Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-10-24
COURT HOUSE WELL TOWARDS
COMPLETION.
County Records Need More Room 70
Be Taken Care of-A Magnificent
Structure and q Credit to Live,
Progressive Dickinson. :

SIUkI0ubkVo OANAA
The following from B. l.. Strothers
paper. the Dickinson County News, Of
last week, tells Of the changes being (
made in the court house:
"some time ago the commissioners
found it necessary to make arrange
ments for more vault room IN tne
court house and after a thorough in-
vestiga,ion Of the matter became
convinced that the vaults could not
be enlarged without having more
room in the building, and to prevent
having a patched up court house de-
cided to enlarge the present building
finding that it could be done cheaper
give the necessary vault room and al
the same time give the people OF
Dickinson county court house to be
proud Of.
"The work is progressing nicely
and the outside work is nearly COM
p!eted, and it is expected, II the
weather holds good, that the inside
work will be done about January lst.
II it had not been absolutely neces-
sary for the officers 70 have more
vault room in which to keep safely
the records Of the county, the COM
missioners would not have made the
improvements
sin our investigation of the matter
we found that when the building is
completed that it will be grand and
commodious structure at a very NOM
inal cost to the county, as the orig
inal building was erected BY private
contributions from the citizens OF
Abilene and vicinity. The improve.
ments will cost about $4,000, but
the commissioner say that it will
add no extra burden to the taxpayers,
as no levy will be necessary the
county having enough money in the
treasury to meet all the expenses Of
the improvements being made"
The purpose which led the board o.
county commissioners to make these
improvements was not merely to in
crease the beauty and style OF the
building, but especially to add to lt'
utility, to enable the county to Oette'
store and preserve the constantly ac'
cumulating records of its business
The old building was wholly made
quate to this purpose. Every vaul
in it was filled to oyerfowing ant
valuable records we're becoming mil
dewed and destroyed by storage il
the damp cellar for want Of storage
room in vaults. 1t was either qui
doing business or have valuable olf
records destroyed because Of lack o
room to preserve them.
The lower floor Of the new par
will be occupied by the vaults OF tn
treasurer and register, the old treas
urer's vault which was used joint.
BY the treasurer and clerk will b
converted to the use o! the clerk; th
partition will be removed from tn
one used by the register and probat
;rdge and occupied exclusively b
. the probate judge. The small vau'
used by the district clerk will be use
by the county superintendent and tn
clerks records stored In the new vaul
on the second floor.
Thus the county will be able t
preserve its records from destructio
and own a haLdsome and complet
, structure at q very nominal cost
The original building was erected b
private contributions from the cit
zens OF Abilene and vicinity and Dc
mated to the county and cost owe
$4,000. The improvements in pros
ress will cost the county entire abou
fifteen thousand dollars, including a
entire new heating plant for bot
court house and jail.
But best Of all, no extra burden wi
fall on the shoulders Of the taxpayer
to accomplish these results as n
levy will be necessary for the in
provements; the county has in i
treasury enough and more than ne
essary to meet all expenses.
The action Of the commissions
was wise one and meets with u
approval Of all who have the best il
tere,ts Of the public welfare at hear
Marriage License.
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