The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-03-16
Committee Against Having
Municipal Court Side Is
sue to HOOsgOw.
OFFICERS TELL NEEDS
Committee in Charge of Plans
Meets with County Officials
and Accepts Suggestions.

Kipling wrote Cast is east and west
is west and never the twain shall
meet"
Judge John c. Slater paraphrased
about the same way on Monday night
when he told the special committee of
the county board, in charge of the
building of the court house, that "a
court is a court and Jail is Jail
and never the two are united" 1t can
be said that his vigorous presentation
of his views won the committee COM
pletely and much suggested plan to
make building which would contain
jail and a municipal court under the
same. roof was cast into the discard
by the members of the committee and
when instructions are given to archi
tects for plans they will be told that
the municipal court is going to be
court and notia side issue of the county
hoosegow.
County Officers Tell Needs.
The meeting on Monday night was
sort of fishing expedition on the part
of Chairman White and the members
of his committee. The committee was
looking for information as to just
what the county officials believed
should be provided in the way of Office
and vault room to properly take care
of the departments in which they serve
for the coming twenty or twenty-five
years. There was a layout suggested
for some of the county departments
and some of them were decidedly for
ward looking arrangements, but wholly
within the idea Of common sense
serviceable county governmental CEN
ter. 1t was indicated that most of the
plans which have been submitted for
the court house in the past would make
pretty good provisions for the various
departments. There was no suggestion
of dictation on the part of any of the
officials, but they declared that they
wanted to have building which when
completed would meet with the needs
of the county in future years.
Slater Strong for Real Court.
Judge Slater presented his opposi-
ton to the municipal court being made
part of the Jail building in very
vigorous plea to the members of the
committee. He asserted that the mu-
nicipal court had risen far above the
dignity of a police court and that it
had come to be the great peoples
court" of Kenosha county and that
with such dignity it was entitled to
have one of the best locations in the
new court house. The members of the
committee were not slow to get the
value of his suggestion along this line.
The plan which will be suggested to
the architects will provide for a court
house with three court rooms-one for
the county court, one for the municipal
court and one for the circuit court.
1t is expected that the municipal and
circuit courts will be provided with
nearly identical accommodations as the
functions of the two courts are very
similar.
Hurry Work on Plans.
The committee has not as yet named
consulting architect to aid them in
securing suitable plans and specifca-
tions, but it is expected that this ac-
ton will be taken at an early meeting.
Scores of architects are anxious to get
into the Kenosha competition and there
is no doubt but that notable class of
sketches will be presented to the COM
mittee and the board later in the
month. The members of the commit
tee have let it be understood that their
idea is that the court house is to be
built and they are working with the
idea of having the construction well
under way before the end Of the pres