New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21

the modern requirements for the health co"'O'
and safety Of the prisoners. 1t VIII be hreproo'
and enduring and viii. be fitted with the oes' san
,tarv arrangements The arrangement OF the III
terror will be such as 10 insure good hght ana Soou
ventilation. The walls will be constructed OF IN
diana limestone or granite and the design SHOWS
,ba. I, will not be mistaken for anything eise
than n prison. There will be many WINDOWS III TIC
front wall. but the windows VIII DE comparatively
small 90 that the wall space will be greater than
the window space. the type OF arch'e0'u'e wal
therefore be severe.
7, making plans for the interior OF the prison,
Withers & Dickson. the architecta. have kept IN
view the requirements for the security as wei az
the comfort Of the prisoners. The plans sho"
,yido denarture from those OF the Ludlow street
Jau escapes from which have caused so much trou-
ho for sheriff Hansen. The cry. Der chail Is
owid'.. NAV never he heard in the new prison. Tor
escanes from n ought 10 he Impossible Inc ceiis
for prisoners will he two floors OF the building
on each floor will be four tiers Of cells one over
the other and there will be forty cells In each tier
Each floor will therefore hold 100 prisoners without
n'ocinq more than one prisoner IN a cell. Each
cell will be feet long. feet wide ana rect
inches high and will be fitted with improved
plumbing The cells Will be constructed or STEEL
with sliding grill doors Of steel and the locks on
the doors will be OF kind TO discourage plans for
escape
There will be a separate stairway 20 TO each MOOT
anA elevators will run in the middle OF the build
,rg Prisoners are not to be exercised by waking
around the tiers. There will be two airing courts
on the roof OF tho building and the prisoners can
ba allowed 10 20 the courts either by stalrways
from the tiers by the elevators The airing courts
o,a .or male prisoners and one for female prison
.ra will be big cages, I'm which the prisoners VIII
ia secure when they are taking their exercise ana
g. will be necessary TO have only one Keeper on
duty IN each court IL. - - thu
,,+rdsn and keepers Will be the ground hoor
" ne basement Will be the engne-room the boil
~ rooms and the dynamos FOR the electric hgnt
Trbe~e il 10 be a wing in the rear or the main
LhrtIdtrr containing inhrriaries. chapes and
,,S,rLen The Roman Cathonc chapel will be on
~ ttIr1 aoor and the Protestant chapel Will be
sne TIC fourth focr The kitchen Will be on the
ION floor OF the wing seventy feet above the
ground -. -, Oh. ro,,hs c,, y. re-
,,nved IN make room for the new prison IL VIII be
necessarv 10 erect high iron fence so AS to make
a ,emnorarv Enclosure In the Elm-st. end OF the
hblock In which the old prison for men stands Inc
Lii. nrtson stan will have TO be moved into the
tsncios,,re and the Flm-st. end Of the Tombs will
=" overcrowded while the work OF building the
new prison Is going on -, - -
Tho excavations for the foundations or the new
rrison Will have go down nearly one hundred
~ e the Tomba now stands on nllcd-ln ground.
~ site ~ The old Collect Pond. In the warm
.aa thor Of the coming summer therefore the OLD
Tnn,hs prison will not be a healthy place 10 i've
/ q, because II doubtless will be badly overcrowdeh
! snnd there will be much foul air Using from TIE
Excavation II Is possible. also. that the eAcava-
| lion may make the foundations OF the old prison