Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
MARATHON COUNTY JAIL.
A Complete Description of Interior
Exterior of Building.

The new Marathon County jail build
ing, located on corner OF Bells and
Washington streets is completed-ex-
cept the interior. At present the work
is progressing at q rather slow rate ow-
ing to the delay in the arrival of the
iron cages and iron for other purposes,
but if no other delay occurs it is ex-
pected that the building will be ready
for occupancy by May 1st. Lathing.
and electrical connections are com
pleted and the piping connections for
steam heat will be finished this evening
and tomorrow the first fire will be
made in the furnace After that the
adamant plastering will be commenced.
The size of the building is ninety-one
feet and six inches by fifty-one feet, two
story with a basem ent. The entire
west half of the building is the residence
part, the east half the Jail proper. The
contract for the erection of the build
ing was let to John Miller and is under
the supervision of Aug. A. Kloster-
mann. 1t is constructed of Marathon
County red pressed brick, has slate
roofing and steel beams between both
floors of Jail part. The openings be-
tween the beams are closed with CORFU
gated iron plates, in all the building is
guaranteed fire proof
In the basement of the jail part are
furnace and boiler room 32.8x15, wood
room 32x33 and coal room 21x14, and
in residence part of basement are laun-
dry room 21.ilx12.4, drying room.
28xl4 IL and two cellars, one q 9x13 10
and the other 14ifxl5S The entrance
from outside to basement is on the
south side.
On the first floor is the main cell 32x
81, which has eight cages, each 6.6x8 ft.
The cages are in the centre of the main
cell, allowing corridor four-foot in
width around all four sides. The other
rooms are the jailer's or sheriff's
office, 32.Sxl5, with stairways leading
to main cell room on second floor, and
one to the basement, cell for juveniles,
with three cages, including the bathing
room, all 6.6x8, corridor runs around
on all four sides. From the jailor's
Office doorway leads south into the
bathing and search room, 61x64, into
which all new comers are first taken to
be searched and then given a washing
The residence part consists of sitting
room l3.9x16.6, occupying the north
west part of building, dining room
136xl5.5, pantry 7.6x9, bed room 14.6x
1879, front hall way 8.6x1s, and a vesti-.
bule, leading out of main residence en-
trance. Between front hall way and
vestibule is large arch, with the in
scription, Marathon County Jail"
The only direct entrance between the
residence and Jail part of building is
the iron door between the jailor's office
and kitchen on the first floor.
The main cell on the second floor is
like the lower one, and the other rooms
of the Jail part are hospital, l0xl5; cell
for insane, 610x14; cell for females, with
cages, exactly of the same as the juven-
lie cell on the first floor, the jailors
bed room, the same size as his Office.
In the residence part of this floor are
four bed rooms 13x14, four closets 4x64,
and two stair way halls S.4x7. Around
the northwest corner ef the building is
large porch. A speaking tube runs
from jailor's room to kitchen and a
Manhattan Automatic Dumb elevator
runs from the laundry in basement up
into the jailor's bed room on the second
floor When completed it will be the
finest Jail structure in Northern Wis
consin and Mr.. Miller, as usual, is doing
fine piece of work in the construc-
ton.