The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-25
presen. 10 Commissioners Excellent
Reasons Why New Jail
Should ge Built.
NEFF DOES NOT FAVOR THE
PROPOSITION AS PRESENTED
Wants New Court House Combined
With Jail Built, Now Not,
But Later.

The special committee, members
of the lar Of Alexander county. APP
ipointel by circuit Judge WsN. But
Ter to discuss with the county com
Inissiop6rs the adyisability of build
ing new county jail and repairint
the court house. met yesterday aftef
noon with the commissioners in the
Icirclit court room.
The committee was composed Of
Attorneys David S. Lansden, Reed
ICrcen Miles Fredk Gilbert, WI
liam $. Dewey, " J. O'Shea and
States Attorney Alex Wilson.
The question was discussed in
foranlly Tor an hour or more pro and
Con- TEoro were not set speechr
but many good arguments were eiyoH
! tuat tha attorneys thought ought to
tonvinct anyone that somethinS
| should be done to remove the stign'
that Alexander county bears regard
ing the present condition of III
| court house and Jail. 1t is obsolete
lunsanitary and certainly not a build
| ing that should represent the pro
greszive people of city and count
in its appearance.
The committee urged that the new
/ jail be erected separate and arar'
@f-@r7 E'.- ety 3Jaiuin5, tAe
necessary Ri airing of the court
house and remodeling of the circuit
court room, They presented draw
ing made by Architect Kusener of ?
| plan suggested by Judge Butler
This plan reduces the size OF the
! court loom considerably Instead Of
~ seating capacity of several hun
dred which it now affords, the plar
calls for a seating capacity for spec
| tat0rs of about one hundred and
[ twenty. This court room to b.
placed parallel with Twentieth
street, the judges bench, witness
stand, court reporters desk to OF
oupy the east end, the jury box to BE-
located joining the partition to bt
| quilt to separate the court room from
he other rooms. This arrangement
would place the jury away from thu
noise OF the street, which has beet
very annoying at times to the jury
who were unable to hear the wit.
1esses with distinctness.
Tho plan shows commodiouc
room 20 be devoted to the judges pu.
vate use, another room for the H.
9rary, very convenient adjunct tc
my court house for the especial use
If the practicing attorneys. Private
'orridors lead from the main corri.
lor to each of these rooms. A spec
al entrance is planned for the
| Judges convenience, leading direct
| y from the judges bench. There /.
10 change suggested in the arrange
lnent Of the jury room and the room
| 'evotad to the use of the count
| urcrintondent.
| In the event of the building of
1ew jail building, the basement nov
lsed rs the jail would be converted
nto several large rooms one to II
ct apart as a grand jury room. Az
iitional vault space is much neede,
relieve the congested condition o
he yanlt on the main floor.
Commissioners Gilbert and Taylo
pHear TO be very favorable to tn,
| W@gostions that have been offered
hut Commissioner Neff does not ac
| uicsca. Mr.. Neff rather favors re-
)airing the present building so tha
t will answer for several years. the,
build an entirely new court hous
nd jail combined to cost in tht
leighborhood of 100000. He saw
he old building should be torn dow,
ind the new court house built nea
he center of the block, which woult
: | .ivn it more imposing appearance
L Mr.. Neff also stated that the coun
Y was now in better shape than i
lad been in many years and IT,,
ounty could issue bonds to the ex
ant Of 100000 if necessary 70
! nildiny or any other purpose.
st the close of the discussion tn
commissioners stated that the.
| would lake the matter under advise
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