Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-12
COUNTY BOARD
DECIDES TO BUILD
MODERN JAIL
Plans Of |. H. Rapp
a Las Vegas Ar
chitect Were
Adopted.
PROPER KIND OF STRUC.
1URE
Building Two Stories High
and to Contain Steel Cells
and Corridor--.Safe
and Sanitary.


ers of Santa Fe County met at the
court house, at 2:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon in special session, Chairman
Arthur Seligman presiding. Commits
sioners A. l.. Kendall and j. |. Roybal
were present, and Probate Clerk Mar.
cos Castillo was at his desk. The fol-
lowing business was transacted:
]. n. Rapp, of the nrm or Rapp &
Rapp, architects OF Las Vegas, and
A. Il. Webster, a representative OF the
Pauly Jail Company of St. Louis, Mis-
souri,, were present and submitted
plans for the new Jail. After a lengthy
discussion it was unanimously decided
by the board to adopt the plans OF !.
Fl. Rapp and the latter was ordered to
prepare the final plans and specifica-
tons as soon as possible. When they
have been completed the board viii ad-
vertise for bids for a building 10 be
constructed in accordance with the
specifications, the bids to be received
for three different materials, brick,
stone and concrete. The board will
then decide which material is deslr-
able, and let the contract accordingly.
The new Jail is to be Of the style
known as Baronial, and will be two
stories in height. From the outside
| it will present an attractive appear
ance, the style being ornamental as
well as economical II will be so ar
ranged as to provide ample residence
quarters for the sheriff, this part OF
the building being apart from the
cell house.
On the first floor there will be ac-
commodations in the steel cells Tor
twelve prisoners, and a steel corridor
will accommodate at least four more.
The cell house will be SO constructed
that two more tiers of three cells each
may be added on each side of the cor
ridor. Besides the jailer's Office and
the arsenal, a part of the lower floor
will be devoted to the sheriff's resi-
dence, the plans providing for a sit
ting room, dining room and kitchen
on the lower story.
The second floor will consist of two
detention cells, bath rooms for male
and female prisoners, and two sleep
ing rooms, the latter for the sheriff
and jailer. The cell house which will
be twenty-five feet high will not be
divided into stories but will comprise
one compartment extending from the
ground floor to the top of the build
ing. 1t will contain three windows in
front, and three in the rear. The
building will have front and side en-
| trance, and a rear entrance to the
kitchen. Access will be had to the cell
house only by way of the jailer's Of
| fee.
| 1t is probable that for some time
the Jail will be heated by stoves, but
| it will be so constructed that at any
time a steam or hot air heating plant
may be installed. Electricity will be
used for lighing purposes. Mr.. Rapp
said last evening that there was not
another jail in the Territory built
along such modern and improved lines
the plan adopted being one largely
used in the east.
| In connection with the collection OF
delinquent taxes, District Attorney p.
C. Abbott appeared before the board,
and informed it's members that accord
| ing to law he was entitled to fee OF
five per cent on all taxes collected
from property owners included in the
suit which has been brought by the
county of Santa Fe against sundry de-
hnquent tax payers, and that in the in
dividual cases in which suits have
been filed he is entitled to five per
cent of the amounts collected, and a
docket fee of IS in each suit. He also
turned over to the board the sum of
$1,542.16, and warrants will be drawn
for the amounts due him.
In connection with the payment OF
these fees to the district attorney as
we'll as other expenses incurred in
collecting delinquent taxes, it became
evident to the board that the county
has been paying the entire cost of col
lection, and that the city and Terri
tory were receiving their share of the
money collected without any deduction