, 1876-08-04
TltK BTONE.

~ the Edi.er Qf The Tribune.
CHICAGO, Aug. 81 deem It duty owe the
i,ub1tc to place before them the situation Of the
Court House question from the time It bcgnn to
agltate the public mintl, through It rnrLous
stages down to the present, SO fur MS the Ftoi,c
to be used III the construction figures. Nov. 16,
1874 series Of resolutions were passed by the
Doard, introduced by Commissioner Ashton.
Among them was tllr following: Resol,rd,
THAT said building Blmll tc built aud construct
cd Of Cook County limestone" This WAS
about the time Of the formation Of the Court
House Ring, and enc Of the resolutions passed
at TINT date is as follows: " Kesvienl, That the
former aet{o1 OF THU Hoard In the selection Of
IN architect Ia llcruby cnntfrmrd."
l hayc before nc a.eopy of contract dated
Noy. II, 1874 Qle next day nfter the passage. of
The nhorc rcsoIut!on), entered into by sanlu!cl
Ashton, OIL tic part q! Cook cGmnty,-to the
mittee,-but not to tho knowledge OF the wrl-
ter, who was member Of the Building Conl-
mittce, OF The one part, ana j. j. Ega,.,
aslltect, providing for the preparation Of
fas' s eG4e wss sss pr pssei s a'f'is 1o IL,
q F'a ihe eoanty, to complete thIs
cunniugly devised imposition to llINi thc pco.
ices for tho coanty's portion ot sail building,
| the plans, ctr. THIS contract was never pre-
aentGd to the Bohrd, and they knew not Of y
unl The County Csr refusal t. attlK the Ten,
binding bud the seal been at1lxctl Subsequent
| to this another contract Sns entered into be-
7 twcc, Cook County anl h!r: j. d, Egau, az
aschttcct, wh!elt was ratified BY tho lioay.l, nnd
VI money were paid, which, As llc testified
bpfore Il latc GRAND Jury, WINS divided With
others or paid to another Us long as he would
submit to he bcd; | rctite this to show tlle
mud the action nd III the salne time with refer
| ence to the stone, md tn prove that they nrc
thieves md hogotrcn In Elm.
4 Tic resolution above rccitcd stood in force
untsl public sentiment 'le,na,'slcd HIS r. r..
! peal, which was cttnsnnnmatc!l THIN We
wcru III position 70 advertise for pro-
pos.ls from ou.sIda. Ut Cook County
md tho ring. i was well understood hy n4ose
rcpcul well knowing that after hlsse were re-
\ cclyet, 1T whatever amount lclnw ltmcat one,
they llad The power to adopt Limestone ngain,
witch Illus been contnrtnhted tf,-tlay In the
coolest lnnnlter possible. without my good
re1,sons to my mind fur sn slolMg; nut to my
disappointment, hs have long believed II n part
Beiow 5I i st q different kinds Of st one md
tic amount Of lit1s for each set complete IL tlle
county portion OF the building, p Mr. Isaac
| Vr3ycsun, he being the lowest ltliter On the
various KINDS of Etonc except limestone:
Aux eul!c, aandst0nc 100, 00f
iIrnn. sandstone .,,................... AZ, f9Df
Uuunn Vista saull4tDno. EOH, Ot
Mnrouctip. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Eel, OK
Ltntytune ,,.... ..,.........,....... y. 645, O0t
This action Inns been had in ud0ptins limcston'
to-tay, rcgnrlirss of thu high prizes ut which /
IL niFIFcl nrltl without rtj1rt ut Il et,lnsNitlc
to which the bids ln ltccs, referred, as well a
ut lcast hundred Inducements md ccrtli!cntc
Of lilo merits of the different sandstohea which
hrc in uFc from l,rr, to New England af,l Cana
Gn- These arc ali Ignored, AMI observation an
experience stnld as nnIli.h. atsninat the wlsao1l
Of tho majority uf the County Hoard,
W. r. DuKDlcK.