, 1873-08-19
THE COUNTY BOARD.
The Twelfth Street and Ashland Ave-
nue. Lot Selected as tho Site.
for the New County
Hospital.
Adoption of the Report Of the
Joint Committee on Court
House Plans.

terday afternoon, President Millor in tho chnir.
proBont, Alcsara Galloway, Bog,e, Crawford,
Jones. Lonorgan, Ashton, pahlman, Russell,
uelting, Singer, Clough. Roollo. Harrison, and
Harris
OFFICE or RECORDER OF pEEps.
Tho Recorder Of Deods stated that by taking
tho baso1nont and fourth floor Of tho Marine
Bank building would meet oil tho requirements
Of his onco, and that htt]e gnn would be TO-
qulrod. Thore waa nh abundance Of vault room.
He could find no othor building in tho business
part Of the city which anawered Tho purpoBo as
vol.
Tho mattor was reforrcd to tho Committoos On
Public Records and Public Service.
An offer was made, and referred to tho came
Committees, to lease tho building Nos. 81 and SO
Franklin street.
M1soE11ANEous.
Tho Village'o OF JoiTorson asked for IN nppro-
priaton for d bridge.
The Board OF Auditors Of North Chicago
asked for an appropriation OF $4,000 to mees
deficiencies for 1879, otc.
It was orderod that a22,782 bo pa1d to ". q.
Doakmnn. and S10.455 to NJ. B. Bailoy, On &C.
count OF work on the new jail and Gsim.nA
Court building.
NEW COUNTY noBrrTAI.
The Committee on County Hospital reported
OF the ,hpst {e f9r hosPa1 goq7nd 70 tho
and recommended tho purchase of tho ono at
tho cosnor Of Ashland ayonuo and Twelfth street,
which can be had for $l5s, 750 in county bonds at
par. Tho lot coyorB about nine ncrcs.
Mr. Harrison moved tho matter bo laid over
one waok, on tho ground TINT the price WAS alto
gothor too high, aud that better piece Of prop
erty could be procured for q lower price near
Loomls and Taylor atroetB.
Tho motion was not agreed to-yeAs, s; nays, 0.
Mr. Crawford defendod tho report Of the Com
mittoe.
Mr. Harrison made another speech, asserting
that tho present owners Of tho Aulland avenue
lot paid only $1,000 for 1t little whilo ago,
and that the insrease was exorbitant.
Mr. Crawford put in rejoinler.
Committee and tho old superintendent Of Pub
Go Charltios, pointing out the neoesBity for a
new hospital and tho good points Of the Ashland
avenue lot.
The report WIS adopted,-yoas 9; nays Gas
follows:
Yeas-Ashton, Crawford, ucrting. Jones, Lonergan,
Pahlmsu, Koolle, Iussel1, and aillsr-9.
ha,yt-Dogao' ,r-g' ooush, Galloway, Harris, Harrison,
Mr. Ashton, in explaining his vote. denied
that there was any job in tho sale. so far as he
h:d q been able to find out. He took advantage
had not beon bar-keoper, ea was falaely alleged
by tho Times. Ho nover was on that aldo of the
bar, II any Commissioner doubted hia s}sae-
ments, he would refer them to DR.. Freer.
ThoBo who voted in tho negative explained
tbeir votoB and generally expressed themselves
in favor Of lot between Lincoln md Wood and
Tylor and Harrison streets, which the Committee
and medical men thought good one.
COURTHOUSE pIAN8.
Mr, Singer moved to take from the table the
mittoe on tho Court-Houso Plans.
Mr. Singer m moved We that they DO rocommitted to
the Committee.
Mr. Miller opposed. Tho Committee worked
BIZ months and made report. which every
mir E1n nd 10 zI411${ h1HA ffA
Commissioners who signed It treated 1t like =
bastard child, and tried to strangle it.
mr. Singer had steadily voted to have tho
o report ADOPTED but the Beard dt hsa ed
thing in shape acceptable to tho Board, he had
made tho motion he had.
Mr. oough said the Council had recommitted.
Council would do, and now tboir '' action ton VA
known. It Was important for the Board to know
what tho cost Of these three plans would be, snd
tho Board had botter recommit, go ~ to
sonally he had no preferences, and knew
no architects, but he did not want to persist In
course which would delay action. He did not
want to stand up against storm M of public indig-
bIr. Bogue believed Mr.. Miller erred whom he
said tho Convention did not sustain it's report.
The members had always voted Tor It, He Was
In favor Of recommitting simply because the
htr. Miller said in the Council every member
OF the Committee on Public Buildings voted
against recommitting.
Ing Committee wore opposed to recommittng,
Bnce they bad already had 90 much Of it. He
thought the report they had made was aa good
- could bo bad; unlsss M tho Committee on, wanted
done. It was botter to award tho prizes and sot-
Lie tho matter.
The motion to rotonmit mas not agreed to-
yeas, 8: nays, o-nB follows:
1a14aw T1.n~4 T-,tn=
Ros ss HsysSs 20 .s Hs1ns
Amotion to adopt the minority report Of Aid.
Dailoy was lost.
motion BY Mr. Harrison to recommtt. with
directions to give tho first premium to Tilley, tho
second to Matz, and the third to Gay, VAS loat-
yeas, 7 nays, 8-as followH:
Yeas-Ashson, G1ough, Galloway, HarTis. Harrison,
soee snseF .na Mstae P'n
Tho report giving tho premiums to Matz, Gay,
md Tilley was adopted-yeas, 10; nays, 5-as
follows:
sqs %ns, qsaiossy Tatns
hbays-olousa, Harris. HARRISON Jones' and Rus
COUNTY PHYSICIAN.
Mr., Harrison offered the following, which was
adopted.
Whereas raro charges haye been circulated through
public nswspsper against The County phyecian. Tug
Re.elpsd, Thst committee Of three b appointed to
e1Amine Into tho facts and report to this Board.
MessrB. Harrison, Jonea, and Olough vorc up
pointed to net Oh the Committee. =
GRAVEL FoR THE FooR-FAnM.
Mr. Crawford offered the following
Rssolusd, That the commttee Of Moads and Bridges
to haul gravel from the Poor-House farm and dis
trbuts it upon the roads between the Northwestern
Gravel road and tho southeast corner Of tho Poor
House farm,