, 1875-11-20
THE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
1ilcy Arc Preparing for Action
About the Eourt.liouse:
And Arc also eating Ready TO Head
VII the South Town Grabbnrs,
contractor }farms 1loing Some tloo'i Work
'..S0ildily Of the Foundations.

Great iHterest still coI,!rcs in to,,ft.JIous,
square, &hl there ia hardly person who button
nolea AnotlIpr on tho ntrcct but aska him l,il
opinion nn the nlans. Tho gtyle, The cottracts
eto'. Ahd each goes iis journey Illuminating u,,ol
The ways that arc dark and tho tricks thai s.e
Valn," Of tho County Doattl in particular.
1hc County 1ting haa kickel snnsl,cr pro,
from nndor its tottoring foundation by acalsl.s
cling III the South Town .ten and tic little mat
ter will he inquired into AMI atteuded to by I'll.
CitiZouB' Associhsion.
| yEs1EnpAY'A ACTION
Tho Special Committee Of tile 'atscr bn1v Of,
Conrt-ll0uBo cohtfnctB antI rlns IlcIh auotl,n,
meeting yesterday morning In thu o!;lco OF
Meesfs. Armour, Doio d Co.. loon 4 Metro.
f'olitan Iiock, at which woro preseut hJcssrH.
Armonr, Naamann. rrIca, nn1 lsosouhvrsor.
They merely diHcusEeti the Hubjecta under con.
alteration, mud concluded not tu mako .le,r r..
| port public until tic meeting OF tin Executive
Committee of tho C1t,zouH' Association. Tueudo .
AFTERNOON.
WHAT T1tx PEOPLE WANT.
G'tlzons nnt tax-payarH Acopl I'LL to have hut
aho view III this mnttof. aud that H. tIIcy waut
compromise effeetal between tho urci,,tccts
ana tnis act!on Hlusk bo Ind or n,l Injunction
"lIl lo''oW, ~Ach will stop tho Whole work, aa
surely as night RacceedH day. TIC document
necessary tor It IN already drawn up. md in the
lnl'as OF parties who are ready to produce Il in
court At any time, and WHO aro determined 10
toe fair rlay for Chicago, and to nce that shc
haa building Which will prove crodit TO llcr,
aha that Will show that her nlonry laH been
honestly invested.
:, II there WAS faint hope that tic Comfy
mug would endeasor To do right III tho future it
was totally disel1cd in tho r,l1lJB of lhe tullir
~ tho action Thursday Oil tho salary list and
South Town e.eRls.
WHAT THE PUBLIC sAY.
Such men AZ G.. C. T.. 1IuIt3r;l Con1y TJnr.inp
JoLnson, slccaffrey, and tic ottcrs WHO votosii
with then. Wers Yesterday hold UP AZ tho col.
seaPues a1ld supporters Of thieves aud pirnp4.
9, s',nno it was altcsotl,er Lost now. bow
OF 9. c. i. liujden, WHO, t!'oy o raid. 9aJe
never possessed eitter business or political
cansctty. His slnbbering ovor Hountrce, II
ssld legal gcntleman. "was disgrace, urid
lioldcn's Hliny coating will place him lower In
tho Bo"er of public estimation. Thus the County
Hing can SEQ how thoy stand. aud IN wi,nt estl.
mhkton tAo community holds tllolr members,
THE souIN TOWN HrEAL.
Ihe South Town theft wtll probably no. 10
conaufnmutcd "ltlout bono orpps:s'o;,, nj ll,u
CitiZana. Askociatlon Inns tlio mattor III
bo ba"d t and - sliAe Eyaos ra,, md bis pals
ere they got any dollars, as it is iutonletI to !
carry tue matter to tho Supreme Court if rer- |
eseAry. This 1nny seem strange IL TIM 1,iur
but' neVertnecss 1t su true, nnd tho corruption
thom In every particular actou, and watching Ell |
cloFely that they vii! not reAt nuti every COUNTY
fllfeser Is bounded down to eycrlastn. disgrace
and ,nfan,y,
THE REAL 1sssr
Ihoso things sAollld be thoroughly unlerstood
~ tl'e county tax-caters: That it is d ulrert
ISSUE between knayery and honesty, and the
puphe IL bound TINT It shalt have at least a
1cmosance u .! honesty tn the carrying on OF pub
nc affairs. aud every turn TINT IL taken viii bu
Closely acrntnized.
