, 1873-01-14
DR.. BluthardG's Little Game
Completely Exposed. :
Award Of Contracts for Supplying
Groceries, Drugs, Printing,
Stationery, Etc.
List of Proposed Salaries Of Cook
County Officials.
The Bonrd Shows How Easy It Is to Vote
Away Other Peoples Money.

An adjourned meeting OF the Board OF Count
Commissioners Was held yesterday afternoon
President Miller in the chair. There were present
| Commissioners Ashton, Crawford, Harris, Harri
son, Herting, Dog71e, Clough. Galloway, Jonea
| Lonergan, Pahlman, Russell, Singer. E..
APPEALS FOR PRou1D111os.
| 4 communication was read from citizens O.
|, River Forest in tue Town Of Proviso, getting
| forth their protegt against allowing the sale o
liquors in tho River House, in TINT village. Re
+ ferred to the Committee on Liconses. 4 siuila1
communication from citizens Of Haywood wa.
simi1arly disposed Of. .
AWARDS OF CONTRACTS.
The Special Committee appointed to consider
the various bids for groceries, bread, aud -four,
reported recommending the award Of tho foul
contract TO Schweinfurth Il Co., at 96.75
per barrel bread to Fred. Volz, at and l6-l0(
cents per pound and groceries to Jamet
Forsyth j. Co. at tho following rates for the
principal items: Sugar, standard 4, u cents
per pound; Excelsior brown, 926 cents pol
pound; coffee, ground, 20 cents; whole, 191A
@z154 cents, syrups, 26, 45@53 cents per gal
lon; teas, 43, sc, 62@92 cents per pound
soap, 514@14 cents per pound; karo-
sene, 80 cents per gallon; starch, 89l@91S cent?
per pound; candles, 1919 cents rice, ~ cents
vinegar, 90 cents per gallon salt, s2.60 per bar
rel, and so cents per sack. The report was con-
CURED in.
PRINTING.
The Committee on stationery and printing
bids reported, recommending the award OF con-
tracts as follows: Blanks, to Clark j. Edwards
pamphlets, Cameron & Amherg, at 50 cents
for composition Is cents per pound for
book paper; 81 for preBs-work, and
91.75@3.20 for binding; Assessors blanks,
tho Stoats Zeitung Printing Company, at
9119.70; blank books, record books, binding,
etc., for the Courts and Offices Of Cook County,
at &c, $3.50 for estimated quantity to be used,
and 81, ,423 for books for the Recorders oilico.
The report was concurred in.
The Special Committee on bids for drugs and
medical supplies reported TINT the various
propositions covered in bulk tho following
anonnta: 2. J; Blut1a5dt, s31eol2; Hn1lbut !n1 ;,
G. A. Hoffman, $4,S57.s5; J, ". Ehrman,
34,635.31. The report adds:
Your Committee ars further advised that the PEI
son presenting the lowest bid in the shove List did pro
pose coIueon with another bidder to induce him
them not to bid that money might be naade out Of
the county, promising large trade with said party
Tour Committee have deemed It proper TO report tho
facts and testimony, without recommendation Is to
award
The testimony referred to by the Comnitteeis
as follows:
an employed as u salesman By the Arm Of Hurlbut
Edsal doing business at Nos. aud 10 River street,
Chicago On the 10th day Of December 1872, WIS In
o9 naea
for furnishing medical supplies to Cook County during
the year 1878 (Which proposals had then been advertised
introduced to me by Dr. Ben c. Miller. Dr.. Duthhedt
said to that he had propagation to make the firm
and t9 ssts II .os s
lion 1t then appearing th.t these Two would b.
'1s Would PSt n Sa It prees whieh psy
hin better PTots On EEspnsaGns
apa II S 1r Would ~ parehpae Of eup
rrnt market rates, the goods he required to I'LL the
county quisiions, far as they Kept them, and in
purchase during lie yesr 1ss5, tlooe Tephsd that
would ubnit his proposition to Mr. Hurlbut, and
to Dr. Butharat, entirely refusing to eonaider his
proposition; and further affirm that the copy Of said
letter, read by me on Saturday afternoon, JAN H. 7s,
before the Committee consisting Of MesaEE. Clough,
JAMES D. HynE.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th lsy Of
W:F. FuRnrok, Notary Public, Il
ASHTON TO THE RESCUE. -
Commissioner Ashton said thin was all 3 tenn
pest in teapot, and he moved that tue contract
be awarded to Or. Buthardt, as being the lowest
bidder, Tho understanding between Dr. Biuth-
ardt and Hurlbut d Edsal had nothing to do
with tho naorits OF the case; but, in any event,
It had resulted 20 the benefit Of the county.
The motion prevailed by q vote of 10 to 4, Com
missioners Clough, Galloway, Singer, and Lon
ergan voting in the negative.
Tho Committee on bids for miscellaneous sup-
plies we're not ready to report, and further time
was granted. "
The Board then resolved itself into COMMITTEES
Of the Whole, Commissioner Bogue in the chair,
to consider the report Of the Committee on Public
Service. "
For tho salary Of Judge OF the County Court,
81 900, tho amount fixed by law, was not changed.
and two bailifs we're voted 81 200 each per year.
For the salaries Of tho various Judges Of the
Circuit, Superior, and Criminal Courts the |
the 28 bai1ifrs in these Courts the uniform pay
of 81 per day waH adopted.
CIRCUIT CLERKS OFFICE
In addition to the fixed salary OF the Circuit |
Clerk, the salary OF lis Chief Clerk Was fixed at
common and chancery law record writers, each, |
81, 800; four Court clerks, 81, 400 each; two !
ofice clerks, 81 600 each. In the items for cum
mon and chancery Law writers, Commissioner |
Galloway moved to fix their salaries ut 81, 600 1
ssch, instead Of 81 800, but the motion Was lost.
REcoRpERs OFFICE.
Commissioner Harrison moved to fI at 81, 600 +
he pay Of the Chief Clerk IN the Recordar'a
,fice; lost. Commissioner Galloway moved |
hat It be s., 400, and the motion prevailed. The
,ala1y of the Assistant Chief Clerk was fixed ut /
81 500; Entry Clerk: 81 500; 6uperintendent Of
he Folio Department, 81 800; Superintendent
II Records, $1,000; three index clerks, each,
FL, 600; four comparers, each, IL 600; map
erk, 81, 200 folio writer's, cents per folio for
yords actually written.
This latter item was the occasion Of considar-
Ible discussion.
Commissioner Clough moved to f1 the price
It cents per folio, tho same as paid BY
aassette. Ho did not SEQ why tho County should
'ay more than private individual Tho motion I
VAS lost.
Commissioner Galloway moyed to fix the price
t 35< cents per folio for words actually written.
This also MAS voted down. "
Commissioner Miller moved that tho price be
ceata for words actually H1tten. and tho mo |