The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
County Board Refers Mat
ter TO Commission With
Power to Act.
AID FOR DORMITORY
Appropriation of SI8,66O Made
for Teachers School and
Building COmmitte Named.

The county board just before its ad-
journment on Saturday afternoon vot-
ed unanimously to refer the whole
question of country road building for
the present season to the county high
way commission and the commissioner
and the commission will decide what
contracts will be recommended to the
state highway commission and just
how far the county will go along the
lines of building roads. 1t is believed
that under the recommendations of the
commission some provision will be
made to have roads built by the coun-
ty but that any expenditure made in
the purchase of road buildin machinery
will be decidedly limited. The whole
matter will be taken w with the mem
bers of the Wisconsin State Highway
commission before any action is taken.
While the commission has full author
ity in the sanctioning if contracts it is
understood that the recommendations
the Kenosha county highway commits
sion will be followed.
The board declined to recommend
the letting of the contract for the
Geneva road, where the contract price
was said to be nearly fair" and this
matter with the rest of the road prob
lem went to the commission. Mo pro-
vision was made for another session Of
the present board and it is not ex-
pected that meeting of county solons
will be held until the new board meets
for organization after the April cleo
tons. A considerable curtaiIment Of
the new road building program is be-
lieved to be in prospect.
Unanimous for DOrmitory.
After hearing the report of the
joint committee on the need of the
new dormitory at the joint county
training school at Union Grove the
members of the board voted unanimous
ly for an appropriation of s18,660, the
amount to be paid by Kenosha county
for the project. In addition commit
tee was named to serve with the Ra-
cine committee as the building commit
tee in charge of the erection of the
new building. The members of the
Kenosha County committee are super
visors Spartz of Paris, Bacon of Bris-
tol and Becker of Kenosha.
1t is expected that the joint county
building committee will organize some
time this week and that immediate
steps will be taken to get plans and
specifications for the proposed build
ing and have the work started.
Architects will be asked to submit
competitive plans for the dormitory,
which is to cost in the neighborhood
of 100000 when equipped and ready
for opening. 1t is expected to be
ready for the reception of students by
the opening Of the new school term in
September of this year.
Want Committee on Pensions.
Sheriff Rauen was before the board
and asked for enlightenment as to
just how far his duties in probation
work included the investigation of APP
plications for mothers pensions.
The sheriff was advised that this work
was not properly part of the "proba-
ton" work Of the sheriff. The mem
bers of the board urge that the judges
who have the power to grant these
pensions appoint an examining com
mittee to look over and investigate APP
plications. The law provides that the
members of this committee may be
named from the county at large. It
provides no compensation for the mem
bers of the committee.
The board appropriated 5000 as auto
mobile expense and travelling expense
for the county nurse for the year.
Just before the adjournment of the
board Chairman Murdoch named Dis
trict Attorney Peter Fisher Jr., Super
visors Frank Zerfas and N. j. Roders
as committee to go to Madison today
to join with officials of the city in
lobbying in favor of the proposed plan
of extending the time for paying taxes
until the first of next May.