, 1875-09-09
COUNTY COAL CONTRACTS.
Comparison OF Two Bids S,bnif-
ted to tho Committee.
Tho Highest One Meots with tho Favor
Of That Body.
Whcro viii tho Profit Como From f...!A
Narrow Margin.

The County Board mcots this afternoon. Tho
principal bnBluoBs bofore 1t will DO the awarding
Of tho contract to supply tho county institutions
with coal for Tho onruing year. At tho lh4t
meeting OF The Hoard tho Committee on Public
Horvircp, composed OF slossrs. Comfy. 'lcCafroy
Schmidt, Carroll. and Johnson reported
tn favor Of awarding the contract
to tho Baker Dioa. at figures tnucli aboro
tie bids OF several responsible competitors and
ono member Of tho Committoo took considerable
pains TO impress upon tho board that eight days
]lAl boen given 10 q careful examination of tho
bi,la botoro tho Committee had roachod con-
cl1sion or report: While this way luown to 10
untrue by several in whose prcsonce Il was ut
tered, naycrsholoss II was anll With tho hopo
tint it would aerve to hasson tho
adoption Of tho report. l'at It faslcll,
for ht s;sl aa,Ssns q hs saGpon of ths r.
reading pt the baa nf comre.itors ThIa attempts
knew fu we'll tlat il, The Gds voro at rea, the s.psc.
f,s, Of Affairs would "ndsrso m.oral change In Which
ss' lSs ts rt9s sf'f read p''i ovs7s s and 'us ;
not onIy tervet to show that Tho Til
OF sr n9 ts % %ss s;r i than h,, Of
e Board thn fact that thtIr hft for Furnishing
NJ Illinois cosi," whs'e lower Lids for supply
lug tho bost Wilmington coal.
IIEnE wAB oyer ron THE co31MIrrEE,
nut thof wera armed for tic ocCaeon, and up luural
tho eha;;na9' r.; IT. c1ny snd sss attention 4
which wss, ho sa!d tho lowoat rcspontblo btd, Tim
conr'ia'i9ne, II a4voe.ng the ar.r.i 10 eies 1ros
for No coal, rlncod l!tnaelf and Commi.tee In a
aWkwar. A.. position, for only few moments previous
for the county, nEe. Hers ditcu,mn for tho
Committee, who acemtd intent upon giving tho con.
trnct 10 the baterh 1t all hasnrds aud without regard
TO prlce q quality. Tho Commissioner who had spo-
kun 80 disArsgngly Of the mo. l" coal then ca,nc
to tbs relcf Of tho Gonlrutteo and Enid mo. waa
NOT suCIt had ARTICLE AFTER ALL,
and 10, aoo+ urged tB pnrchahe. 14h Committee
bcfrenti tho baker. BY Hnch mon III Co1utnte.opors
Lonctaan, CtonRh. Herring, and Gonther and nnnl1y
samples o. tho c proposed to 10 furnished BY 1sker
wore dnlnanied; They wero not forthcoming, how
tho mssn Of samples ~ tho Ianftoe" for homo ,lsp,
THIS cir1llnatance regarded rather singulr ani
very unfortunate for Baker mud hs friends UcaIlcs
Il led to Commissioner johnson making an explauA.
ton o what
"NO. ILLINOIS COAL"
Was. Hc aaia 1t MAS tho beat Wilmington aonl, Rntl
thnt tue number had hco attachod smpty to dis
tognish II from Other samples. {Iho truth IT, 50 lar
lie Ect tho contract, 1as to furnish Dghccye COAL an
article nnoRt unknown in this market, snd. where II
Il known, Is noted chiefly for tho amount
.aina3 In fact. With every explsnatton
tile moro glasng grew tho attempts Of Tho Comntsu
10 do nAfer undue fayur.sin at the ruLIie r.
rensc, Tor just hero Coiumissioncr Louergan pre-
An ARRAY or FIGURES
which paced the Casnsnie. In nsilt,l1a thai hon.
nrablo Representatives. would be abashcd to ocelpy
The guIca we're dimply comrarison Of bids for fre-
past'es which had been cleaned rEio allowing .l,o
ms.nhefS Of tue Public Haryieo Committee fnie ia
fully commit themselves In fkYo- Of akcr in tho face
PCT bo 10 tie public inteFoat. Tho figures wcro ~
follows: