Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-14
JOB OF SHERIFF IS NOT
4 COLD Mine IT ONCE WAS
Mar Cost of Food Makes It Imprac.
ticablc to Keep Prisoners on
iii} 20 Gents Per Day.
ASK LEGIsLArIvE RELlEF
Many Officials May Join in Move
..5Hcnt TO Abolish Fec System Alto
.Sgcihcr-Road Laws and Prohibi-
ftftion Cut Down Jail Population.

s~fsition Cut Down Jail Population.
Isl. -
s.Sg'hcre is q hotel right III Eichmond
a.1h on the American plan, three meals
u nd a bed, at = fiat rate OF tWchiE-
s;vc cents 4 day, Richmond IS not
alone in .his unique distinction. Tor
t1lere arc many Of them IN Nirsinis'
and j, is being whispered about that me
erstwh,ic managers arc a b; restless
utrier the rate at which The" are pc:-
4itce running their pIac9A iieiicf is
apoked' for az tile approarnilS session
Of tho Virginia Legislature. Snd The
sheri;fs Of the state, Il j. heard, are
scins 10 mildly suggest 20 'lre law
makers that the jail-ho.s rs canno be
..un on tile allowances OF twcnty-hvc
cents per prisoner each day, as Is now
picvidcd 10y The, act passed in 1905.
E.Vory;hinc is going UP. and the keep
ers of the prisons are SAYING that un-
less there Is i parallel jump in the
income allowed Tor the keen - pris-
ouers. the people can he lookins about
Jor new managers iov their establish
MIents. In Other words. tho job {.
being sheriff is not = paying PROPOSE
ton in these war times.
iE'iu the good old daNs "unt.inR nc
of these hotels was "a money-maAinE
proposition Tod, Al is charged,
The war has hit this cficia! position
and knocked il into a job that nobody
cares much about having. TAKE. for
Instance. Hotel licnrico. 10 Illustrate
,,cw income has gone down and eN-
i,enscs have gone up Whcn crime
wss ramrant in the coun.y, and the
isilin WAS sure OF enc murder and
.,Nr ., .1,-Na . ~. -, a. =. ann, t-,-gl aud
Knew right where TO 20 70: his prison
srS. then there was some return and
the job was regarded as ; political
plum. When the suburbs ot Richmond.
Gintcr Park. Highland Park and Bar
ton Heights were in the Jurisdiction
of the sheriff, and the citizens were
selling their properties, trading aud
developing some Interesting LITIGATION.
Then there was something doiuG in
the way o: process serving aud the
consequent fees. Now this i a by
zone. Process serving is q long. long
Trip. with many a time no returns and
no fec, after an aN-day s'arch. Cline
has fallen off. and wh."" .hcrt were
on an average of one hundred guests.
wards of thirty only srace the coils
that is. the sues chambers. Of Hot.
ilcnrico.
3.i;ANS JUMP FROM x..an
: TO sIa PER u;SHi:i.
. But not .rly this. lie prices OF
1hinrs. Even n criminal. tina is. Il
cues, III Hotel Hcurico, must tc ,ed.
Beans were $50 IN the good old days,
and now they are Si3 a bushcl The
herring which the in,erned ev;ldoer
hiumchcs was ouce s2.I5 a b""rcl. now
/. is ST.. salt rorA has risen 20 90
cents Il poucd lroin 6. Corn mcal
s'as Sl.S5 a bag, now it is $3.50 black
nolasses, the butter OF re hosiery,
used to lie 3 cents . quart. 4 luxury
now at IS. \ menu OUT of all that
al 20 cent? q day is what is taxing
not only the ingenuity, but even tho
private pocke.b"oii. Of many = Viz
I!ria sheriff these days.
Criminals must sleep. TOO. although
somebody has said there is no rest
fnr the wick Warm blankets that
were Nt5 a few Years ago, set the
sheriff back SET row. and ;he bed
ticks that uScd 10 cost Sl.25 ire now
$50. With all This expense In bed
ding. The night clerk says that the
guests viii pcrsis; in s,eepim: in their
SHOES. all OF which j. q wear and tear
m the bedding, and helps 10 keep he
hoiel management from being able to
operate on that 20 cents per day.
= After All this is paid f.y out Of Tia.
allowance under The present law, the
Nops. brooms, coal. wood lish, and
other little comforts mus; be fur
nished Just what relief the sherins
nc going TO ask is not known. |,
may be an increase in the allowance.
orc thinf is eeLtatn. Tho managers ar-
EoinI TO ask TH+l ma&re,rine IT tn,
] lswmal;ers tTTnE" ,h:ti . Ma; i~-~iran
gaic OF "a cents day . .i"h -
z run a regular littl" ho:e!. ltkeiv
That there Will not tc mnuv ami
Gaits for III" Job Of sheriff ihroug.
out the counties Of Virginia tn fact.
the complaint is general throughout
many Eastern states tina; the Office OF
sheriff has lately Become on. Of III.
most poorly paid positions in pablo
life, while one OF H. most resnousih!,
and at IL same time dangerous