Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-14 | Page 2 | Box Elder County to Have New Courthouse

IDOX ELDER COUNTY TO HAYE m COURTHOUSE Df. ia! u The Tribune. 15KI.G1IAM CITY, Nov. 1". Tvuinor. are out to ho cfl'oct that Box Elder county is to have a. now c'ourthouso in the very near future. P.lans' for I he building arc now being drawn by a local lo-cal linn of architects and arc to be linished in a few days. The plans show a magnificent structure, two stories and oiiiplMo basement, making it practically practic-ally (hrce- stories. The building will be constructed on the government style. The frontage will be ninety-seven feet by fifty-four loot in depth, and will be built dircct-lv dircct-lv in front of the old building, which n I he course of a few Years will be rnzril and a modern wing built in lis ! nlacc to join onto the new build-The build-The basement ol the proposed struc-' struc-' lure and each of the other lloors will liuw. a large corridor. The basement ivill contain offices for tho sheriff and iiisticcs court. witiieBs room and two )r three large vaults. The first floor in either sidn of tho corridor will have offices for tho county clerk, copyist room, district courtrooms, .ludgcgclram-bers .ludgcgclram-bers and a library. The sccOndt floor ivill contain offices for tho coiCy anil district attorneys, jury room; county eommissioners chamber and a large much-needed waiting room. A balcony will extend over the front portico and the whole cappod with a m.-iHsivo dome. The building wljon com-pletnd com-pletnd will cost in the neighborhood ot s57,500. Tt is most likely that bids will be called for before the end di i the vcar, so that; work will be commenced com-menced on tho building tho iirat cf next year.