The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-05

given all he can eat. Bread, meat, hash,
potatoes, string beans or peas, tea and
coffee is the bill Of fare. II is well
cooked and served. The kitchen and
bakery are models Of cleanliness. The
bread is Of superior quality. Meals
are served TO the prisoners in their cells
by trusty walters.
In the chapel there is library, con-
tanning about 2,OO0 volumes Of good
reading. at the disposal Of the inmates.
The drug store is also in the chapel,
and presided over by a man wearing
the prison garb
In wing Of the building to the south
Of the chapel, J.. ;. Sprague, a convict,
has two job presses and enough type 10
print a small four-page paper, and will
soon issue the "Prison Missionary"
Just what field the Missionary" is des-
tined 10 fill was not made known TO the
JOURNAL man. The material was given
10 Sprague by friends, and the superin-
tendent has kindly consented 10 let the
man publish his paper.
The institution has its own tailor and
boot and shoe shops, where is made and
repaired clothing and footwear for the
inmates. The tailors also make a citi-
zen's suit for each discharged man. In
the boot and shoe shop bench is set
apart for repairing harness. The work
ia this, like all other departments Of
the prison, is done by convicts.
The foundry is one of the features
withii. the prison. It covers large
area Of ground, and is equipped with
every convenience for moulding. Thous-
ands Of patterns Of all dimensions and
shapes, are stored in the pattern de-
partment. Each pattern represents some
part Of a stoye--for stoves only are
manufactured here. When the foundry
is in full blast, ii employs a large num-
bar Of men, most OF whom are convicts.
The moulds are taken from the foundry
the foundry, and II a regular network
Of shafting and betting attached to
emery wheels that do the polishing.
Men are now at work in this room put
ting in some new machinery. The
nickel-plating department is being en-
larged and a new floor has been laid
There are something like 200 COM
pleted stoves in the wareroOms, embrace
ing great variety Of styles and sizes,
from tiny parlor to an immense hop
stove. The steel ranges seems to be the
most popular, and they are certainly
very handsome.
A new carpenter shop 4Ox25 IT,, for
the foundry company is nearing com
pletion.
Two fumes convey the water from
Mill Creek TO the penitentiary. One Of
them, by ~ t., leads TO the water
works, and the other, by rs IT,, u
the foundry. Water power is now used
exclusively 90 run all the machinery
at the penitentiary. At the pumping
station a Turbine wheel drives the
machinery. The power is 9O-horse, and
it handles 100000 gallons, OF water every
"a hours, which gives ample supply Ia
the pentientiary, asylum and fair
grounds, and furnishes power TO run
the elevator at the state capital build
ing, a new 75-horse power steam
plant is being housed adjoining the
pumping station, TO be held in reserve
and used in case at any time the water
in the creek is cut off-which sometimes
happens. The new boiler-a beauty
has just been put in place.
A new oil room is one Of the latest
improvements.
-Four Rex" fire extingushers have
been purchased and occupy a position
under the water tower near the other
apparatus Each extinguisher con-
tains three gallons of fluid
In small building 10 the east Of the
prison all the soapused is manufactured.
Last month 800 gallons OF soft and 2,5OO
pounds Of hard soap was turned out
The article is Of very fair quality.
Near the soap factory is the carpenter
shop. Here several men are employed
making and repairing furniture, wheel