The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-05-13
KENOSHAN MAY
MAKE INDEX
Special Committee Plans
to Arrange Conference
with C. A. TarbeIl.
HE HAS OLD RECORD

A Kenosha man may make the new
tract index of the records of Kenoshs
county 1t was announced today that
conference had been arranged be-
tween the members of the special COM
mittee of the, county board in charge
of installing the index and Charles A.
Tarbell at which Mr.. Tarbell will have
a chance to present to the county a
proposition for the making of the in
dex. The Kenosha man is known as
one of the most careful abstractors in
the country and his knowledge of the
records of this county, dating over
long period of years, is regarded of
greatest value in working out plans
for the tract index.
The Oldest records of the county,
not only the formal records in the
Office of the register of deeds but also
informal records of years ago, would
be available to Mr.. Tarbel for the
making of the index. The records of
the old Benedict and Tarbell company,
the first set of abstract records TO
be completed in the county, are now
the property of Mr.. Tarbel and in
addition to these records Mr.. Tarbell
has old records compiled by Josiah
Bond, one of the pioneers in the real
estate business in Kenosha.
Might Sell Index to the County.
Mr.. Tarbell has announced that he
is not seeking to sell his tract index
to the county, but it is declared that
this index which has been prepared
with great care and which covers prac-
tically the same ground to be covered
by the proposed county index, might
be available for use in directing the
work Of making county tract index.
Matt Guenther, of Milwaukee, who has
made some estimates of the cost
making an index for the county
fixed the price of such an index at
$4,000. It is understood that Mr..
Guenther is willing to consider prop
osition from the committee to super
intendent the installing of the index.
He has had experience along similar
lines in Milwaukee county.
Mr.. Tarbell has declared that he is
not seeking the job of installing the
index unless the members of the
county board believe that he is best
competent to make the index. His
wide study Of tract induces has given
him chance to know pretty well the
needs of the county along this line.
Conference in Few Days.
AS the county board has committed
itself to the making of the index and
the committee has been given power to
act in the matter, the members of the
committee are anxious to start some
thing doing at the earliest possible
time and the conference with Mr..
Tarbell will be arranged within the
next few days.
1t is possible that Mr.. Tarbell will
be asked to make direct proposition
to the county for sale of the tract
index which he has made during the
long years that he has been in bust
ness. It is believed that this index
would be in keeping with the sugges-
ton for the records which have
been considered by the county board
and the committee
Mr.. Tarbell when seen this morning
said: 81 have submitted a proposition
to the committee which would provide
for me tos supervise the making of
copy of my tract index. This index
includes all transfers from the time
the lands of the county were decided
by the government down to 1886. There
are three sets of these records and ]
am convinced that they would be
great value TO the county / have su,
gested that / would superintendent the
making Of these copies at the same
cost as would be charged by any other