The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-05-27
DOINGS OF THE COUNTY BOARD

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Meeme, Franklin and Rockland asked
for new bridges while Liberty had one
for repair.
Because the matter had never been
presented to the town board of Coop
erstown, which is affected, the board
refused to take up the petition for
county aid for the Morrison-Coopers-
town road, it being held that the board
had no jurisdiction.
John Bertsche of Meeme and Henry
Wilke of Two Rivers were reelected
members of the Training School board.
They had no opposition.
After the reading and adoption of
several committee reports the board
adjourned until Friday morning.
The board, at its session Friday
morning voted to employ a county
agent for two years, the county to pay
$4,000 as its share, the state paying
$1,000 a year of the salary.
Only six members of the board voted
against a county agent. They wanted
to defer action until the fall session.
This was recommended by the major
ity report of the committee, Sups.
Deffke and Drumm, while Supervisor
Strouf in a minority report, urged inn
tho urann1G fb at the
measure was important. The majority
report was defeated and the minority
report was adopted, 26 to 6. Those vot-
ing against the report were Deffke,
Hagenow, Kolbeck, Schadeburg,
Schmoock and Sullivan.
Three sites, one of which was elm
mated by the board, were proposed for
the new county training school build
ing ia the report which was submitted
by the special committee. The board
decided to visit the two prospective
sites in the afternoon.
Two of the three sites proposed were
inthis city and one in Two Rivers. The
board eliminated proposal to locate
the school on the northeast corner of
the county fair grounds.
The other Manitowoc site is the 500
property lying east of Evergreen ceme-
terry and south of Michigan avenue for
which price of $1,000 has been fixed.
Two Rivers had offered an entire block
in Currens addition free of charge, and
this was the Two Rivers site included
in the recommendation of the report
Objection to the report was made by
Supervisors Sullivan and Roethel, who
asked that the recommendation for
raising $4,000 which was part of the
report be eliminated, holding that the
board could decide upon raising of the
money after it had selected a site.
The report in its original form,
after elimination of the fair grounds
property was rejected, 10 to II, but
after an amendment had been offered
to cut out the recommendation of the
$4,000 fund, the report was adopted
Just before the board adjourned at
noon, opportunity was given delega-
tons representing Manitowoc and Two
Rivers to address the board. City Atty.
Kelley urged the location of the new
school in this city, pointing out that it
was the county seat, much more ac-
cessible than Two Rivers and in every
way offered superior advantages,
even if the county had to purchase
property. He said the offer on the
property recommended was a most rea-
sonable one. Mayor CurrenS and Supt.
Darling of Two Rivers spoke for that
city. Supt. Christensen spoke on the
needs of building for the school.
Favorable action on the report of
the committee to grant a five-year
lease of the old courthouse building to
the National Guard was taken and a
rental of 1920 per year was fixed.
At the session Friday afternoon by
vote of 81 to 10 the board decided in
favor the Manitowoc site for the train
ing school. The site contains about
three acres and lies east of Eighteenth
street and south of Michigan avenue.
Amateur baseball teams and others
will not be given the use of the fair
grounds without payment of rental.
The county board decided this at the
session Saturday when it adopted the
report Of its committee denying the pc
tition presented by Arthur Schuetze of
the Fraternal League, which requested
that the board grant the use of the fair
grounds as Fairgrounds for the child
rem and ball park for ball teams of
the county.
The days session was taken up
largely with reports. The board ex-
pressed approval of the improvement
of Rankin street and streets to the fair
grounds and denied an appropriation
of 5000 for the register of deeds and
other officials for attendance at state
meetings.
The board adopted a resolution au-
thorizing the committee on education
to close the deal for purchase of the
training school site at an expense not
to exceed $1,000.