The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
Project GOES OVER
UNTIL FALL SESSION
County Board Decides To Reopen
Competition on Plans For A
New Court House
COMMITTEE REPORT IS NOT ADOPTED
Board Invites Suit of Architects To ReCOv.
er $500 For Drawings Short
Meeting is Ended.

Ma0lGOWOC county COuTG HouSe pIo-
ject will be delayed until the Fall
meeting of the Board of Supervisors,
time being given for further investiga-
tion with view to obtaining the best
possible returns for the expenditure to
be made. Previous to adjournment Of
the Spring session, the County Board
Friday adopted a resolution referring
the entire consideration of the matter to
| the Committee on Public improvements
and authorizing the Committee to re-
open the competition for architects in
securing sketches and plans for build
ing, the cost of which is limited to
$150,000. This action was taken in
connection with the final consideration
of the report of the special committee,
which the Board refused to accept.
The plans presented by the Committee,
secured from Kinney and Detweiler, Of
Minneapolis, at cost of $780, the
Board also refused to adopt and as the
result the non-acceptance, suit will
probably be instituted by the Minneapo-
lis architects to recover on the contract
that was made with the committee, the
County being made defendant to the
action.
The resolution came after the heated
discussion and opposition to the report
of the special committee and virtually
leaves the Court house question where
1t was with the introduction of the reso-
luton last Fall The work performed
by the Special Committee is ignored and
will be gone over again by the Improve
ment committee now having the matter
in hand. The cheif objection to the
work of the Special committee was
that the competition had been too limit
ed and that perhaps the county had
failed to secure the most suitable plans.
Another question was to the cost of the
building erected from the plans submit
ted and recommended, it being the pre-
valent opinion that the expense would
be far greater than 800, 5000 and this
was admitted by Mr.. Kinnev, Of the
firm of architects, who addressed the
Board on the plans Friday. Under the
new resolution the Committee is con-
fined to an estimate of $3.50, 600 for the
building. The Board also requested
that L. j. Nash and Fred Schuette, Of
this city and j. E. Hamilton, of Two
Rivers be taken into the Committees
conferences to advise as to the prOspec-
tive plans The resolution calls for a
complete report and the submitting Of
all sketches to the Board at the Fall
meeting.
One unpleasant feature of the consi
deratiol of the Court house question
was the controversy between members
of the committee and Distri 1t Attorney
Hougen in which a question of veracity
was raised. The Committee, in its re-
port, claimed that the district attorney
had advised it that the original resolu-
tion gave the committee authority to
secure plans, but this was denied by the
official, who prepared statement and
DI0bSHUcu IL w lilo DOdlu" Aio oupVO
ment was later refused a place in the
records but had served its purpose in
replying to the attack made by the
committee.
Members of the Special Committee
presented claims for expenses incurred
in work and investigation and these
were allowed as follows to the indivi.
dual members: Otto Schmidt, $14743;
Spencer S1431O; J. J. Schroeder,
$l3S.24; Thos. Gretz, $139 IA and ]. P.
Watt, $l52.76.
The question Of ownership of the
Plank Road came up in the form of
statement from Sup Sheldon, of the
town of Manitowoc. 1t is claimed
that the County never made proper
transfer of the road to the towns and
that in the future the highway must be
maintained by the County. AT the
request of Sup Sheldon the matter was
referred to a special committee for in
vestigation members of which are Sup
Stehn, Gretz and M. Rappel and re-
port will be made at the Fall meeting.
Among other matters to coma before
the board was that of the judgement
for $54S77 awarded to the City %
Manitowoc in the suits brought to re-
cover for care of smallpox and poor
patients. The matter was referred to
the district attorney and Commi, tee on
claims. A claim of $40 presented by