The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
BUILDINGS COMING LATER
Board Votes to Pay $4,000 for 397
Acres With View It Can Be Used
by County Later as Insane Asylum
Site and Site for Poor Farm.

The County Board of Supervisors
slipped one over on the general public
on Saturday afternoon when without
any blare of trumpets the county pur-
chased the Kellogg farm in the town
of Pleasant Prairie with the under
standing that it will be used at some
future time as site for Kenosha
County Hospital for the insane and
county poor farm. The big farm of
three hundred and ninety seven acres
was bid in by Supervisor Thomas Elem
ing of the town of Salem acting on the
instructions of the county board and
the price was $4,000. 1t is regarded
as very favorable price for the pur-
chase of such centrally located tract
of land of so large proportions. The
farm was sold at Sheriff IS Sale and
when Mr.. Fleming bid it in it was be-
lieved that he was adding to his own
extended real estate holdings in the
county, but later the facts came out
that at a meeting of the county board
a few hours before the sale the board
had voted to buy the farm if it could be
secured at the right price and the price
paid was a little less than the limit
set by the Board. Three members of
the board, Burge Roders and Elsen
voted against the purchase.
Of course no appropriation had been
made by the board to pay for the farm
but arrangements were made to have
the matter carried by the banks in the
county so that the board will be able
to extend the payments over term
of years and the first payment will pro-
baby be arranged for at the next No
vember session of the board when pro-
vision will be made in the tax levy to
take care of portion of the purchase
price
It is not expected that hospital
will be built at the farm at once It
may be many years before this part
of the plan is carried out and in the
meantime the farm will be leased to
the best advantage.
The farm is one of the best improved
farms in the county. It is located on
the Kifbourn road about two miles
South Of the Mungen tavern. This
makes it about seven miles from Ken
osha 1t contains what has been called
the ideal number of acres for q county
institution for the insane.
The plan of building county hospi-
tai for the insane Of Kenosha county
has been discussed by county boards
internationally for the past ten years
and with the securing of this excellent
site it is probable that the plan will
be given a great impetus. Kenosha
has large number of patients being
cared for in the various county hospi-
tails of the state and many of the mem
bers of the board are Of the opinion
that they could be more economically
cared for in a local institution.
There is no need for a county poor
farm in Kenosha county at this time.
The city has its own poor farm and
there is rarely more than fifteen or
twenty people cared for at this farm.
The towns have very few paupers who
could be cared for at a central farm.
Members of the Board who favored
the purchase of the land declared that
it was provision against future de-
mand and provision with the assur-
oro. 4ha% 4he onuDfv col1Id MOI loco ou1y
thing by the purchase. The lease holds
of the farm should bring in more than
enough money to pay all the expenses
of carrying the money which must be
borrowed to complete the puchase.