Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1894 — WHAT WE ARE COMING TO. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHAT WE ARE COMING TO.

“What do you think of Miss Manly?” “She seems to be a thorough gentleman.”

New Main Building at the Prison South. Built entirely by unemployed convict labor. The structure is 50x50 feet, 72 feet high, and contains sixteen rooms. The total cost to the State, including iron and stone work, about $5,500, is only $19,000. The total cost of the entire work, including a new sewer to the Ohtd, 4,700 feet long, and five acres of additional land, is only $60,000 in round numbers. An expert told your correspondent that the work could not and would not have been done by any architect for less than double, more likely treble, that amount..—lndianapolis News.