, 1874-03-31

l"'tci VIII, uouote6e, op1ect 10 pelnH 'seE1oQ y
In that kind Of way mnch longer.
THE nEconp
kept by the Town Clerk, John schaener,-wlo
eau neither read nor write tie English Ian
guago, lis positively disgraceful, and shows rc-
markablc amount Of audncity on the part Of tue
Town Board.
THIS PRECIOUS DOCUMENT
whs written up by proxy, Julius Rolbertus
acting as Clorl, vico Sclaof1er, incompetent
through natural stupidity and profound ignor-
anco.
COOKING UP TIE RECORD.
The meetings go back to last spring, but those
from Nov. 28 show evdonceH that they hnva
beon written up within wook or ton dnys
whi1o the orasuros which aro Aideous and
numerous, must Aavo been made yesterday o.
the day boforo. 1t was nc. easy task to got ut
this HRme record, and the information WAS pro-
cured by compelling Mr. Schaeffor to opon hiB
Office and submit tue record to the inspection Of
. roportor Of Tie TRIBUNE The reporter WIS
detailed for the work yesterday morning, and
proceeded III search Of the erudite Iowa Clprk
OF South Chicago.
He FOUND MIR. s0nAEFFER,
surrounded by crowd OF dead-beats. in front
Of the Office OF tho Board of Public WuzkB.
clean. aud looks severely blue. His face has
kindred appearance to that OF the famed Knight
of LaMancha
CATCHING soHAEEFER.
Tho reporter touched Mr.. ScIneffer On tho
arm, aud the Clerk ut once turned around.
" How do, schaoffer7 Come over to Mike
Eyas private oico want to have little con-
Teutonio tone Of voice, II go right afonE."
He did 70 right along, aud, having passed
through IN army Of thirsty pntriotH, the reporter
and schaeIer found themselves in the "private
office already mentioned. The following COL
heportor-A1r. sohaofrer, THE CHICAGO Tnrn.
uNE wants to zee your record of the Town Board
meetings in South Chicago. We must have 1t
right away
WHY THIS ApusE.?
Mr.. schaeffor-Vell, vat for you 30 abuse me ?
be veteran as has yought III twenty -throe
battles and been wounded nno ti1nes. / vas all
through NIT Sherlnan-"
Keporter-What Aavo your warlike remin-
isceucos to do with tho record?
Mr. ecltaoffer-Vel, dat's 40, too. But I'm not
learned like in United States talk. But I can
write like German.
SEE NY HANDWRITING.
Here Mr. Schaelfer caught hold Of Mikes
rusty pen and scrawlod d fow "oharactcrs " on
the b9ck Of dirty envelope, which he pulled
from his pocket.
"Look at that!" he cried, with an air OF
triumph.
The Reporter did look, and beheld somo-
thing like whit tho doctors would term t.ichind
spi''at1s under a powerful microscope. Yet the
words comprised therein were simple alough-
Reporter-That will do, Mr. schaonur, but ]
want yout record.
NO DELAYS ALLOWED.
49,, Mr. Swell, not lave tue key with mo now.
"TiB up homo ct Twenty sixth street.
Roporter-Then you must sond for tue key, or
burst tho door IN. We want no fooling.
Mr.. Schaefrer-Vell. vo has town meeting to-
morrow, and you can SEQ 1t then. Won't dat do?
Reporter-It will not do. Wo must have 1t
right away. Send for tho key at once.
AR. HGhncffer {rntGr unrrnna1y1-Va1t T Spp.
pose the quiet way iBpoat. I'll send for the key
and liavo it here after dinner. I'll Ls In tic
office, over whero D'lYolf holds out.
Thus ended the 1irpt interview.
THE RECORD At LAST.
At half-past 2 O'Clock tho reporter went to thu
South Town office, No. ITO East Adama street,
aud was shown tue records ~ made out Tor Mr.
Hcllaofor by nIr. Rodbortus. The minutes al,-
at least since Nov. %. and already stated, tic
ink has hardly dried upon them, while the
eragures are painfully diHcernible, showing that
they must hnyo been made some time after the
trat entry, although footnoto states TINT thoy
were mnde Eefore tue original minutes vero
ldoptod.
WHO DID THE JOB?
Tho following poseons constituted the Town
were "ilxed": Supervisor o'Br,en, Justices
D'Wolf Boyton. HuiucB and Toy1-Cork
schaoner. Ovcraoor Phillips and Collector
Oloary woro elected to I'LL the places OF Juaticos
THE COLLECTIONS GRAD.
The following resolutionn were proposed by
Justice J. Q. Halnes. seconded by Justice Boy
den, aud carried unanimously:
Rtsoped, That tue salary Of the Town Collector OF
Taxes for the Town Of South Chicago, for tho coeo-
ton Of taxes bc, and the y Aeroby, fixed ut Tho
sum of $4,000 which said sum shall be ii 1ou Of and
in full for all other commissions compensation to
him for tie collection Of the taxes IN said town. for
sid year. and tho services Of said Collector in aud
jlesolred, That nll commsaions authorized by law,
for the collection Of Had taxes shall accruo to aud be-
come tho .noney Of said town.
authorized to employ such clerical and Office help
he sla deem necessary for tho collection Of said tAxes
to expense II which, together with nj necessary
stationery fnel, mud rol shall be borne aud paid bJ
the aaid Town Of South Chicago,
THE ASSESSOR.
A resolution Of somewhat similar import WAS
passed fixing AsAoasor Phillips snlary at 81, 5D,
but thogo figures wore written in after The original
sum was erasod, aud tho evidence Of crossed
capital "r thus transformed to an ~, coca
oBhow, with other indications, that the original
sum was tho modest amount OF 2l0,00o* The
recent agitation has, no doubt, scared tue lnanip-
latora, aud thoy haye attempted q "soratch
game" but have succeeded in making only
miserable "botoh OF the job.
THE SUPERVISOR.
Supervisor O'Brien's salary was fixed At "a, 6o0
a modest sum for an office which Ia = moro
Binoouro.
8QM6 QHAK9Eu.
Tbs following 8umB are charged to tho account
Of AuHessor Phillips:
Juno e'soo 'ao
Aof. osooV
sl1,4l5
Tho sum Of $40, 900. Including salary aud olorl-
cai l1olp waa voted to him June ~:
Tho following sums are charged against COL
lector Cleary.
Dec H. r Ii. Oloary. 1c00
Jau, "a, clerical holp, aUG0
JAIL ~ SiUuV
Fob 20, ealary a0Uu
Marc, 10, clerical leip. 1,0u0
March 20, 1900
$4,000
THE CLENK,
hfr. sohaolrer's sa!ary was fixed at Ct, 800.
At this Mooting Halnes, Sohnotter, Phillips,
aud Cleary voted "ayo" and Juatice Boydan
"no."
Tho absence Of Juatice Doggett from III tha
meetinBs was conspicuous.
Mr. sohaeffes politely assnrea TIN Tauua