The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-08-26
From Thu-.a.y's Daily.
THE COURT HOUSE SITE.

At the meeting of the board Of county
commissioners yesterday il was decided 70
submit the three propositions for sites for
county court house and Jail to vote by
the people Of the county ct the genera
election In November next
One site, offered by p ]. Hellman and
others, consists OF lots O., SO, 6S, 20 and Y
Mechanics street. Price 10 be paid by the
county, $1,000. This site Is $50 feet by
100.
Another site was Offered by T. l.. Ryan
and others on Market street, embracing
lots IS, SO, 81, 70 and the north half of n.
This Is 225 feet by $50. Price 70 be paid
by the county, $S.515.
The third site was offered by Joseph
Morse, and embraces lots ID, Is, II, 1e, 81,
%, %, "a, 20 and 81, Commercial street
I'm Washington park). This is 250 by 100
feet free Of cost to the county.
The fret mentioned site Is on the corner
Of Mechanics street and Fifth avenue.
The second is on the corner Of Market
and Sixth avenue.
The third is on the northeast corner Of
Commercial and Ninth avenue, Just oppo-
site the Episcopal church, and IL the only
one of the three offered for nothing. In
fact, bonus $4,000 Is offered with this
site, in q proviso by Mr.. Morse, wherein
he offers said amount to the county for lots
10 and IS If it is concluded that they are
not necessary tor said site.
But, while the question of q site is Of the
utmost importance, still the question OF
the great necessity for . new court house
and jail 10 Que Of still more importance to
the cItizsns Of our county. We now have
q court house that is utterly unfit and mad
equate for the transmission Of the regular
routine business of the county. The bull
ding lie not only entirely too small, but It
is 10 such terribly dilspldAted condition
that II Is unit Tor occupancy.
Again, Its location alongsIde of the rail-
road IL q constant source OF vexation and
delay in very important cases on trial, as
IL is actually impossible 70 hear a word
spoken while train is passing, and they
are passing with short intervals all the
time.
Again, its capacity Is SO limited that
several OF the county officers are now
forced To transact their business in rented
rooms 10 other parts Of the city, and those
who are located In the court house are 30
han. percd from lack of room wherein TO
do their legitimate business that in many
cases they are away behind in their books.
This is notably the case In the recorders
office. We are given TO understand, that
It impossible TO have deed recorded with.
out considerable delay because of the rea-
son above spoken of.
But probably one Of the worst features
Of the lot, and enc that needs immediate
attention, is the uncomfortable. unsafe and
Inadequate quarters in the cellar used fol-
the purpose of incarceratlng prisoners
But few days ago Rev. Freeman, city
missionary of the city of Baltimore, called
at this office and requested as to call atten.
ton to the small and, necessarily, filthy
condition Of our county Jail, which he de-
clared to be utterly unfit to put a human
being In, no matter what his crime.
These, with other reasons which We
will hereafter give TO our readers, are sons
of the arguments in favor of the great ne
cessity for new county court house anC
jail for Lyon county.