The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-12

Seonfet5deH taaat@tbe pan for the Jail must
first be made and submitted to the stase
board of charities and corrections and the
district judges for approval. This was
dropped and several other resolutions in
trodHced, one calling for the entering
stIltg of an agreement fer the site on Mar
ket street, but each failed to meet the
( views of. the county attorney and all
We're finally dropped,e with the result that
the securing of an option on the prop
erty was decided upon and the attorney
Instructed to draw UP o. resolution that;
would authorize it. sSF Es9
Acting Mayor Scidfi man introduced a
resolution calling for plans and specifi-
cations for the repair of the Jail, in line
with the report of the commission ap-
pointed by the district judges, but it
met with no second.sAsA4f e4s -s,A ~ .s~eA
1t was agreed that the steel smoke
stack was a menace to life and, under a
resolution introduced by Commissioner
Lott, the auditor was ordered to secure
bids for the removal of five joints from
the top thereof.
Adjournment was taken un IN Monday.
when the Jail question will be revived
and the work Of securing an option on
the Market streets@si4e taken ape Al
torney Bigelow will then have the-neees.
sary resolution leady, and possibly an
opinion
During the session the resolution pass
ed by the state board of corrections and
charities, condemning the JAIL was re-
ceived and filed, also report from the
commission OF contractors appointed by
the district judges The letter signed by
the judges was as4fDloWs: -1~s
THE report of Mr. E. J. Donahue,
made to you and bye,you transmittedzto
us without recommendation or comment,
was duly received.
I'm view of the nature of this report,
we immediately took measures to saScer-
tain whether we ought, in order to pre-
serve their lives or limbs, to direct the
persons confined in the Jail to be removed
following named gentlemen, George
j. Grant. Thomas, Fitzpatrick, John M.
Carlson, William Butler and Clarence H.
Johnston, to make a careful examina-
| ton and report to US whether the Jail
| building is at present unsafe or danger
Gus for occupancy. and if it is not,
whether it is likely toebecome so In the
near future, and If So, what repairs are
necessary to prevent such unsafe condi-
ton and the cost thereof, and whethe
! IN case such repairs are made, it will
be necessary to discontinue the use Of
,, the building for Jail purposes. These
gentlemen have made an examination
and have reported to us, a copy of which
! report we herewith enclose.
THE prisoners in the Jail are kent
there temporarily awaiting examination
or trial. If their lives or limbs were en-
dangered by reason of the unsafe con-
6iton of the jail we would not hesitate
oorder their removal But it is very
! desirable and almost essential to the due
! administration of justice that prisoners
held for trial be kept in close proximity
to the court. To remove them to place
where they could not be easily and speed
lily brought into court and especially to
the jail of another county, would involve
almost interminable delays in trials and
very great expense. We think this ought
to be avoided, if possible. As we are
advised, the conditions are such that we
are not called upon to direct their re-
moval at the present time. 1t is not our
( province to determine whether sor not 4
rev jail be built but we suggest In
any event that the precautions indicated
! by our committee be taken. If a new
Jail is to be built, considerable time
| would necessarily elapse during which
| the prisoners must be cared for in the
present quarters or elsewhere, ard the
! increased expense to the county If they
! are removed would undoubtedly be much
| more than the cost of these repairs.
which will render the building safe for
] several years. We call attention especial
I ly to the condition of the steel smoke
stack. which is apparently dangerous to
passers-by upon the streets