“In order to avoid much of the expense of the county jail gang, it is understood that the committee on working prisoners has decided to discontinue the appointment of a regular foreman. Most of the work done by the chain gang in the town of Ithaca and the commissioner of highways of that town will be obliged to arrange for the safety of prisoners when used by him. When stone is broken at the city stone yard, the prisoners will be in charge of a temporary deputy sheriff.”

No title, Ithaca Daily Journal, January 15, 1906, 3, col 2