Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-28

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Z 5ocmoes 10 ths necessity OF new prison
~ yonr. there can = no doubt OF the neces-
- u o0me imunDeUGnent at the court house,
1<( r Ghould n5 nnsde at an early day. The
'1nmcvvewm1 fo(srrod 20 10 the building OF
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~ county officers aud the citizens OF
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4 ~ = now scarcely an officer who has
q - ouficient to accommodate the public
6on0a One Of the important officers of the
oconty u the clerk Of the quarter sessions
ouatk He IL coopcd in . little room that Is
6kxrsCs 10 the county. He has space enough
- ksep in his Office the blanks appertaining
= hi department and few dockets. The
talance OF his dockets, indictments, quarter
euns,ons returns, license applications and
bonds ere filed In the closets In the room adj
iolnine. When court IL not in session this
( ruum II open, and any one has access to the
documents and dockets filed there, and it is
very easy matter for any ono 80 disposed
% carry off . package OF these documents,
md the theft would not be discovered until
there would be occasion TO examine the
papers.
UoMxIssIoNERs' AND RECoRDER's OFFICES.
Tho commissioners' room appears TO be
large enough for their wants, as does the re-
cortier's ONCE, but the latter was enlarged
only . few years ago. Across the corridor
from the recorders is the orphans court
Off1ca ThiA too, IN q small affair unit for
the uses OF the Office The closets in this
room are all well filled with papers relating
70 decedents' estates, and the question as to
botter accommodations must be met III the
treasurer order occupies a den on the
south side Of tho corridor running east and
west He can accommodate probably q
dozen persons with standing room. His
ONCE should be at least three times as large.
Across from the treasurer's Office Is that OF
the sheriff He also has asmali office, and
he can scarcely get along with his present &C
commodations
The registers and prothonotary's offices
are Of the Same size, and are the largest ol
the county offices, but neither of them has
room enough. The prothonotary particu,
lnrly complains of want of room, and we
think Justly.
UTILIZING ALL THE SPACE.
When the court house was built couple
OF holes were left under the stairway. They
were unused for years, and finally the coro
ner was showed into one and the janltor int
The other. When the court stenographe
came along they had no place to put him t
do the work where il would be convenier
for him, as well as the attorneys who ha
business with him. He was finally locate
In the coroner's Office, a room without gas o
heat Here he gets along as well as can b
expected with the aid of tallow dips and
coal oil stove.
II Ia within the province OF the county con
missioners to make the alterations necessar
to make II comfortable for the county officer
by building an addition to the court hous'
Preliminary to that, however, steps shoul
be taken for the widening of Grant stree
from its present width of ~ feet to % or
feet from Duke street through to Mort
Queen. The court house could then be e.
tended to the street line, and all the add
tional room required be secured.
THE COURTS cRAMPED QUARTERS.
Under the present system OF commo
pleas courts, one il in session up stairs an
the other down stairs. 1t could be 30 a
ranged that both could he On the upper TO
by removing the law library to the annex {
the south side OF the building. On that san
side of the building in the annex roo
would do away with the Inconvenience
attorneys who do not have access to the la
library during quarter sessions week.
That would leave the whole lower floor
the court house proper and annex for count
offices. The present orphans court room
quarter sessions and sheriif's offices woul
make two excellent offices Tor the clerks
the quarter sessions and orphans court
The room now occupied by the orphan
court clerk could be added to the prothon
tary's office, and the registers oihCe enlarge
by taking in the treasurer's office.
WHAT COULD BE DONE.
In the addition, rooms could be provide
for the treasurer, sheriff, coroner and coul
stenogrspber. While it would cost consde
able money to make these improvement
the necessities Of the public demand tht
something be done for their accommodation
Labor is cheap, material is cheap, and If th
commissioners do their dutyi in the awardin
of the contract to the lowest responsible bic
der, they will receive the praise of the publ
and press. If they disregard their oblig,
tions, they will receive, as they would q,
serve, the condemnation Of every good cit
zen.