, 1874-04-17
to tho lowest bidder. Tho delegation aercod In
do aot and wont away apparently satisfied.


L
HYDE PARK.
The following IL tlio substance Of quito Ions
address to tic Votofa and Taxpayers Of tho VII
lingo Of Hyde Park, With rofcrcilce to the olco.
ton Of ofllcora whlol Is shortly to occur. It has
boon iss'1ed by persons who are opposed to whni
| In known as tIe CnucuB ticket, aB aoa;nat ttol
whicIiis known rs tho Taxrnyors' tiokot.
THE T1Nsr SECTION
Of tho addreaa asaorts that tho intorosta ~ H.,
villagers require tint tho levying and t1inhurao.
ment Of money should DO intr,,stod to lin cor,
Ut those who will honestly nn1 faithru11v nor.
| form their dutlos. It n]ao aasorts that 1rv5o
| l'ark cannot bo ontdoua by any city, tov, NJ
village in tho country which enjoys the luxnry
of 'ring."
HOPES or TE-ELEcrtoN.
Tito second soct!on iB nl endoayor to ma1,a n
appear that tho Caucua patty believes 1t will bn
successful, bocanso honest men will not como
ont and vote, md because all Of tho proaons or,.
cials aro striving to DO their own 8,lcreasors In
which sollish piTort thoy arc warmly aunnorted
by contractors and othor tax.eatcrs for milos
around.
GETTING n1c1r
Tho third section rolatos TINT It IN a notorious
fact that cortain officers mud contractors, WIN
until recently were laborlng aud tcaming by tho
day, have now long ront'rolf, and aro nhle at
Ad$ tkiiio W N4hD ES0A IA1kAIu Ill lAuus D&VaDI1
In village warrants.
wATER-wonKs.
The fourth section is devoted to tho sl1bioot OF
wNater,,wor!s. and being quite m inportant ono,
1t iB given III full:
1t ls fact that hna not yet bron denied that bids
were Invited for proposals. Tor tue water works upoa
certain plans oud speciAcatione, but tho htddor to
whom the work waa LET furlishoa other plans ana
apoc catous aud baBad his biu IN them no that a. to
hts pans and srccicattonH ttcro wns no cumnotttion
The contract for furnlahtng tho iron pipes wns lct
pa1y pt1rcllascd Of the same party tho same Hind Of
pipe an1 at the san1o time mud now purclaso ut go
por ton any ono curious in this subject ay tho
eont!not OF Ao da8 Company III tho lands OF Mr, L.
Z. Watkins.
Tho coutrset ct s7s per ton embraces tho grand out
wiring ths ase oSer contacts a2o 10 So
lot for tho vast network of supply within tho onter
ffs oo Vii Il ss fso s being assessed "a
an examination Of tha map will develop tho fact
Tint within tho territory SURROUNDED by te main tlern
within The noxt three years tic territory abovo named
cacpea assessment for water pipes alone to amount
'csa than s5go, &c 10y, 4 will be lucky.
Tho lOngh OF tho grand main IL tlftcen miles. Mt
S10660 is $1B4 100. inside Of tho granl raa thoro
oro over one hundred milo Of srcets liable to DO
sho,ps liz po,eer thc Eoard Till haze. ''''' MO
Consider tho gorions army Of Assessors, Collectors
Clerks, Enginoera AMI surerntendents. consider th,
vast number Of votcrs such stnpendous cnter1riso
dsss pssessaS =, f wonder Sss row n eIeo
! Ii
mo,,eyl 1t is big thing 10 coliecs III It ID big
thing to snperlntend tue work. It Is big thing 10
collect ne water rent. md mcsc moro money viii be
thu wnior works. aud next win he Fire Department.
Tho sixth section is list of tho present Off
cern mud thor Positions, all Of whom, it IL al
legcd, aro III favor Of the Caucus ticket.
SPECIAL AssEsBM1:STB,
The seventh section boldly asserts Tint no one
haa bceli ablo to ascertain tho oxact status Of
tho special assessment funds. II tho special
fund should fall short, however, tho general
fund IL called into regulation to ay of contrac-
for shortago, and, notwithstanding tho deoislon
Of tho Supreme Court with roforcnce to case
whore man, having paid onco, WIS roassossod
for shortnso, tho chances arc taAen Of getting
1omethinE moro out OF lnnocont Taxpayers.
Tho eighth section gives tho aalary-llst of tho
viIiagc o'ficors, and is somewhat interesting,
Treasurer. 81 800 land tho depoaits) Chief Of Po-
Ice, ~, 100 thirteen policemen at 800 per month,
a s 1as iii for i"ss
psessbiy of Ro5e Se' Sy Wof; Ill.,
aistntt. horses, maps etc, 1000; Superintendent Of
Wa.or Works, y coO l'unllsr, = 800 ian au ths old
,Uo; Assessor, 81 oou tbeatdos apociu asseascnt
tcea).
T1IE INCREASE,
TIE e. concluding portion Of tho section stntes
years ago was loss tllan $4,000, Wills they now
amount to s40, 900; that the general villago-tax
for Tho present fiscal year is S95 900; that ncarly
one-half OF tho ontlro tax-loyy is paid ont for
the Hasries. Of ring-ofllcers; ind Tint o special
Of - 000 WAS levied to appoint extra
policemen to help carry On the campaign, pacl
tho caucuses, md STUFF In the yotoH.
The ninth aecttou asserts tint general im-
provemont8 nro madc without estimate aud done
without advertisement
COUNT THE MoHRY.
~ Tho next section begins WITH MI extract from
Sec. 10 Of tho law concerning citieB md villages
requiring tho Treasurer to report the state Of tho
tfoasnry T. at Certain times. 1t Is then. asserted
TINT tllo report Of the Treasurer has not been
published. as required by law, and tho people
aro asked to count the money. series Of tlu-
pleasant questions aud assertions follow, tho
giyt Of which IL that the financial Offices OF tho
village have not been conducted aH they should
be.
Tho next section states that town warrants
aro boing hawAod about Chicago for from Is to
80 Per cont, aud yot the contractors get rich.
ALLEGED FRAUDS.
Tic section. headed " Tie Way They Do It."
(opon Btredts) containB d number OF bills,
eerttcatos, and sworn statements which, il true,
prove concuHyely that tllore las beof consider
ablo oyercharging and Q general Bystem of lying
~ vogue, 80 far Oh the public worla Of tho |
it Clearly.
According to tho abovo estimates and bill the case
staniH a. follows: Tho board pad to Charles Croigh
m for ltSs yards q. r. u esns p hs
,0o9 yards vt IL canta, sl0038, Aud by the sworn
of T q l.osser slAM yars at 1o cets
Woic0tt.
TIE coNCLus1oN. I
The gentleman who wrote the fifteenth and. i
alxtncnth sactions was evidently somewhat OK /
sited. judging by tho mantor in which he cut up |
ais nshnuncrpt into inilnitesimal sentences aud |
:Ae brietcst possible paragraphs. lie NAV DO, /
AT follows: The caucus nominated /