New-York tribune., 1906-12-14
FOR COURTHOUSE SITE
pFPORT IN THIRTY DAYS.
rnstice McCaUs -1rraignmcnt Fol
Io,red bg Rcnesccd Ictirity.

r-,rsr4 NJ. Cirout. former Controller. appointed
- Msvor Mcclellan last April as a member Of
-. new courthouse commission. told a Tribune
-.-0-+er last night that his commission would
..-.,rt on a site within thirty days.
1,s,i-, Mccall on Wednesday roundly scored
~. commission for its failure 10 90 something
..,eihle. and the justices united yesterday in
.o,5er,uinc the old courthouse and demanding
u,,-A5iaie action on the part OF the commission
-be commission was appointed about five years
20 IA Navor Low. and on account of the press
-. nerd OF better quarters for the judges there
rss buoyant hope that something would be
s,,e ~ an early day 70 start the building of a
.-r ,rll~t thaase. 80 far the actual construc-
"a, fs concerned. things are to-day as they were
ace wears ago. To aggravate the situation. eight
-. justices VIII take their seats on January 1
.,s thcv viii rot have comfortable accommoda-
lions
F-n6er the provisions ot the Law as az first
drawn the commission was limited 10 a selec-
,i,, ~ 4 site for 2 courthouse TO a point below
rankin street The commission could not
seree on . site So far downtown. Il took two
Years 20 change the Law SO as 10 give the COM
rrissfon. re-u. lsslon TO report a site anywhere.
The commission appointed TO select a site con-
sisted originally Of C'hares 4. Peabody, chair
,rar- Edward sheldon. secretary: Charles s
Far1hHd William \. Cohen and William L.
Bull NJ Peabody resigned to become-presi-
cert of am Insurance company. and was sue
caeded tv Mr. Grout
In connection with the erection of new
building and me acquisition OF q site, Justice
Greenraum gave out letter written by him
- the Courthouse Commission on November
l. 1915 r. which he said he had never received
ar answer Ee wrote in part;
The noise. hustle and disorder that daily con-
srort us 81 present are Incompatible with the
order1v administration Of Justice. A building
devoted rH hearings affecting the rights and lih-
erles - the citizens should b. much re-
moved from the hurly bury incident 10 the
commercial 'If' ~ a great city as possib 1t
should J. placed I'm a locality which viii afford
opportC-i' - for quiet and repose and where the
lftsau-s may feel that they are i'm an atraos-
Tbere conducive to calm and deliberate Consid-
GRAFTON gf -leir cases.
The sire ro be chosen should be one that will
afford opportunities for the erection Of dig
nifed aud impressive structure that Will inspire
those who enter lis po~ta s with the sacred char
s-rer - the 'ahors there conducted Many
reckless witness may halt In such surroundings
before Die care commit himself To perjury
Justice Blanchard. in talking On the matter
yesterday. said:
am I'm favor ~ urging the passage Of law
~ the next session IF the Legislature repeating
-he ser Tor The appointment Of the commission.
They should ae legislated out Of Office.
Justice O'Gorman said.
heartily fudorso an that Justicc Mccall has
ssd about tho condition of the courthouse and
IS Inadequate facilities Tor the work OF the
courts sS disgrace and a scandal. It's de-
fecJivs sanitary arrangement Injuries the health
not only of the Judges aud lawyers. but Of the
hundreds of thousands Of jurors. witnesses and
llgarrs whose business brings them here dur
ing the course ~ rhe year. The County Clerk.
The Official rIerH "f t1e court, Is actually with
oGt sl5a 5areUt space for the storing aud filing Of
'he records - The court. and valUa Bile records
s-e now lying in heap. Ike many waste
papers. ir dark closets in This building
This is purely n work of public local improve
Inert taken our of the hands Of the public Off
tlaIs af the county. where Il belonged. and
transferred 10 a small body of men who not
directly r0rSl6le TO the voters Of the county.
-Four or FIVE wears have PASSED and site has
Tot even been selected. At this rate We may
look for the completion OF the building thirty
or forty years hence.
Justee Davis said that he agreed with what
the other Justices had said
i wiz uat undertake 10 speak for the COM
mission work prior 70 last April when I was
appointed 81. IT,. said EIr- Grour last night.
"sinc' ATri. last we have made good progress
with rhe work. The commission viii report
s,'e On Jess rhan thirty days. We are having
horinES made IN various places and the results
VII h' k-"wr 10 AS iu q few days"