, 1873-01-18
nrGcr number Of folio writora than tllo burinosa

rarhy Inbound plcntifnlly, and 1t ts to DO hoped |
WIFI o Tue ccsaq eEe Of Of 1 wse S0 ao soe
Incompetent bummora now employed tliero. |
Thou lilo work will bo botlor done, and those |
who romain will l1avo chance to carl, roHpect-
oH Of o oreat court oomno n o n"bor sS
employees IN tho county Offices. mud tho Commits.
sionera fix tho Balarics. Upon information aul
advice Furnished l'y Tho retrIng. Recorder, tho
and tic N folio 0 wr!tora a. at 49, s " On '' lis " owl
responsibility, Mr. Stewart has Increased Tho
forco Of folio writer's to 10, with tho results
~ ab9vo stated; a day Or two ago tho q, division @
s eas oc for n & tho @ folio wo s fsya tS 1s s f eeo
amounting to IL cents per writer. This waa MI
exceptionally low nmonnt, hnt it Is nafo to oBti-
mate that ut this season Of tho year forco OF
twenty folio wrtora wonld 20 amplo to 40 tho
partment sovontoon female clcrks, tho majority
Of whom write good hand a1,d spoil their words
correctly, but mnny Of tho malo CLERKS nso
ignorant. blundering fellows, who nro alike 1l do-
ncas Of which depends tho titlo to millions worth
Of r,nl estate, arc Ioing dofaccd by tho ,yory
worst quality Of work Tho rocortls hayo not boon
40 badly kept for twenty years. Confusion ard
dissatisfaction prevail In the Recorders, Office
among tho employees, owing to tho total luck Of
Intelligent, systcmatic ic management on tho part
Of tho Individual whom tlo9 people, Of Gook
oiIioo flAs heretofore been tho most productive
Of any III the county, having enriched lta rospoc-
tive iuoumbenss during tho past atxteon yoala,
but under tho administration Of Mr. Stewart the
policy clearly seems to bo to cat up the feoB as
FIR Oh possible, and leave tho county no profit.
Enough has been oitod IN this nrtlclo to show
tho Doard Of Commissioners many things OF
which they have been Kept in ignorance through
tho sclf-interost Of tho partiea personally con-
| ccrnod In their action. Nothing but faotB havo
boon ssntcd horo, but they Aro. faotn which
should command tho attention OF cur county
| Legislators.
| snER1Fr's OFFICE.
| In tha brunch OF. the County Government
Ronlo very largo estimates Of cotnpcnGation hnvo
| boon recommended to tho Boarl. Tho salary OF
tho Sheriff a fixed by 10y at 10000, while th2ae PIE
| Of bis aubordInatoB must be determined by the
| Commissioners. The Committee OIL Public 6or-
| vice, taking 11r. Drad1oy'e word for everything,
recommended six Deputies at %, 500 cach. Tho
/ Board in Committee of tho Whole, cut this down
to 81, 800, which, according to tho Subsequent
admission Of h1r. bradley, III ropiy to certain
son, rather above tho average amounts earned by
| tie Deputies, undor tho old syatom OF dlVaalon
| Of tho foes, tho Sheriff taking ono-half. H!ea-
much as some Of tho Deputies arc obliged to
GU Of loooo It ' IL not Eey that tLo salary agreed
upon will bo decreased. -....
In considering the question Of tho compensa,,
tiun Of the Deputies whose service is restricted
TO tHG remote county LoHlh, tuo NuHl!uAt%ut p4A
Public Service completely transcribed the ideas
Of shorfff Bradley, whose estimate thoy moro
than doubled. They alao exceeded BY $500 his
estimate for the salary Of tho Jailor, besides pro-
yidlng, at an expense Of 2vo toE two }aal ON,
mood, and for which ho did not aslt. IhoHe factn
subsequently, leaked out, greatly to the olnbaT-
rasamcnt of Alessre. Crawford, Jones, and Hert-
can,not 1, 10 positively suited that ConamieBiono1
Jonca bluahed but he certainly looked
shcopisb. Tho Board has partially Determined
to giyo tho Jailor So, 400, which is too much b.
notwithstanding, tthcre aro nt least ,twonty nor
on tho Ohicago police force who would mako bet
tor jaifors, in point Of intelligence, honesty
humanity, and physical capacity, than co9rss &c
roz Il the cutting do"n 20 Of ~ tue sn ua y involves
let it bo cut down Mt onco. Cook County car
spare him. Tho list Of salaries in tue slosiT' Z
of1lco will doubtless receive thorough overhaul
ing before tho Board geta through with it,
For The Circuit Clerks office, tho most nhorn
provision was originally made by tho Committee
who unhesltatingly recommended tho aalnrlef
nskcd by thu oronit Clerk, who auoaoqnontl'
wore no higher than ho would have been Willing
to pnyif ho were to run the office under tho fe'
systena. ,No arc obliged to tako nIr;; Gross
word for that although It y ,nn eat1eey r aonnts
the world. But 11r. Gross suggested, mud .tht
oblgng Committee ngreo thst IL tero ere should "
.ss o6' osra IT, @ aress' sf ~
, paid his Chief Clerk" but he did not add, or
i 10 did, tho committee overlooked the fact, tha
in tho case OF his predecessor, tho Chief Clerk
Mr blanle .ogs tie Circuit m,.,etta uIerE ,a an
nothing moro than q lalgc-sizod aguro-lead
, which could 60 through the motions necesaar.
I to agn it's nan,o hundred times day Or more
0 And another important fact was overlooked Z,
= viz: Tint tho new law contemp]atoa that LII
! Gross shall bo the Circuit Clerk, shall discharg
81 tho duties Of that position and sha1 not be re
:, loved Of thoso duties By high-priccl chic
i clerk, to be paid by the county,
- - is not he should DO turned out Of tho ofce--4
x ought to be required to be his own chiof clorl
n md save to tho county tho 2,400 agreed upo
4 by tho Board Of Commissioners. The item
chief clerk should DO stTickon out altogether
leaving tho Circuit Clerk = competent aaslstau
at tho salary named, 81, ,800.
Q Tho two common and ohnncory LAW roeor
s writers for tho Circuit Court are, probably
81, 800 year oach,-as their duties arc laborioul
' and require long experience:
= The four Court clerks, who hayo nothing
0 do but to sit In Court during its session, OIL
y take down tho minutes Of proceedings for til
;" law record writors to spread upon tho rocor,
l. and to keop tho Court docket, would be amp
:. paid at $3.50 each per year, as they are only 9
" duty while the Court ia in seHnion-an average
= not over fve hours per day. This was Il
v figure paid by Mr Gaasette, under whoao regin
y tic Court clerkB filied out their time by wrti1
folioa in tho RECORDERS Office, and no made goe
- wages.
ii $1,000 each per year-is no moro than th
If ought to receive.
= Ihero should be, in tho Circuit Clerks of1ie
. q saviug Of s., 200 por year from the List go
D. adopted by the Board.
10 THE coRoNEn's ASSISTANT.
J. According to the conclusion reached by t
!, Commissioners In Committoo Of tho Whole, t
- office OF Assistant Coroner ia to be created, ri
>. salary of 81 200, though Jack Btephons, III t.
81 f,1lnoss Of hia hoart toward Dr. Dunn, whom
B. had in view for tho appointment, persuaded :
Committee to recommel,d 1000. This WIS pill
mr. II on rather thick, in view Of tho fact TINT
Coroner very rarely las occasion for m assistant
10 probably not one day out Of sx, II tho Coron