Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-01-17


thought the report of the committee
on county buildings was all right.
Nv tn all due respect to that commit
tee. is their report fact? Are the
vaults so crowded that new ones are
necessary He thought there was
still room enough for ten years if the
business Of the county did not increase
more than it had lately. In speak
ing of the room in the vaults, he said
he did not believe immediate action
was necessary under the circum-
stances. He also made criticism of
the committee report on the safety Of
the vaults. He thought it would be
foolish to build $50, 000 to SO, 600
court house on the supposition that
the vaults were not safe from fire
He did not fancy tearing down on
superstition, yet, he said. the farmers
were not experts in building court
houses So long as we had plenty of
vault room, he e. it rash TO
make definite plaI ld a court
house just at this lie thought
the board ought to !, i action or in
vestigate before they took steps.
Mr.. jeffrey in reply said vault room
was not the only question to be con-
sidered. He considered safety as the
only question. He said there was no
possibility that the county may have
new building in even year if the
motion prevailed.
Mr. Him said the reason he worded
the motionas he did was because he
knew that there would be motion
made to vote the proposition down
entirely and he did not want to see
it done.
Mr. Wells said that he was in favor
of new court house. but didn't be-
lieve in taking snap judgment on the
people He found that every man in
his township that he had talked with
thought the board was rushing things;
they were not bitterly opposed to it,
but didn't like the idea of its being
taken out of their hands. He thought
they were two to one against it today.
"If come back next year, shall let
my constituents know that | shall
then favor new court house. TO
submit it to the people is foolish.
There is no law for it," He thought
it a good plan to wait He said he
would talk court house strong if he
came back. but he must now consider
the people at home. He found every
man opposed to it but two, but said
the board would find the town of
Clifton in favor OF the proposition
soon.
Mr. Glenn favored the building Of
the court house, but thought Nh.
Wells had putthe facts fairly. He said
the board would favor the building
at the next session, and that the peo-
Pile on reelection would favor it.
Mr. jeffrey moved the motion be
amended to read committee Of five
with the chairman a member Of the
committee, and that the report of the
first committee and all memoranda be
referred to the latter committee.
Amendment accepted by Mr.. Him.
Mr. jeffrey reviewed the appoint
ment of the first committee and felt
aggrieved that the board had not tax
en- definite and decisive action. lie
spoke Of the deliberations OF the com
mittee, and asked why if action was
to be postponed, the county went to
the expense Of sending the committee
around lie suggested that the board
make a personal investigation. If
the vaults were not in good condition,
then he would concede the committee
was in error.
Mr.. Brown pleasantly .poured oil''
over the factional ligh. on county
division, saying no one in Ilatteville
wanted division of the county. That
the whole thing was cooked up by
couple of young lawyers down there,
and the thing was the Joke of the
season.
Motion was placed on passage and
carried. Following is the vote
VOTE.
AYEs-Ricb, Roberts. Matthews,
Gore, Wells. MCPHERSON. Schneider,
Kraut, Patterson, Hender son, Nosberg,
Leighton. Murphy, Spraggon, Har-
rover. Farris, Mcnamara, Thomas.
wager, Chandler, Kelly, Glenn, Day,
Him, Muender. %.
NoEs-K linkhammer, Vannatta,
Webb. Wenzell, Johnson. CLOCK, Mon
tag, Gardner. Jeffrey, Scott, Geiger,
Clemens, Edwards, Bremmer, Berge,
Mufiley, Lowry, Brown.
Mr.. Brown brought up the matter
of improvements at the asylum and
informed the board the committee
would need 81 900 more to complete
the work
Mr. Glenn moved sum not to ex-
coed g, 900 be borrowed, the tax levy
to be provided for at the next session.
Carried.
The clerk read two letters from
Chas d. Merrell, Supt. Of the Child
ren's Home Society. asking aid for
seven destitute children taken from
the county
Moved and seconded that an order
for 500 Be drawn and the request
paid.