Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-05
Woshlngtpn. JWn. IA skyscraper
S>u ~ h>~n .u~wsated for ChicaGo.

MI hSa bean auxre~ted for Chicaeo.
q Heretofore putan buildings have
nscu allowed to spread reoklcssly over
valuable city ground. In Greek temple
fashion. Hut tho skyscrNper church
and tho sSyecraper school have mace
their appearance In New York, and tho
proapect ls that eventually oven the
nail IN a dig city mus; take up a. little
apaca on earth m possible. IL tho jail
muaa accommodates m many guests M n
medium sixed hotel ;hcn II must. like
the hotel spread itself vertically.
The newest thins In jails. designed
nv n N. Hart. President OF tho Arneri-
can Prison Association. saves consid-
.taa,.c city epare. And tho designer
pcints out tina, n. with tho growth OF
"A city, oven n nine-e,ory jail should
become unconfortahly crowded. ex-
era storics can be added. Tho jail
can thus be enlarged without tho usual
trouble and expense involved when
adjoining property must he acquired
But beside. taking up very nttle
around. tho new e,yle jail provides
reni~dics to- some serious conditions
which obtain In county ,nils all over
the country. The thinly populated
county may have no need for nine
s,ory. four wing structure 10 hold 500
offenders. but A. q rule the little one
story county Jail N characterized by
ths ammo conditions that cause city
iali~ 10 he regarded rs Variable schools
80 crime.
In most places the peu~,n who IL sc-
cus.S ~ breaking the law y taken
into custody and hcris-i In with mot
Icy collection % pr-scncr~. eome @.
them old tlmerr". como Diseased
s1ne with rol~cned minds. The ac-
cus.i In supposed TO be treated ~ In
roc.nt un,li no "a proved guilty. but
n Cor any reason he u not lot out on
nond he mus, stay IN Jail and with
the~. associates. untii Ms trial, months
later. perhaps.
In progressive metropolis HE
s'licsSo, q suspect n locked In coll
with two ~ three other mon for 20
hours on, ~ each "a. Mr.. Hart points
out. And n. aii~ that 1t In impos-
.fNi. 10 distrlbute the mon according
So th.sr hstis cf cleanliness and de
g.ncy"
Mr.. Hart further ~rve tina; IN most
~ cur jsils there IL inadequate space
'of EXERCISE. and no useful way IL
provided fcr the prisoner 10 employ
hts time Clinical and hospital pro
yi.'ons are rarely satisfactory. though
IN. majority o, jail inmates need
medical. surgical. dental. or rsycha-
fric treatment
F,u Of had Associations.
Hut mos, serious 81 all Is the nrs'
.yil mentioned that the prisoners are
80, carefully segregated and classified
IN. rcsuit ~ this r. that the new
prisoner. who may Re never legally
ccnmt'es 10 'ail. or who may be ecrv'
ms q shc~, term Cor minor offenee
is often - influenced by IN. stories
and opinions ~ his fellow inmates tina
ha leaves the ,sii to start on an in
fentiousiiv crccked career,
And Yet. Nlr Hart SAYS The coun
- ,eii cusN, 90 he the ucs, rc'orna
tory institution In the land II re
ycive- offenders at the beginning q
the'r careers. before they have he
come hardened and confirmed crin,i
usls Nors can be ssccmpl shed 70
ths reformation 81 a young crinsns
"a the fret week OF HE imprisonment
than b. s'S months confinement 4
a state prison after he ha~ e~con,e
ccnNrm~i law hresker"
In Mr. Hart'e sky-crnrsr plan. ,h
court building % the city. This cour
building r. eausre structure thre
az sour s,cr1e~ high. an; above TIE roc
~ THAT tha tsn rises In the form I
crs~e with q central rotunda-
tn. public elevators and stairway
az ths court bu'iSins stop a. the 70
rccr ~ tho court To 20 on UP 70 N
nine SAIL foors u IA necessary "a pae
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order 20 reach the isr elevator. NJ
Hart ehovs that n prisoner, on q
uppsr floors we're 20 hold W In. "a
si-vaeor they would have 20 storm ~
suard~; safe before they could reec
~ elevator % the ground
The dricultics TIA; 8 .r.sonr won
have % ovcrcom. 10 cscs,e from s,ic
huildnk would ee more hszardct
than those facrd by Jack SheppaI
who battered h.r way out O, Newga'
Prison. o. by CASANOVA who coca ~
,rOm the inaulsltion PRISON Sheppai
worked az hours going through var
cue rooms % the prison. and ual>.r
great chatter with failing hricss ~
ne r~scundins olaas OF an iron b
hul~tins through heavy soor.
such nights work would Re n,
possible IN q modern ekyserspor prise
With walls not nearly 80 thick a. tho
" old Newsate In prisons nov-aaa.
i~n'ts and locks are a. unobtrussve
rc-~'iole but they are efficient ~
mort cell wins~ % the skrecraper =,
would he constantly supervised fro
tho central rotundas. and the jas 81
Nascr would make 70 possible for q
boAr.s 10 gather quickly IN an ome
Ssnsy
nrcsss sror N. windows vou
Re equally uncut There are r
~; ~ Val space between the r
" each window and the top O: q
window below, In Mr. HArte plan. Al
'hsy are t~ienod % give the les
pcs~lble opportunity for foo:ho
Humsn ", Could Not Escape.
Hscaps b. ropes would he pruc'