, 1870-04-06
COUNTY BUILDINGS.
The Insane Asylum and Court House
Heating and Ventilating
ContraetA
Testimony Of Supervisor Holland, MIR
Crane, Thomas McGrath, Etc

and there were present supervisors atsHsu,
Worthnstnn, Clark, GsSc, Fc"ch* and Ackhon.
THE 1NsAEE Asr1CN JOB
The nrft rn8tler taken mp was the letting Of The
rUntJact for heating the Insane Asylum-
Su,efvikor Holland testified that he was on tho
committee who let the contract There were four
3Id.1ctA There were some few things neglected
in tho Specifications, such as the way In which the
<,uia should be nnahe. As. Dixon made the sPeci-
h.nt!ons, There was great difference IN the
bids The bidders ven called In, In the order In
which tho lids had been opened. II
'Twohig and Mt. Davis gave very intel
gent descriptions OF the WORK, especial
Davis: MiiI.c>s Tns consequently prrlulcct2 in
1ayur CT D-tiS. MI. Crane satd he woull make
3tttect joll OF the hcnt!n& aud vcn.ila.i1k: theF
all sid they would do The same. Mr. Crane sstd
The sti1er1cc to bc saved by using scranA Of pip
would bc run 500 to $500; Twuhtg said II wouii
be vcry much m11c- They ai1 stated they wOnl
place tht 1slt.s permanent hss"s or would max
them 10 fri: the architect Twohis Rald he had IN
eu.lcal 4-:,ch shaitinr; Crane and the Others ha
inclnarsi tut 2h-inci eha'unx. The hot water
iroer, ErAAe auil, wunli cs,,t <At1, tTa tAys he-
Il rc the contract was male, Crane went tn witness
a,il ssih it:a.. II tho man win hat heen hxei uPaa
Grt tht cnit-art, was Ii.t lowest hiIer all lids
would be rjcelr,l, -. that he could hill again
Witness REPLIED That only ft.r the tmputatton cast
upon The ccslfnittee l.y wat NE. Crane s1a, W.T.
1ths Wc: have hccsl IN farsr Of rtl:tttn. the
SPECIFICATIONS and grtrin. new and rfnrr perfect
srieA. 1he day before the ca:tract wa& lei, Game
went 10 witness again, anil sail again that he he
ltSed the tunmlttet WAS Citing to act in bad faith
towaE1i thu httIderA- Witness said thr lowest bid
Nould le accepted ITe moved In The cpn,.ulitee
that vas scccp,ed, h. accepted. II. da thu.
70 kiil on 1he Highest h!tt'er. Fori was
t.Hi wak Inst kearuey then moved 10 accept Tw,-
t,g. Ind Witness eail Crane VAS the lowest,
an,i Thought TwohsR was the secont highest OF the
n,l,tee a.,Out giving the bid tn Twohiz anyhow,
nn,i br ASKED why Mr.. Crane, who was q resp Ins-
tAr hl.ldtr and the Invest, should mt get 1t :!
mutton, and kcarney, Clint IN. ko,t and coniey
<stctl fur II, Therr ~as dispute Is to how Con-
hyyot4si: wsshtss wrcstlt,l with the co.nml.tcc
ha4i way Of putting on extras which would MAKE
LIS lid higher ttau TwohI.'% NitacSs Asked Mr..
Dixon, M architect, II It mAie any a,dsr'hce T.
preference at all; he anly Rantel the County T.
lave pcE1rct 1oh. Witness trl! the co:nmltte.
tnatf thr! gsve The e"nt:aes To- Twol's ~!
wGuld assume responsibility. Thu yote wa
taken again, and there we're tu,ir IT, one in favor
rhr,.y lM not vote The second time, as he VA
thatfnah+ and Baw it would ise carried anyhow
Witness ttd them not To Count upon him - su5
tain tho art!0n Of the committee lie Enssrste1
that the t.is be sealed ami the whole matter lal
.,ciutc tic ltarL nj it, next nctsi1s. Tae aazkei
1ion was mt acted upon craas stais'l thai h
the he Ionas rquirei vas si,aa: Wine.
Igr 10 the committee nj Ills hSt,e. krArnrJ CAV
smother wine supper ut hts house. Thought Hum
Nhny told him ntout The supEcra. liuinphrty WI
MT Mt The SHIPPERS Nitaes4 mil Humphrey Her
Ill fayor nf kn.sttIullng tbr cIlTsact Until suMne1
wtzcFs wt!lt Suuth atirr the cs'nt1act was lei,
1rum Cain, he Will. to Humphrey requesting htL
nut to cIus4 the contract In NV Urlcala h
l,uught copy Ut TUE cHICAIn TNiuCSE, A5nl tea
the editorial tuInlucntX ut the toh. and he inm:
stately Hr.te tu THE TRikCSz scytIly that none
The ctslnlnlttcc could stluw ttrr WAS M fsana |
the contract Mt. G!n'lc't tOll witness that II
contract WIS signed twenty l-inu. A1u?S at;cs it IF:
rcturn.sl fn:in New Orleans llunrhrey III ri
ncss ihEt krarney had si;:ac'i witncs
nsmc 10 tse answcr. Witness never saw "r rra
the intunct'll- Humphrey -:.1.t-t the answer III
sicr n rcrtral pn,tsst I'ney Iwrs1tat-i lluml,hrt
to sign tc uuswrF ~ clai.1ns4: II 1h .s,us'nl:tr
hig K Fnfst.; none wou!,l le aat!:tsd until the |,
galtty uf thr routract was sr1l!tst
.iuipsvis1r clark said t. .s,n.r.act was si-nt1!
kca1ncs, II President ii the i;oarl, ant hy Il
::ulsrvt-ur Holland sa! he waAs,l to s:all C.
tulkat4.l lst'.rr the cu,nnIt.tw and the pubic,
ht did Iii he cGnid to t!tEclt tls,. J0u,
TllE CstrkI tluCs. r.
