The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-12-07
VOTE TO REBUILD
TRAINING SCHOOL
New Building to Grow I'M
mediately Out of Ashes
and Ruins.
DAMAGE SET AT $1,000
Trustees and Boards Order
Contractors to Make Survey
to Determine Cost.

Out Of the ashes and ruins Of the
teachers training school building at
Union Grove Quilted by fire on Thurs
day morning is to spring up q new
building, according to the decision
reached Saturday at joint meeting Of
the trustees of the school with COM
mittees from the Kenosha and Racine
county boards Of supervisors. This
morning, in keeping with the action,
work was started on the removal Of
the ruins. AS soon as this work is
completed Charles johnson of Racine
and Joseph Reuter- of Burlington,
building commissioners, will make q
survey Of the building to determine the
cost of replacing the structure.
This report will be submitted to the
FIRE insurance companies, and setslO~
ment is expected to be made with it as
a basis.
Make Thorough Inspection
The meeting on Saturday was held in
the pSrlor Of the dormitory and was
presided over by A. S. Titus of Water
ford, chairman Of the Racine county
board of supervisors. Meeting with
the officials Of the school and commit
tees of the board were fire Insurance.
inspectors and Architect Matson of Ra-
cine. An inspection of the burned
building was made, and it was estimat-
ed that IL will cost $4,000 to replace
the structure. Nearly all interior walls
will have to be renewed or plastered.
All of the woodwork will have to be
replaced. The entire building, with
tho exception Of the exterior walls,
will have to be rebuilt, according to
the officials.
A few changes will be made as a
dining rooms pantry and store room in
tho former building are not needed
since the erection Of the dormitory,
and the space will be~used for class
rooms. Some discussion was held re-
garding the erection of fire wall in
the main corridor, bat no action was
taken.
An inventory of the contents of the
building, made by Prin. A. J. Smith last
July, showed total valuation Of S12,-
4s6, on which there was insurance of
$4,000.
1t is impossible to determine what
amount of the contents can be salvaged
until after the furniture has been
cleaned up.
May Seek Appropriation.
Trustees Of the school and the build
ing committees of the two county
boards were authorized to proceed with
the work of clearing out the building
and with having new roof placed on
the building to prevent further dam
age being done by storms. They will
make settlements with the insurance
companies and will award the contracts
for the reconstruction of the building.
If the amount received from the insur-
ance companies ID not sufficient to pay
the cost of reconstruction, then special
meetings of the county boards will be
called to make the necessary apprOpri-
atoms.
Members of the Kenosha county
board, who were at today's meeting,
stated that they were authorized to say
LHaL hSHuSHd COUNTY WOulu A1chS WHAC-
ever appropriation is necessary to pay
it's portion.
Studies of the school will be resumed
next Wednesday, both in the dormitory
and in the grade school in the village
where two rooms have been engaged.
The lounging room, dining room and
two small rooms in the dormitory will
be used as study rooms, and will be in
readiness by Wednesday.
Started in Storage Room.
1t is now believed that the fire start
ed in a storage room in the basement
which adjoins the room used by the
janitor.
At, the meeting today vote of thanks
was extended to the FIRE departments
of Racine and Union Grove for services
at the Are.
The dormitory building committee is
composed of Joseph Ruster, Burling-
ton; James o. Pottinger, Racine; John
Hardie, Rochester; William Bacon
Bristol; Mr.. Becker, Kenosha; Mr.
Spartz, Paris;> George Waller, Burling-
ton; Frank Rowbottom, Bristol; j. j
.Kerwin, Silverlake; z. R. Burgess, Ra.
cine; Edith McEachron, Burlington
and C. E. Randall, Kenosha.
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