Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-16

proceed to build a sherifes house and
Jail combined.
SECOND. That the cost of such Jail
and sheriff's house be limited to the
sum Of $1500000.
THIRD. That substantially the plan of
the sheriff's house and Jail at Sparta be
adopted and that the architect who
drew the plans for that building be
consulted and requested to draw plans
and specifications for use by this county.
foURrH. That loan be made ol
bonds issued for the sum of $l5OO0.00,
payable in equal annual payments OF
$3000.00, the first payment to be made
in March, 1896.
FIFTH. That the building be located
upon lands adjoining the present Court
House square if the same can be pro-
cured at reasonable figure, othelw wise
upon the Court House square.
SIXTH. That Committee of five be
appointed to be known 40 The Building
Committee and to take full charge of
the whole matter of constructing a
sheriff's house and jail, and that such
plans and specifications at once and
advertise for bids.
Feb'y 18th, 1895. Respectfully sub
mitted,
GEO. L. WILLIAMS,
JOHN SCHNABEL,
FERDINAND PHILLIPS.
A vote was taken upon the adoption
of said resolution which resulted as
follows:
Mr.. Geo. L. Williams moved and Mr..
L. NJ. Nash seconded the motion, that
the County Board of Wood county pro-
ceed to build a sheriff's house and jail
combined, not to exceed $4,000. The
roll was called and resulted as follows:
Ayes-Arpin, Alexander, Bowden,
Brown, Coon, Huer, Hooper, Mullen,
Nash, Phillips, Polensky, Reusch,
Sampson, Schnable, Tarbox, Voigt,
Wilma and Wood. Total Is.
Nays-Thomas, Felter, Friedel, ,Gropp,
Hatteberg, Juno, Kohel, Kraus, Nc
Kercher, News, Schuster and Spring
born. Total II.
The chairman appointed D. R. Coon,
of Auburndale, as said extra member
TO serve with him on the building COM
mittee.
Provision was made to have the Chair
man and Clerk issue the necessary
bonds and they were sold to n. ".
Harris'& Co., of Chicago, for SIS, ,23O.0O
On motion it was resolved that sub
stantially the plans of the Monroe
! county sheritf's house and Jail be adop-
! ted and ordered used in the erection OF
the new sheritf's house and Jail here
! The committee who were going to
have charge Of the building of the new
sheriff house and Jail were on motion
authorized TO procure more land join
ing court house square if it could, in
their Judgment, be procured at a reason
able price upon which the new building
is to be located, otherwise it is to be
! erected upon the court house lot.
1t was moved ard seconded that the
! chairman Of the Board appoint one
member to act with him in conjunction
with the court house committee as 4
building committee. The chairman OF
/ the court house committee to act as the
chairman of said building committee.
From the time it was decided to build
the sheriff's house and Jail there was q
move on the part Of Marshfield mem
bers headed by Frank \. Cady, tc
check and prevent the construction Of
said building. They secretly circulated
among the members Of the Board g
special call and with it misrepresented
the matter In question and influenced
the required number to re-convene the
Board on May first, 1895. At this ses.
sion Frank A. Cady, introduced the
following resolution and moved its
adoption
WHEREAS. On the lst day November
A. D., 1894. there was served upon
Frank l.. Rourke, then County Clerk OF
Wood county. Wisconsin, a notice, the
following of which is 4 true copy to-wit
Same notice which appears at the
head of this article
AND, WHEREAS, The visit of said
Board of Control of the State of Wis
cunsin to said jail was made without