The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
NO DECISION WAS REACHED
Architects Spend Hours Presenting
Plans to the Committee and Report
Will be Sent to Council in the Near
Future.

InaC the proposed new city Nall loI
Kenosha can be built within few
thousand dollars of the estimate of
$4,000 made by the City Council, was
shown by the five architects who ap-
peared to show their plans to the com
mittee on buildings and water works
at the session Of the committee held
on Wednesday evening. No action
was taken in connection with the
plans, but five excellent plans are now
before the committee and Chairman
Werner will call another meeting
within short time at which some
recommendation will be- made to the
Council
The five architects presenting plans
were N. Max Cunning Of Chicago,
Chandler & Park of Racine and T..
Gaastra, Howard Hahn and Joseph
Lindl of Kenosha. All of the archi-
tects had sought to carry out the idea
Of the committee of making the pro-
posed building something similar to
the post Office building. Three of the
architects proposed that the building
be built of brick and stone instead of
terra Gotta and stone as the commit
tee had planned and it is probable
that this plan will be followed if the
Council decides to bring the building
within the $4,000. Architect Lindl rs
proposed building he declared would
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000
and he had plan for the extension
of the building which would increase
the cost to $4,000. Architect Hahn
showed a plan of classic design which
he declared he would agree to have
built for $4,000 or forfeit all claims
for his services. Mr.. Cunning sug-
gested two plans, one of which he held
would come within $4,000 of the esti-
mate of the Council. The plan pre-
scented by Chandler & Park was in
complete, but it was stated that the
erection of the building as planned
could be completed within the esti-
mate set by the Council. Architect
Gaastra had plan for building
built entirely of terra Gotta which he
said he would guarantee could be
built for $4,000. Three of the ar
chitects provided for the placing of
cells in the basement of the building
for use as a city lookup, but this
feature was lacking on the Cunning
and Gaastra plans Mr.. Gaastra
stated that the addition of the cell
feature to his plan would bring the
cost of it up to about $4,000.
All of the architects with the excep-
ton of Mr.. Gaastra planned to include
the old engine house under the same
main facade Of the city hall and
treated the engine house to bring it in
harmony with such plan, but the
other architect held that such plan
would be expensive and that the old
building was not worth this sort Of
a treatment.
The detailed plans Of the bupildings
presented showed ample room for the
care of the various offices Of the city
and all of them provided large rooms
for the use of the Common Council
a, the Board Of Education. Some
of the detailed plans proposed all Of
the new frills known in the building
of municipal buildings, but these frills
are expensive and it is probable that
many of these proposed features will
be eliminated by the Commission be-
fore the plans are submitted to the
Council for their final action.
All of the architects were willing to
give their personal services in the in
spection of the proposed building and
all of them stated that they could have
the specifications ready so that the
work could be started this year. Ar.
chitect Lindl was the only man to
present set of specifications with his
plan.
Alderman Stemm and Mayor Scholey
were not present at the meeting to in
spect the designs and for this reason
the committee will have another meet
ing to go over the plans with these
absent members Of the committee.