The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-03-03
Morning Session

Feb. %, 1910.
Board called to order by the chair
man.
Roll called and all members present
except Supervisors Link and Betting.
Minutes of the session of February
10th read and approved as read.
Report.
Kenosha, Wis, Feb. 23rd, 1910.
To the County Board of Supervisors
of Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
Gentlemen:-We, the Chairman of
this Board and the County Clerk of
Kenosha County, to whom was dele
gated the duty of comforting with the
State Board of Control on Thursday,
February 18th, 1910, would respect
fully report that we met the Board
of Control, or at least two members
of said Board, at the Sheriff IS Office on
Thursday afternoon, February 18th,
and to the best of our ability laid the
matters concerning the County Jail
before them.
Mr. Conover, the architect of the
State Board of Control, informed us
that he desired to see a plan Of the
present Jail when he could better say
what was absolutely necessary to be
done to make the present jail sanitary
and excusable for at least a few years.
Your County Clerk agreed to furn-
ish Mr.. Conover plan of the pres
ent Jail at the Republican House in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, not later than
twelve o'clock of Saturday, February
10Th, which was done, and the plan
thoroughly gone over and the archi-
tect, Mr.. Conover, agreed to send
recommendations through the mail to
this Board before this day.
The above mentioned recommends.
tiOns have arrived and will be pre-
sented to your honorable body.
Chas F. Kline,
Chairman County Board.
Russell III. Jones,
County Clerk.
Recommendations of the State Board
of Control.
Madison, February 81, 1910.
Russell H. Jones,
County Clerk of Kenosha Co.,
Kapoeha WISCONSIN
Dear Sir
After carefully considering the plan
of your present Jail the Board deter
mined on the following requirements
which they would approve in order
that your Jail may be continued in use
until you have prepared to build
new one.
Male Cell Room.
Remove the gallery from the pres
emf cell structure and tasten on the
walls of this structure proper iron
angle to receive the concrete floor of
the second story corridor. Turn the
main cell structure quarter round so
that the present north end becomes
the west end. Place on the second
story level concrete corridor floor
running entirely around the cell room
and completely shutting off the first
story of cells from the second story
of cells Move the stairs now ex-
tending from the first to the second
floor of cells to the stair corridor lead
ing to the women s cell room, and
place them there so as to form land
ing to the second story of the cell
room, cutting new door from the
landing so formed near the middle of
the East wall into the second story
of cell room. Place in this doorway
a double door consisting of one graf
ed door and one solid door. Place
two new windows in the South front
in each story. Place new windows
at Northeast corner of cell room in
each story. Place new large double
window in center of West front in
each story. Place large single win
dow in center of North front in each
story. Build two vent fues s inches
by 20 inches inside diameter on the
South wall of male cell room, one
beginning at the floor of the first
story, the second beginning ut the
floor of the second story. The first
of these hues is to have two 20 inches
by II inches registers one at the floor
and one at the ceiling in the first
story the second to be equipped in
like manner in the second story. Car
ry these fues by galvanized iron ex-
tensions of the same size along the
rafters to the ridge and fit with gal
vanized ventilators of ample size on
the ridge.
Women's Cell Room.
Partition off the two north cells in
this room for women s cells and place
water closet in outside corridor at the
north end. Move the two southerly
ones four or five feet to the south
and place doorway in this cell space
This latter space for Juvenile cell
room. Carry vent fues of galvaniz-
ed iron from each of these cell spaces
near the floor to and through the roof
These two spaces for women and juve-