The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-14
To BUILD new JAIL
County Board Decides To Build
Modern BastiIe To Replace
Structure Long in Use
PLANS TO BE READY NEXT FAIL
Board After Long Discussion Decides
That it Would be a Mistake to
Spend Any More on The
Old Jail Building
(From Saturday s Dailyl

Kenosha county is to have a new
modern bastile for the Incarceration Of
city and county prisoners as just be
fore noon today after discussing tho
matter for three days the members of
the County Board voted for the cree
ton Of a new jail to take the place
Of the old building at the corner of
Market and Chicago street and the
committee on buildings and printing
of the Board was instructed to secure
plans and specifications for the new
structure and have them ready for the
consideration Of the County Board at
the meeting next November The deci-
sion Of the Board came as a surprise
as during the long discussion little had
been said in favor Of the building of
a, new Jail, but a lot had been said for
and against the plan to build an addi-
ton to the Jail. When the question of
building an addition to the jail was
brought before the Board there were
Just two members who favored the plan
and the action in favor of building an
entirely new Jail had only two Of the
members of the Board opposed to it.
Of course the new building can not be
erected before the end of 1910, but
it is pretty certain that the action of
the Board this morning will result in
the work on the new building being
started by the first Of next year.
Before the plans for the Jail can be
accepted by the County Board they
must be approved by the Wisconsin
State Board of Control and it will be
necessary for the committee to get
plans at once in order to give time for
them to be considered by the. State
Board In the meantime nothing will
be done to increase the capacity of the
old jail and the county will have to
struggle along for another two years.
The question of the county caring for
the prisoners of the city has been fully
threshed out and it seems that there
has been no doubt left but that the
county must provide place to take
care of city prisoners.
The Board this morning passed a
resolution notifying the City Council
that the lease for the county building
now used as city hall would not be
renewed after the first of next March
but this action was taken on account
Of the fact that the Board thought that
the building might be needed as a
home for Municipal Court. 1t is just
possible that the county can permit
the city to use the building but under
the resolution as sent to the Council
it will be necessary for the city to
make some plans for a change.
There was little business of impor-
tance before the County Board today
beyond the acceptance of the resolution
for the building of new jail. The
Board by unanimous vote passed a
resolution thanking County Agent
Hensgen for the careful manner in
Of his office for the county.
This afternoon the Board is meeting
with a, special committee of the Com
mon Council to discuss plans for the
purchase of county poor farm. It is
not thought that any action will be
taken on this question, but it will have
been laid before the members of the
Board so that it can be considered at
the fall session Of the year. The Board
will adjourn late this afternoon.