, 1875-07-28
HOW III HAPPENED.
Reasons Assigned for Egan's Election
as Architect.
Is IL Claimed that 1t Was TO Help Mr.
lIcsiny to llo County Treasurer.
What That Gentleman and Mr. Miller
Think Of tho Action Of tie County
Board.

tho building OF tho now Court-lIon 10 = crtsia
ras general topic around town yesterday.
Nearly every perAun encountered by THO rapdrt-
crs Of TuE TRIBUNE heartily tntlosaad tho action
Of tho Commissioners. nntt hoped TINT they had
nuccceded iu forcing tho Common Council to act
promptly and decisiyoiy In the tnn.tor.
Among othnr prominent citizens who wero In
torriowcd III tho courBo Of tho day wero Mr.. A.
G. iIosiug and County Trena,!ror Miller. Noitller
Of tiom was very communicative, and the Bub-
stance Of wLns they said can bo embodied In q
few worla.
Mr. ngstHa
stated he hoartily coucnsrod with tho County
board In what they had douo. Hin opinion for
long tlmo had bcen that tho County Board
ought to build tho ontiro structure issuing bonds
for tho necessary funds and that tho city should
rotlt or purchase tnete portion Of tho building.
1le beloved in making Tho ne1t generation
shoulder tho indebtedness. No. III point Of fact,
IL would TO OF tnoro boncnt to them
tllan to tho existing citzons Of Chicago, who had
to bear tho burden Of great calamity, and llal
rectIv upon thonHelycs. as for tue architect
business, In favored other one OF tllrco but
two ho thought m nl,Hnrdty. Az thoy would 10
forever wSs"nxliag a.'d pulling aSainss each
Mr. Egan, aui thought that 10 waa
iap'pS sp rs'ng pa se az cbtcasSo sp'' waa'sd ass.
l1o thought II would benefit the city materially
If work weto begnn forthwith, and llo hoped tho
Council would SEQ tho wisdom OF hearty Coop
Grafton. La lnr aud naterins would nnver bo
chesror, and shero wa5 no rational ground for
futther ve1Rtlous delay.
sill. MILLER
WAS worry glad that tho county authorities wcro
going to to Bonoshlttg that Looked like work.
1t WIS full t.tuo OF themselves, he beloved
tlat the Conucll would not ssir this year.
but now that tho Doari Of ,Cotnnlshto narB
had elown determined 'front.' hc beloved tho
whole matter would bo settled bofora very long.
1ie, like Mr. losing. favored ono architect or
throe Ono good ma1 would, ho thought, suf-
hco for tho work, % 1t was not likoly, IN
l.is opinion, that tho rote architect would
quarrel with himself. This nationality" nat-
Ter sio dld not pay muc, hocd to, but if thero
were to bo thrco a1eitccts, ho thought tlo
leauing "clcmcnts Ut tho population! ought to
l,avo oach o show. Tho probability waA,
however, that tic Council would concur in lilo
acttoa Of tho County 1]aard, Which would bo a
great iclief to everybody who hnd become tired
ot tho eternal squabblo nbout tho new Court
House.
AROUND THE COUNTY nurl.DISo.
Tho uleinburH of ths CJn1ty Board who op-
posoa the acttan of tho Eohrd Moltdar III refer
enco 10 building tho now Lo,irt-l1ouEp woro .es.
tcrlny filled with nnxlcty to know what had Nd
susidony reyo]utiouized cortain lne1slEeea Oil tho
architect question. Tho un1ioty was very
latural, because tho ac.iuu waH entirely
unexpected BY all outside OF what In
tnown al lilo ljon1d ring. Heretofore tho plaus
far moro itnpDEtnnco than the building itself,
md wfloGerer tho question Of building Court
1f015o waH raiacd tho 1iourI WAS found at wnr
nbont the nrchacta ur tho ttonn tOr tho atr,,ct-
ute. bomo hul cuutenled tor ono nrc1iitect,
oshorB for two, and otorA still for throo, and
opinion Was osinay divided about the nationality
OF Whoever was to lo soleotoh to such ali
extent rs to for time almost causo tho nba1l-
In
at all. With Bucll history. tho action Of tho
Board In 30 suddenly agreeing upon Que nrcl.-
tect Anl commencing tue work IN few wceks,
while it noascd, equally astonsl.ed tl!o pubic,
causing tho inquiry to 10 malo by others than
menluars OF tho Hoard III to tho rvnsan.
