, 1876-11-22
INDECENT HASTE.
The County Ring" Once More
Engaged in a Game Of
Plumber.
The Court-IIouse Iron and Ma.
soilry Contract Given to
r. j. Sexton,
At an Advance OF $13, 900 Over
All Other Bids.

,,-.--,
a lew dafs ngo II waA notcd IN tnese eolu9,'ls
TINT the "Ring" of tho County Board was cx.
mas ~ ,ct a1l I'M ~ eortroc,. fnr t1n now Court
ma',.a ,',ans ~ ~, .n,n<, - a,,r ~ n.
nouse oeloFo tao lefni oi on'ee u wy '1 y. ~.
me1noets expired. it was lntinatco IN eno NIL
Industry was tic dspositton on tho part Of tho
N2Iny !, IL Il ,of nron ), son1 IN make IN ~ |
.,!s. ~ ss." ,,,. ,aIa.,. u ~ .ro int NJ +hn
M. .M hcrcn Walker ~ as
forced from Lis bill Of $0G5 Geo TO accept tho
worl, for s54o.O00. IT. might also bayc been said
y, ~ ..., u, .,,tts, ~ ,vhot ,yos .,otc, that
ono ot tho rensons for pushing this let
ting Of tho now contracts in adtance of tho
incoming Of tho new BoarA WIS the dctcrIntna-
tim of tho nRinn, members to protect SCI
s .hs.4 x.,..1,,. -. rn1 ts,o1 r., ~ o1,ct,
many ot Incl. hu'loe. "s nla l"uu .1 ~ w e'sse
cd by not only proVidlng tileln win an lhco1ne'
hut also by fulfilling the promises made by
which they adhered to Wnlkcr IN the matter Of
said TINT could hive hcen, even moro wns dem
onstratcfi to be true Yesterday In thu action Of
the Joint Committee on Public Buildings and
Public Service III tho fulAtl,ncnt Of tho prcdic-
t,On m.Ic III tNesu columns, TINT whatever
miwht he tho bids of others, high or low,
responsible or Irresponsible, T. J. Sexton would
rect{yc tho contract for the iron and masonry
,t,,rIt INV thr Court f1m,sc
THE BJps ron THE WORK
wcro oncnc,l in tlic Board Monday. referred md
yesterday tho Committee took them upatid con-
aldcrcd them. This action is without precedent
md bold In lis loingB as Ii has lnrcl to liz. II,
Tic letting OF thu c,it-stono work, weeks clapsed
before tie Committee to which the bids had
Lecn rrfcr I'll could be gotten together for the
reason, probably, TINT tho " R!ng " had moro
time upon Its lihils than now to dickcr and mr.
| rnnco with bidders. When tllo Committed did
meet, tho matter OF making tho award occupied
1r,oneI nud cxa,nnet, and every bidders bonds-
man was subjcctcd to microscopic exanitna-
t,on, even 10 tho extent Of having fs pockets
turned inside ont to satisfy tho Committee OF
| his responsibility, nil Of which work, however.
was dvlie by tho 'tlling,u It must be remember
cd, III tho endcavor to crowd out oil bidders
with whom satisfactory arrangements gould not
ns m sp s s ,r n W s ats5 sso o. opeSe seanS X
JuTnc Inst, but upon which the Committee hns
not yct foilnl time to act for numerous rcasona
Peri0lat hnl been tho contractor, but the saulc
| Grand July that Indicted hin for conspiracy to
tlciraul also Indicted a minority OF tho Com
| m{ttcc whoso duty it was to pass upon bids for
| Wannnlies.U etc. They could not, under tic
they nfior to negative thc Old Contractor, hence
no time Inns been'' found to maku now award
md tic Committee Inns contentcd itself with
plirchasiug nil s,ipplcs on tile market from
thus demonstrating the crriouus mathematical
proposition that two md two make four. In nll
tlrrr 1,nttcrs OF r;Iltal magnitude the same rule
has prevailed up tt, yesterday, aud tho cxcer-
| rcnly been inllcated-the expiration OF tho
tcrnii Of Office Of several members Of tho
Hj;lug,a and theIr determination to keep
hive pushed tl!u letting q all eon,raets, and
iI nlonths, thus % roSIinE tic incoming BoarA ef
Ses Ssrt,ssss gn,s saa preserving for itself all
Tllp letting OF thu dual contracts to Sexton
was tlc work Of but very few moments. First,
tic bids wero exposed, wl,lc was purely a
fornallty. Second, the plunB wcrc sont for and
examined, whIcl, was farco Of the first water,
Third. M, Sexton rot tic award ut his bid,
Sy55, IDS, Without ii question being uskcd or
ren,onstranco being ina,lu on the part OF any
mcMber of tic ColnulIttcc, Preparatory to the
acttot,, however, tl,u bid OF Armstrong 4 ca.
WIS Decided as ii sn!lc,n because 1t Was unex-
pcutciliy low, and sovera1 other low bids met
sSS ssdss: 6 ssq RSns s + brs S Il ne
meantime, however, some ono had figured that
S3O, 1000, and Tic Union Foundry Works b!tt for
S9l1 ssT ts taeis coSnca b BID Ts Cnt tif th
"A' p''v,} w,ioLr wonx 70 q ONE NAN, -
and 80 much WIS compasscl in a moment. or
resnonsiblIity, III view Of tho fact that ho latl
l,ucn awarded d much larger contrnct few
weeks previous md about the Union Foundry
Works. responsibility there certnnly could be
lust tho same, and Sexton was given lllu c,,tiro
work at al increase over other bidders of over
| S13TN
Tho only t1,icstion raised during the session
81 spcctasor tut rsprosrntutiyo M ~ Of the u"
Ion Foundry Works, hn being tle
only gentleman present Representing q
hnJT pt IN hS fEt