The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-17
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Douglas County to Have a Work
house.

The committee consisting Of Super
visors Reedfors, Mckenzie, CONFESS
and Hancock, appointed some time
ago to visit and investigate the Green
Bay and Oshkosh work houses, and re-
port as to the advisability of establish
ing one in this county, brought in the
following report and recommendation.
which was accepted:
Your committee appointed to visit
warehouses IN the state for the purpose
of looking into the success of the work
house system, beg leave 10 report that
we visited the work h0uses in Green
Bay and Oshkosh, the only two in the
state Although neither have been in
operation year, the system had proved
success in other places. Below We
give the cost of the workhouse in Jsh-
kosh: The building is 26x36, two stories
high with dining room, kitchen, wash
and bath room and two dark cells; on
the first floor. The second floor is all
in one room and is used for sleeping
apartments and will accommodate forty
persons. The total cost of building
81, 1872; total cost of ground -four acres,
81 900; twenty hammOcks at $l.75, SO;
bath and wash tubs, $40; night parts,
S25; coal stove, and other articles aggre-
eating $3,9l0.50. The workhouse is I'M
der the supervision of superintendent
who receives s., 900 year. The super
iudent furnishes board for the prisoners,
and heats the house, so that the eX-
pense of the county ends as soon as the
prisoners are turned over to the work
house.
1t cost Winnebago county from August
p 1895 to August p, 1896, for vags and
tramps far less than ever before in the
history of the county.
In conclusion the committee favors
the construction of a workhouse here.
After the above report had been ac-
copied the following resolution was
passed authorizing the scheme, Messrs.
Bardon, Bright and Desmond being the
only ones opposed:
"Resolved by the county board of SUI
peryisors of Douglas county, that at the
annual meeting of said board, NOvem-
Der l., 1896, the sum of 1000 be levied
for the purpose Demonstrating work
house, SAID sum to cover all expenses
of ground, construction of building, fur
niture, tools, etc.
And the workhouse committee is
hereby authorized and instructed to i'm
mediateIy take steps to purchase the
necessary land, prepare plans for build
ing and when plans are decided upon
to commence work and push construc-
ton of same as speedily as possible.
The workhouse committee is hereby
given full power to act in all matters
pertaining to the establishment OF the
workhouse."
The citizens will probably be some
what interested III watching the work
ings of this committee. We under
stand that the committee hopes to
secure location for the building at
the stone quarries on Eighteenth street,
near Holmes, on the AmlnlcOn river,
and that they propose to have stone
prepared for paving and other pur-
poses, and thus furnish constant en-
ployment. Mr.. Bardon spoke at some
length in the meeting and said he
did not wish to be misunderstood in
the matter, but teIt that the people
ought to be consulted in, the matter
in some way, and he was right. For
the time being let rs make a small
beginning, and if we find it neces-
sary add to the accommodations
when advisable. Times are too hard to
rush into many uncertain schemes, and
if our prisoners were forced to work
| upon our roads and streets, it could
be done without erecting a workhouse.