The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-01
INTERIOR FINISH IS READY
Contractors Declare That They will Be
Able to Fulfill Their Agreements
With the City and Have Building
Ready in March
(From Tuesdays Daily

The last stone on the exterior of the
new City Hall was laid today and the
contractors and the members Of the
building committee in charge of the
work are breathing a little easier this
evening. The building is now practi-
cally enclosed, all that there remains
to be done being the pouring of q
| small portion of the roof over the front
of the building. The placing of this
portion of the roof will not be delayed
| by the arrival of the cold weather and
it is expected that it will be completed
by the end of the present week. In
addition to this the composition roof
must be put On but as the cement por-
ton Of the roof was poured some time
| ago the contractor does not anticipate
any trouble with the finishing of this
portion of the building. The Milwau-
kee company which had the contract
for the heating plant has practically
installed the big boiler and the rad
iators are ready to be set up. Under
| the provision of the contract with
the General Construction company.
the city must furnishNto the company
the heat needed for the completion Of
the interior of the building. The tile
partitions are being put in just as fast
as the tile can be secured from the fac
tories in Ohio and the plasterers viii
l.be put to work in the building within
another week. The architect is anxious
to have the plastering in the building
completed by the first of January and
with this out of the way at that time
he believes that he will be able to
have the building ready to turn over
to the city on the 18th of March, the
date set in the contract There is still
a lot of work to done however and the
contractors will have to rush things to-
have the building completed in the
time set by the specifications. The mill
work is all being done ins the big plant
of the General CONSTRUCTION company
in Milwaukee and it is declared that
there will be no time lost on account
of the finishing of this portion of the
building. It is also thought that it
will be an easy matter to get all the
expert carpenters needed to complete
the finishing within the time set for
the turning over to the city. One &C.
ment walk is to be laid along the west
side of the building but this will be
slipped in the first warm day that
comes along.
The work of furnishing the building
has been left in the hands of the com
mittee on buildings and water works
with the Mayor and City Clerk added
and it is expected that an order will
be placed for the furniture and other
fixtures for the building within the
next few days, THE members of the
committee are planning to furnish the
building completely and little of the
old furniture now in use by the city
will be moved to the new building.
Most of the furniture will have to be
made to order and for this reason the
committee is anxious to get in an order
before the opening of the new year.
The lease Of the present city hall will
expire the 18th Of March but it is prob
able that the County Board would be
willing to permit the city to remain in
the building should the completion of
the new building be delayed for a few
weeks.