THE r1LE-Dnty1Ya.
uhfms was tho cynoauru OF 4 great mnpr oycs
yesterday. aud thousands Of people visited tho
'Huare, hont upon seeing tho r!es driven.
llolnH.luspccsor bailey had man On tho
round all day. aud evo.y pile that was brought
2 was carefully examined tbofore 1t was passod,
iafms IL DOUG better than bis contract calls for,
uss now. aud 10 sayH lo will live tip 10 Ais
notifications. Ito in now putting in wl,to aud
cd elm Of an excellent quality, ana le SAWS
heao aud white oak only Will be used for piios,
Yesterday morning tla slaSo; pi,e.r;vor ,,ro,,oro,
0 caps2s bv the swinging of n ,mber that nas
elnK losted ID place. but it ti,tu't fall over,
hough tho largo crowd got very much fright. |
nea ne I, an started d. on on run harns says he
Al, pa. anotller plle-dFiyar in position Monday,
I'd two 1noio during the coming wcok, as room
! mado by lalo d,ggofs.
ACTIVITY APPARENT,
lho olty yesterday had large force of men {
"2Ek e3Gayattus. and they, with their teams,
M HarEls forces, made tho square Ioug like d }
eTisablo bee-hiyo Of active humanity.
There will BE- an important meeting to-day at /
10 otlce ot the Hoard OF Public WorAs, Tic |
layos and Hut'ling Committees OF tie City aud
fohlsecks Egan aud TilIey, are to gather tbjs A.
fnoon At o'clock. with i Wow toward harmon .
'ng the differences existing between tho city |
70 = county 10 regard to the court-Iou plaus,
fkSnf I'm kt%$iA A{,,rz-
J one general plan, Ut loast so lar as exterior IL
'ncefued. Tie architects have boan instyuctui
bring their panH, and II Ia expected Tint tho
scussinn WHICH must ensue will result In BRING :
!; oas !hs e3set status of a'la1rs mud onable
"a city and county antlor!.ios to act with q !.
sser understanding than shoy 4Ayo had here
THE FOUNDATIONS. q
,M',.l s,r EGan,s % Elan for tlo foundation Of tLc
'lntJ Court-liouHe is OF tho MOTT elaborate
senpsion: and. II Contractor Harms lives W
the specifications Of hta contract, tho fouutiar
n. tos strength aud durability, Will not to
oolsed {, by any similar building III The country,
d, to prove this. a description is given ofs .
;t!on through tho outside, front, aud side Il
ls, Flrat theEo are threc sections of piles. .s =.
y COOP feet apart, aud snnk to a depth OF :;
leet. Ihon tllele is feet i inches In deptl :,
concrete, IL foot inches In length. This Is !,
,tectrd by aheathu,g Of G-!t,rll-planking et
] pos, driven to depth OF 20 feet outsido, y!
ove tho concreto aro three solid LAYERS A
dlncnalon stone, respectively 19 foot inches ~
q, II inches doep; 10 feet . inches long u i.
aes deep s feat @ inches loue, II inches i
p. 1his ia followed to inner grade OF walk o. o.
y so!ld rnbhle masonry feet inchcs thick, !.
III feet high. II
dr. Baunaun, menbor Of tlo Oitlzons' A. d.
taeIon Special Committee, and an architect /;
70 also . monber Ut tho Rub. C0mu,ittas to L
mlno ant! report OIL the plans, thukn ttatthe To-
naat,oll y sufficiently strong to hold any s
ldtnK which might be erected, aud tAat the T.,
ath.pins on tho outside might be dsus,,sed t.;
D. as without 1t the foundation will prove aui- i,
rot support. VI
GARD FAoX iii. EGAx.
ne Editor ~ iht thteago Tribune;
ittcAoo, Nov 19.-An infamous letter. untJer IL
signature Of ''Architect," appears In your iii
q Of to-day, evidently concon.ad 70 doproci- 'suf
my professional standing and create publlv iu'
III with respect to tbs action OF -ths Board Of r.
nty Commissioners In tho mAttes Of tho nav 49, 49,
rt-Ilonss. I'll
eFm1t ME briefly to htsto In reply tn tl.s In r.
To- attt1x I