Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-30
Report Of The Ora d Jury

Judge:
We. the grand Jurors OF Bo,hnge
county. s,ate of Missouri, for the SEP.
ternbcr term OF tho Circuit court, in tn,
year 1918, being duly summoned ant
charged ,o-wi,; ] =. Limbaugh. Jacob
. Deck, Joe Wh!tenrr. Jasper Wooddn
Mike Hughes. Anderson Mitchell, II
VI Owens, " VI Black sell, r. II
Simrk,ns, = NJ Hahs, ] !. Hustled anc
Geo u Myers, beg lief TO submit the
following rePuT; to~wjt;
First Tia, ~ have examined the
county jail and end thai part af the
building SCI apart for The keeping OF
prisoners to he IL safe and fairly clean
and sanitary condition, out we find the
rvssden~c part uf the building tn be in a
rather dilapldatcd condition. the walls
being cracked In number ~ places and
che plassoftng falling ~ also the port =
90 showing signs ~ paFting from the
main bUlit.ag
~eeond That ee hud a large crack
extending acF,yss the uest end ~ the
courthouse from lsin south west corner Of
the osngnty srrassvvr Office To the north.
wcst corner Of the co.lrctor's office. and
Ne are informed gissi said crack cantin-
ucs te widen. Nr also fn,i the vault in
The collectors Office 30 ~ in an unsafe
condition M,sh these exceptions we
hnd 'br courthouse la good condition.
TaArsia- Ihst ~r hsgs visited ara. in
sF~vtesi tsFv roury hus:ac eFswet~ asd thar
~r ara free sa confess THAI our vocahu-
.ary u ynadsquats. ard anr use of the
F'aglish language insusirien, ,o proper
~ and fully describe their condition,
Sufficient NJ say tAas tor 9th 8at ioul
oSior, they surpAas anything wc have
ever ss~en outside ot a Niua factory. and
that ae rrxayd thcal bath $ reproach
60 sht county and HlenAt "a the health
NJ Tnr tu@r We further All attention
to the tart that % >eparats ar-omoaa-
tsoas are provided fat ,sdie. that ladies
" ho are Attun detained Eery .1r day~ at
iirae. IS witnesses os IN other business
10 cougt, a3ast necessarily use the same
closets that gentlemen asa. or obtain
peFy0,s#loa to Use shssss Of private fam-
i.ies
These ate painful truths, but truths
never Ehe-lsss, as every citizen aho vls-
its his county seat knows.
We believe decent and up-to-iate
toilet rooms, Ntth separate compartments
for the ladies and gentlemen. eaR be /.
constructed in the basement AZ the court /.
house and dratned by sewer pipe a, a
comparatively small cost and ,hai they (
can Ne kept IN ojean and sanitary con
dillon, "a they arr IN some Of our neigh +.
boring counties and we further bolleyc f.
IL SHOULD hs done. and done WITH /
OUT DELAY.
We deslre 30 say further that Ne are
not attempting To place the blame for
these conditions upon anyone, bu, are
stating the facts as We tuund them.
Fourth That We hnd that the County
poor farm and buildings are in fairly
slean and sanitary condition, except the
'cllar, the walls Of which arr partly bro
zen down and that the drainage from the
and yards run into II. where it
',ands for days at time, thereby en-
iangsring the health q the inmates.
We also hnd that Hurricane creek is
utting into, and damaging the west
,ar; OF said farm.
We find that the roof Of the barn
leeds some repairs to prevent the build
ng from damaging.
Flfth-That we have visited and in
pscted the Hurricane and Hog creek
ridges, and we recommend that the
ron and steel parts Of the wreckage Of
hurricane bridge be removed and taken
are Of. as it is county property, and
al doubtless 81 used in the future. We
elieve that the Hog creek bridge car
e repaired at comparatively small
ost TO the county. We believe that il (
I'LL be necessary 10 construct new piers,
5 the ones used are entirely too small to
astain the bridge, and in our opinion
ere the sole cause OF the wreckage Of
aid bridge.
We recommend that the County court
i've their attention 10 this matter at
nee, 50 tha, the county may be saved
om further loss by foods in said creeks.
JAS. y. LfNRAUeH. Foreman.
GEo. y. MrERS. Secretary.