4 repnrter Yesto1d1y gAvo eamo tmo to dolving
into tho mysteries OF the chat1e Of thctics, Rnd
interviewed not only tho monitors Of tis Board,
Dnt auch otle1a ns llo mot who wero Iikoly to
know anythtug Of tho affair. Tho ACTION OF tlo
board, 1t III stated, waB out tho
FuLFILLMEST OF A CONTRACT
entered Into several ,feoLs ego ~ party men,
onice Of County Treasurer, 4 part Ut
| tho contract was tho letting Ut tho
county printing to tho Union aud
tue Go"'itr., which 's boing. faithfully
quoncv Of Board meetings since tho letting III
Any criterion. Tic lott,g Of tho printing to tho
UMion It il said. appcascd cestatn GelmRi!s '7l'o
| could not otherwise DO reached, and tho lettlng
W luD tOHF&et 6cEulNu NQE +i45s 4lGSkHk I'LL LII
glish organ, If nothing else. But wbat l,4s TO-
| come Of tue German candidate Tor architect,
Mls. KA1tLs2
ls tho natural inquiry. In soply, tho connection
in clui1ned to be as fol!ows: Knrls h83 bcan
| rifced by tho agreement OF Mr. Hcs,ngB fEienls
| in Ills u1oslng's} interest In the race for tho
County TreaslltorHl.ip. at q council OF lIesinE's
frtoudh held several wcoka ago, aftoE carefully
was necessary 70 1oavo notllpg undono to mp
poaae and win the Irish vote i. Mr. Hesing hoped
for anything At their hands. At tho council
this question. Of .coust-iiouse, archtcc.
was discuAsod and tho election Of
that karls and o few other Gorufans might better
be hncrltlcod thau loae HI opportunity to gain q
ftutl.et foothold with tao l.ssh, Il IL unlor-
esoo1 that the reasoning which brought the con
cluB!ou was attor tls,s sty'e: Eagan, as arcIi-
toct, would hayo under hIs control q very largo
| force Of men, and, already popular with his
couusrymon, his Influence at tho honsl Of BMch
work would DO very natesialv Increased. THUS
tho council reasoned mud worked, aud tho result
Ia seen. .....-.
When tho mon arc taken into account who Ad-
vancod aud wrought the revolutionary ldeaa III
tho County board, tho information sci forth
above ia giyon un additional likelihood. Whether
tho thing 80 sk'lIfuly planned aud auccestiul!y
executed will provo expensive to the public or
| not remains to bc seon. 70 the managers, how
oyor, this lnattora little 30 the ond Ia reaohod
TIE COUNCIL.
Publicly Aid. 6ehalrner- thrhs nothing at h1l
about tho selection Of architects for tic now
Court llouBe, but privately, ho consdera A(r.
Karls' cha1,ces OF confirmation In tho Council
| extremely tl.n. lIA chancoa have atWays beon
poor, but st p1osont ho consldora thani = littlo
worse thau usual. lIo acknowj lodges tlst Karls
10 tho obl3 architect about whom ho las porson-
aly folt q xroat deal OF solicitudo, but nov that
Lo II irrepArabIy lost, tho Altlermaa very snnai-
bly, resigns himself aud lis candidate to fato
alone. aid will place 10 obstacle III tho way Of
any Ut tho moro successful candidates. karla
may. therefore. 10 ylrtually considered as
| thruwn overheard for thU Egall-Iiey COM
biuaton, whose chances OF confirmation seom
mors than esor bonetlteA by the recent develop
ments In thu County Doard. That this double
combination exerts i poAe1tul inGueuro can DO
doubtod by no ono who will take the trouble to
look over tho Aldermen With Wow ot aBcar-
t&!ng their chances Of SUCCESS. Egan IL = cer-
tainty, having baen twice elcotel by tho Council.
aud rltley aoetus equally suru OF election. Will,
this combination Tillsy's plan seens TO Lave but
1ffk Ia tS,F fI,uo tp1l1 1NV