The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-01-28
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS i
BEING MADE Al THE PRISON


" from sanitary point Of view. is
the establishment Of a plumbing and
sewerage system in the cell houses
CT the Institution. which is now in
course of installation
People unfamiliar with the obstacles
that have to be overcome in order to
carry out the work can have little
comprehension of the magnitude of
the task or of the problems to be
solved in its realization. In the first
place it was necessary to dig tan-
nel under both cell houses in which
to lay a sewer. which was of itself
no small job. Next the walls of the
seven or eight hundred cells had to
be torn out, water and drainage pipes
put in and the pipes cemented and
plastered over. Toilets and lavator-
les were then installed and the walls
painted. AS space had to be cut
in the concrete and brick of each cell
for the water pipes. which was almost
as hard as granite, some idea may
be had of the tediousnes of the work
10 be done.
Warden lyman secured an appropri-
ation from the last Legislature of ST.
900 to purchase the material for the
proposed toilet and lavatory system;
practically all OF the work connected
With its installation has been done by
prison labor and has not cost the
state a cent. The expense of such
an enterprise to private Individual !
it is computed would be at least $780,
600. In speaking OF the matter this
morning Warden lyman said: "Nol
more important thing has ever been
done in this Institution and is work |
In which every man connected with
the prison has taken deep interest |
it is something that should have been
done long ago and will be great
boon to all who are confined in the
penitentiary. 1t viii teach fhe men
cleanliness and teach them santa
tion and win be wholesome and refor-
matory.'
In addition to placing isvat6ry and |
toilet in every cell. with an abun- |
Dane Of water convenient At all times. |
the stone tagging in the corridors Of
the cell houses has been taken mp and
hard. smooth cement floors laid down
in their places. which makes them |
much easier to keep clean. The sky
lights and walls have been painted |
IN tints pleasing and restfui to the !
eye and the surroundings made ~ At |
tractive as possible. Everything has
been done In the most workman-llke
manner and the prison Ii more health- |
fui and better in every way a. . re-
ult Of the Improvement that has bean
70 conscientiously and carefully ear.
ried out.
Another important work inside the
prison walls. now approaching COM
pletion. is the new office building.
This IL. perhaps. the best structure Of
the prison group and VIII be when oc-
cuiied. a great convenience to the
warden and other officers Of the In
stitution. All OF the administrative
departments OF the prison viii be
moved into this building when II 10
finished. It IL strictly a nre-proof
structure; being built Of stone. steel
and concrete. There was a legis1a-
tive appropriation Of $4,000 Tor this
building. but as all Of the stone Tor e.
was cut out by the convicts and every
thing connected with IT. erection
done BY them . magnificent struc.
ture for the money has been secured.
II is believed that such = buii1ing
would cost BY the ordinary contract-'
ing method approximately ;t7s.eeo.
There are nre-proof vaults enough Fl
It to store all Of the prison records Sor