The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-10
MOST Complete
STABLE i WORLD
At PENITENTIARY
NEW STRUCTURE STARTED LAST
FALL WAS COMPLETED DURING
THE PAST WEEK-lNTERloR Ar.
RANeEMENT DIFFERS FROM
ALL OTHERS.


The West Virginia peniteadary car
Jay claim to having The most com
piete and conveniently arranged sta
Die In the world, as well as one o.
the largest 1t is a new structure
having been In course OF erection siaet
last fall, and the FIRST OF this week
saw us eomp!etioh.
The building is IS feet long by g
teet In width and, Including the base
ment, is three stories In height. Inc
walls are built entirely OF concrete
DOCKS, which were made Inside the
walls oil the penitentiary by convict
labor. from the ground 70 The sec
ond floor the walls are OF double
thickness. The outer surface Of the
BLOCKS are rough, Ike stone, and have
facing OF lake sand, making them
as white as Bedford limestone. The
DOCKS are set In red mortar, which
gives tne building a rather dashy yet
pleasing outward erect.
1t Is In the Interior arrangement,
however that the stable differs from
any ever built heretofore. There are
Twelve stalls on The first floor above
the basement, separated by Iron par
atiohs' Each s'ail contains a false
hoor, through which water and liquid
waste oil all forms drains through 10
water-usht tloor underneath. which
carries II on into the iron cutter that
ilushes the rear ends oil the stalls,
BY this arrangement water sprayed on
lhe stan iloors. or in the aisles, drains
on rapidly, carrying with 1t oil waste
This water Is all carried OF by a Sc
res OF UNDERTOOK cutters onto the ma
hure pile on the outside and thus none
OF Its tertilizins properties are lost,
The feeding is all done from the i'm.
mense store room. or loft, above, and
Is done automatically when so desir'
ed. TWO shutes lead from this floor
10 each STALL one Tor hay and the 9th
er Tor grain or soft feed. At the bot.
tom oil each hay shute Is a large re.
eeptable made OF iron strips placed
Just lar enough apart TO prevent the
hay from falling through. The horse
reaches between these iron bars for
It's nay and is thus prevented from Sc.
curing more than mouthful at time.
BY this method Of feeding very little
Of the nay Is tramped under foot AMI
wasted. The grain or soft feed de.
scends through the small shute into
the iced box. Both shutes are pro.
r!ded with cutoffs. by which the
amount OF feed can be regulated. Tho
cutons, when desired, can be releas.
ed automatically, which Is especial.
W convenient In giving the horses
their early morning feed. The shutes
are provided With spring attachments
and are held closed by wire which
Is pulled ,tatit and attached 10 the key
Of an ordinary dollar and half alarm
CLOCK. The alarm Is then set 10 20
OH al the lime II Is desired that the
horses receive their feed. When the
alarm goes of the key Is released. al.
lowing the wire 10 slack and the cut
OILS In the shutes fly open simultaue'
ously, permitting the feed TO fall into
the receptacles.
About hali OF the upper story is ne.
e''eu US headquarters LOT The con-
victs that work outside the walls CT
the Institution and rhe guard who
looks after them. Their headquarters
consist Of three rooms, one exclusive.
ly for the guards and the other two
for the couricts. To get to and from
their rooms 1t Is necessary that the
convicts pass through the guards
room, On an average Of about twcn.
ty ,conviets OF tae trusty class are
worked on the prison farm and outer
premises of the Institution. Hereafter
when a convict Is taken outside the
walls to work. he will not be taken on
the inside again except for misconduct,
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