The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-10-12

he city council at an adjourned meet
ng on Thursday evening voted to ex-
,rcise options held by it on eight sites
n various parts of the city for total
If $132,8O. The properties purchased
include the Coliseum site, the Wulff
md Makowsky properties in the block
which is to be used for the new court
rouse, the Robinson property in the
block south of this site, which will
)e used for the civic center project
md properties adjoining the Frank
chool and other schools which are to
,e used for school sites.
The taking up of the options on
he school properties will open the
way for beginning work at once for
arrying out the program for the year
mapped out by the citizens survey
committee and endorsed by the ref
rendum vote of the people of Keno
ha; the acquisition of the other
property will make it possible to
tart building operations on the
curt house as soon as the county
loard is ready as this is all the prop
rty on which the actual court house
,uilding will rest.
Coliseum Site for $4,000.
The largest deal closed was that for
he Coliseum site, which includes not
,nly the location on which the Coli
cum building is erected but also the
property extending through to Con-
.ress street and the corner of Pearl
md Congress street. 1t was revealed
It the meeting that the city had sew
raj weeks ago secured an option on
his property from the owners, z. G.
simmons and w. ]. Frazier, for $4,000,
his price to include the purchase of
he Coliseum building, but allowing
he seller to sell and remove other
buildings on the property. The action
aiken by the city council on Thursday
,vening was to exercise this option.
Tt is not anticipated that the Coli
cum building will be either wrecked
n moved off the property immediate
Y, the disposition Of it being left to
he county board to determine.
Other Properties in Same Block.
Other options on properties in this
iame block have also been secured
md were taken up on Wednesday
evening by the council. One of these
vas for the Wulff homestead on Sheri-
Ian road, just north Of the Coliseum,
which was sold by Mrs. Mary E. Wulff
'or $4,000 Another was the prop
srty adjoining this to the north on
Sheridan road and Pearl street, own
ID by Charles Makowsky and wife.
This latter has a frontage of 66
feet on Sheridan roa dand a depth of
1872 feet The price stipulated in the
option was $15,350.
The acquisitions of these properties
will give to the city all of the block
With the exception of the front row
on Market street. The Coliseum
property even includes small strip
IN which the summer kitchen of one
if these homes is located The city
IAN now hand over that property to
he county board which can proceed
With the work of building the court
aouse and thus allow an additional
year to secure the other property
while the court house is in the pro-
Tess of construction.
Cross Market Street Too.
The council also jumped across Mar
xet street and exercised an option
aeld on the w. Howard Robinson porp-
,rty, consisting of an apartment
building located at 369 and 9691a
Market street, with frontage of 81
feet. This was secured for $4,000.
The council while it does not antici-
pate using this property Immediately,
voted to exercise the option in order
10 start the work of securing that
block which, according to the city
olan is to be used as part of the
,ivic center. The property will carry
tself inasmuch as the rental revenue
received from it will be sufficient to
Gay interest charges on the money as
the city can borrow at five per cent
At the highest.
An option. had also been secured on
the Stump property adjoining the
Robinson site to the west but this was
not exercised inasmuch as there are
more than thirty days yet before it
expires. The price named for it was
$4,000 and it is the plan of the coun-
ell to exercise this option later.
In all of these options it was stip-
ulated that the properties should be
delivered to the city with clear title,
the regular taxes to be pro-rated to
date Of sale and the unpaid special
taxes to be paid by the seller.
These options were all secured
through the A. F. Stahl company and
the city directed this company to pro.
seed to close the deals for the city,
Close School Options Also.
The council also acted favorably or
the exercising of several options fol
the acquiring of school properties
The first Of these considered at the
meeting was for the property adjoin
Ing the Frank school on Park street
TO the east, including the apartment
building owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Fer
dinand Weld and the corner property
belonging to the Kruger estate. The
action came on petition from the