The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-06-05
VACATE SITE FOR
new court HOUSE
Owners of Houses On Land
Purchased BY County Move
Out In Anticipation Of
Auctioneer's Hammer.
SELL HOUSES SATURDAY
Work On Plans and Specifications Pro-
ceeding Very Rapidly and Building Is
Expected TO Be Started By the
Latter Part of September.

It's moving time for the people who
happen to live on the site of Kenosha IS
new county court house and the people
have been advised today that the auc-
tioneer will be at the door at two
O'Clock next Saturday afternoon and
that at that time he will sell their
erst while home to the highest bidder.
The moving van was much in evidence
about the court house site today and
it was declared that practically all of
the people who have sold their homes
to the county would be off for new
places Of habitation before Saturday
afternoon. The county clerk has been
over-run with offers to purchase the
houses which the county will dispose Of
but he has advised all the applicants
that the houses will be sold at auc-
ton to the highest bidder and with
the understanding that they will be
moved at once,
The home of John J. English is con-
Isidered as the prize offering of the
county at this auction sale It is ex-
pected that the Carmelite Sisters will
be active bidders for this building and
they hope to move it to property on
Wisconsin recently purchased by them
to be used as home in connection
with the splendid philanthropic work
of this sisterhood in Kenosha. There
is going to be very active demand
for the smaller houses on the site and
1t is certain that they win be in use
to help meet the demands in Kenosha
within few weeks after they have
been closed up and sold by the county.
The work on the plans and specifca-
tions for the big building is going for
ward rapidly at the offices Of Architects
White, White and White and assurance
is given that the detailed plans and
specifications will be ready for the
final sanction Of the County Board at
the meeting to be held early in August.
No material changes have been made
in the general plans of the building
with the exception of changes in the
jail portion which have been made
with a view of Incorporating into the
plans suggestions made by the State
Board of Control. It is thought that
with these changes the plans will
meet the approval Of that board and
the approval of the state building
department. The roof jail is to be
continued in the plans. The officials
of the State Board Of Control have
admitted that they were a little dubi-
Gus as to just how it would work out
in practical use, but they declared that
they would not make any serious objec-
tions if the members of the local
County Board elected to go right ahead
with it cts your funeral was
the suggestion of one of the members
of the board.
Local members Of the building com
mittee who have seen county jails of
this nature believe that there will be no
objections to it when completed.
If the plans Of the committee are
carried out it is expected that CON
tracts for the court house will be let
some time early in September and that
the work Of building will be started
early in the fall The petitions for
the condemnation of portion Of the
site for the building have not as yet
been filed, but this matter will be taken
care of in the near future.