Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — NEW CITY HALL IN PROSPECT [ARTICLE]

NEW CITY HALL IN PROSPECT

Matter Will Come Up Again at the Next Council Meeting. A special meeting of the city council was held Tuesday and plans for a new fire house were discussed. The building now occupied by the Are company was condemned several months ago and because of the high price of building material the matter of building had been put off. But owing to the Are of last week, when the tower and the rear of the Spouse were destroyed, necessitates something being done. The city owns the lot, the present site of the Arc house, which is 30x180 feet. It is proposed to erect a two-story building 30x80. The lower floor to be used for the Are truck, flusher, etc., and the second floor divided in two parts by a hall running through the center of the building, east and west. The front rooms to be used for offices, and the rear rooms for persons in charge of the building. A committee composed of Councilmen Kellner and Allman and Fire Chief Montgomery was appointed to prepare plans, etc., and report at the regular meeting of the council Monday evening. The old frame buildings adjoining the fire house have also been condemned and it is probable that the owners of these lots will be glad to join with the city in paying half the cost of the construction of the side walls, which would reduce the cost thereof to each party concerned.