The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-11
COUNTY JAIL
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dence, The perfect lighting system. all
combine to make the residence most,
desirable home for any one, the resi-
dence being so built as to be complete.
ly shut off from the jail, so that none
OF the sounds from the Jail get into
the residence, while a complete sys.
TEN OF call bells, telephones and pat:
ent alarms makes 1t almost impossible
for any prisoner to make. a move with.
out It being known in the sherIff's of
fee, where huge gongs ring out an
alarm the minute any of the buttons
are touched, these, gongs iattraGtlpg
Immediately the attentionEof any 6hv
in the building, while indicators In
the offlceaIso show6just exactly whit
part ofthe building the call or ALARM
came in from, so that tIetoacers in
charge will know just where the real
trouble is.
The jail kitchens ana the rooms for
the servants in the building are nicely
arranged while the buffers pantry, the
laundry, etc, are equipped in perfect
order.
The jail is practically fire proof, and
a thing OF the utmost Importance is its
complete sanitation. The walls are
built OF stone, with a tile finish on the
interior, this making the place light
and CHEEKY, and at the same time
positively sanitary.
Grease traps at the kitchen sinks
also add greatly to the sanitation OF
the place. 1000. sgsaa.o1iER
The stalrways are, OF iron, oaas bic
The halLyays,ip the Jail, the floorS re
ling made of concrete, n ecnleogiisi
iGFhei cells. of (which, there are enough
to accommodate 100 prisoners without
crowdirg them. are built of strongest
steel, with bars OF five ply steel In the
front Of them. Each cell is about six
feet square, and has therein two fold
down racks upon which the beds are
made at night, they being SO built that
they can be folded up against the Nall
.I,,FiBelrthe,.,day.4 time. in each cell
shore il a wash basiF and .co9mn1leede
ftohr9 htISeeIdtSie 81 the prtsohefs @nfhed
within tEeEdeIt siAlready the neatly
framed little health notices have Hesn
placed ine the corridors and cells,
these sotting forth the manner in
which the prisoners are to conduct
themselves. !.
All Of thesec ellis are well lighted,
but there.is cell that is not lighted
at all, this being the dungeon, Where
the unruly prisoners are placed
The writer knows from having been
in the cell with the door closed that
not n single ray of light penetrates
within and that it, would require but
a short time in this dark cell TO bring
any ordinary man to his senses.
rhere are two padded cells for the
insane. where they. may be placed
out of danger, and where there IS no
danger Of them Going themselves bod
ily'harn,8e s'i' eisspeYs y
AM automatic louldnglissystem lis
nIaceGlththes Jail, snnaethescsl6cks are
interl6cklng, so thab @prisouef would
have the hardestH'time LOT his life IN
getting through. ANY, one, o.. tie locks,
only to find that he had to get through
dozen more before he got to the out
side doors and bars. The cells in any
one corridor may be all locked at one
time or any special or particular one
NAV be locked, or any lumber OF the
doors in the corridor may be locked
by this automatic : locking device
without locking the other doors OF the
| corridor,
The heating and lighting plant tls
| complete within itself, and the ma
chinery has been installed in the most
up to date manner and only the most
I'M to date machinery has been usedl.
This jail has not as yet been accept,
ed by the county court, but the build
ing will likely be turned over TO them
within a day or so, and the county
prisoners placed in the jail.
1t was remarked this morning by
one who should know that the new
Jail as now figured will cost about
s1SO,OO6.0O, and a comparison was
made between this new jail and the
Harrison county jail, the Harrison
county Jail also having cost $4,000,
and the comparison showed that this
jail as compared with the Harrison
county jail, was worth fully from
500, 100000 to $123OOO,oo more than
the Clarksburg jail.
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