The Court h9ust 1o,, t:aa l,sst taken n1.
affidavit, n..,atly published i'll Tue TEtniSg,
irlct That atiliasis co'npyass:i a"o
ai ssl Ii liz hi lat to ns,t;y;v ssy IN suit 'e ac4i n
MalNorth, T".hiR 4 FnEce for irsac:l Of cnlttr.s
Eoud nut s., how deep ti,c ta,t.,rrte WAS put,
the basement Of the Court llnn-t.- II WIS rr1'E
tn ptarr th.' rails In roncEe.c ts"!@ Was NJ: AVA
that concrete WIS put under the coils 1t ~
Eclic!ll1y optional whether cuMCrctc or rlbs
htptlc was tut ulur ct,ilS; tIlr Wl> As SDu,l AZ I
Shhcr. EntlrrSs'fht that H:,at 4 Chapman nl3
ihl. pnl,A Liz work was to In. cxrara!lag Hi
cellar. tsylng n.asnn ana a'rtck work, ctc Ills i
for d not include Nttin: the t'atIers; s.,
ineu'iri liie ts'IltFs TwohtS tlad or'tets4' hin
go on with The work 49,.
Supervisor Clark 1rasl,tr. Mct3sa,hs nf7,layit
Witness saIts it would cost from s. to $ "a
t take The Iiiyht sol! outside the city limits .
iury It There were about 9, e,o3a cube Janis Of
WAS ~ suh'Iihtsnd the x!:sl for the county, a
fur Walwurh, Twuht9 4 Fnrse nj tho same tlt
Witness understood that Thomas was ~ Hi
s@, sa,hcs, ai,oWrti Thomas ] and Twohg tn 81 sls
Was not aware at the tltnr that hc was party 1
sN iiAlling transaction. lie was not t4Isll. a {
tact frUu, The county At all. The amount allllet
st.fFo Was si0N. He WIS willing to face the MT
before 1hOIHaH.
The committee then adjourned until T. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The committee rraSsel'tl,.-l at q j. NJ
AN "ExTrHsioN." .-.
While waiting for Nr. Tnarnas, the commit
1nn,i1 anruEr!an int, llc east wing, 10 look Ut
nlanntr In which The CoJring was being lakL II !
FUND that the strips of oak mi! walnut wcrS
Fp tctaI on the tulsts, but whcrryer The length
tir peers harl2'i,e,' to h:ing tnc Joints. cou
Iiht lIIs.n the joksts. The curnmit1et. Expressed
t,uintGu al thc work nrcstv freely. aui deupup
tie floor Is fraud.
Mr. CRANE TET1EE4
Mr. Crnnc WIS eNamlnc.t- lie nevcE nEe
Ec1fner nor Any othtr Ucp ANYTHING to get
thr {pSxne Asyium t,lA Nrvcr heard the rel
1hat he offered ktarrsry s1,hG, lie never ofie
him reut. kearnty was not hts man. Ii
generally Ultsrrslt,vti ttat kear1lfE 1rInnYc1l b
nut soui to Eir. Twchte. W1.nrSs would not en-
tain any PROPOSITION III thc shape Of bribery.
nsan came 10 him the Other tlar AMI! offered
$40 fur hts iitnucrce 10 get him appointed en
&Yr at the Normal SchooL lie sent tho MAJ a.
llih business lie E(iI uuI ktlnw f.le mans u3rl
Su,wrytscr Waterman wanted To know i
much Kear1,,.y c..t frum Tu t.is.
Sttu.rv1s,,r Gnr,. sal, Nr Itranra statem
atx,ut The man vho ,ynntr.t Ia hmT thr enrtn,
shin rrmin,lr1I him of the ra,1.ts shit, ira att,c
Mr. Crmr understood Thar thr rnv1nrt.r wnr
al one time i'm fhe t1r,.yItai Ntis
SuIs.sytsI xlsrI tnyucit h. Inew tho man.
tx..icyCA il wss Inc saIne mnn Who mall. sitn
pru,<,rdtiuu IL hI,u
Mr. crnnc slitl he went to lolland.s ONCE
stated he did mi think the coInmiitc,. yas ri
Ia tfeat tte f,f,1s fairly. His nas,,n for thInI
80 vas that the enectncattonS we're ioasc.
natlc lo<rsc for a purpose. The sp,.rterat
were not made oui cnmpictr. There Ma
E1sHm drum, which WIS Important There '
no foain1atis.ss for thr eneine and pump r
was nv suction Eilt; no hot water soilers i:
,',,s. an, nr, ~ ni,.rcs II, niyon ..xn,s,n.
wn,e things were im,lic,l In the sr..i.l-,;
Witness left pni t1. hot patrr tank In hi. ;,:.9
r,i IN the lEasinE Of tic pir4s III: III s.:7.,,s