The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-21
UNANIMOUS VOTE GIVEN PLAN
letgz IN Formerly Owned by Frank Runals
and One of the Most Beautiful in the
County to be Site of the Sanitarium-
Committee ito Secure Plans at Once.

Kenosha county is going to have the
most beautiful spot in all of southern
Wisconsin as "a location Of its tubercu
losis sanitarialm, as on Friday the
county board by an unanimous vote
purchased the property owned by Mrs.
Thomas B. Jeflery and Harold W. JEFF
fiery on the Burlington road, mile and
half west off Kenosha. 1t is better
known to the older Kenosha people as
the Frank Bunals farm. The farm
consists Of little over 81 acres and it
makes one Of the most beautiful nat
ural parks to- be found anywhere in
Wisconsin. There is large amount of
wood land on the farm and on it's hill
sides is one Of the largest walnut
groves founds anywhere in this section
of the country. A little stream runs
through the land making possible the
developmentof asbeautiful county park
ut decidedly low expenditure.
Weeks ago when Chairman GEosvenor
and his associates, Hubert SchSwan and
J. J. Barrows, went out to Nook over
sites for the proposed sanitarium, the
Jeffrey farm was visited and it was
declared at that time that's above all
other places in the county it would
make an ideal spot for the5 location Of
the institution. 1t had every advan-
tage that had been sought by the mem
bers of the committee. An abundance
of pure spring water, wood land and
cultivated land which might be used
for garden spots. Whenathe matter was
referred to the owners lof the property
they declared that they had no desire
TO dispose Of it, but when County Chair
man Yule and the members Of the com
mittee urged upon Mr., Jeffery the needs
of the county, he declared that he
would be willing toy turn it over at
practically the actual cost to the coun-
ty. The cost Of thes87 acres and build
ings to the county twill be slightly in
excess Of $4,000. It should be said
that the price asked for the land is
twenty-five dollars an acre lower than
had been asked for land adjoining the
site purchased.
Under the agreement with Mr.. JEFF
ferry the county will be given all the
time it desires to pay for the pfoperty
and the interest on the money will be
placed at five per cent. Before the
purchase was made every member of
the county board was taken out to in
spect the property and the unanimous
action of the board in authorizing the
purchase and in making an appropria-
fion to close up the contract at once
shows the manner in which the mem
bers ofEthe board considered the prop
erty Ba site for tuberculosis sani-
tarium.
Afterrthe board had formally direct
sd the purchase of the property mo-
tion was passed instructing the chair
man of the board to name committee
no secure plans and specifications for
the proposed sanitarium. Tt is under
stood that the new institution will not
cost the county in excess of $4,000, but
this will be exclusive of the cost of
the site. The land purchased is so sit
mated as to make it suitable as a site
for any county institution which may
be erected in the future. There is room
for the erection of county work.
house, county asylum for the insane.
and should it be necessary county
Shome for the aged and infrm. None Of
these other institutions are now con
temp1ated.
The purchase of the site for the SAM
tarium brought great pleasure to many
of the members of the board. County
Chairman Yu1e addressed the board and
thanked them for their unanimous ac-
tion and declared his hope that he
would be able to see the completion
of this splendid institution for Keno
sha county. Supervisor Louis R.
Grosvenor, who has from the first been
One of the moving spirits in the move
ment was delighted. Supervisor Schwan
who had given lot of time to the
study of the plans, expressed his ex-
treme qualification, and Supervisor Bar.
rows, the other member of the commit
tee, was jus3 as highly pleased.
In order to make possible the early
starting of the work on the sanitarium
it will be necessary for the board to
meet in adjourned session later in the
year and by that time the committee
will be ready to report back the plans
md specifications, so that the work
gan be started with the opening Of the
building season. 1t is probable that the
rommittee will be in charge Of the To-
cation of the buildings and that they
will be located at point near the pres
ent farm buildings.