The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-28
Big. KITCHEN in
'.HOTEL JACOB"
FAIRLY SHINES
Times Finds Food Furnished To
Workhouse Prisoners Whole
some and Well-Preparsd
SUPPLIES USED ARE
ALL OF HIGH-GRADE
Prison Head Says Hanley Fails
To Give Specific Instance
of Complaint

Dr.. Bernhard Jacob. superintend-
snt Of the Detroit house Of correc.
ton, was q little worried. Sunday. II
wasn't because he couldn't sell chairs,
or brushes. or buttons. the products
Of the prison shops. Above all, II was
not because of the threats Of the state
food department. Far from 1t. But
ever and anon. Dr. Jacob would gaze
at the heavens. which were clear.
glance sadly at the patches Of sun
light on the prison door, which we're
warm, and shake his head lugubrious.
ly.
why these sorrows?" he was asked.
DR.. Jacob sighed.
Il don't mind having plenty to do
he said. IL can sell forty-eleven diff
Seront kinds Of chairs. and buttons,
Aud ch!cken-feed and brushes. and
Wy the raw material for them all,
wood and oyster shells and tampica.
and run q hotel for $50 people or
more, and maintain discipline, and
keep 'em in order, and still find time
to argue with the food inspectors. But
Why this sumemr weather when Mon.
day II the day set for the prisoners
TO change to winter underwear"
Fortunately the weather changed.
DR.. Jacob escorted q Times reporter
through the house of correction, Sun
day morning, and let him out.
Cooking was going on In . base
ment. II IL the only place, apparent
ly, that can be used. 1t was dimly
lighted by . few gas jets, Sunday.
because that IL the day when, from
3 to IL. the public lighting commits
sion shuts down for repairs and re-
adjustments. On other mornings, the
kitchen 10 well-lighted by electricity.
In spite OF its basement location. the
kitchen was well-ventilated, and its
odors were pleasant. The bread-mix-
ing machine was scrupulously clean !;
the bread, white and soft, was billow-
ng in the covered wooden boxes where
the yeast was putting forth it's best
efforts. In big tanks the stew was
cooking. Pudding that tasted good
had been dished out In tin plates. and
. nice sauce had been prepared In a
big pail. The utensils were clean. the
food looked good, and the kitchen was
as neat as that Of any hotel Its base.
ment location was It's only drawback.
In the storeroom. In another build
ing. were sacks Of -four, some OF De-
troit manufacture, some bearing the
mark Of nrst-class Minneapolis
company, and so high-priced that many
families have to do without II. There
were currants In packages. raisins in
bulk, barrels Of peas, beans, corn meal
and other products. bought. DR.. Jacob
said from lee Gady-and- other
houses of established reputation. In
the REFRIGERATOR were quarters Of beef
bearing the card OF the Newton Beef
Co. The refrigerator was clean and
wholesome: the cutting board In the
butcher shop had been polished till i,
shone. There was no smell Of tainted
or decaying meat scraps.
In another room. hundreds Of cab
bage were In process Of being turned
into sauerkraut. The barrels were
sanitary, the cutting apparatus was
clean, the floors were well.kept
II asked Senator Hanley to give
me a specific instance Of complaint
against the food served here" said
DR.. Jacob. He was unable to tell me
th,F name of q single complainant. or
any of the circumstances regarding
such a complaint.
We are proud Of the house of cor
rection, and We believe that we are
doing as we'll as can be done under
the circumstances. We could do bet
ter In better quarters. These build
ings we're erected in 1866, and of
course they are far from modern. But
the shops are light and well-ventilated,
and we believe that the sanitation 10
good and that the quarters are whole
some. We ought to have so acres or
more, with modern buildings and big
recreation grounds. But we are get
ting along very WELL. as 1t Is. The
food inspectors may do as they please:
we believe that there is nothing with
which they can find fault"