The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-20

Russell Fl. Jones,
County Clerk.
sAorning Session.
May 18th, 1918.
Board was called to order by Chair
man Strangberg.
Roll was called and all members
present.
Minutes Of the session held on April
25th, 1918, were read and approved
as read.
A petition for county aid on bridges
in the town of Randall was received
and read
Supervisor Fleming moves to accept
the petition and that same be referred
to the Committee on Roads and Bridges.
Motion carried.
A petition for county aid on Bridge
No. 2 in the Town of Randall, was re-
ceived and read.
Supervisor Barrows moves to accept
the petition and that the same be re-
ferred to the Committee on Roads and
Bridges.
Motion carried.
/ A petition for county aid on bridge
in the Town of Somers was received
and read.
! Supervisor Zerfas moves to accept
the petition and that the same be re-
ferred to the Committee on Roads and
Bridges.
Report.
TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS
| OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF
| SUPERVISORS OF KENOSHA
COUNTY and
TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS
OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF RACINE
/ COUNTY:
Gentlemen
Your Joint County Training School
Board, together with the Committee
from each of your bodies, appointed for
the purpose of obtaining site and OBJ
tanning plans and specifications for the
erection of Joint Training School for
Teachers, which has been established
and located at the Village of Union
Grove, Racine County, Wisconsin, beg
leave to report that we have held a
number of meetings and have person
ally viewed and investigated number
of sites which have been proposed for
the said Joint County Training School
for Teachers;
That of the several sites that have
been offered, your Committee is uaani-
mously Of The opinion that the site To-
Gated on the Southeast Corner of the
intersection of the Racine and Burling
ton Road and the extension of Main
Street from the Village of Union Grove
to the South, consisting Of approx
mately two (2) acres in area, is the
most suitable site to be designated for
the location Of said school. The same
has been approved by the State Super
intendent of Public Instruction. Ae-
cordingly, we obtained an option upon
the said site which option ID presented
herewith for your confirmation, and
provides for the purchase of the land
described therein for the sum of Three
Thousand Dollars ($9oo0.oO).
The Village of Urion Grove, who had
obtained the site for this school, but
which was not suitable o. satisfactory
for its location in the opinion of the
members of this Board and the Joint
Committee, have offered to donate to
the two counties the cost amounting to
Eleven Hundred twenty-five Dollars
| ($1125.00) which sum can be applied
upon the purchase Of the proposed site,
and will reduce the cost, thereof. We,
therefore, recommend that the proposed
site be accepted by your Honorable
Bodies in accordance with the option
presented herewith, and that the action
of the Training School Board and the
Joint Committee in regard to the desig-
nation and purchase of the said site be
in all repects ratified and confirmed.
Your Committee further begs leave
to report that several Of the members
of the Joint Committees, together with
the Principal of the Training School,
and the County superintendent of each
Of the Counties, visited several county
training schools in the State of Wis
consin, one of which was the Joint
County Training School at Marinette
and Kaukauna, Wisconsin, for the pur
pose of obtaining information as to the
proper size and construction of the
building suitable and necessary for the
needs Of such a school. The County
Training School Board and the Joint
Committees then advertised for pre-
liminary sketches Of such a school and
selected A. Arthur Guilbert, of Racine,
Wisconsin, as architect for the building.
Plans and specifications were then pre-
pared and have been adopted by the
Training School Board and the Joint
Committees. The Joint Committees Of
the Training School Board then adver-
tised that they would receive bids for
the construction of the building in ac-
cordance with the plans and specifca-
tons as adopted. In accordance with
the notice, the bids were opened at the