The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-05-28
Erection Of New Set of Buildings Could
Only Be Made at Immense Expendi-
ture; Present Buildings Would
Become Loss to County
Necessary Repairs Made
At Nominal Expense
SUGGESTED Repairs Consist Of Slight In
terror Changes at Expense Of Few
Thousand Dollars. No ADJ
dition Necessary

A number of the citizens of the Vii
lage Of Wabasso are asking that the
seat of Redwood County's government
shall be removed from Redwood Falls
to Wabasso, and have filed notice
that petition asking for special
election on this question, will be circu-
lated. Official announcement states
that the first date of the circulation
of this petition is June 10, and in order
that a special election may be held 1t
is necessary that sixty per cent OF the
voters of the county shall sign it.
Wabasso is making this request for
a change on the ground that the vii
Iage is better situated, geographically
than the present county seat.
The recommendation of the Grand
Jury at the April Term of District
Court of Redwood County states that
the jury felt it fitting that the vaults
In The various county offices should be
increased to accommodate the bust
ness of the county and that proper
quarters should be provided for the
District Judge All the changes re-
commended by the Grand Jury may be
obtained without altering the exterior
of the building or without adding to
the building.
Repairs Simple.
For the present purposes, the court-
room is very much too large and the
Judges room, jury room, toilet ETC., as
suggested by the Grand Jury, could be
made by a simple remodeling OF The
courtroom. When built the courtroom
was made large SO that it might serve
the purpose of an auditorium. There
is no longer any use for such an ar
rangentant as Redwood Falls has an
armory which will seat seven or eight
hundred people, and several churches
which have splendid auditoriums.
The charging of the various vaults
would ned lssitate the remodeling OF
the offices in which more vault room
is required, adapting part OF the Of
flee space in each room 90 the vault
needs. This could be done without in
terferinp in any way with the present
arrangement of the rooms or walls
and for small sum. 1t is not and
has not been the intantion of .he Board
Of Commissioners to erect new build
ing nor to make radical changes in
the old, and neither were such changes
the intent of the recommendation OF
the Grand Jury.
Buildings Are Good.
The Grand Jury, made up of repre-
sentative men from all sections OF the
county, found the buildings, both court
house and jail in state OF good re
pair. 1t is well known that they are
well constructed, substantial buildings
/ good for many years occupancy, and
to abandon them for their present use
at this time could only be done at a
great loss to the county so far as these
buildings are concerned and without
consideration Of the cost of new
buildings. 1t is very doubtful if they
could be adapted advantageously to
any other use, and to have them stand
idle would be serious and useless ex-
penditure to the county.
New Buildings Costly.
The buildings which would duplicate
the present ones in size and quality
could not be built at cost OF less
than $500, 100000 during the present
high prices of labor and materials
This would be for the erection OF tn'
buildings alone and would not lnclud'
the necessary drainage when mus
be donie about the proposed locatloi
before it could be made a suitable
site Such drainage and other prepar
alton would cost large sum and tnl'
expense would Of course be paid out Q.
the county funds.
Taxes Are High.
Taxes, national, state and county, arr
of necessity high because of the condl
tons arising from the war. Tbs ma
tional debt is $50, 0OO,0 700 10000 ant
this must be born by the individual
property owners, those of Redwoo'
County paying their due proportion
That state taxes are bound to be high