The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-16
Members of the County
Board After Viewing All
Suggested Sites Have
Delayed Decision.
TWO SITES ARE IN FAVOR
Supervisors Indicate That Choice is
Narrowed Down to the English,
Block ON Park and ''Pennefeather'
Block on Market Street.

Kenosha's new court house and eoun-
ty center viii be built either on the
English Block on Park street or the
Pennefeather block on Market street.
This was the consensus of opinion
among members of the county board
this morning following an inspection of
the various sites suggested. The in
spection was made on Tuesday after !
noon when the Board resolved itself
into a committee of the whole and
spent several hours in the work of in
vestigating sites. The formal vote on
the selection of site viii probably
come up on Thursday morning as the
members of the board have set that
time as a special time for the consid-
GRAFTON of the matter. None of the
members of the board were willing to
go on record as to which of the sites
they favored but practically all of them
admitted that the choice had been
narrowed down to the two sites.
These are held to be the only really
available sites. Many Of the members
OF the board were ftsors ele to sae
present site but when it was shown that
the Government owned the property
from point twenty feet east of the
present court house to Chicago street
it was the unanimous idea of the mem
bers of the board that the portion of
the property left would be too small
to offer a proper site for real court
house and county center Many OBJ
jections were raised to the property
just across the street from the pres
ent county building. 1t was held that
4 it was too close to the big manufactur-
ing center and that the railway tracks
now in the block and to be continued
in the block made it very unsatisfac-
tory as a site for great county center
for the future.
Tt is just possible that the Board will
vote to turn the matter over to the
committee with instruction to proceed
to purchase or condemn one of the
sites. With both of the sites regarded
as suitable it is not improbable that
the attitude of the property owners will
in measure decide the final action of
the board.
Most of the members of the board
were of the opinion that some of the
owners of property had asked the
county to pay too much for the prop
erty. However it was declared that
many of the property owners had Of
fered fair price. If necessary to con-
denim some of the property, it is
thought that the site could be secured
before the opening of the active build
ing season.
Architects were coming to Kenosha
in forces today to seek interviews with
the board and with the members of the
committee but the members were OBJ
durate against hearing anything
about plans and specifications until
the site had been selected.
The session of the board this morn
ing was largely given over to routine
business. The board formally voted to
employ engineers of the state highway
commission to make the surveys for
the roads in the county during the COM
/ ing season and to provide the county
with liability insurance covering all
men employed on road and bridge work
and on work at the county farm.
Tt was announced that the hoard
would hear arguments in favor Of q
county probation officers on Thursday
with Miss Rose Webbers of Racine
making the argument.