On July 2, 1892 Viktor Rydberg and Georg von Rosen wrote a letter of recommendation to Umeå City Council for the sculptor Oscar Berg. Berg was interested in creating the statue of goddess of justice, Justitia. the statue was included on the drawings high up on the western gable, above the entrance to the old police station, which is now walled up. Because of the major costs for the city with the reconstruction after the fire in 1888 the city council decided that it could not afford it. A motion in 1895 to allow Helmer Osslund's brother Elis Åslund to create the statue for 500 Crowns was rejected for the same reason. Hence, the niche of the town hall's western gable today stands empty without a statue.