, 1874-06-20

Of aU, uuFt, uU0 placed On thoir Glrpndy hoaYlly-
taxed property. But tho majority in tho County
Commissioners and tho Common Council aro
influenced by no considerations Of this kintl.
Thoro Ia on army Of contractors, aud a regiment
OF o1neotnut slperintentontB, who are olamor-
Ing for tho building OF this Court House; but
outsfdo Of these thoro ia not = taxpayer III
Chicago who wa,,ty the work begun now.
The County Commissioners, at their Inst moot
Ing, paaaca au ortor fixing the compensation Of
tile Architoot- t-snporintenlont at per cont Of
the amount expended. Estimating tho whole OK
pontituro ut so,oo0,0oo, this compensation Of
tho Superintendent will amount to s2A0, 1000; at
s5,000.00o 1t will roach 100000; aud oven at
s3,ooo.ooo 1t will reach s120,ooo. When this job
was pending. Commissioner Dogue moved to
rodl,co tho compensation to 219 por cont, but
his motion waa promptly releoted by tho follow
ing voto
feaa-Dogue, Durdtclt, U!ougl, jones'.
Sags-DuBse, Crawford, HcrtlnB, Johnson, Loncr-
gan, Russell, Aahton-7.
Absent-1larrig, Harrison, Hoo'lo-3.
The moaning Of that voto admits Of no mta-
taRo. A salary Of $4,000 or 5000 year would
have admitted Of no liberal division, hut M ag-
grcgato compensation ranging from s120, 900 to
s2i0,000 will pormit tho lucky man to mako
handsome dividends among the limited number
required to eleut him.
1u tho Common Council the contractors and
friends Of tho candidates for Superintendent are
equally busy, and tho public need not bo sur-
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ginning Of tho work. md tho levy Of tvo-mill
tax to raise tho needed funds. Tho city chartor
requires that tho ordinance making appropria-
tons for tho year ahalf DO passed within tho first
quarter Of each hscal yenr. This torn expires
on tho 90tli Of Juno. There nre but eight
Legislative daya now loft In which tho Council
can consider md act upon an ordinance which
lust year appropriated over SO, 100000 and which
will hardly be less tho present year. This all
Important ordinance has not yot bosn reported to
tho Council. and Of courao there can be no time
now fordlscusHion or doliboration. Tho result will
bo that whatevor tho irresponsible majority may
put in 1t will havo to DO passed, and it is more
than Akoly that IN appropriation for tho Court
House Job may be included.
As & last appeal to tho Common Council In be-
half OF tho public, we reproduce statement
mndo by Mr. Bogue to tho County Commissions
ers that Of the taxos for 1873 thero were = fow
weeks ago unpaid the following sums.
olfy levy Tor 1878 s., ,t32 k0l
State and county levy, 1a73............. 2GGa G3B
1otal. .t$G, ,705 233
This sum of1agt years taxes, amounting to
nearly s7,00o,00o, will have to be paid by tho
poop1o Of this city before the 18th Of August,
when tue tax-galoa will tako place. In the office
Of tho City Comptroller thoro arc now so50,0oo
Of unpaid tax-corti1cates from 1879. In tho faco
Of these faets, known to all, how dare tho two
Governments Insist upon beginning tho new
Court House, which is to coat anywhere up to
81, 600 Wo hope that, even at this late hour,
a ,najorityof the Common Council will resolutely
roioct anything and everything looking to tlo ex-
pendlturo OF dollar in rebuilding tho Court
House, until tho pooplo Of tllls city shall have
recovered to aono extont from tho extraordinary
outlay mndo in rebuilding tho city and repaying
tho ntrcotg.