, 1874-12-31
CONTRACT FRAUDS.
4 Sample Of Those Practiced
Upon Cook County.
able and Interesting Report Of Tho
Special Committee on
Supplies.
They Find the Present Contract Sys-
TEN Shookingly Loose,
And Recommend Various Important and
Desirable Changes.
Valunble Information Rejected for On
Extraordinary Reason.
The Ratio OF Corruption to Hon
csty in the Board; 8 tot.
ftau,,tv EntnI0yns EIncfe}. mud thu CaInrfes
The Rntio OF Corruption to Hon
csty in the Board: 8 tot.
County Employees Elected, and tho Salaries
Fixed.
COUNTY SUPPLIES.

70 tho Honorable the Eoatd NJ Cook Cottnty Commits
pointed Dec I, 1871, to "esa1ipo into the present
system Of purchasing supplies os tug county sna tbs
xesoluttouHt to-wlt:
THE RESOLUTIONS.
! WHEREAS, This disbursements by Cook County for
o. appears nv ito foilowlleg eshl1it, to-wis:
For Insane Asylum for year ending Dec. !, 1874
For pool-uouss for year ending Dec. !. 1871, sel.
o5D.03.
@r County Agents onlce for year ending Dec. j.
FOR ooanty-uoapita' for year ending Doo I, 1874,
For oaoor 5eef in outside to"ns for year ending
Fq3 sqto caro- Of raupcrs for year en
ny sasg nss 5s 1s ;as for tho year ending
Dec. j, is74, s9s5, ,302.G0 J; aud
wnknxAs III consequence Of tho large number 0.
men now out OF employment. tlla Doard, III esytng
tho tx for 1874 waa npgcd to provide for largo cx-
pendituss, for publio charities during the coming
WHEREAS, 1t ss tho boun1en duty Of thss Board to
nscertan mud adopt that plan tn s disbursements for
most economical but nla at tic sumo timo rcliovo iho
unfortunate poor which thrown Oh cur lalds 10
eaTs ie foF TSsefors Tsei ns i =, oxo ;,
present syscin Of purchasing supplies for tlo county,
This Board the result Of tcr investigation together
With such suggcsttons sa n their judgment will sim
IesoIred That Tue olcssion for county officers bo
postponed until ths Board ahall have aetcd upon tho
report which sA!d srcclal committee nlny submit
HAVING PERFORMED Bald DUTY
havo ia II rae5 to aalssr tsec'1sr aush iaiorns,
Leg isass most respsetfaliy to rsport. .' '@>''
And, first Of all 1t was determined before rccoiu
to asct rian how far tho systcm ad proved .asfao-
tory - AZ economical measure ~ tho Isse and 70 tais
it, Of al og 9 h
Cook County for tho year 1a73-14. His reply WAS ns
follows, WITH ........-..
THE NAMES OF TIE CONTRACTORS:
Cu1oAao, Dec. &C. c, =. Holden. Chairman Spc-
cial Committee on Sapplics-DEan SIN: 1scrlylng 10
ys s o' II # aay 5oSs ssg e s
eiose herewith ho tst IS Requested. baso Tue honor
' ''4' -N''''' u; EDWARD P. Miles
= CIcrk board County Commissioners.
Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing COM
tany, Eofs coal. lusano Asylum mud County agent
,ker 1.ros soft goal, jail aud Criminal Court Dail
E an Mo snd hr ssa r asl aa IT,
dore s:hni,s, boo.s md shoss; =; 1ernst. butter;
and pratna 'is sast atz d in S'aa and sS"s har%sre
Snrlsl f paspfrs aeDoasli / wal, baskets, stss
ls l1 ros CON- + T. enaus Ets ana
Aacr, broad T. j. Huthurdt. druBe.
With tho list Of consractors before your Committee,
alr. Lathrop was requested to furnish your Commit.
such Information Az he might obstn Dearig upon thsir
ttaIdlng III this community ns contracorB in their
various lines Of goods furnished to Cook County. ua
ler their several contracts with the sas Ills report
u ns follows
10 t1e IIoaorabts Tho Chairman and Members ~ The
III compliance with your request made to me, ly noto
Of tho l0th inst, to ascertain possible the
standing Of tho several rarlics with whom tho Board
Contracts, tDEShCr with their BGpErol of
business. clc, herewith most respectfully report all
The facts which yo been ae to gather from actual
observation mud Inquiry:
TIE GOOD ONES.
Tho contractors ascortained by h1r. Lathrop to
ho of good standing in the community and re-
sponsiblo parties are aa follows:
William Roinhnrdt Il Co., meat contractors;
Chatles Harms, milk contractor; Calnoron. AM
berg i Co., printing aud stationery; neinharat
l. Multog, hardware contractors; i. Voltz, Hour
Aaus, md j. L. Daer, bread contractors for the
throe divisions; r.. j. Dlnthardt, drug co,l-
tractor Wilmington Coal-a1ining and Alanufac-
turing Company, md ,'1 Chicago, Gag; Wilmington 4
Donald Il Wall tho former Alderman Of tho
Eighth. Ward, aud tho latter an e1-.nember Of
tho Board OF supervisora), baskets, hollow-waro,
mud sono grocorics; and Fred Boerner, butter
contractor.
TIE BAD ONES.
Tho contractors Of whom satisfactory renQrt
WAS not pros8ntou are ~ follows, according to
Mr. Lathrop's invcstigatlons:
IL a. near as learn resident Of JoiIcrBou, III
Cook County, and 1t 'a said haa smau establishment
John Durk, contractor for coal Rnd wood. nyea
aid o him This Dseet nros - liina tho contracts
sra ill., Of % joha @ Sk 2 Wepe s4sw eds E s
Which they do not approve Of e y fs,. they wore con.-
thHY add th1t their COtuDEfitQF8 prACtEEu 1t