, 1875-03-16

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frru III style character, architecture, and nah md
hero ii ii 10 iprate i,, o aiut ths teM,te Of sail
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grand ro.ssing lre:psoof vnu ior tho SIX sn coa,,
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Rtsntr, fia. tho fudge. md hras of tlo different
city and rntIuy departments s requested u c6nAnt
viii tho city and county snottca aud sail Hoard q
ARCHITECTS aa tY losaiiot :uatton, ani arrangement
sueh ra1s an1 drawines rha1' hayo lecn prepared Hn
alin IL ubf1:ttcd 10 tho proper city authorities and
Tits Beard for change, amendment a,!oltloi OF re~
ise.h tws ,f,s afs expressly reserved 10 sud fe'
Ttssiiri, That tLo wo:k Of construction shall not
extent. oyss term q se yo'rs ro tns rnssG M Sa
city ahotiee, aud that thr conrtet for mo n'aaohey
oFcsad bc let Is soon 10 po'sh,e nitnr the saoi'
that the foundations Of saf building fo eo1nlesea 70
grade before the Is. day Of Sosombert isi ahe
fof their respective contracts, e.cet rosa;ng directly
e ts enoneat Of o..a e ATeh,s,t @T sah,F
las.a adjoining Of which the city snd county Aro 10
pay ons-laIf catl . -,
jfEtctG 1NHt SN9 HQlTf& o. hGEIHcCla
IN tinr only ray In consideration Of alI tha salaries
aud a1pen.ea whatsoever nor cent On II ne
building should cot thst on ns II = e 81. sI:
hut II should cost moro thnn s. he percentage
stali 10 allowed upon a,id Ist amnnns. saa ~ @
sisa s sae9 VI arpiSvsi sseus!!S f. tas nsass honest
'"ss NtsoIse 1T Tat ,hs Clerk ot this hoard he, and Is
ths Cty of Chicago ard tho uoar4 OF Public Works Of
sa!l city, with ecrtiaol copy Of tho foreRolllE
resolutions, aud respectfully ask thcr concurrence
! thcrtin. ....
Commissioner Crawford stated III submitting
| them that lio should not urSo tho aaoEttou o1
the resa[utlous until they lad oecn fully dls-
| cuAAad.
Tho Cl,atr ruled TINT they wero IN tho nature
| of a communication, and roforred them to tho
Committee OIL Public buildings.
At tho request Of President Bnrdick the CHAIR
! was taken by Commissioner JUncH.
PRESIDENT nunDtGis ..-..
stated that 1lc waa not champion OF any report
| or persou, hut ho w,a Of certain principles IN
yolyed Ho aad t!st tho building of TIC c2urt- ;n
to bo looked into was hov tho work should bo
commenced. Tho first stop waa to decide
whether tito Board was In condition. TO biil1 @
coars-uouse. There WA no need OF OF Eoing
settled. The Co.anstsac, or twelve out
Of lis thirteen momberB, were OF orln--
lon that they should recommend to tho DonTd
! TINT tnoY nrc rnady to commoHce bI1ldlnG. hhu
to mako ono or two other simple suggcutions-
lint tic coat should be g. 5oo,Ooo, tho time Of
! building 1.-Two years, and that tho wata should to
Of cut stone. This was rs Tar as the Conam'ttco
wont. aud 1t was quito far cno1sh. It now de-
| yolrcd upon tho Board to eay that 1t mas really
to build tho Courthouse. lilo minority ropnrt
brought iu 20 many questions npou @hlc|l tho
Doarl could not agreo tlat 1t World 20 ilnrosa;-
bio to build tho Courthouse Ncro IT adopted.
Tho speaker thought 1t Wna Ridiculous for tho
county to appoint thtce architects for building
which belonged as nilch to tho city as 70 tho
county. 4 court-honsn mover could be 1l'lit IN
lcan tho matter was taken up stop By step. Tho
lotaila for tho building of it could not bo settled
iu day. .-.
thought tlat tue City Council and County Board
Ind had lots OF timo to determine upon whether
they hhousd hayo 4 Court House Or not: Thor,
wero mal,y objections to ITS building, tho most
Rcrpus OF whic1, was tho Obstacle which West
sIdcss would bring to have tho Couit-Ilo'isc
Tho Lcg1platnro to nd then, In TINS idea. II nu
optuio,i the soouor tho court-ilonsa Mas bnilt
tho bottet,
COMMISSIONER cLouau
said tlat COMMISSIONER Iurdick ha1 c1rtcase;
bic miud ia tho matter. AZ long Us, Tia CITY
tccts TINT would snit everybody SO long wou{t
ta,h bedica ton,aiu without = Court
onso The majority report 9n ,ap tho ,n3,t, 1nntie'
IF sls s sss " .ne cy sf e %
aud Of tbs Goiauty Of Cool. He thought 1ht
beat thing to do no" wns to reconmlt thu reports
to tho Committee, after tho Hoard had dtscussot
tho matter and enlightened them on tho subject
lie waa entirely oprosea to tho clty's huiIdinl
one stde Of the Conrt-Efouso aud the county tA'
other, cac!, acting independently. lie bellevct
tue building should b. built Under QUO supersis
ion and paid for by both bodies. t1o moved tha
; both repotts be recomnitted 10 tho Joint Com
mitteo.
Commissioner Crawford said that since tho 1as
fcw Apeechcs he iolt hotter on tho habicct TIM
llo had for some t.nso, Eu: that take Y all to
) gather, after considering tho nhola fub] ]ect, h,
had no hope that tho county would ever hare
J Courthouse.
COMMISSIONER uuEx7nEa
! said he rns opposed to tho building Of th
. Conrt-J1ousa OIL thu Wcet Stdo, aud he could no
!, bclleyo that thcfe was anY such desire, IA tn
idea mover came into tho confederation OF til
1nittiag ot tac sopotts to the County commltsee
with Instructions from, tho bonrd as to the actio
| they should talla when in tlo Joiut COMMITTEE
EoMsIinstoHKn HOLDEN
Baid that thcro waB 1uoro In tho resolution lie In
offered ut the previous meeting than mort of th
:. / members OF the Doall Thought. lie chi
! cd tho attention OF the Doasd to a. pre-
! yous resolution pnasel in Tho Board las
. tim OF tho Coutt-HouBo should be the limcaton
OF Cook County. There werc ouiy two 1aarrie
. tn Cook County, and It wns clear to him thn
tlaere was ha iob III this mattor which @ ,sn!1l
|
o wcro IN VIII County IaIgar guartias than thos
i In Cook County. The speaker alluded to othc
. resoluslons adopted bY tue Board in connection
: with tho Court-tiouee. md said that they ala
\ showed him tl.e necessity Of goiua allow In th
. matter. lie wan in favor Of Eecommitting tn
: reports.
u Commissioner Crawford stated that he had &
little knowledge Of iobs, That 1t was only necee
: Bary for linn 10 say that no did not know any
:. thing about tho ono Commissionor Holden a
y lat1ots to.
j. The Chair stated that, II ho remoubere
: arfql.t. a loyal opinion had boon had which dc
: citted that neither tho city nor county abl
!, for auy previous action they hsa takca in III
= matter. -...
y Commissioner ticCafYroy etstod that tho Chm
l. was mistaken IN tia mattar.
:. At tho roquoBt OF Commissioner Dnrdiok, tn
Il Ciork read Tho opinion Of tho Counsy~A.tome
y in tho matter Of appointing Mr. Egan the arch
!, tect.
q Commissioner Crawford shked ii tho Boar
had taken honda fFoa, air. Egan.