The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-03-27


sAaa We nsvs : Cd nssss - Sslls I.
EDrroa Noxr41lIl
! NM or Co ~ Sedsy
should, i aDls. - Fso g : eop9se
pablishs so-di1 iAyo9 pepn' fsaaes
to the building g sCes nous = Ecs'ss
wsttsmis County, and purpoFsns 70 nave
BEEN sxscuted between ". =. James 50.
former County Sodse,sSi ~e .sPsH sst
Msssrs. BALDWIN ana osnsl.' ~ - ssOoao
part. ! npdsrssaad tns' ~ nuov'n'
= Dodge 'ne'd .ne e0es'sP.o' - soa-
ssass and sPssseahess' 49,. ~. -
plan referred % Y sae ooW'S Po0l.snea'
II y diacsis - TORN = seo s'n.''
Of the actual eost 81 inns DSno''' ~" 'ns
specihcasiens merely Das PslnsPs 'asy .ss
suihcientiy DEFINITE 70 snow 'ns' sae Psice
agreed apon'is sucn . oogns no' % oe pa'o
by our County Tor the erection Of : cow.
House, at tins Tune. NO p'a" was pooa'ns0
because none y On n'e ~ 'ne oA0e - ~.
County Judge. Inc contract Oeals dase o.
July -, 1891, ana the copy puohsneo aP-
pears 70 have been fled Angus. y 1901. ~
it, TERMS s4ooo were 70 nave ooen pa'o sDs
contractors, At the Tune OF inc eaecu'ion 2,
the contract, YET nave De ea1 INFORMED 'ns'
no sum OF money Whatever, was paid On the
day the contract purpor's 70 DC oa'ed' tns'
the duplicate now neio ~ 'ne con''.c'o. .s
was probably not Delivered 70 mem, oy NM
James, until after the election ana qaai'n'
cation Of Judge Nye, ana that demand VI.
made upon Judge Nye Tor the Tour Thousand
dollars, although ne had nothing 70 90 VIA 1'1'
the execution ana delivery Of inc se'ess'
parts OF said contract. y! course INC ~
mand was not complied wl.n'
Mr.. Baldwin has recently s."seo 'n.' -
regarded said contract 70 % IN ior0e' ~.
be has also, within short tlme' tnrsa'eneo
that he would sue the County, unless 'oe
stipulation' made ~ 'oose James, VIZ
performed by his successor. ~ wh' 20 ps''
csived that the time limited LOT the oomp'o.
ton Of the Court House, 10 the monsn =. !.
April, 1859, and II II 10 not soon aesefm nnn
in some legal mode, wiener sa'o con.fs''
10 binding on the Coansy OF no'' muen 's'-
must occur, unless the Judge snoo'a con'en'
to fulfill its most unreasonable conal''0n''
The consideration - money nos oou"'y
Warrants, nor any other 'pecino paper y.
articles, and, OF course the oo'ioe1: " "'l
not wasn't Warrants At more tnan 'ne'l mar
ket value 10 current FUNDS ~ mas s''o osen
stated to me that DIR. BALDWIN QUO no' W
sire to enforce this con'rac'' snnoosu No
regarded 1t as valid. woula 'neleio 10
suggest that the present County 0uuse .e's
the sincerity OF that gentleman oy 'an'n
upon him, in tho presence OF q compe'en'
witness to surrender ms part OF tue oon'..','
If that contract was out OF the way, 'ninA
that both a Court House ana jan sumc'en''y
large, strong and elegant, might De efoc'eo'
perhaps this fall, without infringing on 'ns
unsold swamp iands' or increasing tue gen
eral Indebtedness OF the Coohty' Az ule"'
wood, last season, when materials ana LABOR
we're mucn n'gner 'nan now oouts mouse
vas built, at COST not exceeding fourteen
thousand doliars, "nlcn "''i compare l"'of'
ably with any other In the state OF Iowa.
and which 10 superior to any west OF iowa va
City. Next fall, Tor fifteen Thousand COLLARS
'ne could be built here, that ior twenty
Years to come, would De deemed eumc'entiy
'cmmodious and elegant ana ior twelve
dollars, jail could Dc constructed
arge enough and strong enough, 10 hold
md safely keep all the "wrescneo rogoes
Iorlorn," who might cn"nce 70 ge' ~l '''u
to walls, provided the outside door 'ea' kept
nut at night. How FUNDS might De pro-
cured for the purpose OF erecting suoh ou'ld'
ngs, it the good times SAID 10 prevail IN the
East should reach these parts' may De gain
cred from the following remarks: -.
BY referring to the report OF Judge Nye'
published IN the CLARION, OF Feo. 4tn,H
will DO seen that thirteen thousand three
hundred and one acres OF swamp land be-
ong'ng to this county, were sold by the
General Government, at one dollar and
quarter per acre, the proceeds OF which went
INTO the Treasury of the United States, but
properly belong to US, and amount to the
'um Of seventeen thousand seven hundred
lud twenty five dollars, or thereabouts.-
.lessrs. James and Sherman, in their respec'
i've capacities as County Judges, sold swamp
and to the amount of eighteen thousand
dollars, and under the act of June 18th,
1856, loaned out said money at 10 per cent.
Dor annum interest. Now, here 10 q swamp
and fund capacious enough to construct both
. Court House and Jail, at the figures have
named, il it could be made available for
hat object. Can it be done? We Gin try
t-aud these hard times will justify the at
;empt. By an act of the General Assembly
IF Iowa, approved January 18th, 1858, un-
Ter circumstances similar to these, which,
1t A. r.-