Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-23

over on the east side when the new di-
vision is formed, and that their going
there win be by way of punishment
Accommodations Ample
| The plans for the new workhouse
! were drawn originally by Chief Jailer
| John w. McCauley and were perfected
| in technical detail by the architect
The building is long structure, with a
high ceiling built of concrete, and Will
contain accommodations for 300 pris
oners.
In the front of the building to the
left of the main entrance will be locat-
ed the office of the commanding officer,
that of the desk sergeants and the op-
orators room in charge of the Game
well alarm and telephone system. Inn
mediately back of these offices will be
| the assembly room, big we'll lighted
! hall, in which will be the lockers for
the officers, and the necessary desks
and tables for their use.
To the right of the main entrance a
number of connecting rooms will be
fitted up as a receiving hospital. They
are roomy, well ventilated and light,
and splenoidly adapted for the purpose
for which they are intended. An as
sistant police surgeon and nurses Will
be detailed in charge as soon as the
hospital is furnished.
corridor extends almost the full length
of the building. Opening from this are
the doors of the cells and tanks. First
come two dungeons or 'holes." we'll
ventilated but unlighted rooms, with
solid steel doors, in which will be in
carcerated obstreperous prisoners.
Back of these on each side are the
tanks for drunks and sentenced prison
ers working on the chain gang. At the
end of the corridor on the left is
room containing eight cells for high
misdemeanor and felony prisoners who
may be incarcerated there for the time
being.
On the right is the bath room,
great roomy place with showers fitted
in the ceiling and connected with cold
and hot water, where a score of prison
ers may battle at once.
At the rear of the corridor and open
ing from it is the dining room, big
enough to seat 300 men at table at
time. Opening from this is the kitch-
en-, a modern built and equipped place
for preparing food and uneXcelled by
any hotel kitchen in the city.
An immense big range, to be heated
by distillate burners, occupies the CEN
ter of the room at the back, and to the
left are the stock roms, pantry and
store rooms for the use of the cook and
his assistants. To the right is the
DOlleF room, eQuIpptu Win d DlS DOlltl
for the purpose of furnishing heat for
the building and hot water for the
baths.
The entire building is of concrete and
steel except the doorWays in the kitch-
en- and the windows in the offices and
hospital. The floors are of solid con-
crete, two feet thick, and the walls are
of the same material and thickness, re-
inforced with steel netting.
Ventilation Excellent
The ventilating and heating system
of the building is as nearly perfect as
modern ideas and appliances can make
it. The heating system is the hot wa
ter plate kind, with the radiators hung
to the walls above the reach of the in
mates. Modern toilets and drains are
used in every room, and there is not
spot on all the floors which will hold
water at any time.
The building will be surrounded for
the present by a fence twelve feet high,
built of barbed wire on steel posts The
posts will be set in two feet of con-
crete and forty strands of wire will be
used, making what Capt. Feltz of the
chain gang calls q man proof as well
as hog proof boundary.
Wings or braces at the top of the
fence will incline inward, and along
these will be run four strands of wire,
one to climb over AS an additional
precaution, however, the four top wires
and a number of those on the side of
the fence will be charged with an open
current of electricity, so that any one
touching the fence at any time will
sound an alarm going in the office
The yard and grounds in the front of
the workhouse are to be planted to
trees and flowers and Handicapped, maxi |
ing a beautiful lawn and garden. In
the rear and side yards, as time per- !
mits, will be established a model rock |
pile, on which Weary Willies may get |
up an appetite for their meals and also !
receive much encouragement to remain |
away from Los Angeles. The fence |
the workhouse ultimately |
will be covered by a concrete wall three |
feet thick at the bottom and one foot |
at the top, the present fence being left |
to reinforce the wall.
Experts who have examined the new |
workhouse pronounce 1t the most mod |