The courier-index., 1917-08-31
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
 ON COUNTY PROPERTY
couRT HOUSE HAS BEEN RE- pAJRED-JAIL TO BE REMODEL ED-NEW BRIDGES BUILT AND OLD ONES OvERHAULED.

hp several years UoloIc IHo peOplo of Lee county, through their consti- 'noted authorities, will build new court house, County Judge J. A. plummer is very wisely making the expenditures necessary to put the nresent building in good state of renair. not only to make 1t decent nIace in which to transact the coun- tv,s business, but also to preserve the nroperty and prevent further serious denreciation. While the structure is a substantial one, beautifully located, and is far from unsightly on the ex- terior. the interior of the building has been in a deplorable condition. Tn practically every office, in the halls and jury rooms. the plastering had cracked, crumbled and fallen off in large sections. Recently the coun- tv judge had the walls and ceilings repaired, new floors laid in the hall ways downstairs and bought new coverings for the floors in the offices. the walls and ceilings in the halls the offices were repainted and put in a presentable and sanitary con- dition. Carrying out this policy of nreserving the county's property Judge Hummer last week let con- tract to Tbos E. Hobbs to flat coat teh walls and ceilings in the halls downstairs, and in the large court room and the five jury rooms up stairs. The woodwork in the halls and court and jury rooms will also be reprinted
 On September 10, c. N. Houck, ap- pointed special commissioner by Judge Hummer. will open bids for the remodeling and enlarging of the county jail. The structure will be doubled in capacity, separate apart rsert- constructed for whites and tt44 arfask ans snts made for sep srss aea ations for women
 eilities installed. It s f8ai@a s4t the cost of these
 eg ses ill approximate $1O,-. el @Rise shss is large sum of money to expend on repairs. Judge Hummer reasons it is economy to do this work now, rather than per init the building to fall into state of delapidation which would necessi- tate the erection of a new jail and the rebuilding of the court house within few years.
 For more than ten years the Jali has been disgrace to the county. Every grand jury that has convened during the last decade has recom- mended that the jail he overhauled. The makeshift has deteriorated to such point that it has become im- perative to either reconstruct It or tear the old jail down and build new one.
 Judge Hummer has adopted the same policy with reference to the bridges in the county. During the past two years many hundreds or acres of fertile lands have been opened to cultivation. Heretofore there has been no pressing necessity for the construction of bridges .o connect these lands with the mark cts, but since they have been put Ill profitable crops it has been necces- sary to afford a means for gettihs the products to market. In conse- Quence Judge Hummer, with the very valuable assistance or the iahu owners, has built bridges across the steams that separate these sectiohs from the main highways. In other sections many of the bridges hao pe come unsafe through long use anu the ravages of floods. Believing u to be a policy of economy to make the necessary repairs now instead or being forced to rebuild the bridges later, the county judge has made the appropriations to put all the bridges in good shape and to bulid new ones where traffic and crop con- ditions warrant the expenditures.
 The iron bridges over the L'An- file river and L'Anguille lake have been repaired. Through vibration and heavy use these structures had become dangerous. They have been strengthend, new bolts put Tn ana all necessary repairs made.
 The following new bridges nave been built or old ones repaired:
 Over Holcomb ba-ou between Cody and Tongin Spur, 100 feet.
 Over Sims bayou on road rom Raft bayou to Raggio, 13O feet, ana over same bayou two miles east ol the St. Francis river and three miles south of Raggio, 100 feet.
 Cox bridge between Haynes ana hingyille over LAnguille, 12O feet
 Bramble bridge on Moro and Brink Icy road over Big creek, 100 feet
 New bridge to be constructed over Cypress creek on new road north or hondo, 100 feet
 New bridge to be constructed over Fla in Rondo and La Grange TO eet
 ak4&ksa tr ho constructed over