The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-05-13

ernoon just before the adjournment
of the May session was taken and it
is expected to stay asleep until at
least the 10Th of June, when the board
will be in session again. No assur-
ance was given that the matter would
be taken up at that time, but after
the session was over and the members
got into informal discussion of the
merits of the propositions presented
by Joseph Lindl of Kenosha and c..
=. Bell of Minneapolis, it was evident
that the members of the board were
interested and that there is going to
be some lively thinking between now
and the time the board meets in June.
The only action taken in regard to
the court house was the refusal Of
the board to cancel a contract which
was made with White, White, and
White, the architects who prepared the
plans now in the keeping Of the board.
The plans have been rejected by the
board, but some Of the members seem
to be Of the opinion that there might
be some obligation on the part Of the
architects under contract and they
wanted to keep the obligation alive
.dst as long as possible.
Provide Temporary Quarters.
Immediate action is to be taken TO
provide temporary quarters for some
Of the officials Of the county and to
this end the county agent will at once
convert the old began home, at the
corner of Park and Congress streets,
into an "office" building. President
Jay B. Glerum, of the board Of edu-
cation, has been told that he will have
to find new home, and it is expected
to have the building ready for occu-
pancy by the county officials within
the next four weeks. The big rooms
will be converted into offices and it
is expected that the offices will be pro-
vided for the county nurse, county
probation officer, agriculture agent,
county surveyor, the highway depart
ment and possibly several other de-
partments. The city is urging that
new Office be provided for the proba-
ton officer and the county nurse, as
the city plans to use the Office now
used by these officials as a place for
setting up the central station Of the
fire alarm system. With the coming
of the busy season for road building
the highway commissioner is going to
be sadly in need of room.
Court House Plan Not Dead.
The interest which the members OF
presented by Bell and Lindl indicated
that the court house proposition is far
from dead. The propositions were
nearly identical from the standpoint
of dollars and cents, for the construc-
tion of the building. Mr.. Bell held
that the building he planned ready
for the furnishings would cost little
over six hundred thousand dollars.
Mr.. Lindl said that his building with
out furnishings would cost the county
in the neighborhood of $750,000. Mr..
Lindl said that the building furnished
would cost the county 100000 anu
Bell said that the building furnished
and site would not run above the
million dollar marx.
Some of the members of the board
said that they would not be willing
to consider any proposition which en-
tailed an expenditure of over mill
lion dollars for the building, site and
furnishings
Lindl Shows Floor Plans.
Architect Lindl presented to the
board floor plans of the building he
proposed to offer. OF these plans
were sketches of q preliminary nature
but they outlined building something
like million cubic feet of room and
with sufficient floor space to provide
for every Office that might be needed
by the county. He suggested build
ing of either terra Gotta or Bedford
stone. The sketch presented by Bell
provided a building with massive
granite columns, with the understand
ing that the rest of it could be of
either stone or terra Gotta. Bell recon-
mended the use Of the Bedford stone.
Both buildings were ireproof in de-
sign.
Roof Jail Loses Caste.
The discussion by the board members
from out Of the fact that the plan for
a Jail on the roof of the court house
was losing caste. Architect Bell de-
clared that he could design his Jail
on the top of the court house, but
that he would strongly advise against
such proceeding. He declared that
Jail on an upper floor was just a
multiplication Of troubles. He de-
clared that it meant service of half a
dozen kinds which would prove ex-
pensive and that the plan had not
worked out satisfactorily in any place,
He declared that his eight hundred
thousand dollar estimate would i'm
clude Jail built on the ground floor
or up in the air so that it did not
matter to him which plan the county
sleeted to take. He declared, how
EVER, that recent Investigations had
shown that the ground floor was to
De preferred.
Promises Many Bidders.
IF you will give me an order to
20 ahead and make the plans and speci-
locations for this building and give
me the right to submit these plans
10 bids, win promise you that you
will have at least fifteen bidders for
the general contract Mr.. Bell told
the board. "If these contracts do not
sOme within the estimate have made