, 1873-05-23
THE HIGH JOINTS.
Wllnt They hid About the Court.110nso
Plans Yesterday Afternoon.

An Export Employed to Mako m Estimate Of Tho |
Cost Of Building According 10
tho Plans.
Thoro is an nstutc body known a. tho "Joint
Committee OH Court-Houso plans," J" whoao do
| ings aro mysterious, as yiowod from tho Btanl-
! point Of tho uninItlated, That body
Moyca in nyntorious way
1s hlundera 10 rcrfor,n:
Changes lis tactics aycry Lay1
| g.. Afratd to faco the storrn
Of public contompt which iB being hurled upon 1t
from every quartor. That Committee Is like tho
1rishman'e iloa--now you Beo 1t, now you don't.
Ono aay lilo Committee choose sixdesigna; thon
| there is a howl FROM tho roiootod forty-throa
competitors, and tho original forty-nino are in
cludod in tho roviaod Hat. Tho roason Of this
is not known to to community. The 1atter un-
enlightened aud (ao tho Committee think) ILL.,
! Important fraction Of tho population Of Cook
County havo always supposed that maioritioa
rulo Tile antuto Joint Committee aro guided
by an entirely different principle, which Is,
!" Aid. ogden. and Commissioner Doguo rulo."'
This principle was yesterday applied to tho
| following question: r.
Tho reportcra domnudod almittanoo et The
meeting ct te cGmttteo bassaa9 e 'r,ranrgga onga
| at tho meetings, they did so Of their own por-
eonal risk aud discomfort, while aa o mnttor Of
principle their exclusion was Insulting. to tho
| public ut large. They therefore talkod tho mat
l tor oyor with number Of the Committee, eight
Of whom expressed themselves as doslrous Of
admitting tho representatives Of tho press.
q e6sir ' ma n'sa Ra se5dy osdens rght @ bewo aeng
ns Secretary motion WIS made to admit tho
Mr. poguo, Of tho County noart. r roeo to
tampering with tho rights Of tho oom,nittce.
He accuHod tho Alderman Of acting tho Spy, and
keeping tho press informed as to tho moyoments
Of tho Committee. He thou denounced the press
| With auch preponderance Of adjoctives that tho
Committee became alarmed.
Aid. Bailey contol,tod himself with denying
tho charges, and challenging tho Commissioner
| to produce proofs. ...-.. ....
desired. Tho pross Lad boon very savage. Tho
| press was unit on ono plan, etc.
Aid. Ogden spoke.
Commissioner Singer did not caro- to haVo all
ho Baid reported.
Com1niaalonor Galloway would not for all
the world.
aid. McGcnuiss hoped that nothing would DO
to them, but because ho did not wish to embar
raes those gentlemen who shrank from too much
> publicity.
Tho following gsntlomon Expressed tAern.
Aid. Heath. .Bchmitz, Bailey Commissioners
Hcrting and Lonorgan. md Public Works Com
miaslonorn Carter, Priudiyille, and Thompson.
So hot and feyerish were AID. ogdon and his
them tho Committee dropped tho matter with .
smlo, aB AID. Mciennise introduced tue 1o1oW"
Ing preamble aud resolution, which dlTertea at-
! tontion:
WuEnEAs, There exiata considerable discrepancy in
tho estimates Of cost Of tho buildings, pana Of Which
nTe sngmltteth9y ne orehsSts competing 1or Tic
% r. Hnu ~ Ivy yn a nne.,,r M ., orouna =,
economy, that this COMMITTEES should. bofors deciding
| | actual cost Of each and cvery plan and,
, WHEREAS, Such estimates can only DO 1nade by
professional experts familiar from ong ~ eapesaehce ere
with he construetion Of buildings and tue cost OF
nesarrd et ts snova comnecnt
,n d;sntsreatss s1nrrt avn "a nnkcn carcf,] and com
rlco caimato of EXPENSES required il tho consruc-
lion OF buildings according to the pans offered in
competiuon: and that tlo asid expert shall 10 re-
of nis ngarest rt,t ,ho ~ .c
hereafter bo determined m By tho comnitteo and Tho
said conpensation shall bc taken, one-laf from the
contingent fund of tho county, aud one-haf from TIN
contingent fund Of the city.
: Tho resolutions were adopted.
AID. McGonnas suggested TINT ho was nc
D. q. Mckay, who had been in this country
t about two yours, having epont tho greater part
of that tiio in this city During the Great sea-
= aon of rebuilding, he had aayed builders thou-
y saud8 Of dollars BY cutting down tho charges o1
I contraotors, aftor they had boon certified to by
Il architects md in no cnse had the reduction been
t objected to hY tho contractors. lie had mado a
t lifelong study Of this buainoBs. He, therefore
: estimates, and assist tho Committee by answer-
;. ing questions as to details.
i. Tho motion prevailed.
< The Committee having thus erlsed tho re-.
. sponsibility Of saying my to tho gontloulan who
Q wanta q complimentary voto for No. g." con
tinued tho discussion of the plans where 1t lof
d them The Committee was worry anxious to get
r. cent look over the designs of NIonsrB. Etbtooho
u = KRIS. Whoelock l. Thomas, Randall, Bongley /
J.. Roy, aud Dixon Il Hamilton,
+ Tho Mayor came up while this matter wa
i discussed, mud was catlod upon for some re-
y marks. Ho said that there was an evident pres
+ auro being made to coerco tho Committee into
o hurried choice Of tho three 1nal plans. This wa