Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-05-26
It was Mutually Agreed to Delay Until
the Coming of Saturday-the
Final Determination and
.. Right Of the Court
House Site.
The Slow Freight on the Northern Pacific
Yesterday Brought the Specific for
the Agony Of Builders' Spleen
inKlaus' new Monster
Brick Machine
One Of the Dakota House Lasses who
Sought the Montana Passes, now
Appears in the Romantic
Role Of a Happy
Married Soul.
A Courthouse Meeting.

The Court House Commissioners called
an advisory meeting of the citizens
at the engine house yesterday afternoon
to consult upon the matter Of locating
and building the new court house. The
calling of the meeting was matter OF
courtesy by the commissioners to the will
and wish of the eople- land was attend
ed by goodly number of the prominent
business men of the town.
Upon assembling at about half past four
O'Clock in the evening on motion of Mr..
Klaus Mr.. s. X. McGinnis was appointed
chairman of the meeting and MIR. A. A.
Allen, secretary. ...E
Mr.. Klaus stated the object of the
meeting to be to consult with the people
on the matter as stated above, and Mr..
Curtin stated the commissioners had OBJ
lained plans and specifications for the
building which, at the time they were
drawn, could have been erected for
527 600, but the price of material having
advanced since that time it would now
cost SIS, 800, which would only leave a
balance of $1,000 of the amount Of the
extreme limit of the law providing for
The building, grounds, ETC., and as the
s2S, 800 would be fully absorbed in the
the erection of the building, it was
thought the balance Of $1,000 would
be insufficient to supply the necessary
out buildings, and furnishing, ETC.; that
the question was whether to cut down the
plans, SO as to enable them to complete,
furnish and build the necessary out
buildings and fences, or go on upon the
plans as already made and rely upon the
people to sustain them in the matter.
Everything passed of harmonlously un-
til the question of location was reached,
which elected some very warm feeling
among those present, as such questions
always do; and it was in the discussion
OF this question that disposition to con-
test by legal suasiOn was manifested. The
principal bone of contention and objec-
tion however was found to have been
ing vanished, the meeting adjourned
with a good feeling to convene again at
The court house Saturday afternoon for
conclusion we would say, in justice to
Commissioners Messrs. Klaus, Curtin and
Goodrich, that they manifest a very
praiseworthy spirit to do their duty in the
matter consclentiously, and, as far as
possible, satisfactorily to the whole people
regardless of any personal considerations,
and if the people next Saturday will man
fest like disposition, the whole question
will he amicauly arranged, and work on
he new court house Will commence i'm
mediately. There are many ways in which
lnharmonious elements will arise and re
lard the progress of public works of this
Alnd, and it IS the duty of every good
citizen to concede something of personal
eellng for the general good, and this is
the only means by which harmony can
oe secured. Let every spirit of conten
tion and personal aggrandizement be
oanished from the consideration of this
subject, and if that be done the work will
go along rapidly ana smoothly. The
building proposed in the plans and spec
.tications will be handsome one, and
such an one as will be credit to the
county and town. 1t is not building so
much for the present as for the genera
ton to come.