, 1870-04-07
COUNTY BUILDINGS.
The Nine Supervisors Still In
yestigating.
More About Heating and VcntI.
lating Contracts.
Additional Dispositions, Etc.
NnRSNG SESSION,

MORNING SESSION. |
The Committee Of Niuc Supervisors met yfsles-
day morning. Supervisor Dolton in tho caAlt.
There were also present Supervisors -AcShon, /
Trsch, sautcr. Gage, Wosshington, Waterman,
aud CLARK.
The lnsaae Asylum heating apparatus contrsct
Tls taken ur.
7ET7xoNr or NE HOLLAND l
Supervisor Holland Was again called &c said
tho bids we're cpencsl In the following order:
John Davis t Co, se6.3o1, Northwestern Manu-
featuring Company. -, SIS; David ". f0:d,
$aa;s6T; Wal1orsh, Twohig i Fursc, $sS,s62 |
Much Of the testimony g1Eeu On the previous day |
WAS ureatrd
su,sni.or Kott did not remember whether Nj. /
t1au's t,r MI. DAVIS bid the lowest; he could
uc, r. ncml4r exactly. Twphtgs hid WIS higher |
.fiaa Cranes Crane sa,d II would naakc dlYer- |
t.see dt sseao or $500 between using whote Iron
fur tho colts or using tho scraps Crane said he
uhrrr,s the specifications called for Inch pipea
t.nr s.il Ii. did not calculate the spcc1dca-
,n,:s At Al. - he thought they wou}d not work.
1w, t,s SAID he would 80 according to the specln-
ca,iu1S, a1i guarantee the apparatus would work.
W,tnfss dill mt remember Crane saying anything
a!,aut sticking 10 The specifications When The
sad i, Mr.. Humphrey that be did not expect to
srt il,e work. and he had put tn piiid bid. Wit
mss understood TTohlg % Include the hotEltet
The lids: Humphrey read tncm: nc unaerztood
thrn when Humphrey read them. Mr.. Holland
was PRETTY na1d assinn atsing. tae contract Y
amount 10 100 OF 5000, and make his lid equal
:" Twohs.*; he was opposed 70 extras, and that
was The mason he Eoted for Twohig.
supervisor Ackhod kaId the hot water boiler Was
NJ. In The Specifications
7Es1tEoxT Or NR Ko11.
Supervisor kott thought TwoAtG incladed the
hnt water lntler in hts contract He thought 1Mo-
vosed m for him; witness .'nnsered~ up MI Cranes
extras, and thought they would amount 10 the dif-
tetenees between his BID snd Twohis's; witness
did not understand such hussness At sl and Crime
came In md made 10 darn poor statement" but
Tsohi9 made clear statement, Which he convinced
Crane called them ''wh1skcy committee and
then eopley :. 80, maa IKE de aevn.r
rEsz1xnST OF NH- p1xON. ..
Nj. Dixon, architect, understood Mr: TwohiR.s
lid 10 include The not water boiler. 1t w1 In
e sns ss beP ans tsa1 da
@s'es 's3e s.onl soa IT t. soai SAID he he
Witness suadc the SPECIFICATIONS. twas u over
sight 10 Leave the hot water 10! er out Twohlx
said the use Of the old pipe would make s. ooo ot
$50 OF 2v0 dltIerrnce. Witness thought $500 oil
FERENCE would be about lhe correct figure The
sselnestions called for ~ retun p.pe csns me
the bidders should be called IN 10 explain their
bids eHanatrd frt,m wttuesA He wanted the
bidders To say Ehat sncy tneiuded ~ theit bids
cluled the hot water boiler. Witness under
steot that al the bids were made on the
same basis using shc pieces. 1wohiE and Fort
Faid they would not use new pipe Ia the coils, -
II woulh cost Too much; witness Informed Cesne
how they wese Kidding, 50 that he could td IN The
same xaE; that occurTrd 1sefnrr the hds were
made. Ford and 7~ohig ezu In witnczs ONCE
that they Intended to use the pieces In The usual
va.: witness DID not suppose taat any Of the bids
ihe Committee. 'ads atser tue bids we're opened The
difference IN the ~ a1sd 4-nth shhf.ing wouid not
he more than s.; sne M shain9G called toE u The
tract now compelled him to put In 44nch snatuaR:
re agreed 10 do 50; witness veg not surprised that
s scnet os NJ; let to Tw instead of to
1anghtcrl: II be had rotc n the nxttef he would
have voted for Davis. Crane omitted to l1gure On
TIC hot Waisr boiler and xaatsd a 70 p1t IN Nm
sncc nsH with III the specifications: between
h.sc Withheld hls vote u lie would probas,y move
10 refer II to the buaru After inc bids were
u5encd, Holland moved to accept Fo-ds bid This
isat'd. Then kcarney moved to accept TwohlGs 3
lid. The vote E2s taken by shoE OF h2odk
Holland voted asaiass he melton Their xss
was IN the chsiE. Witness wss under the inprea
sson thai Humphrey voted no kott, keat1ey,
Ilolls6', left he room after The vote vas taken:
EeIorr gulnx, 1Iolland SAID the committee would
have 10 answer 10 the board. The contract w1s
s4kHeu t"tute.sNAL AH0tn 14t' MietAGsS 49, az
rrastu To think that Walworth, Twohig i Furse
used ant influence With the committee to get the
cnutfBrt. Witness waa not at the Wine supper.
lie had an invitation, but did not 20.
TESTIMONY OF HR- CLINTON.
Supervisor CGotnn WIS called He stated TIA,
Crane 6aid he put IN blind bid on the soap ant
grease tubs, Is tc did not know much about them
Cranes bid YVES az "per spec1catons;' all II
rIhc1s were AreI pi1ns and specincAaonA7 Thf
rtnson the contract vas given ~ THoh!G was be
cauae he included in his bid ali that the specthca
tions cAesl far which the Others did not; and, le
sides, he AGTce1! IN use no HeTapS In making n
colts He waE Influenced ~ the clear manner I
which Nj. TwnhtE explained the woEk, and be We
under the impression that An TwohiE undesstoo
h!A business: he thought he could make good 10
ness was at supper. at Eca1ney'a, ten or twely
DAYS beforc the lids were awarded; It w2s not
vine sup7~r: nothing was said ahol
the heating apparatus; had n
vine that evening at an- Hunphre
and Cunlty were At Eealncys; witness Wns .
TwnhtH's three weeks after The contract wss lei
therr WAS wine there. witness did not drink an
nl the wlnc- Holland said 1t would he hard f1r tn
committee to explain the contract to the hosrri
witness thought he WIS doing the best thing Il
the county In letting the contract 2s he did Ho
land stoCd nearly alone In his opposition. Hun
phrry voted " no 6ne time, but did not vote II
last tine; the vote on KeaEuey's motion vas 4
!; some members did not understand the vote,
twas rccons!dered, and was taken over hgA
with the Eszue result; wnA sure That Crane said Il
difference In price caused by using u hole lion II
NOT using the pieces In making the coils would
from <3,DN0 TO 81, 600
After going over Euch OF the old story, Il
cuuulit,te adjourned until n IN.