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ing should be given greater considera-
ton
Respectfully submitted,
"DR. GEORGE L. EDMONDS,
RICHARD H. LANSDALE,
"E. BROOKE LEE,
HARVEY j. WHITE"
Views of Senator Jones.

Views of Senator Jones.
Statement of DR.. Eugene Jones read
at the conference yesterday:
THE Honorable Board of the County
Commissioners and Courthouse
Building Committee:
1.-TWO years ago over 200 people from
every section of this county met in this
courthouse to consider the advisability
and feasibility of adding to the present
courthouse for the purpose of protecting
the records of the clerks Office from
fire
THE matter of erecting the clerk S
office on one corner of the courthouse
square and connecting the same with a
covered runway was discussed, but a
majority of those present thought Il
better TO build new front with wings
on either side extending beyond the
present side walls.
Architects were requested to give the
members of the General Assembly from
this county an estimate of the cost of
such front, and also the cost of a
new jail on new site not too far from
the courthouse. The members of the
Legislature were told that $250.000 for
the courthouse addition and $50 600 for
new jail would be sufficient for the
needs of our county government for
some years
Acts were passed authorizing the
sale of bonds to the amount of $500 600
for the aforementioned purposes. and
said bonds were sold at a premium.
Two years nearly have passed. and
about all that has been accomplished
Is the purchase of piece of ground
at a high figure, east of MONTGOMERY
avenue, near the building formally used
as livery stable by the late Jacob
Poss. Plans for the proposed Jail, plans
and drawings for the proposed new
front to the courthouse, and an in
spection of courthouses with jails on
top, and a request by the honorable
Board of County Commissioners and
building committee, that the members
Of the Legislature from this county pass
another act authorizing the issuing of
an additional $150,000 worth of bonds,
in order that the Jail may be erected
on top of the courthouse. and the new
wings extended an additional Is feet
on either side for more room to carry
on the county's business. and to accom- .
MEDIATE 30 Jail cells, and the payment
to date Of $500 to the architect
Frontage Is Criticized.
II am of the opinion that these en-
larged wings give frontage all ont of
proportion to the square upon which
the courthouse is located.
1t appears to me, after seeing the
plans for a few minutes, that the ex t-
tension of Is feet on either side is ex-
tended to furnish the necessary office
space that could have been utilized in
the original drawings which show 81
much waste space taken up by hall
ways and lavatories.
What assurance have the tax nav
ers that the members of the 1881 Cen
eral Assembly will not be asked for
another bond issue to complete this
monstrosity of a front you propose to
add to this building, If we should ac-
coed to the wishes of the county COM
missioners and building committeep
Il have been rather liberal heretofore
In voting for bond issues for schools
roads and ssuhstations or county build
ings in the lower sections of the county
at cost of sixty thousand dollars
(s60,0Oo), making total of three hum