Sunday Washington globe., 1902-02-16

erection Of an additional building; the re-
fitting with steam heating apparatus and
otherimprovements Of the stamp shop; the
enlargement of the hollow.ware shops and
buildings the erection Of third story and
remodeling Of the female department build
ing including new drying room; the re-
modelling Of the annex, the chapel, the
asylum, the dining room; fitting up the old
bath house as an additional dining room;
fitting up new plumbing shop aud supply
ing the same wi h four-horse-power gas
engine and the latest pipe cutting and other
machinery; repairs made 10 the roofs of
every building within the prison walls, to.
gether with the painting, graining, papering
and cleaning Of the cobwebbed and musty-
smelling Offices Of the various superiuten-
dents; and all of these improvements ef-
fected within the first two years Of the
Coffin administration, until the prison stood
transformed and was scarcely recognized in
terorilY by its former officials, when on a
friendly visit 10 the institution
The guard room-It was improved so as
to permit full view of the prison yard,
cell-blocks and prisoners moving about OF
approaching the guard room stockade; be-
sides averanda and enlarged windows con.
structed fronting the yard, thus enabling
the captain on duty 70 see everything trans
piring in the campus proper.
The sewers and drains, closets, etc, of the
prison, extended aud remodeled and all of
the streets repaired and improved, together
with additional and improved electrical
machinery for the lighting of the prison,
and alternating dynamos for execution pur
poses, are but some Of the achievements and
improvements undertaken and executed
,S
the FIRST two years Of Governor Bushnells
administration.
The people of Ohio, because of the honest
and brsiness-ike administration of state af-
fairs by the Governor. reelected him to
second term, aud the official force at the
penitentiary were re-appOinted for an ad-
dihonal two years AT the present writing
more than one-half of this term has ex-
pired, but the Improvements in the peui-
tentiary have never been discontinued Up
to date (the latter part Of 1899 the follow
ing new buildings have been constructed
and large number of additions, remodel
ings, etc, of the old structures Effected
An auditorium or visitors pavilion, " as
it is more commonly designated by the
prisoners, was erected by Warden Coffin
for the accommodation of prisoners rela-
tives and visitors having business or seek
ing interviews with prisoners. This fills
long.felt want as up to the erection Of the
auditorium visitors aud relatives were COM
PEELED to talk through the bars of the guard
room to the prisoners The audtori um is
a large airy, frame structure with glass
side walls from a few feet above the ground
to within a foot of the roof, affording a full
view of the interior from the deputy war
deu's office, thus making impossible any
improper use of the privileges granted by
passing contraband articles to the prisoners
visited
new greenhouse-The old structure
used as a greenhouse was for a long time
prevented from falling in on the heads of
the prison florists by temporary supports.
Warden Coffin had the dilapidated structure
torn down and handsome and sufficiently
commodious building erected on its site.
New bath hOuse-The new bath house is
circular in form and is Of brick and stone.
An idea Of its size and utility may be real
lied from the statement that more than one
hundred men can comfortably bathe at one
time within its circular walls.
Sheds and barns-'rhese muck needed
shelters for horses, vehicles and feed we're
constructed outside the prison walls and
additions made TO the inadequate buildings
in use
New porch-The front administration
building was adorned with a magnificent
new porch or verauda, adding to the impos-
ing appearance Of the main prison building
and is a most useful addition to the comfort
and accommodation of the warden and his
family, and to the Board of Managers at
their monthly meetings and visits. In ad-
dition to the double veranda on the hrst
and second stories, the basement was fitted
up as a restaurant for the accommodation
of the guards, who have thus been enabled
to secure meals at reasonable prices and
warm dinners during the winter months.
New photograph gallery-The new photo
graph gallery is plain, substantial build
ing. erected in the summer of 1899 Owing
to the importance Of preserving the mega
tives and photographs Of the prisoners, this
building was Of prime necessity.
The Bertillou system of measurements
re-introduced by Warden Coffin, is in con-
nection with the Photographic establish
ment Of the prison, and both departments
were formerly located in cramped quarters
in the new hospital the latter being in a
small room in the attic Of that building
The construction Of new steel cages for
the confinement of dangerous prisoners;
the new lues for many Of the boilers; the
Citing up Of the Offices of the Board of
Managers; the reftting OF the "Roost," or
sleeping quarters for crippled prisoners;
the extension Of gas mains; aud-the con-
struction and placing of basket screens at
the intake Of the water-supply main for the
standpipe the introduction of natural gas
into the warden's aud deputy warden's
houses and into the stewards Office the
purchase Of new coffee urns and meat boil
ers for the kitchen the overhauling and re-
pairs to the roof Of three of the cell blocks
and the administration building; providing
the streets and avenues, as we'll as the shops
and factories, with signs, etc. the repainting
Of the new hospital and the remodeling of
its steam heating supply with the thousand
and one minor repairs, retouches and inn
provements extended to every building and
cell block, including cleansing, whitewash-
ing, painting, ETC., would fill fair sized
volume, If written out ia detail Suffice 1t
to state that from cellar to garrett of the big
prison. in all its shops and buildings, the
renovating hand of Warden Coffin is seen,