Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-15
BRAZOS COUNTY JAIL
ACCEPTED TODAY
Commissioners Viewed New Structure
and Accepted Work from
the Contractors.

The new Jail for Brazos County,
which has been completed and was
accepted by the Commissioners Court
today, is a structure of which the citi-
zens of Brazos County may well feel
proud. The Eagle reporter was shown
through the building today and WIS
delighted with the high grade of work,
The building is modern in every re-
spect and is equipped with electric
lights, steam heat and sewerage. The
walls are white calsomine, while the
windows and metal work around the
doors, cells, etc, is green, which
blends splendidly with the porcelain
bath, lavatories and commodes with
VIII which the place is equipped through
The north side OF the building has
been set apart as home for the jailor
and it is an attractive place indeed.
There are three bed rooms. a dining
room, kitchen and bath room, with
electricity, steam heat and every con-
venience. The rooms are commodious,
well ventilated and there are large
windows TO give plenty of light.
The south side of the building has
been set aside for the Jail. The front
room on the east side will be the
sheriff's private office. 1t is 1SX20 feet
and has one.inch iron bars over the
windows, painted in green, also a
strong iron door, so that trusty may
be locked in and left to take care OF
the prisoners if necessary. There is
a trap door large enough to pass a
waiter of food through between this
room and the dining room, so that
food for the prisoners can be passed
to the Jail department without coming
into the Jail proper. On the second
floor of the building are four cells for
whites-two for men and two for
women or the insane-with four cots
in each, making it possible TO accom-
modate sixteen prisoners. There are
also four cells in the back for negroes,
likewise having four cots in each, en-
abling the jailor to take care " SIN
teen negroes with ease. The doors
10 these cells are operated with bars
from the corridors, thus preventing
the necessity of the jailor entering the
cell. In each corridor in front of the
cells is a shower bath cut off from
view by a curtain, also a lavatory,
and there is a commode in each cell.
The floors are of concrete and there
is a drain inside and out, connecting
with the sewerage system making 1t
possible to wash the floors with hose
and water and keep them in sanitary
condition at all times. The entire
building is steamheated with radiators
in each department. The furnace as
in the basement, and is an n. o. Nell
son automatic heater, and after the
coal is placed in the heater il regu-
lates itself When it becomes too hot
or too cool the draft is regulated in
the furnace by an ingenious automatic
device thus keeping the Jail at an
even temperature.
The plumbing, which was done by
the Cole Hardware Company, is a
beautiful piece of work and something
of which every citizen may be proud,
and must be seen to be appreciated.
VI. p. Wallace had the brick and
concrete contract and turned out the
high grade of work characteristic OF
him, while c. Z. Jenkins, who had the
contract for the wood work, did like
wise.
Taken as a whole, the new jail is
a structure worthy of a growing and
progressive city like Bryan, and the
people of the county may well feel
proud of this new building.