, 1873-07-22
THE COUNTY BOARD.
Something Wrong About tho New
jail Building,
First Round III lilo Contest Tint Is to
e. Ensue Over tho Court"
House plans.

Tho poard Of County Commissioners mot yes
&artlny afternoon, President Miller In the Ohair.
Present, Mossre. Singer, Jonos, Crawford, Pahl-
man, Hcrting, Doguo, Ashton, nunsel, Lonor-
gan, Harrison, Harris.
Tho Superintendent Of Charities reported that
thore woro now 612 volumoa in tho library at tho
poor-11ouse and Insano Asylum, md that 1880
had boon received. Thoy woro aourco OF sroat
qualification to tho inmates Of thcao plaeea.
TIE JAIL AND counr-uousE
Tho Committee on Public buildings submitted
nresolution, asking that thoy DO empowered to
Employ competent porson to act as inspector
nnd supervisor Of construction on tho Jail and
Criminal Court, with power to havo any work
which hae boon badly dono pulled down md re-
placed by good, etc. Tho matter was postponed
temporarily
On tho Recommendation of the samo Commit
tao II WAS ordered TINT 914, ,S48 be paid to Mr..
Deakman on account OF work dono on the Jail.
1t wna not douo without objection, since
come Of tho work which has been dono In a 1nn1l-
ner not In accordance with tho specifications las
boon dono by Dcakmnn. At tho Hatne tmo,
some Commissioners Expressed the opinion that
1t would bo well to dlsniss the two nrchiteets for
ri1E COURTHOUSE pnASs.
Tho samo Committee in continuation with the
Committee on Buildings aud Grounds OF. tho
Council, made tholr report. etatinG to whom
Court-11ouso plang.
could not award premiums. Tho Board aud
Council alone could do that.
Mr. Doguo stated tho matter was considered
IN committee, and was decided thoy could mako
tho awards.
Mr.. Harrison waa Of the opinion that the Com
snitteo should submit tho tbroo plans, and thon
NJ ft.r1 1l0n nr1 Haatr} In {r1Y YuItf
should award tho 6rst aud other premiums. !.
Mr.. Crawford moved to postpone tho matter
till Monday.
Board to stand by tho acts of tho Committee,
even il 1t Ind Romowl,at trapBcenloa its funo-
tions. Who got tho premiums ho did not care !;
but 1t was for the Doard to locilo on whose plnn
tho Court-Houso ehoull bo built All involved
in tho report WAS morely e8,000 aud ho was
zendy to vote at ouce and sustain tho Committee,
even though It unqucstionably exceeded its
powers. lie offered tho following
Resolved. That tlis subject 10 postponed until next
Monday and 10 made tho special order at that tins.
Resolved That tho Beard tonnne itscf to tho three
reported On by tho Committee.
Mr.. Crawford did not want to bo confined to
any thrce plnus.
Mr. Orawford's motion to- postpone till noxt
Monday, was agrood to. 80
MAPS,
Tho Comtnittce on Public Borvico recommended
tho purchase, for county uso, OF tWo copies Of
Poltzer's maps, ono to bc placed in tho Rocora-
ora Office, and tho other in tho County Troasur-
cr's Tho Committee was instructed to nscoF-
tain tho probable oxponso Of making a full and
complete aot OF maps Of tho entire county .
TIE INSANE ASYLUM ENLARGEMENT.
Tho bids for tho additional story to tho In
sane Asylum woro taken up. ,.--,
It was asked by Mr.. Ashton why proposals
syoro Advertised for only in tho Post and Std0ts
Zcitung and why it was required that the brick
used should be tho make Of particular man.
1t was replied TINT tho two papers woro cor
porGtlon papers.
Mr.. Ashton moved tho bids bo rejected, and
the Committee bo instructed to advertise again.
The motion wAs agrcod to--yoas, 8 nays, 8.
HOSPITAL unouSDs.
The following bids for ground for a County
Hospital wore opened: s, ". Rawaon, ilyo
acres o. the northwest corner OF Twelfth street
tngB, tlrco acres in Block H. Rockwell's Add-
ton, On Vnn Buren street, between Oakley
htrcot nnd Western avenue, for $40, 600, or six
acros at $50 0O0 or tho lots at tho northeast cor
ner OF Harrison street aud Western avonuo for
$685. 900, or those at tho corner OF Harrison and
10, Ashland Addition two and one-l!alf
ncros for s75Oo0; j. T. Matthews & Co.,
three md ono-tlird acres, nenr tho cornor
Of Ashland ayonuo and Twelfth street, for $50,
O00 and another near by Of tho same size for
s55,0U0; T. L. Miller, on Throop. botwcon Van
Duron and Tyler Htroetat 113 feet by 29?, &c,
900; T. r. baldwin, II acreB In CadwiHo's Sub
division, $780, 900.
The bills woro referred to tie Committee on
Public Service and the Hospital, who will also
conault tho Faculty Of tho Hospital as to tho
eligibility OF location. ,y--~-.
ceive proposals for land from all parties up to
the tinlo they arc ready to report.
The Board then took q recoss till AIonday.
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