The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-05-06
Architect Joseph LindI Ready to Lift Burden
Off the Shoulders of the County
Board This Year.
WOULD GUARANTEE The COST
VIII Submit His Proposition to Board at Organization
Meeting to Be Held Next Week and
Start Building This Year.

"Drop a million dollars in the slot
and turn the wheel and get court
house" This is the proposition that
is going to be made to the Kenosha
county board when it meets next week.
This does not mean picture Of the
building and plans and specifications,
but building ready for the county
agent to turn the key in the door and
the janitor loose and tell him to put
up the window blinds and tell the
people that the county is ready for
business. Some members Of the board
have declared that this cannot be done,
but Joseph Lindl says it can, and he is
going to tell the county board that
if it cannot be done the couny board
members will lose nothing more than
the time it takes them to look over
plans and the county will lose nothing.
Lindl has spent a good part of the
spare time of the dull winter build
ing season studying the court house
problem. He has held conferences
with members Of the state board of
control, he has gone to other counties
to see court houses. He has investi-
gated ground floor, roof and tower
iails and has figured with men who
sell Bedford stone, and with others
who sell marble and granite and ter
Facotta and he says that he knows
what he is talking about and that he
is willing to offer the county board
q chance to unload the whole court
house problem onto his shoulders.
No Obligation Demanded.
81 am not going to ask the members
of the county board to pat up cent"
said Lindl this morning in discussing
his proposition. Il have designs for
the building ready and if the county
board is willing to spend million
dollars for everything connected with
the court house without the site, they
can do it. If they want to be just
little economical and cut the cost
for decorations and fixtures little,
/ am not so sure that they cannot
pay for the site too and still keep
within the million dollar mark. The
proposition that / will offer to the
board is that I will design a court
house providing for everything that
the county has asked, / will make the
plans and specifications, advertise for
the bids and open and classify them
ana when l get all through, if the
price for the building completed as
to structure, lighted, heated and fur
nished cost nickle over a million
dollars, the county board has no OBJ
legations. There will be no urging the
board to 60 ahead and try second
round of bids or anything of the kind.
The board will not owe me cent in
any way and the incident will be
closed. If l can make the ripple, as
I know I can, the board can pay me
what is the right fee for architectural
work and supervision and it will come
out of the million dollars, too. There
is no string or back-fire connected
with the proposition, It. reads only
one way and there is nothing written
between the lines"
Handsome Sketches Ready.
Architect Lindl has not sent any
sketches to any Of the members of
the board He has not had any con-
ferences save with lot of big build
ers and architects who have been right
in the midst of the court house build
ing game. eff the board wants to look
at my sketches and follow up my sug-
gestions, they will be ready for them.
| will not force them upon them, but
believe that l can solve their prob
lem," said MIR. Lindl
Lindl said that he did not care to
give out any detailed facts in regard
to his plans and specifications. He
admitted that the building would be
plenty large to meet every demand
Of the county and nearly as big as
most of the buildings proposed when
the county first asked for competitive
sketches. He proposes to submit al
tentative plans for jail in tower
or jail on the upper floor of the
main building with the understanding
that the Jail can be moved down to
the ground floor if the members of
the county board have reached the
place where they do not believe in a
"tower" Jail.
No Action by Board Members.
No action has been taken by the
officials Of the board or by indivi-
dual members of the board to call in
the architects for the meeting next
week. The meeting is to be given over
largely to reorganization, but it is
said that there is a real sentiment
smong board members to build court
house, and if there is, it is expected
that some move will be made to get
the architects to work on sketches
in order that an early start may be
made on the building, if it can be
bought at price considered within
reason.
There are seven architects already
with their names in the pot anxious
to get chance to show what they
can do.
IENROOT TO VISIT ELKS.