The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
County SOlons by a Vote of
Ten to Six Declare
Against Building Court
House at Present Time
and All Bids Are Rejected
Thursday Morning.
PLANS BACK TO ARCHITECTS
County Clerk Given Care Of 800, 900
Site with. Understanding that tho
Question of Building May Come Up
Later MAY Seek Revised Plans with
a View of Having Building More in
Keeping with COunty's POcket6cok.

hencsha county million dollar
court house plan was killed deader than
dead mackerei just before noon today
when the county board by vote Of 10
to went on record against building
the building. Later they burned the
bridges behind them by rejecting all of
the informal" bids which had been
recently received by the committee and
to top it all off, the building committee
was discharged without dissenting
vote. It was the Anal cleanup Of the
court house matter and if the county
is to have a new court house, the board
must start all over again, Well, any
way we have the site yet, f" declared
one of the members Of the board who
had urged the erection Of the building.
The vote by which the court house
project was killed was as follows:
For the court house-Fleming, D0wse,
Kline, Strangberg, Martin, zerfas
Against the court house--Preddis,
Scott, Price, Bacon, MurdOck, Rodors,
Link, Elsen, Barrows, Kersting.
Wipes Slate Clean.
The action of the board this morning
wipes the court house building slate
clean, and the county is left with moth
ing but the site. The two sets of plans
made by White, White g. White, the
last edition of which were accepted by
the board by vote Of IL to on Wed
nesday afternoon, revert back to tho
architects and they may use them later
if they see fit. According to the con
tract between the county and the archi-
tects, the latter did not give up own
ership of the plans and specifications.
Before the session of the board for the
day is over, it is planned to pass a
resolution formally notifying the ar
chiteets that the plan to build the
court house has been abandoned.
Some Members Stiu Hope.
Some of the members or the board
still hope that new court house will
be started before the present board
goes out of Office next year. Several
Of the members are strong for new
court house but a majority Of the mem
bers are convinced that the people Of
the county were not ready to make the
expenditure suggested in bids recently
received
The plans which have been in the
hands of the board since last August
may be recalled at some future time if
the board members find that the people
are in favor Of the expenditure. 1t is
pretty certain that the architects will
be ready to get back in touch with the
board any time new call is made for
the plans.
AT the closing session for the day
this afternoon the board heard some
discussion Of plans for the installation
Of tract index in The Office Of the reg
lister of deeds. 1t is also planned to
elect the new county nurse, provision
for which was made at the meeting of
the board In November. The county
humane agent was Also scheduled to
appear before the board and make a
report. It was expected that the ses-
sion would adjourn before the after
noon is over.
The board this afternoon voted anaali-
mously to install Track index.