The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-05-19
PLANS FOR COUNTY BUILDING
County Commissioners will Submit Bonds
for the Purpose Of Building New Jail
and Improve Court House.

for the Purpose OF Building New JAN
and Improve Court House.
The county commissioners of Nez
Perce county met i'll special meeting
Monday morning to close up the April
terms business and con ider the plans for
the new county jail and court house i'm
provements ordered from Architects Gal
braith and Jones of Spokane during their
April meetings.
The Coyote grade was accepted and
contractor f. S. Tighe and his bonds
men were released.
The Sogard and Shaw road contracts
were let to f. S. Tighe for the sum of
$I297.
The application of J. NJ. Gambler of
Lewiston for liquor license was examined
and approved.
A donation of $99 was appropriated for
the benefit of the Kamiah grade.
A hearing was set for 23rd of July on
the Stuart road.
The bond of Giles Bowler, justice OF
BEDROCK precinct. WAS eAalhlhcu anu aP-
proved.
The plans and specifications submitted
by Architect GaIbraith, for the purpose OF
remodelling the court house and new
county Jail, we're accepted. The plans
show that in remodelling the court house
the partition between the county com
missioner's room and surveyors Office
will be removed and the assessors room
converted into FIRE prof vault for the
use of the county auditor and recorder
The assessors quarters will be moved to
the room now used by the auditor. The
present probate judges Office will be en-
larged into the new addition and the
present sheriff's Office will be added to
the corridor in the new building. Of
fees for county treasurer, commissioners
and surveyor will be located on the first
flpor. The old court room will be re-
modled and acoustic properties of the
room improved by new dead floor and
cornices. The jury platform will be
moved across the room and the jury room
will be converted into an Office for the
clerk of the court with a fire proof vault
connected to keep county, records.
There will be the attorneys Office and
three Jury rooms. From the rear of the
second story corri or will extend
balcony leading TO the Jail SO that
prisoners can be taken direct from the
court room to the Jail.
The extension on the court house will
be 90 by 60 feet. 1t will be connected
with the rear of the present building.
The general plans of the present struc-
ture will be followed. 1t will be two
stories high. The new Jail will be
structure 48 by 81 feet two stories high
built of brick and stone. Ii will be
fitted with the most modern appliances
in the way of cages, locks and apart
meuts. The sheriff will have This public
and private Office on the right OF the
entrance. In the centre Is large recrea
ton corid Surrounding this corridor
which is two stories high, are placed one
above the other cells for prisoners. In
the second tier are hospital cells. Isolat-
ed from the other cells will be cell for
women, cell for the insane and cell
for minors and lesser criminals. Above
the sheriff's apartments will be located
the Jail, kitchen and pantry. From the
kitchen the sheriff or his deputy will be
able to feed each prisoner separately
Patent locks will be used on the cages so
that the sheriff can operate the doors
without entering. Around the outside of
the Jail runs balcony TO be used by
guards. Both buildings will be heated
by a hot water system from boiler
located in the basement of the new Jail
building. The plumbing will be first class
in all respects and each apartment will
be furnished with ladies' and gentlemen's s
toilet rooms.
It is the purpose of the commissioners
and architect to erect the most complete
and convenient Jail and court house that
can be found in the northwest. The
cost will not exceed forty thousand
dollars.