The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
Architect Bell of Minneapolis Declared Ready
to Submit New Plan to Get the
Building for the County
WANT SITE FOR A PUBLIC MARKET
People Interested in Bringing the Producers and the
Consumers Close Together Urge
Building of Pavilion.

Revival Of the plan for the erection
Of a court house for Kenosha county
at the spring organization of the
board to be held next month was fore
casted today and it is said that Archi-
tect Bell of Mi eapolis, who was one
of the most active of the competitors
for the contract to make the first
plans for the building will have a pro-
position to submit to the county board
at the time. The architect has al
ready stated informally that he be-
lieves that he can offer Kenosha
it has been looking for at the price
county just the kind of a court house
that the county wants to pay for it.
This would mean court house which
would cost the county when completed
and furnished little less than mil
lion two hundred thousand dollars.
Bell has a reputation as a builder of
court houses and he is known to have
approached members Of the board to
ask for hearing. He built the court
house at Green Bay and when the
plans for the Kenosha county court
house were considered number of
the members of the county board were
much impressed by the sketches made
by Bell. 1t was said that his sketches
were the second choice of the members
of the board
People Favor Some Action.
"The people favor some action" said
one of the members Of the board in
discussing the matter today and if
some of the men can come along and
page the way for the erection of the
court house without bankrupting the
county | am certain that the members
of the board will be ready to take the
matter up at the spring meeting. They
feel that the court house must be
built for not over a million dollars
and that if there is to be any variation
that it should be in favor of smaller
sum-"
Would be willing to look at sket-
ches presented Informally by an archl-
tect"? the member of the board was
asked, "Sure | would and l believe
that every other member of the board
will feel the same way about it," he
responded.
Convert Site into Public Market.
Meantime the suggestion has been
na&s 70 the men% ers of the County
Board that the size bought for the
court house be converted into a public
market this summer and be given over
for this with the understanding that
II can be used until such a time as the
county needs it as site ios court
house. With little expenditure, by
the county or by some committee in
charge of the plan for public market
the site could be made into an excel
lent market place. Of course shs Coun-
" would not reyeiye sufficient re-
turn for it to pay interest on the
money invested but the site could in
this way be used to serve the people.
There is ground enough for the ac-
commodation Of all the farme who
want to bring produce to the city for
sale.
Generally Located for Use.
The site is centrally located and
easily accessible to all parts of the
city. With the expenditure Of a few
thousand dollars pavilion could be-
built to furnish shelter for the people
who have produce to sell and the
people who want to buy it. The public
market has outgrown a single street
corner and some definite plans should
be made now. The board will be in
session before the opening of the
marketing season and it is believed
that the Chamber of Commerce will
lay the matter before the board and
urge that this large piece of land in
the very center of the city be put to
some real use while the county is
waiting to use it for court house pur-
poses. The people urging the use of
this ground for public market insist
that the use of it during the coming
summer will give the people of the city
and county a chance to show just how
great need there is for a public mar
ket and whether the patronage given
to it would be sufficient to support it
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