Bisbee daily review., 1922-12-05

| superior court were strained yester- 1 day as the result of the refusal of ! the board to authorize the construc- tion of heating plant for the court and jury rooms and baths and other accommodations for jurors.
 The action of the board in refusing to accept any bids for the installa- ton of a heating plant brought to a climax d fight that has been waged in Tombstone for four years by Judge A. C. Lockwood, And, upon hearing that the supervisors had re- jecteI three bids yesterday morn ing, Judge Lockwood was quick to tell them what he thought of their action.
 Judge Lockwood said yesterday that, in his opinion, the installation of a heating system for his court room and the juorors room was es- sential for the comfort and health of jurors. He declared that many times every winter, one side of the courtroom is sweltering with an S5 degree temperature, while the side on which the jurors sit is frequently so cold as to make it necessary for those in the jury box to bundle up in Overcoats. Several cases of sick nesss of jurors, he said, had un- doubtedly been caused by lack of proper heat and ventilation.
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 Court Bailiff John Igo corrobOrated Judge Lockwood.
 q have stoked up the one little stove in the courtroom until il has become red hot he said, And then looked across the room and watched jurors sit and shivver from cold
 The county budget, adopted in July said Judge Lockwood, had carried an appropriation of $200O for heat ing, shower baths and lavatories. At meeting of taxpayers, said the judge he explained the need for these improvements and they met with no objection.
 Supervisors who opposed the in- stallation of the heating plant yes terday are said to have taken the stand that a new courthouse would undoubtedly be erected with the next few years and that it would be unwise to spend any money now providing additional heat for the big courtroom. One member of the board is reported to have taken the stand that. as the present system of heating had been in use for many years, he could not understand whiy it should be necessary to change it now. The fact that Tomb stone barbers frequently find it pro- fitable to furnishing bathing facil- ities for members of juries was also put forth as one reason for not constructing a bathroom in the court | house. It was also suggested that ! jurors could bathe after reaching a verdict and returning to their homes Bids All Rejected
 Yesterday afternoon the board was reported as considering it's action and hopes were held out by Judge Lockwood and his staff that the su pervisors would decide to install the l improvements. Last night, however i Clerk M. c. Hankins advised The | Review over long distance telephone | that the bids had been rejected bI | the board.
 | Reviewing his fight for better ac | comodations for jurors in Tomb | stone. Judge Lockwood issued the following statement:
 When I first came over here
 very soon discovered that the ac
 cancellations, particularly with regart
 to the jury, were very inadequate
 both from the standpoint of sani
 tation and comfort. The toilets were
 not oily unsanitary, but even inde
 cent at that time, and the heating! arrangement was such that ever.
 member of the jury panels and th' officials, soon as cold weather began
 were continually taking cold and be ing more or less bothered, in fac
 several times we have had juror who had incipient pneumonia, due am satisfied, more than anythlnj else to the very unsatisfactory heat ing arrangement for the court room anu Jury GOOHl- III NltW Ol tilC ifiN' however that there was an acJiv agitation underway, both in the Leg islature and the County for county
 seat removal, I took no action re quiring and considerable expense a first. However after the election il 1918. when it was apparent that fo six years at least the County-sea would remain in Tombstone, re quested the incoming oBard of Sp peryisors to examine our accomoda tions and to make an effort to i'm prove them.
 '1 have repeatedly requested eacl Board and each meSmber thereo
 a great many times to take car
 of the accommodations. I finally dit
 succeed in getting some improve
 ments in the way of celaning up thu
 courthouse and the putting of nev linOleum on the floors and the It painting of portions of the interior
 but the Board did not make tn