The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-12-26
District Attorney Fisher
Complete Work of Getting
Options for Site for
County Building.
COST ESTIMATED AT $4,000
County Scion May Suggest Union With
the Government and Improvement
Of Present Site of the Court
House and the Postofice.

| District Attorney Peter Fisher has
about completed the work of securing
options on property to be considered
by the County Board, at its January
session, as a site for the new County
Court House and County Building.
| With the exception of two pieces of
property options have been taken on
all the property suggested and for the
most part the property owners have
shown willingness to play fair with
the county. The cost Of, the site for
the new building is pretty liable to be
SEINE where between $4,000 0and $780,
| 600 according to the location selected,
IF the County Board agrees to locate
the building on the property just across
from the present building on Market
street, taking the whole block occupied
by the Jail, Municipal Court and other
buildings now privately owned it is
probable that tn cost will reach in the
lneighborhood OF $7eay000. tTAisv1,sop-
erty can be secured however without
recourse tosa court fight to condemnit.
The " English Block' bounded on the
east by Sheridan Road, on the west by
Congress street, on the north by Park
street and on the south by Wisconsin
street is going to cost some where be-
tween seventy and eighty thousand dol
lars. The KimbalI block on Prairie
Eavenue running through to South street
will cost the county some where
around $4,000 and the block on Mar
ket street running between Congress
ad West street is down on the list
at some thing in the neighborhood of
| $4,000. Property owners in several of
| the blocks under consideration held
meetings and decided to place fair
price on their property if it is wanted
lby the county and signed up options
in keeping with the prices named at
these meetings. One piece of property
was put in at $58, 200 and this price was
declared by the District Attorney to be
out of reason.
| Now that the options are in it is ex-
Ipected that the special committee I'M
der the leadership of Supervisor Tom
Scott will carefully examine each piece
Of property and make detailed re-
port to the County Board showing what
il considers the value and showing the
price that is asked under the option.
IF the County Board decides that the
prices as asked are unfair the county
may proceed at once to condemn any
or all Of the property desired as a site
for the building. eve are hopeful
that no condemnations will be neces-
saryo declared Mr.. Fisher this morn
| ing. For the most part the prices Of
fered for the county are not exorbitant,
the people have shown spirit of fair
ness. Some of the prices named in the
options can be scaled little when the
county gets ready to close up DEALS
| An interesting suggestion has been
made to the committee. This is that
the remainder of the block of the pres
ent site of the post Office and county
building be purchased. This would give
block running from Chicago street to
Sheridan Road and from Market street
to Park street. The plan suggests the
running Of the alley through from
| North to South instead of from East to
West as Halberstadt Court now runs
with the understanding that the west
side of the large block would be used
for the hourt house and the entire east
side of the block used for the post
office It is believed that the govern
ment officials would see their way clear
to join with the county and provide for
the enlargement of the post Office later.
The committee IN charge Of the secur-
| ing of plans and specifications has made
no move as yet to have any plans for
the building suggested as they desire to
have plans suggested which win be en-
tirely in keeping with the site selected
and which viii not demand any change
of them later.
The whole matter is to come up be-
fore the county board when it meets Ga
January 14th and it is expected that
there viii be little delay in getting the
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