, 1874-03-19
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
That Normal School Dormitory Again
Defeated.
Rcltoving tho County Hospital Of Patients.
Vottng-Places for Town Elections,


tornooh for tho first time In their nav unnrters
in tho Criminal Court and jail building. on
hltch'Ran atreot. botwoon Clark and Dearborn.
inc board'roomn arc situated IN tho SECOND
Htory or tho brick wing, with tho entrance from
Dearborn atFoet. Tllero arc three rooms, ono
Tor tho meetings OF the Board, one for Commit
zoos, anu third for tho Office Of tho Clerk. Tic
contrast WI tho old qunrtorsin tho Court House.
with tholr baro brick walls, bad smells. and moor
yonsilatlon' quito markod and agreoablo From
tho clumsy and ill-al,apon appearance Of tho
furniture, 1t would soom that tho Building Com
mitteo wore aotuatea chiefly by desire to uso
up tic utmost possible quantity of black walnut
tambor. Tho Platforms OF the dosks could haralv
bo less noat aud tastofu1, while tho rnlliug which
bars out tho lobby Ia remarkably ugly and out
OF proportion. An othorwiBo chcorful and nt-
traotlvo room ia rendered ill-looking by tho
absence Of good taste in ita furnishings,
The full Hoard WIS present. with President
Ashton In tho chair. Tie first busnosB was tho
drawing of lots for choice Of desls, Which re-
suited to tho satisfaction Of all, especially Com
missloners Boguo and Hurraon.
accumulation was received from Armstrong
d Egan, recommending asphalt pavement for
tho courtyard and carriago-way, aud coment for
tho Hldowalh areas. It WAS referred. $.
DAD BTATE OF AssEssons nooxs.
a communication wRB received from tho
County Clerk, to tho OBJECT tint the uooleot of
hiB predecessor had left the. Assessors bookB In
bad Hhapo, from tho fact that a largo number Of
subdivisions, both before aud sinco tho fire, had
not boon recorded. It would take q YEARS. timo
to straightcn 1t up. Tho Clerk recommended
TINT committee confer with A1r, Marinolo,
Recording Draughtsman Of tho City, who pos-
soHsed all tho necessary information. and offered
to mako tho transfer to tho books Of the county
for moderate componHation. The matter WAS
roferrcd To the committoo m Tounli~stinr "., ~
MEL. noae.ieu " sno S"tu'aA%1oo VI Glu~u1htlon ol
1a3eH.
Petitions from various towns, aakfng for addi-
tonhl voting -placeH Wor0 referred to tho Com.
mittoo on Town and Town Accouuts
a communication was recoived from Mr.
Holiness oiloring to soli hospital aitc % bounded i
on aoE H0yne' o5a nopey, ana sampson Btraots, Tor
sl2S;,ooo. i;;t,]a J. 1T It was reiorted: :,r
fees for jury service on Coronor'B inquesta, woro
presented and referred.
s ~ on vuatHafy lep9rteo tnat tno
nouru Ll .ae M an'nory 10 provide additional
where 500 votes wcro cast at the ptoceiing olec-
tion, and recommended TINT in North South,
md Wcst Chicago there should be at loast one
~ 80 .s.is i =; ~ ~ ~ M IN ~, s.toA1 nlonu w
9n ,hcfoaso m ~ t1e Iowns Of H. mclcoro, Hyde Park,
forrcd to tho Committee Oh Town and Town Ac-
counts.
Tim cowntoo soqE M Ecot;nD ranopta t
o,,ia,t ~ niunn ~ haar5i, i.,a ~" W tt tho
MnS}s 9nu1ots G. W t!aNe W aua Ut tho
S"M tvok oount5 AoiAhA oouoo1 At LnBle"ooa, as
follo~6:
Your Committee submit plans for toraitory build
@ oso a he hs
paus, ranging from $lS,7o3 to $2s,6I4, Tho lowest
estimates aro givon on the understanding that tho con-
School aronds md USE sc9 norons Of tla mutatIaIa
in tho building 10 they can. There ts little or 10
choice bctweoi tho plans submitted Tho accommodate
lion in dosmitory built nttor either pan would be-
substantially the same. The estimates submitted BY
Mr. Johnston aro tic lowest. ----@''
carefully examined into lie workinRs Of tho CooI
County Normal School, and arc fully CONVINCED that it
Of Wow and your COMMITTEE arc Of The oninion % that
It's usefulness would be very greatly enlarged by tho
erection Of lormitory. This number now attending
cent aro entirely dependent upon their own
elorta for mems to got % education and your Com
81 tho 9 o to
forcgo advantages Of the school because thoy
unable to pay ths price Of board usually aekod by
those who tako boarors for profit. 1fany very PROM
Using students from among tho poorer claaa OF farmers
have 1nada tho attempt, ana been obliged to abandon
1t! the S 20 per week they Obliged to pay for
Nas argcr burden &haa their parenta or guar
a9nS M ina'a t are.ti. peas -, aor,o,.or,, s,, o, ~
roms tbe stuicnts IN fhe cih n1nn won'd rs .hio
to procure board ut not to excood $3.50 pcr weekan
amount generally within their means. When wo con
ai!ler TINT Cook County rays annually something over
f59o,9ou iof pubue ehaftiea elooooO more ior the
sa Vonfs etc We apa ao 99bs } the
cat;ann1 nurnosea. mi vo nrc rc1incd - cnnaido
good Investment ns statistics prove that tho orc en-
ghtened tho community Tho fowor paupers aud orra-
inala there will 10 to care for.
ps1or TO- tho ssta6ssnmens 6 o. me Normal School
%ut1U "eIo eaE5 0to sEHoo II tAD cuuty pukEtuh OF