, 1859-06-24
THE INJUNCTION CASE.
Answer of the Mayor, Comptrolleraud
Treasurer to Phillip Dean.

SrrEEtoE CoCRr or THE t'l7r OF Cu1c.Go.-
Tie joint and several ans~ crs u. John t. Iia;nes.
Ma. ur Of the city Vi Chicago, Samuel Il, Ward
Comptroller. and Alonzo Harvey, Treasurer ri
sand city. to the B,!! Of Complaint Of Ihilli,,
Dean. Complainant.
That this respondent. Jolla c. lIaines, became
the Mayor "t said city Of Chicago, iu March,
1e'>; TINT when he entered upon the said office
he found the finances "t the city iu very ci1-
buEra>scd condition. owin. to tslc amount Of in
.lcbtedntss uuliquidatrd aid unproyidcd for.
contracted under previous administrations thai
said Indebtedness il fully stated and set forth il,
the ComIhrnilcrs report, dated Feb. /, l>Js,
and hereby referred 10 us Exhibit A., and the
Conlptrollcr's report dated Feb. ], lo5?. hereby
leicrrcd to marked Exhibit b.. both Of which
arc hereby made part Of this answer; thu.
among the Indebtedness ot liz wear l>:j7 which
WAS unpruvi.!rd for. and which appears in ,lt
said report in detail. the following are the prin-
cipal items;
i" u G'x'1 u b. .. ''ss is; Si:a a s N.;. ,ar *;
Sswr5axe t"nnl> l>s,''rrs--r"lr.;sd !ur item iu
lsti-frea1dv,! ss u l. III from :.cn truE, Ma1ra,
$, XIV Msnrr' i Co h.. -''' %
" il WoVdury-a bond IL .:.;. ,s. si3tn 1u 4''s -
II osiat-"oai for nrnr a;;ta Aug: ,s;;. ''' ~
r:, i~r cent i;:. is: in Isl 10 Geo. j. Iss. -
Due Nov ~ r..s Al.t! l, aui tsersst =. cl1:s G.
building Rush s'1,.: Bride: 80. SIS: 50
H.; sswctt ~ ~ :;Iiy II ~ ,.n%"a c"uns 81
1tt s"Lrs ls''n'... clSh v st:1Iu ...., S4nt1 o.
In addition to this Indebtedness it will be seer,
hy reference to the documents M tile in the Of.
tice Of the Cosnproller, that the Comptroller =
estimates for tic year Isl, oil which the nppro-
| priations OF hat year were basrd. amounted to
the rum ot 81. ,G.:;. md that the amount re-
| ccivcd trom Ill sources during said wear amount.
I'd to tue sum Of $13s .ll4j>, leaving au excess
/ OF appropriations over receipts for the wear
l,I7, Of tl7:',:..2.15.
The whole o, this indebtedness Ind nccrucd
and existed as u debt against thc city prior t.
'he commencement ol he official term Of this
| respondent, llalncs, as Mayor Of sald city,
The estimates ior thr year 1888 alsu exceeded
the a,nnunt Of income franz all sources to tlt
nmount Of about Slt4.shs,.
0u the lst day Of April, 1855, loau of sloo,
tAp. payable with 10 l'er cent. interest one l,ai
March and onc-ha!f April ], ls3e, was n,ade b,
Il. +. Carver, ESD. Cashier. 1t became neccs
sary to make tEis loau III order 10 take up bond
and interest Of june l~;.s. 10 t;eo. Smitl, l. cu
&'i5,23i.e5. Also l" per cent. bonds dated i,
Nov. 1861. and inscrcsi IL Ten. F. Lee $ol il i.
Also bond and interest Of Aug. le,.. to y. II
Uviat, &l,+3G.SG. Also bona Of ls56 to b, !,
Clapp.. fsa"'. Balance Of contract for Rusl
street bridge: made IN le'", *s,ls:.se, maxim
in all, &99 ,451..5.
These bonds were paid ut maturitr in Il,
manner hereinafter stated-out of tic fund
realized By the sale Of the bonds sold to G. $
Robbins 4 son.
Allthe loaus Of ISIS are detailed in the CONF
trcller' fnanciat statement OF Sept 1859 in Sch,
dulc No. !, hereby referred to.
Ofthe loau Of tieo. Smith d Co., of AUGUST
1855, &C,(+"' was used to pny the bond and i,
: tcrest giycn W. II. WOODBURY. july %, 1857
, | the bond thus Given WIS paid nj maturity. b,
had to be replaced out Of monies derived fro
:. the sale Of bonds to Robbins, as hereinafter ST
ted.
All the loans Of 1865, except the Carter loa
t above stated, were made to pay mouey due {;
4 school and engine houses. and bridge contrnc
Of that year, salaries Of police aud other Gu
; rent expenses. Also to meet a written ARE
!: Incnt made With county respecting Court lou.
Il for "a 600. Also 10 pay bond given Svlsb
IS $4,e1a.
$ VI hen these bonds beanie due, there being
: iunas sufficient to meet them from the tax le
e o. that year, il became necessary to provide I
- this Indebtedness By means Of new loans in
newAl Of the old ones, OF to suffer the obl;e
3 tons Of The city to he dishonored and her cre
t, impaired.
!. That for considerable portion Of this uup,
If Indebtedness Of ths years 1856 md 1857, it y
eonpstent for ths predecessor Of this rtspt