The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-19
REPORT SUBMITTED
To Improve the jackson
Court House.
J. =. Legg. of 1t. Louis Has Made the
Plans and Estimates the Cos; f2r
the commissioners.
The Commissioners. Messrs. WilsO

The Commissioners. MessrS. Wilson
Cramer. W. H. Miller and Louis
HCUck. recently appointed by the
County Court to advise = plan for i'm
proving the Cape Girardeau County
Court House at Jackson have made a
careful study Of the situation and
called to their assistance. Architect
=. Is. Legg. of -. Louis. and together
they have spared no pains in making
a thorough investigation Of the cor
dition Of the present Court House and
Jail, and in dsyising 4 plan for the
| Improvement Of same in the most
modern. substantial. sanitary and
economical manner.
The crampcd space in which ;he
County Treasurer is quarteted. the
| lack of sufficient room in which to
/ transact the business of the County
! Court and County Clerk, the very
small and inadequate room occupied
/ hy the Probate Court and the damp
and insecure repository ior his papers.
the insufficient accommodations for
the Circuit Clerk and Recorder. and
the poor and unsafe arrangement for
taking care Of the COunty'S Records.
the Door acoustics OF the Circuit
Court room. and tie pressing need Gt
more space in the Circuit Court room.
the urgent necessity of improving the
sanitary condition Of In" Court House
and Jail. by providing suitable water
osets. urinals ard wash ba sins, Il
water supply To serve same. and .
system of sewerage to drain them. and
lastly. hut not OF less Importance. Il
better. more economical and safer way
of heating The Court House and Jail,
has prompted the Commissioners in
their thorough investigation Of these
conditions. and in submitting 4 plan
for remcdyin@ the same. As the best
and most economical means OF ac-
cOmplishing these necessary changes.
It is proposed to cut the. basement
walls of the present Court House
building at the bottom of the first
floor beams and raise the entire build
ing three feet above jH&: lcvc! and
extend the basement walls up To the
building as raised. ana thereby prO-
vide for Il basement story Ten icct riX
Inches high. without going fmrhcr in
20 The ground.
The basement story is to be finished
IN t.rSt-claSs manner with ventilation
under the floor and between walls and
pla-tcrin%. and h2ye large windows to
thoroughly light III same and will be-
entered from the South end of the
nrildin@ OH either. side Of the main
front steps. with the ilOor only three
steps below The sidewalk and also
entered from the North end down q
broad ni-h ui six STEPS only b@iow
the Court lusc yard. thus arranged
50 as to ri, food Of light from the
North. thr, .h the central corridor Of
the basement story.
The Southeast corner of this base
ment will be fitted up for the Probate
Court room. Probate Judges room.
and lige-proof vaul. for the Probate
records. and on the East side OF the
building next to Che Probate Court
department. will he located the County
! Treas surer's Office and vault. which will
be light and commodious.
At the Southwest corner of The
building il the basement, is the
SherilT's office. and Immediately North
Of same is waiting room tan toilet
room for ladies, and in the Northwest
corner of the building, i a gentle
mems waiting room. or assembly
room. OH from which is a large com
modiOus toilet room and lavatory.
The vault now occupied by the
Treasurer. in the first story OF the
building, will be removed and the
space the Treasurer now occupies. will
be added to the County Clerk S Office.
and the stairway in the East end Of
the hall. Will be removed and private
room built instead. for the County
Clerk.
The little room and hallway along
sfda of same now used for the Probate
. Court room will bc made into one
large. elegant room. with 4 vault. Tor
the County Treasurer. and immediate
! Iy across She nail will be for the Col
Icctor ana the balance of the West
side OF this tloor will be occupied by
the Circuit Clerk ana the recorder.
The gallery and stairways 10 same
opening into Circuit Court room il the
second story. will be removed. the
brick and hall wall extended to the
ceiling. & room cut off in the East END,
where the stairs are now located. for
the County Attorney, and the brick
wall in rear of the present Circuit
Court room. Will be removed. and the
space occupied by the small hall