The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
January Session is Adjourn
ed After SOIons Hear
First Talk on New
Court House.
PROBATION OFFICER HELD UP
Board Appoints New Committee to
Consider Need of Such an Official in
the County and VIII Act on Re.
port at Session on January Soth.

The county board adjourned for the
January session late Friday afternoon
but before an adjournment to Janu-
ary 30th was made the members of the
Board underwent the first lombard
ment of architects who desire to COM
pete for the plans for the new court
house. G. E. Bell was the only bomb
ing party He comes from Minneapolis
and is reported to have been rather dis
tinguished in the work of building
court houses. He made general talk
to the board of the manner in which
plans for other court houses had been
secured and showed sketches of the
Brown County Court House at Green
Bay of which he had the honor of be-
ing the architect. Mr.. Bell has not
been engaged as the architect for the
new Kenosha building and it is under
stood that architects desiring to COM
pete will have every possible opportun-
ity. With the scarcity of large public
building going up the members of the
Board will probably have no lack of
offers Of services ON the part of archi-
tects and it is expected that a round
score of them viii be on hand with
plans and specifications within a few
weeks. The adjournment of the Board
Ito January Goth was taken with view
of giving the committee in charge of
securing site chance to close up
1.-The purchase of the property in the
English Block or to frame report
which will show the board that it will
be necessary for the county to con-
denim property in order to get the
right prices on it. Members of the
committee are still hopeful that agree
ments can be reached with the proper
ty owners which will make the con-
demnation proceedings unnecessary.
The members of the committee feel
that the block should be purchased
by the county at price some where
around $4,000 and they hope that the
final cost to the county can be reduc-
ed by the sale of number of houses
which must be moved to vacate the
site for the new court house Already
the question is being asked "What is
going to be done with the old court
houseg" The suggestion has been
made that it be sold to the city for
use as police station. It is known
that the suggestion meets with more or
less favor from members Of the council
The county officials have valued the
property in the neighborhood of fifty
thousand dollars. 1t is probable that
an early conference will be arranged
with the city officials with view Of
having them consider the purchase of
the property. Members of the county
board believe that the property now
occupied by the Municipal Court and
the County Jail will find a ready sale
when it is placed on the market.
1t is possible that when the board
meets on January both the committee
will be ready to make its final report
on the purchase of the site and make
some suggestions on the employment of
an architect to make the plans and
specifications.
The long debated question Of the
appointment of a probation officer for
Kenosha county came up for final con-
sideration on Friday afternoon but the
members Of the board laid it over until
the meeting on January Both. A new
committee composed of Supervisors De-
Guire, Priddis and Martin was named
by the Chairman to make further
study of the problem and report to the
board at that time. This committee
viii be supplied with plenty of in
formation now in the hands Of the
Chamber of Commerce and other or
CARNATIONS active in the fight being
made for the protection of the we'll
fare of the young people of the city and
county The board spent considerable
time disposing of routine reports of
committees. The question of minor re-
pairs on the County Jail came up again
and the board voted to leave the mat
ter to the discretion of the county
agent with the understanding that bills
for the work viii be paid OUT of the
general fund.