, 1875-02-06

Tbs Committee on Buildings and Public Char
itica was in session seHtortiny in the committee
room ut tho County building, and approved Of
tho contract presented by tho County Attorney
With Low Miller, l.. Il. Hail. aul Peter Thofsen
for supplying brick for tho insano asylum 1t
Norwood Park. They also approved Of con-
tract With Mr. Egan for thu suporintendcnce Of
tho construction Of tho building. TleEe con-
trncts will be submitted to the County BoarA ~
their next meeting for ratification.
A meeting Of the Hospital Committee Of thu
Board Of County Commissioners was held yes
ter3ay afternoon at the Hospital. There were
present Commissioners Jones, duenthos, amt
nusse, Tho Committee passed roluisitlons for
various articles to be used IN tho hospitals IN
tho present month. making ..chai'see, anti
on motion, tho Wardon was instructed to go 70
different stores and get prices lor the nrtcics'
and report Ia tie COMMITTEES. Tho Warden wab
instructed to seq that the milk 1ltrnlslou 10 tue
Hosritai should show strength OF % deErseh
On the ordinary lactonleter, i'll accordance Wild
the resolution passed BY the County Hoard
Thursday. On motion, IL was resolved shat tile
Warden change tho plumber and carpenter for \
| month IN ort!er to find out it . reduction OF
tleir bills could not bo effected. Tho bills audit
! ed amounted in ali to about 50 800. of which
| ci0o waB for the monthly rag roll. lilo meeting
| .hcn adjourned.
BuY1Sa SUPPLIES,
Tho Joint COMMITTEE on Hospital and iublc
Chnlily IRON the CousIts Eoard were i'll session
yesterday in tho comnlittee-room at tho County
| building. Commissioners Holden, AlcCanfoY,
| LuuorgaI, Conicy, Carol, BuBao, Quenther, auu
| Herting were present. Tho objoct Of tho meat
| lux WAS to lake action in regard to purchas-
INK such supplies for tho count. Charitable inhtl-
| tutions an wete not to be purchased on bids.
COMMISSIONER Holden desired to proceed I'M
| mediaIely to mike the purchases, and said they
had met there for that purpose.
Comu1issloner Met Caffrev opposed buying without
samples md said that ho Was buying for hlB own
private uBo ho would have no hcHitaacy, but no
was not Milling to purchase for the county With
out fast seeing samples, with prices.
CoumisBinuer McCaffrey in ha Tiowu.
Commissioner Holden, with the several Tequi'
stions III his hAnda, remarked, they wore etn;
powered to make tho purchases and hc intended
to mako them. and II the Commissioners pro-
posed to slrk tho responsibility, he did not, aIt
therefore would proceed to make tho necezsAr,
purchsses a. called for in tho regulations.
Commissioner McCafrey replied. md raid h
would like to sec him do 30, aud he would alst
l1ke to sen the parties from whom the purchases
wore made by COMMISSIONER Holden got .hoi
bills paid.
Cotumisaoner Holden said: "Weil, hero is
! dead lock- and, turning to ComMlss'one
Schmidt, remarked. 1--WE want to purchaser" t.
which tho Commissioner repAed, "Wel, pur
ohasc." .-
Further argument. and discussion was had o.
the subject. and finally Coma,sHoner McCaHre
moved that the Clerk of tue CoLnmlttoa be 10
srrucsel to notify several dry-soods a!.d grocer
| firms to Henu in their samples with priceb to-ds
by II O'clock of such goods as tho ro1nleition
called for, In order th.t they might make the'
selectionE. Thts motion met With SECOND iroi
Commissioner Lonsrgnu, and was carred.
Tho Committee then adjourned.