n in iclcness Mr. Thayer therefore oe-
termined to keep many OF the conVicts as pos''
BILE employed upon work for the state "nio" WOO
permitted by the Constitution. Fortunately 'heie
rad been laid on land djacent TO the prison the
foundation of new State Hospital for insane
Convicts As known 10 many few years ago the
State built hospital at Matteawan' IN Dutchess
County, for insane criminals. ana the coh"iet III
sane were sent there. But the Mattea"ah nus
N
the insane conylcts ana devote 1t TO the care OF
Go1s rhe HOSPITAL now under construction
in a field the Clinton Prison VIII De occuPieu
therefore, as soon as IS completed. by the insane
convlcis Who viii be brought here from Mattea-
The plans 6 s hCsPa' Ssa ad they
embrace all the recent improvements IN the con-
Warden Thayor put two hundred conycts a,
yS tSe sde Of the
excayang foundations Ion H. s ana for se in
the building The stone 70 be used in the walls OF
the building IS The pink granite found near ,,, AZ
ing which IS 10 accommodate six hundred pa
tents, are already laid and large portion OF me
the conyics The hegisad,ue OF e pm e
IS 900 for it. Warden Thayer estimates that the
cost Of the building. large as II s VIII De only
would be 10000 The convict labor is thus directly
profitable
HOW TO PROFIT BY CONVICT LABOR.
Ex-senator Lispenard Stewart. president OF the
State Commission OF Prisons who visited Clinton
Prison recently In company with tribune corre-
spondent after inspecting the work on the new hos
pital said: II do not why the labor Of convcts
could not be prohtaby employed in completing the
new Eastern Reformdtory building, which is now
under tas 81 ysrY az expene Structure as planned
and l have suggested 10 Governor Black that the
reformalory moved into it, and then he remaip Ss
Of the buildings needed be constructed by them me
Eastern Reioimatory. as planned. Will cost $0OoO
II the labor Of convlcts coud be employed n is
construction ms cost %1 sn nsus cnId be-
Suiit BY convIcts or at least the stone be used in
their their walls could be Quarried and dressed by
This labor upon the new hospital has been prose.
early IN January 10 the present time with the
coming Of zero Temperature here. Warden Thayer
Way Outdoor work ' Is impossible pos and therefore
ss s Sa When the sprns ns OF
dressed stone, therefore, WIN be ready for, use in
Of Clinton Prso9; in Ris annual report. just
S se Of eOnahsns me ason
the health OF the prisoners has continued good. Ii
and disturbance but Warden Thayer N BY a We'll,
regulated system OF exercise and labor. has kept
n me hstory Of on Ses he
State Hospital for Insane convicts not only gives
labor has been UTILIZED ;S as far as possible, to pro-
when it Is compete. II will be a sanitary building
n 81 nj sTuctDfs Every DEAN Of non
is IN accordance with modern IDEAS Of convenience
tails for the healthful safekeeping Of those con-
signed TO It. the building vii! be unsurpassed
THE COTTON Mill.
But Warden Thayer had 1856 men to provide with
work. Only two hundred OF them could work on
The hospital Accordingly. he looked about for oc.
equations for the other convics. IN the prison
yard there were several well-constructed brick
buildings. built by the convicts several years ago.
These ne decided to convert into fsctortes for The
manufacture Of various articles needed by State
Institutions and the main industry, he resolved
should be the manufacture Of cotton cloth Auburn
State Prison manufactures W0ollen cloth Why
should nor Clinton Prison be cotton mill? A big
room, therefore, on the ground floor Of Of the
buildings Is now IN an apparently ruinous con-
oton. wh.Ic In state Of preparation for use as
cotton spinning department The convfcts have
torn up It's floors and busily engaged in SUBJ