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Show . wingruie Library COMMISSIONERS DISC0 PLANS FOR COMPLETING COURTHOUSE INTERIOR Final Arrangement for an Early Resumption Resump-tion of Work to Be Made at Special Meeting Tuesday BUILDING COMPLETE IN ONE YEAR The city and county building is to be completed. Plans for the immediate completion of the interior of the new city and county building which has been standing unoccupied for so long a time, were discussed at a joint meeting meet-ing of the city and county commissions at the court house Wednesday forenoon. It was the concensus of opinion that everything possible should be done so that the building could be occupied within the next year. Architect Joseph Nelson and County Attorney I. E. Brockbank were requested to make the necessary preparations prepara-tions so that bids for the completion of the structure can be advertised as soon as possible. They are to report to the two commissioners at a joint meeting to be held Tuesday morning. The necessary funds for the entire completion of the building are not available at. this time, it was pointed point-ed out at the meeting. A suggestion was made that the needed work be let iu several contracts until the present building funds are exhausted. exhaust-ed. Through this plan it was thought that the entire building could be finished not later than February or March 192(1. Commissioner James T. Gardner suggested that the ground floor be set In order so that the offleefl assigned there could move In. Thin was declared Impractical by Architect Archi-tect Nelson because of the duuger of Injuring the plumbing on the two upper floors. He pointed out that while the opper floors were not closed in the plumbing may be Injured In-jured by the cold wenthur next winter. win-ter. The feasibility of a suggestion made by Mayor O. K. Hansen, through which bids for the completion comple-tion of the interior would' be asked but only let In smaller parts, will be investigated by tho architect and the county ttttoruey. The suggestion, sugges-tion, if found possible of execution, will be adopted by the two commissions, commis-sions, AH of (ho members of the two, commissions expressed theiuseiveel as anxious to complete the building. More room is needed by the various offices in the present courthouse, according to Commissioner Gardner. The creation, of two Judges In the fourth judicial district made It necessary for the county to rent two-rooms two-rooms in the Knight building. Tho county is at present paying $!)0 a month for these rooms. |