The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-15
;INE COUNTY JAIL
ALMOST COMPLETE
listing Sheriffs Will Be Shown
Most Modern BaStiIe
in West.
SOME CELLS HAVE BATHS
sUILDING Is SANITARY AND
CONVENIENT THROUGHOUT.

I When the Intermountain Sheriffs'
lual convention the third week in
tune, Sheriff ]. c. Sharp will be able
show the so visiting sheriffs the
finest and most modern county Jail
building in the west.
Under the contract the jail build
ng company must have the building
completed and ready to turn over to
he county commissioners on June To-
l. S. Meserve, superintendent OF the
work, says that there is not the
slightest doubt that the building and
grounds will be fully completed by
that time.
Thirty of the steel cells on the
lower floor have been installed, and
the steel for 10 cells TO be put In is
either on the ground on en- route, ana
will arrive by the time the men are
ready to handle il. Aside from the
main room, where the 100 steel cells
will be located, work is completed.
The office, matron's room, hospital
ward and other rooms are completed.
There are six private cells with baths.
The fixtures are as fine as In any
home in Salt Lake. Electric light and
sewer connections are all in As the
county has given the Telluride Power
company q franchise, connexions
are made so that II the event OF that
company entering the city with us
lines, there viii be no trouble IN con-
meeting up with the county Jail build
ing. ,.
The kitchen, laundry, main dining
room and bakery. IN the basement,
are about completed. The bars TO the
cells are all tool proof. They are
made OF five layers Of steel, wnicn
will resist the hardest tempered steer
saws In point of security and resist
ance against Jail breakers every
modern safeguard is being installed
as soon as the cells in the main room
are completed the apparatus for ope-
rating the doors will be Installed.
This feature will be so arranged that
the jaiier will be able to open ana
close any combination Of cell doors
from a lobby near the office
There will be no dungeon SherlII
Sharp was against that feature as
he saws, 1t is inhuman- Several cells
have been arranged. however, so thas
the light NAV be shut off for cases
where solitary confinement Is 1ouno
necessary
Baths for Prisoners.
There will be four shower baths in
the main corridors, and the building
will be sanitary in every respect
There Is a room in the basement 1or
the reception of all prisoners. TINS
will be the first room they Will De
taken to upon their arrival. Here they
will leave their clothing in a fum1gat-
ing room. take a bath and be sup
piled with clean linen before bey
are even registered
Another new feature IS An arranse-
ment of three booths IN q room Oh
rectlv north of the jail office, where
attorneys and others may CONFER Win
prisoners. These booths are PROVIDED
with a stool, electric light and place
TO write. There is an opening three
feet square to another booth dlrectiy
opposite and leading to the main cor
ridor of the Jail The opening IS dou-
bly, screened so that while the prison
er and the person who is talking 20
him may hold confidential converse
ton. nothing can be handed TO the
prisoner
The .'bullpen'' will hold fifty men
If necessary the Jail will comtortaDiA
accommodate eco prisoners INT
building has been constructed so ina
an addition of a hundred steel cell:
NAV be made when needed I'M
was a part of the original plan
The sheriff's residence IN front o
the Jail is rapidly nearing completion
and will be ready for occupancy Il
about three weeks