The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-07-09
Prosser Says Everybody
Wants 1t and 1t Doesn't
;, Matter if We Don't
THINK COST CAN BE
HELD TO $75,0O0.00
To Use Site Purchased Sew
eral Years ago - No
Election is Necessary

For a number of months there
have been rumors that Benton county
might begin the erection of a court
house this year. Until the last two
or three days this has been nothing
other than rumor, but with visit
of a committee from Prosser to the
east end of the county today, it can
be said with fair degree of certain
ty that there is considerable truth in
the rumored assertion.
Prosser men who have talked with
County Commissioner r. w. McNulty
during the last few days stated that
he has come out flat-footed in favor
of new county building, and sup
porters and adherents of Commission
er C. E. DeBow state that he also
favors such a building. The commit
tee in the east end today will call on
Commissioner r. III. Briggs and en-
deavor to get his cooperation in the
building movement. The committee
will also visit and talk with residents
and taxpayers of Kennewick and 9TH
er east-end communities, and present
arguments in favor of county build
ing. 1t is hoped that Mr.. Briggs and
other east end men will support the
movement, but with Mr.. McNulty and
Mr.. DeBow favoring it their support
is not absolutely necessary.
The board of county commissioners
will meet at the court house Monday
and the building of court house will
be formally presented to the men,
bers on that day, in order that as
little time as possible may be lost
and that immediate plans to build can
be made.
So far as the people of Prosser are
concerned there will be no effort to
load the county with a large amount
of bonded indebtedness in order to
build a county home. However, they
do want county building and feel
that county records are entitled to a
safe place for keeping. 1t is we'll
known fact that the present vault is
not all that could be asked for and
that fire of any magnitude would
cost the county hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars in loss of records.
This condition is known to people in
other sections of the county and many
have expdessed the desire to see a
court house with adequate and safe
vault room built. Such expressions
have come from men living at White
Bluffs, Hanford, Richland, Kenne-
wick, Benton City and in fact from
every section of the county. As the
demand seems to be universal there is
little doubt but that the board of
commissioners will start at
,nce to make preparations for build
ing.
While nothing can be said as to
he size or cost of the contemplated
people here seems to be of
he opinion that 100000 to $4,000
would erect "a structure sufficiently
arge for present needs but the plans
should be made so as to include an
addition when it became necessary.
This, of course, would not be for a
number of years, but when it did
come an addition would be much
.heaper than the erection of a new
building.
The new building will be erected
IN the old Nelson Rich property
which the county acquired number
If years ago.. This is an ideal loca-
ion, lying near the center Of town,
a city block fronting on
Market and Main streets.
There you are folks! The above
tory appeared in the Prosser paper
asst week under big headlines "Court
Iouse to be Built; Sentiment of
county is in Favor of New Struc-
ure; Majority of Commissioner
Board will Cooperate" The matter
S apparently all cut and dried and
he appearance Of the Prosser men
n this end the county last week was
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