, 1876-08-25
McNeil Secures the Courthouse
Contract,
notwithstanding tho Protests Of
tito Stonc-C c-Cuttcrs.
Commissioner Tabor Diaappoints the
Expectations Of His Friends.
Messrs, Cleary and Holden In
dulge in Explanations.

statr The usual mixed assembly occupied the
lobby.
1,int Committee OIL Public Buildings and Pub
iic service, In relation to Cuurt-lluuse stone,
real at the last ncetlng, were asnln read for
thc hcncat Of Commissioner Tabor, WHO was
absent last Mo,Mtny.
Tia Chairman then announced that the qucs-
tton was. whether the minority repnrt sluull
be substituted for The majority rcpurt.
,{r. Durltct asked II communications wrre
not first I'll order.
The Chairman aaid they were not.
M1,. HOLDEN
had n few remarks to make. There was a regu-
IA. guide for anybody about to build such int
movements lis this new Court1Iuusc. This rule
was 10 get thu number Of cubic feet It, the pro-
posci1 building mud multiply that by - cents
ner foot, Which would give tho total cost. II
,his total CAME within the margin 1t would Jus
xyS feet long by III feet wide, which
rayc 1850 square feet. This, multi
pllsd by les feet, tho height Of the
building, gayc 4,s10,5o0 cubic feet, which
multiplied by ~ cents gavc the grand total nf
Si,Hl,2sA, tie cost outside Of the dolnn. II
tic calculations nf architects they generally al-
md t 10 n rcr re- Wccnt for lie inside work. Tlis -
net cent Of sl,5il ,2sO was s615,5lo, the cost Of
tho inside. Hence, II tho county coslld 90 M
with tho building imside of tl,ae figure, outside
tic DONG, they would be- Justified n going onwith
S924,168. The nrctittect's cnttrt estimate for
cut stone, including the tlonc was ss75 200. lle
estimated that the cut stone for this portion
wosta asnnty fGsa and a' lei;wofk n s s si o9
for the roof the calculating Holden 1nale out q
total Of s016,0oO, aud said this would leaye
margin Of 5000, in favor Of nrocceding
inside sii work would bring the amount up to
$l,1SO, 600, Including the donlc. Excluding the
dune tho shell proper would cost saa ,io3
II, by this calculation, the cut-stone could be
got inside Of sG4u, 600, thu county wore cuaran.
iced III proceeding. Mr. Holden maintained
that this wus the eaac, md then proceeded to
slow that AlcNcsIs bid came within the figure,
mud demonstrated ccrtnin1y to his own satls.
faction that McNell's was tho snicst bid md
that he could furnish the best security, although
some Of Alr. Tanning securities were beyond
After the Commissioner had spoken upwards
Of forty minutes,
Commissioner Burlck sntd he thought the
gentleman was treating tho other members oi
iho l}oard O little unfairly. He had made long
speech, u1d no one know which report lie ta-
yUrcl.
Commissioner Holden reminded his brother
Commissioner that he spuke MI hour without
interruption the other day. Before lie finished
every humber woullf understand what hc tle-
sired to bc done 'n tl,e premises. Mr. Holden
then proceeded with his geological history Of H.
lnoie, aud finally contenilctl that the formation
for the Court-11ousc. lie incidentally mc,l-
TONED that he supported the majority report.
Will. rcgard to the position of the city on this
question, lie submitted the following from two
Altlerne.l:
,rhis. will certify that tic samp1c of red sand
appearaneo u a yory durable etone. ,Ths. anenees
g ~ tS1'nrs and pleasing sOlos rsndys T. xe1y
!ns provided Il Gun DO o!taiued In sufficient guam
s y ct noi sat s0G1 IF. % Sa %
detsta'. Why III Lld rhoAll 10 sot asids by the
preferred, the eant!stoncs in MY Judgment are
preferable to any OF our Illinois ltMcs;ones:
From MI tho evidence we have before Us In rc-
sa, = W Lake superior Fe,l saa'.tonr, ean but
ind0F'o tho sentiments Of John H. Van \ o;,lsl
Tho Commissioner said thosu documents
showed that II Ills board failed To take action
tu-tuy, III all probability 1t would be year be-
fore the building would commence, owing to
the conferences which xonlA have to he held.
The spciker went OH to say that the awarding Of
the contr1lct to a local nlnn would provide ent-
ploynient to large nunlbcr of peop'e-. lIa
concluded by again expressing himself In favor
hir. Schmidt announccd that q representative
from
...,x.,,., ~
THE HonAiHuMhAs ASSOCIATION
Was PRESENT. anu tlAt lc lsatl communication
for tho Board. Tic therefore tnovcd to suspend
the rules and allow tho gentleman to be heard.
Mr.. Durdrk Inoycl To suspend thc rules anl
nllnw anv c,,,,,n,1ncnt}ons tkat nivht tc niIrr,l
10 be rca,l ''.'e ~ D'''' ->'
road ,u,r,,;se, m"S pasaGi IT, wv sne nssh
lGau sois'.i,uH!snun run the h'9Hc.e.tlLela
ahVoeatlhs we ise u eaittstottet nhu protesting
against ronyet labor and tho action Of Incet
Ing uf John Prieo's stone-cutters, whom thuy
Ieiiomnatcd "as the Fust-O Olllcu crowd" an
who. they sud, were not rcsl,ullsibp members
~ naInna SNe0t "e' ''6e~ ~ Aoo'
fm .nn,i,n NJ Mr. H.roo,or .,,x ,o,,,,,,,,,o,
w Hlot!un " Az. ALcGauFey lhc eoHlblunlca
llom Was plaeea On lic.
iae aolioW'hB communication lshs also rcnu
CntcAuo, Aug, Fl. lB7B.-To ht Honorable tn.
Hoard " Co.,,,a!ssio"trs ef Coat Comfy: Tie
do hereby bex lcayo 10 protcst to your Aonorahi.
buly against the action uf yans joint Committee
On Public buildings aud Public Service recon-
u1end!ns the awarding OF thu contract for the Gu
stonu of the Court. .uGuss ami CITY Hull tu William
m T. Enn nnt In nO Hntnu xr@u1I y,tv, tba