, 1876-04-23

connrr.. .1,o p.7t straw bid. 8exton's bid Wis
for nesrly $40, COO to do tho entre work.
John Couuers, Who WAS then, and Is now. Sexton
foreman ia totally Irresponsible and his bid to do The
lob Tor 500 0oo was bni," which w2s connred IN
ths CORRUPT o, ,ae sa onpose1 % sa1ton
oct1e tho contract but "a Sexton agreed to buy the
lumber for tho buildings from certain peraon III bis
oppositiou ceased. This is = story alpat, and das
never been denied.
cA8uoLL AND COURTNEY.
There ss well-known contractor In this city named
Thomas Courtney Before the contract wna let he and
Commtssiouer Carroll had short conversation to-
ge.her. The contractor called the ,Commissoner'a 2
seatton 70 The tast hat conness bad PIT IN M
portion Of tho work He told Carroll that he Court
ney) would do The entire JOB foc s25 ooo sooo les,
$1,000. Carroll said ho did not want the money.
" Bal, said Mr. Courtney " why don't you call at
tention to the matter in the Board This bid t.
Carroll gave was cha1acterstio Of tho man c.
the people; who in hell cateA for them :" Such
va the reply Of member Of the County Beard wao
the public.
The fact Is well known thst Sexton got the contract
for nearly 5000 tha1 ha other bids aggregated
for the entire work Tho reason that the work ~Aa
given to him claimed to b that he would hare
. n Sa wSe@
the 1st Of March Sexton has to tho 1st of Septo
ber to nnsh is contract He has aubet all the work,
him and against him, including tho steam dtings and
boers to j. Davis for IT'S, the aans price Crane
Brothers offered to do it for But he would not G1ro
1t to them, because they tried to enton him. Then
Singer Talcott got the cut-stone work At $l125o,
their original bid N. s. Bouten i Co, are doing The
work It s. $780, the amount they offered to do 1t
for for the county, Oan any Say that this manner
Of doing work IL honest7 Tha public IL being
defrauded, and tho manner Of tho management and
Glenn Periolst and Jo Hogan also made themselves felt
in this matter 1t IL said that they and Sexton were
present with the Committees when tbs bills wers dis
cuxaed and that a other competitors were excluded
M'CAFFH1T. HOLDEN. cIEAHY,
and other Commissioners, get up in the Board to light
eanls Of dollars to bo paid to perolat and joe Hogan
unnoticed. When little bill for extra and necessary
work actually done comes up G. c. Holden and Nc
Cadrey get up In tho Bogta aud ray they arc opposed
This il done merely to throw dust In the eyes Of the
public that the rasc2s make bigger steals The
contract sYste carried BY the County Board
fraud the face thera IL attempt TO deal honestly
by competitors ut nl. Favoritos and those who will
bleed literally get tho contracts, and no ono else be
their bids higher or lower.
The hul2baIioo made By Holden and Mccartney for
letting everything contract falls to the ground when
It is known that they approvo essry ti1 put in by
HOGAN
day. and his prices exorbitant becauee comps
tion allowed His work, too Is often detective.
and haa to be done again. for which he receives
extra pay Joe has already received neary 10000 for
dono st the new County Hospital without
The shadow, Of - contract to tFammel
he is shle to sub let certain work
for s., ,5oo which he has recently done, and will no
doubt charge the county 600 or Sc 900 for It. The
entire construction Of the new County Hospial thus
remains to be seen whether the present GRIND Jury
will be able to uUe3ftA them.