The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-17
MAKES REPORT ON PRISONERS . Montgomery County Situation Praised. RECOMMENDATIONS OF DR BUSH Some Have Been Met and Others
 Will Probably Materialize. Report Also Touches AinSAefse
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF DR. BUSH

Mir. Newell wins his point: his in eistent demand for $2.S3 1-2 cents pel square yard for the gravel placed or Mobile Road. for which work he helt the, contract. made good. For thougl County Attorney Watts. and some o the Board members held that thu Board was not bound to pay se.s3 1-2 but lesser figure, the contention carried.
 A. J. Newell appeared before the Board Saturday one week ago; he de nianded his price. though complained would have cost the county $1,50t more than the county engineers figure And he got 1t, after a consultation and a lawyers presence. And all are sat- isied. fes
 Besides effecting this amicabie set clement, the Board proved Itself liberal in donations in It's Saturday session For the Anti Tuberculosis League of Montgomery was granted s25 a month, to aid the work of fighting the great white plague In this city: $50 was appropriated to pay the expenses of exhuming the body of T. ]. Swear ingen for examination: and Sheriff Hood win get man to train and care for his hounds. at s6o a month.
 The approprition to the Anti-Tuber- cuiosis League was made at the sol.st- tation of City Engineer Griel, who addressed the body. He told of a de- porable tendency toward increase shown by the inroads of tuberculosis in Montgomery and detailed the plan of the League which met the approval of the members The League will .fnaugurate an educated crusade among sMontgomerians, and especially among the negro population. teaching them cleanliness. common sence methods of combating the disease. and practical remedy.
 State Prison and Almshouse Inspec- tor, c, F. Bush sent a report to the Board, which was read at the session. Dr. Bush had inspected the jail and almshouse of the county, and reported on the inspection. While there were few, if any, defects in management, but on the other hand, room for praise and compliment shown by the report, still several recommendations were made. for installations and im- provements.
 The county jail he compIimented. but suggested that variety in meals as served to the prisoners be made. He spoke of the system of ventilation as good and efficient, praised the management and the general conduct and health of prisoners. He advised that spittoons be placed in the jail that laundry screen doors and fumigator be installed, and that the yardAA of the jail be concreted, to render more efficient the drainage.
 Most of the recommendations were made at the meeting of last Saturday, and some have been effected, or are we'll under way. Thus the spittoons have been installed the contract to concrete the yard let to Shafer and Chapman. local contractors, at a bid of $5T1, and the rest will be accomp- lished within a short while.
 According to the report, there are ninety-eight prisoners in the jail, with room for about 800. Thus the ventilation is good. as Dr. Bush states. He speaks of the cleanliness in the jail, and the lack of odor, as follows:
 cIn passing through the jail it Is a noticeable fact that there is an absence of odor in all apartments except where negroes are confined, and there, only the characteristic negro odor Is slightly detected.
 The prisoners. as to color and sex, are numbered thus: white males, nine white, females. two; negro. males eighty; negro females, eight. In re- gard to the total number for the year pr. Bush says: