The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-13
ISSUE ORDERS
FOR COUNTY SITE
Property Owners in English
Block are Paid for Their
Property Today and
Deeds are Filed.
ONLY One HOLD OUT NOW
District Attorney Declares That He Is
Certain That Final Purchase of the
Court House Site Will Be Made
without Proceedings.

Kenosha county tonight has a site
for new court house, as during the
day the deputy clerk issued orders to
pay for the various pieces of property
in the English Block and the deeds
for the property, running to Kenosha
county, were fled with the Register Of
Deeds. The total cost of the site will
be in the neighborhood Of $85,000 and
while some of the property owners
making the transfers will have their
money this evening, others will have
to wait until March 25th when the set
Element will be made between the
county treasurer and the city and town
treasurers. All Of the smaller pieces
of property were being paid for today
and orders were issued to the other
property owners with the understand
! ing that they would hold their orders
until after the annual settlements of
the taxes had been made.
The options which had been taken by
the county on the various pieces Of
property were to have expired today
and it was expected that the deals
for all Of the property would be
closed before night.
AT noon there was but one hold
OUT in completing the sale Of the
property to the county. This was the
owners Of the Everett property and it
was expected that they would accept
the offer of 81 900 as made by the
county before the day was over.
1T am very hopeful, said District
Attorney Peter Fisher Jr. that it will
not be necessary to make any petition
for condemnation of this property.
We are certain that the offer made by
the county will be accepted for all OF
the property with the RECEPTION Of the
Everett property and we are issuing
the formal county orders in payment
for the property. Of course the county
has fixed the limit which it will pay
for the various pieces of property and
as the options expire today if the mat
ters are not closed up the county will
at once begin an action to condemn any
property not urned over. The action
Of the County Board left us no chance
to dicker as to the price to be paid.
With the prices fixed by the County
Board the county officials have no
alternative but to close at the figures
named in the resolution.
The County Board now has some
definite thing to act on in connection
with the new building as the site is
bought and paid for. The preliminary
sketches for the court house will be
the next thing in order and it is ex-
pected that the special committee in
charge Of bringing suggestions to the
board will hold conference with ar
chitects after the members return from
their junketing trip on next Monday.
The board will have a special session
early in March at which time it is ex-
pected that formal action will be taken
to secure plans and specifications.
The present owners Of the property
have not been ordered to vacate with
the transfer of the property to the
county and it is expected that they
will be allowed a few weeks in which
to arrange for new homes. Under ac-
tion of the County Board, bids will be
asked for the houses which are now on
the site. They viii not be sold, for
removal, until after the county has
formally decided as to just what it will
build and when the formal building
operations will be started.
Members OF the board have been
bombarded with requests to purchase
one or more of the houses on the site.
Every person viii be given an equal
chance to buy the houses and sealed
bids viii be asked by the board later.