The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-04-17
Special Building Committee
Orders To Have Plans Rea-
dy For County Board
By May 10th.
START CONDEMNATION now
Occupants Of Property On Court House
Site Ordered To vacate On Or Before
the First Day of June--Architects
Already Busy With Plans.

With bonds to the amount Of $780,
600 voted, with architects White, White
and White Of Kenosha selected to pro-
vide the plans and specifications, the
County Board of Supervisors cleared
the decks for action in connection with
the building of the new court house
Saturday Afternoon. After the election
Of the architects the special committee
Of which Supervisor Tom Scott Is the
chairman, was instructed to make
contract with the architects with the
understanding that they are to be paid
fee Of five per cent of the cost of the
building, this will cover their fees as
architects and as we'll their fee for in
spection of the building.
The plans and specifications are to
be ready COR final action Of the board
at a special meeting called for May 90,
and the members of the board hope to
have contracts let so that the actual
work Of building the court house may
be started by the first Of June. The
County clerk has been instructed to no
tify people now occupying buildings on
the site recently purchased by the coun-
ty that the houses must be vacated not
later than that date and the houses
will be sold at auction shortly after
the May meeting Of the board with
the understanding that they will be
removed at once to make room for the
court house.
Meantime immediate action will be
started in the circuit court for the con-
demnation Of two pieces Of property to
complete the purchase of the site. Tho
two pieces of property are the property
of Edward Degan at the corner Of Park
and Congress street and the property of
the Everett estate at the corner Of
Wisconsin and Sheridan Road. The
owners of these properties have refus-
ed to accept the amounts offered by
the county board The Everett prop
erty was valued at between eleven and
twelve thousand dollars by the board
but the owners have demanded consid-
cradle more. The began property was
given a similar valuations but it is
stated that the value placed on it by
the owner is now in the neighborhood
Of $4,000. The condemnation proceed
ings will in no way delay the building
of the court house as these houses rest
on parcels of land which will not be
used for the building site proper.
The architects selected by the board
have declared that the work Of making
the specifications will be started today
and that the specifications will be
ready for the final action of the board
at the date set for the special meeting
the middle of May. Experts have al
ready been employed to work out GER
tain features Of the. plan in keeping
with the agreement between the archi-
tects and the special committee.
If the work is started by the first OF
June it is expected that the new court
house will be under roof by the time
snow flies and that it will be complet-
ed and ready for occupancy come time
in the latter part Of 1920. It is thought
that it is certain to be ready by the
time the new force of county officials
are 1uaugurated in January of 1921.
The special building committee start
I'd its work this morning and was in
session for several hours considering
possible changes which might be sell
scted in the plans.