, 1873-08-26

necessity Of providing place fol tho chilren Of toao
y eose eoa ss es
aud hts Wifo rlaced In chnrRc, aud all tho children
cared for in tlat way, aud much snorng DO royents
aud material AsststanCe rendered 1n checking tho
diseaso.
Mr.. Miller moved Tint tho communication DO
roforred to the Committee Oh Poor-uouHo and
Hospital and Sanitary suGeIin5tt0n,;ao. with o
era, mud If 1t could DO ollackod 1t would
Bayo tho city millions. There woro many oases
wl.ero tho parents had dod mud tho childron
loft homooss, donted admission 70 my charitable
hold, but thoir action lnuBt bo supplemented by
that Of tho county.
bfr. Ashton protostod. Thoro wns no c},o1orn
In tho city, and he objected to any such stato-
mont.
Tho motion waH agreed to.
THE CoUNT-I1OusE PLAN.
nrr. Clougl offered tho followipg:
nesosrta, That tho plan known ne Eureka. No. s,
Hall, be, and Ia horeby selected aud nloptod tho
pian by which to build such Culsrt-1louao and City
eurrnR sbect 70 se Changes au av
ay hereafter bo determined upon by tho Council md
.h,s ,Doara roytasd ths e.ns,s Of tho atehites
ssruction of tho building, shall bo verified.
Mr.. Ashton moved to postpone till Thursday,
since poopto were excited by tho recent dobatos.
! Mr. hillior offered tho following subattute:
WnEnEAs, Thero scens 10 10 nervous anxiety on
tho part Of tho public that tho two bodies having the
matter charge should proceed 1t onco To discussing
plan for tho erection Of tho ConrtlIonso; thorefore
Resotrsd. Tho Common Council cancurrlng that thiu
Board Will meet that body In informal consultation
at such time a. they nay appoint for tho purpose Of
which to erect Cour-Housc, and to discuss, nmong
otleEB, the following topics
themselves to tho three panB to which prizes Eero
awarded
Stcond-May tho disroront architects from which tho
plan Ia to 10 solicited be allowed to make alterations
| and improvements upon their pnrH AZ submitted.
Thtrd-Detoro soec.ng any plans. 9hall tho erchi- CHI
mato Of tho coat Of their various structures.
Fourth-WoMld It DO advisable, bofore adopting my
ran, 70 rcfer tho sao With tho catimatep for fta con-
8ldcrhto, TO Board 1f three architects WIN not
competing for rrizcH for their opnton to the feas
bty Of te various plans mid tho ycriacstion Of tho
estimates
Mr. Miller then moved to mako tho whole
thing special ordor for Friday.
Mr. Clongh WAS opposed to any poatponemont.
and was ready to moot tho issuo ut onco II
Mr. Ashton had not cooled off. Nh he said ho
had not, ho could slip into tho next room and
dodge, rs he had done boforo.
Mr.. Ashton objected to this as personal OBJ
aervation.
b[r. Clough Was illustrating tho unroadlnega
Of tho gentleman to meet tho question at any
time. Every man muat have made up his mind.
Mr. Miller had not.
htr. Clough Bald the delay had given rise to
theao charges about trading, and he wanted y
conclusion arrived at at once. They could not
be voted for by four out Of five Of tho Taxpayers.
Why dodge tho responsibility Ho wantod tho
question out Of tho WY, and not have 1t charged
that'it was kept aa thing to trade On. Flo did
old Supervisors.
Mr. Crawford was in favor Of the Tilly plan,
and would vote for it any timo, and did not have
to bo forced into IT by any ono., ue voted for
speet for their judgment. Still, If others
cn commssionor i1illors proposition % could do no no
harm, aud thero WAS no noed OF hurry. II
man dared to vote against It ut present, but it
might haro it's faults, nnd examination might
discover thom. I'iI1y could hayo his vote, but
DO wanted to bo courteous to low-nlembers.
Mr. Miller said ho had boon classified with tho
Matz mob" But nobody ever heard him urgo
its adoption simply that 1t should haro tho
premiunl Ho wantod tho mattor Informally
talked oyor before they camo to conclusion.
He was ready to meet tho question at once. and
jootion to the Iilly plan was it's cost. 1t
would not do to adopt it without beng
certain on TINT point. There wns not
on tho Board a man who could so through
tho detailed cstiruatee, and 800 that they wore
correct Hc wanted simply tho best plan, which
| should not cost oyor So, 600, 600,
CommiBsioner Harrison favored Tilly's plan,
aud WAS opposed to oil parta of Mnler'a rcao-
luton. Tho whole business OF delay waB
bargain and 4 trado. Thero wore mon In tho
Council who wanted no action till after tho cleo
ton. II tho Council would not concur with the
Board, thoy must ask for joint action.
Mr. CIolgh alHo feared that it waB tho inton-
tion to drag the Courthouse question into poll
tics this fall.
Mr. Galloway moved to strike out that clause
| Of tho substitute relative to joint meeting.
There was Il serious objection to it, einco tho
Commissioners would bo 30 hAdy outnumbered
| By tho Council.
| AFR. Miller said no voting was contemplated.
hlr. Ashton boioyod tho choice WIS limited to
ono of tile threo plans, uud which Quo OF them
| ho Was for he would not say. 11o believed in
tho substitute offered by Mr.. Miller. There
we're some things in tho plans that l,o wanted to
Investigate. Tho talk with The Council would
do no harm,
NJ. Doguo was roady to act Mt once Ho
thought there wcro plans which had not received
| premiums, bettor than Tillya, but Tilly's WAS
botter than sono others.
| MIR. GallowayB amendmont to the substitute
| was adopted.
hr. Ashton moved to postpone tho whole mat
| ter for two weoke.
Tho motion was lost-yeas e; nays, 0; tho
yoaa being Ahhton nerting, Lonorgan, Pahl"
Iii. Millor withdrew 1ia substitute, II they
chose to adopt TiIy's plan without knowing any
thing about it. ha should not object. After it
was adopted with 10 lttlo information, llo claim
Cd tho Tlght to enter hiB protest. It would coss
| A1r. Galloway aail Mr. Doyington told him tho
plan WAS AL admirable ono, and thnt there wal,
| not hall million difference botween any Of tho
plans.
Mr.. Millor said II that WAS 10, why tho obfec-
tiou to submitting the estimates TO q Board Of
| Architects?
Mr. Clougn'B resolution vas adopted-yoav,
10; nays, 5-as follows:
Ytas-Ashton, Doguo cough, Crawford, Galloway,
Harris, ua:riaon, Jones, Aussol1, and BinKer-lO,
Mps-Hcrslug, Lonesgan, Pahmap ltoolle, aud
MillGr-6.
Mr. Crawford gayo notice that he should offos
tho following:
l<.oued That this Board proceed immediately to elect
two perAos architects who, whom AulBcea Shall be
styled associate aEolitects and thros members Of this
called the Committee Architecture, to 10 added to
tho standing committees, provided tho Common Ooun.
eli thorein BY tho selection of tho PERSONS
sreltteots and tho appointment of like nunbor Of
persouH to act with our Committee Architecture,
Ill Of whom, togstler with the ohio Architect shall
constitute Board for ttn PURPOSE Of preparing pann
and lraMingh. eQ. fQE tie QQlrIIQugo aud City Hall