New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22

carved oak ceiling for the prison Wardens oiiicei;
o onf ess have The
the handsomest in the State and prison nn,is
ST son o dhs
ons in Albany also will have such an exhibit OF
clothing Of the Iars MARK n
fssn Layers at tine with fniyss ana others
Snsy Engaged al sewing mashnes sewing Tie
pieces cloth tose,her Upon the dsy ws % i M
Vs' order aas o double
70, the q Hone Po
s saanp Sa said He;R afasu sage
i ing !s v '
THE State Commission Of pfson ssa Of
saPpyIns uniforms tSy The NsSns Guard S,ea Tss
yss OF 1Sd h.
each ma? make It rather problem TO suP pps,
, hSss ao sa S %t eones Will
fscture the magazine rihe which !. ,,o so urgently
NEEDED BY the Of be Guard Win s
VIM entail hs sas o. an this
can be saved the State by the LABOR OF the con-
victs.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES HARD At WORK.
In one room the prisoners were found at work
chiselling the marbleke limestone taken out OF
the quarry Of tho prison. which Is near the prison
walls The lmestone-cutterS were preparing tho
blocks OF stone for use In State buildings. Some
OF this stone has recently been Transported to A.
bany and placed In the walls OF me state HOUSE,
WoHfs sf the State State Engineer and the
of Banks. The limestone blocks also could Do used
structed Warden Sage says he shall keep the con;
ycts at work in this soneyard for the S!oS IN Ss
SIX hunarsa cells Which he desired to erected
in the printing DEPARTMENT oay fourteen e sns
cs found sob at a TGE that ws the Of
the prison authorities TO prevent as tar as POSSIBLE
s ny sH Se ws
there was not q large number OF them IN the STATE
n TSs prison Mo 'ns srsoe
posey OF diversified nature the convicts n nt NJ
be employed on s ssos s sss 81 but they
were purposey restricted to he psss oc oher
The shoe shop was discovered to- be q busy
ing Of shSes. and here convIcts at work cut;
ting out the leather and then engaged In sewing ana
partment there are manufactured mems shoes.
mems split brOgans mems leather slippers; womens
glazed Kid shoes, mems heavy laced shoes. Ind,a
kid slippers. women's carpet slippers. Dogs shoeS
and girls shoes - ,. >, +, A..
manufactmred hair brushes. horse brushes. counter
brushes window brushes, kalsomne brushes, push
bro5ms. painters busters. floor brooms and shoe
Thsre Is hprSy ming . IN Ss TO Sfa tSs
State institutions.
THE GENIUS OF THE PRISON"
The genius Of the prison." said Warden Sage. rs
our organ builder. The manner OF his discovery
was curioua We had an incendiary fire here
little over a year ago. and was srieved 10 ma
that a rag-picklns psehine. which had coat the
mourning over II one day when prisoner named ha
e S~' he could mend the machine by using no,
above twenty-five dollars wo,'n o, mn,er rS and hs
aid pTepsr AZ the wHn machine 10 my Then
there arose the question Of buying reed organs iSr
Ole Ole C" once moe. 10 my surprise. Howard said he
could build them. since he had put up organs sI ana
and in canada; He bessn work seos, year rear ago sS
and now has them complssd MI s,ss sse sho sa
where Howard found at work upon 5ns 0rsa nn
he s" organ sea, Of the largest organ and plslksd
Th .a Sh h fns
IS or i s,n Ss -: sYe nss. or sy
rssse St SssTssgFfb w na9Ia y the largest
Or1SR @, t va. req the ~. Of u. Of these
orsa9. Mr. ssser INQUIRED Tss MT r'p sane snd
mem when ZEN vow ,hss They they would have Coz"
Howard also had manu:aciured at small COS, an an
nstTymen known a. lsrobe ,s snisrs.men,
Of these photosrsphs Of creatures Invisible TO The
SS sS S %s, to sS s''Ss ss
prison and VII DO sa IL s!' gsoG s Pra'pS Prison is
now 'n%n f.g,arHs Sany sreis. o. n.s.ly .hS
ysS. Of and that at ~ annu Saus ~
GponnS the day Of the Tribune correspondeLts ylsi,
thcro were liz convie's at work q, some emR.oy y.
n os g ., q men non n AZ ns %o Of
too Tssk to wC Sse wh s,i have y, sesn
assigned 10 any indartry Upon recent h day 'he
eS era wf BARN my runners ard walters bake
shop g. uashhou.e u storehouse .; tobacco h haS
~. ROAD n, quarry Is; new building 10; stohecut-
ding in clothing a. clothing department po , shoe
INK shop, IS; cabine, shop. 81 drawing and carving
Is: secor road. "a.
BODYBUILDING IN THE VILLAGE.
Warden Sage has twenty-four men laying stone
in tho village OF Sing Sing upon supporting wall
for the only road leading 90 the prison. In answer
10 a question he saidi II am OF tho opinion that
tho convicts OF tho state prisons could be safely
employed at the building OF State roads. Az that
would be needed would be sufficient guards to pre-
'e The diversity Of the demands now made upon
sing sing S Ss S os sf sw q .HH
which show hundreds Of orders; ,.
wool albany psHi'e y scysu S sS5'
pa: St sfqf County
dozen pairs OF mems shoes: Buffalo state Hospital :
Of Broome County Dozen mems plough y,n. 'hSss
School. Rochester, 80 counter busters; Matteawan
State Hospital dozen scr r, 1,ui nro, an ANAL
cards; Craig Colony 200 clinical records; Auburn
Prison, 10 600 tags .
The following amount Of merchandise sold
nv sing Sing during tho month Of October. 1897:
Clothing department Al
Brush and ms,r.i; department 100 q
Printing and stationery department. 600 -
Miscellaneous manufactures OH NJ
'$~''"v" ~
Tho thirty lone hundred eonvicts are clothed fed
and supported by the state at a large cost The
Constitution says they mus, not be employed
is more hitting and proper than that these
men who are supported by the State should work
for the State and Its various institutional II will
be observed that as far as Sing Sing Is concerned
the convicts there W.T.. shortly become self-support
ing besides helping to reduce the cost of MAIN
as. ~ MANI ~ the insttutions Of the State