The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-05
'hree Contractors Present Their
Specifications For the Pro-
Posed Jail.
(|TY COUNCILS SUGGESTION
Attorney BOreman Raises Point as to
Whether City and County
Could Combine

The county commissioners do not
&intend to lose any time in having a
new Jail constructed. Plans were
Examined yesterday afternoon and
were further considered at an adj
journed session last night. Three
j sets of plans and specifications for
the proposed jail were submitted.
d "A. ID. Chamberlain, representing the
Pauly Jail and Building company
Explained his plans to the commits
|sioners and the committee appointed
4 to confer with the county body on
#that subject. According to his firm s
plans they will build two-story jail
building with suitable offices for the
sheriff and his deputies for prices
Eranging between $4,000 and $685.
900. The plans call for a fourteen
I cell prison, the cells to be of the most
Eimproved type.
w. NJ. Young also presented plans
|for jail, his figures being about
E$23,000.
The other plans were prepared by
Mr. Weller and his figures were
k$1S,500, $19,500 and $4,000.
The plans were considered at some
Elength and each contractor read his
specifications for the proposed struc-
fture.
Councilman Carbon spoke to the
commissioners concerning the city's
wish to build the structure in con-
Function with the county.
''It is the desire of the city coun-
tcil,' he said, Ito join with the coun-
Ety in building the Jail and also in
building city and county hall, pro-
viding the two bodies can come to-
gother on the proposition. The city,
as you are well aware, needs jail
very badly. You will find that one
half of the number of prisoners in
the local Jail are city prisoners. AT
the present we are using the county
Jail, the county having accommodate
ed us in that regard.
I'VE have talked over the matter
with several citizens and they are in
favor of combining with the county
in constructing jail as well as in
building a city hall. BY so doing,
the cost of constructing and main
tanning the institution would be
greatly reduced. We thought that
while you are looking over the plans
would be the proper time to inform
you of our suggestions.
How soon could the city council
present their ideas to the county
commissioners" asked Mr.. Comins.
mot until after our regular meet
ing next Tuesday, was the reply.
How about that, Mr.. Boreman?'
81 am not sure said Mr.. Boreman
''as to whether the council has the
authority to combine with the county
on such proposition"
Mr.. Carbon said other cities have
carried out such a scheme and men,
toned Salt Lake as an example,
81 believe special statute was
passed in Utah" said Mr.. Boreman,
SO as to enable Salt Lake to adopt
such measures"
I'm under the impression that
in carson the city and county use
the same prison. Reno, | believe
also did so until recently when the
city constructed a prison. said Mr.
Comins.
1.-THE city and county can rent
quarters from one another" explain
ed Attorney Boreman, but the ques.
tion is as to the right to have joint
ownership
Mr.. Comins said the county COM
missioners were anxious to construct
a Jail as soon as possible, and Mr.
Boreman suggested that the county
put up a building on enlarged plans
having in view the idea of taking
care of both the city and county
prisoners, and then If the city cannot
pay half the cost of tie structure il
can lease the quarters from the coun'
ty.
Mr.. Young explained that he had
under preparation plans for city
hall ana county building and that
the approximate cost Of the structure
would be $4,000. The sheriff's offices
would be in the basement and the
first and seconc floors would be de-
voted to offices asd court rooms.
The commissioners took all plans
under advisement ana will pass upon
them at meeting to ne held in the
near future. The figures are about
the same in all cases and II is mat.
ter as to which building they think
would prove the most serviceahle.
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