The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-02
Governor and Legislative
Committee See the New
Reformatory Buildings.
MORE APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED
Excellent Arrangement of the
Institution-Its Purposes
and Prospects.


yesterday afternoon. When he was re-
leased after doing time for few
minutes, Senator Joseph Cross of Union.
Assemblyman ELIAS r. Meeker of Union,
Senator Theodore Strong of Middlesex,
and Assemblyman Oliver L Blackwell of
IIunterdon, and Rev. George c. Maddox,
chaplain. of the Trenton State Prison,
were thrust in and the door locked.
governor, I think you had better call
a meeting of the Board of Pardons." said
Commissioner George Squire, ito get these
fellows OUT
Il know that gang" replied the Cover
nor, laughing. ''and think they need re-
forming
These pleasantries took place on the
occasion of an informal inspection of the
new buildings at Railway. arranged by
the Commission of that institution, for
the purpose of convincing the Governor
and the Legislative Committee on Appro-
priations that the money given for the
buildings had been well spent, and would
they please appropriate right away
little more.
To receive the Governor were these
Commissioners of the Reformatory: David
NJ Chambers, president: Patrick Farrelly,
I. W. Ferguson, Ross Vanderhoven,
Thomas NJ. Gopsil and George A. Squire,
and all the population of Railway, head
ed by the Mayor, Chief of Police and
Chief of the Fire Department Architect
]. P. Thomas, Consulting Engineer James
NJ Seymour, Jr., Rev. L. c. Cooder of
Railway. Warden S. s. Moore of Trenton
Prison, Captain ]. w. Martin, H B. Roll
nnson, w. T. Weber, H. Simmons, John
Willis. Charles A Seaman, Judge Vail,
Judge Charles D. Lambert, H. S. Barnes,
secretary of the Railway Board of Trade;
Albert C. Cryer. DR.. H. P. Hough, John
Gunn, Edward Heaton, electrical con-
tractor; George Tobin. ]. c. Clirhugh of
New York, ]. Lewis Brown, A N. Bayley,
II II 1hoOIS, LIZ. RoeioNers l.. I1eAry, anu
many others.
The Governor and party were first con-
Quoted to the power house, where the two
engines We're turned on and a lengthy ex-
planation was given as to power, usages
of steam, and SO forth, by Engineer Sey-
mour, who said
tThe plant is very economical in every
respect First there is battery of three
boilers, and the plans are made for an
addition of five more whenever the build
ing requires it. The steam is generated
in these boilers and goes to the electric
the electric light and power for the en-
tire building, including the laundry, and
to provide ventilation. The steam before
it leaves the engine is exhausted into a
twelve inch steam main, running through
the tunnel to the dome, where pipes
branch from it to the indirect radiators
under the cell house. The air is taken
in by means of large fans at the end of
the cell house and passed through radia-
tors that are heated with this exhaust
steam.
After passing through these radiators,
which are only for tempering the air, it
passes into long Ducts and then through
secondary heaters placed at the bottom
of each fue. The air rises through the
fues, accelerated by the pressure pro-
duced by the fan, and enters the cell
house and dome. It is so arranged that
by raising or lowering lever the tenn
perature of the air entering the dollhouse
can be altered to suit the requirements
without reducing the volume of air that
is put into the building"
The air. after entering the cell house,
passes into the cells through grated doors.
in the back of each cell, about foot
from the top, is square opening, four
inches square, of cast-iron, built in the
wall. There is also an opening two inches
by three inches leading from the local
through the closets is strong enough to
blow out match if lighted and held in
the opening, and the current in the venti-
lating hue at the top of the cells is equal
ly strong. These fues are connected with
the galvanized-iron duct which runs down
through the central or utility corridor
into closed space beneath the cells At
the end of this space is placed another
fan. driven by an electric motor, which
exhausts the air from each cell anf
throws it over the building. BY this ar
rangement it will be impossible for aJhy
contagion to be transmitted from one eel
to another, as the air goes in the dpors
Of all the cells, and, once in. can not
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