Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-11-10
PLANS PROPOSED.
The New Court House STYLE
Discussed.
SIMPLE, SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE.

Tails Seems to be the Most Favored Design
TO he Built for Practical Purposes and
on Economical Principles for all Time
Let Work Begin rs Soon as Possible.
The success OF the proposition to
issue bonds to the amount of $685.
900 for the erection of q new court
house having received the endorse
ment of the voters of the county by
1883 majority, the question that
naturally follows, is what style of
building do we want? Already
many of our taxpayers have ex-
pressed themselves, and from the
best THE ARGUS can CLEAN through
conversation with representative Cit
liens. not only of the city OF Rock
Island, but from the county. the pre-
ponderance Of sentiment favors SUBJ
stantial design with considerations
of permanency and sound economy,
rather than a lavish display of orna-
mentatiOn. AS matter of fact the
prevailing idea is inclined toward a
stately building, not of course elm
mating those features which contrib
ute to an imposing style of architec-
ture. but with Il most earnest consid-
Grafton of the county's actual needs
and requirements, and built as far
as possible with the purpose of per-
manency paramount. A solid fire
proof building would meet with the
approval of the average taxpayer
perfectly, and what NAV be saved in
superlluous and trifiing exterior
ornamentation may be put into the
soundness of the general construc-
ton.
The people are now interested in
seeing the building commence as
soon as possible. They hope that
the board of supervisors will show
itself the same progressive body that
it did in submitting the proposition
to the people to build, and as the
representative body of progressive
people, push the werk forward with
as much speed as possible, to the
end that the preliminaries and plans
may be disposed of this winter, and
active operations entered upon early
in the spring.
y
S. S. Haliam, of ,nmouth, who
was is in the city last evening, in
conversation on the new Warren
county court house, which is now
about completed. stated that it was
built by the county board without
submitting the question to the peo-
pie. sinking fund having been
created and certain appropriation
set aside each year and applied on the
building. 1t has been suggested here
that a judicious plan for the Rock
Island county board would be to es-
tabish a sinking fund and the money
annually deposited in it would be
made to derive interest on the bonds
beside paying up the bond principal.
Asto Moline.
The Moline ublican-J ourual
makes this graceful acknowledge
ment on the court house situations:
The Moline majority of 709. the
result of the Republican-Jo Journals
unhesitating stand for Moline's in
terests. is nothing to be ashamed Of,
any more than Rock Islands hand
some vote in her interests. Had the
Repu blican-J ournal won, it felt that
the court house that bas stood for &c
years could have stood year or SO
longer. until there could have been
some reasonable understanding re-
garding a more suitable site. But
the pleasure of the majority of the
voters is our pleasure. and though
the proposition did not receive such
n tremendous majority in the coun-
", we think that Rock Island has
fairly won her battle. The court
house will now remain where it has
been. 1t will never be moved while
any now living are still on earth, and
the fond dreams of Moliners and
East Rock Islanders will never be real.
lied. We congratulate Rock Island
on her creditable vote, presenting q
united front before divided and
timorous opposition. and thus
snatching victory from what APP.
peared to be Ger taia defeat. AT the
same time the Republican-Journal
which is Moline paper, wishes il
understood that it has nothing tc
apologize for in this matter.