, 1875-10-12

differ froms tho on1cial records 70 mich tho
NnIrc for tho :" official records hit tho diA-
formation In tao sa,ne cnnnootso,,: :" The iRurpa
SLOWING thu 1noncy expended wcrD taken from
verbatim transcript Of tho ovcnto given
before tho Government Con,mlaHit,n, and
foam I n tho t'Iileial statement 1t l1annafora'
This then, Ehora Tho "Wouny expended " for
what .lln Commission tlcnomnaso tl,roe-fn fnnrthB
of tlo amount "t rtons necessary " delivered
md Trol'sht." THIS. tlscn. is Tho " evidence :"
i. On sh's to ,u'i'.n,ssiot, sao Their aa:o.
been ouornnus." We'll. then, accord.
Ing at t!lcec t1gurep, taking tho
Hrosa an.ontss paid for cutting, nudcr tlo 15 ror
Ea<emen!Atono nntl under tho conlrnct for naw-
in,,--in short. all thH work lone by 1uhn ".
Mnr'ler upon tfio stock for tho Guatolu- House.
Including Tho extraordinary percentage OF r,rll-
i,'rasycd nt'd nodded work. Rna adding .thcroto
LIN coat Of Ito uovernmnn& snperintoli,lonco OF
cutting atni contingent o1ponsos las IL t!o,,e in
f!Io iom Of 'H'onccutting y. md tho entire
psErogate ia leta than Is PER eens creator than
tliD cuAt Of tho stock
t'ul, TIM "oifiInl records Of auv other build
luz make eucll shoWing5 Will thu recoytl
Of hny Etonc-rnstfuE "uf rnlativc quantity
n!''l character that hns becn executed fdr tho
Of contract. III thu Inst lftncn years." show M
E!slall percentage nj cost?
Int. 1t may ho rlaIn1rd this results from tho
excessive cost OF tho stock, aud tho Atatnmont nf
tAH NDtilHHtkNu TIM - EHfAH1T ht1u better
fsoue coslu llayn heen obtained" might be nd
ducrd in support Of ouch proposition. Now, II
yourintnHstirnH correspondent will "tr&nscrbet" 4"
Tor tue benefit Of ynur readers. the portion pf
tho evidence oil which tho Commission based
that statement, It would materially attl in elucI-
tintlng tIntlnr that laY heretofore undergone
coi,aidetabio ulhcussion. Very respectfully,
A. q. MILLS
HonsE.srEAL,xH 1S CHICAGO.
70 the E6ttvr Uf Ihr Chrnao TRIBUNE:
CH1oAdo. Oct. l1.-The othor day, In Mason
City, III this State, common horBe-thlef was
rnsaued by an indignant rural population aud
lrnched. demonstrating is decidedly poor
business in tho country, besides beipK attended
with considerable personal danger II tho tiiel
il cnu9hs. In Hiho contrast, intnosI, Ia the bust.
ness carEicJ on in this city, where, Judging from
the innunlcrablo reports OF horses md cur
r'ages being taken cyory day, 1t wonll seem
tint our city detective force ia powereas to pre-
vcut or discover tho gn1ga TINT aro engaged IN
tho buslnosa OF DEMONSTRATING in our midst.
One OF our morning lal;orB last week announced
from oas n!raeta during tho tnenty-four
hosyos mud yel1iolca nro MI taken iron,
tho atrcota almost boforo tho face and cyos OF !
sLetf o''lors: In every instance coming TO oar |
knowledge Of The BntferorH having gtynn .nfor- |
nation to tho Iolico Department, tho officer |
having III charge tlliH brancll hna invariably nd
Elsest secrecy gill! no. to advertise lotscs. Why
this adsico IL EsFcn leave tho ro!1ro Depart |
Inens to cxp'Rln. On t,u otinr hand, in every |
case Of AtouE horHcs n..ti carriages a1rp:tsei III
THE tribune, thov haYe bren found and tic |
property rcgainctl t'y tho owner. couliog to lhe
Of tho writor.
Wing this 1notlcie.,cy On the part of our police
forcc? Certainly 1t demands ftublic
OK xpanation, I.obbonea, burglarlos. and otncr
crimes, arc pursued with ylSor and punished