, 1876-03-09
AWARDING THE BiDs.
The County Hospital job, and
How 1t Is Managed.
Low Bids Uncercmoniously Rojected'.-
A Man Of Straw,

About a week ago tho County Board oponed
Tho bids for tho construction Of tho morEuc,
ctc,, of tho now County Hospital. Some OF
thoeo wore for mneonry, sou1o for Cit stono,
uono for i.on-work. md four for Ito enttfo
builling. Thoy woro roforrcd to Tho COMMITTEE
on Hospital, which insorcsting body has boon
busy ever since In considering them assisted ny
Joo Hogan, who has veBted right 10
do at doub1e prices all tho plumbing
which is needed by tho county. by
Clcm rosiotat, by Pat Kclly, who put on tan
lightning-roda ut tho County House and cearaa
91,O00 on contract for et,a00. and bsF. Coc's-
rnno, tho architect. Tho fpal result Of all their
proceedings was MI agsoamont, nrrived nt yes
teraay, that tho Committee recommend That Tho
contract for tho whole job be awarded 10 T. J.
eoxton for 2,603 Hoxton Ia tho man who Ia
now doing tho carpcntot-work In tho new County
IIospital having Rocurod tho contract lnst JulY,
and Ia understood to DO In favor with tho Connty
Commissioners and shose who STAND bontnu
Alem-UoEnu. pCEiotat, Dtc.
TIE Cu1l1oCs yEkTuHK
nbout th!s transaction will bccon1o mora Ap~
parent upon considering the separate bAa. Tho
lowest Of each Of soso s % foo"s ana snaSr
Schmidt L schapart s12.5oD: painting and
glazing, Thomas Nelson. ef ,oo5; plastoring,
Coitoa ! Kenrnoy. e1.616: 5oosinE and 1.aa,Ia Inh
H.
Crane Brothers, e7,575; slate foosa, csc;, n: IL.
ssophousou. 90, 900; iron work, N. &. bonton,
7A,5c3; total, s84.421.
Thta II vii, bo sean Is ei5, ,ooo loss than Sex
toms bid. Among thoao bids for tho whole lob
was enc from Frank Connor d Co. for 435,G00.
This WAS llBregarlod, becauEe Conner sc't
in letter yesterday aithdrawlng It. This YES
object. Connor Is Sections foreman, aud biz
| bid was an upmitigatod st1aw ono put In to bo
withdrawn and to assure tho job to so1son.
AsoTIlRn REGULARITY ...
| eb0ut this business iH tho fact that thofo wora
no bids for ptnmbing., This is because .a.
i smeots sas not II ~'ds'00'a un1ersteea IL thst
thas lucrative job ia to DO given to Mr. Hogan. h
Committee. md decides for thom which coutrac;
| tor shall have reception and which ono sha!l
not. This bid Of Sexton .. in which he will get
the Contract dooa not inolndo tho plumbing,
which will DO lot 70 Hogan At tTcs tho .oasona ',,a.
man, TO matter how low bis charges. and hoT
high his reputation, has auy chance In compoe''
ton with Joe.
The Commissioners .patd no attention what.
made by such responsible parties - cra1t
Brothers and N. s. bouso.i, and although thoil
aggregate waa leHs than Eoxtons bid. Although
no hu1o WAS specified in tho advertisement, whct
tho contractors for the masonry wore CALLED DO
wore woro asked If they could do tho worl
in s!xsy days. Thoy replied TINT thi
was Impossible, since thoro would 30 no nov
brick till May, md t1as tho foundation, eto'
would not bo In q condition Tor thom to begin
30 that tboy could unlor no circumstances com
plote tie work within twp months.
This waa considered BY the COMMITTED auf
hciont oxcusc, aud Rn theBo bids wora throw
out,
THE DIVIDE.
Now, hero ia vnrinnco Of OIL, 600 hotwoe
the bids which xoro rojsctet and thn bid who
was accepted. Tie question H. who Got
tho money!" or eourso so1ton VIII ~, haTo e,
Bub-lot d large portion Of his contract ana tha
too, perhaps, to tho yety persons whose bid
worn ro]pctod by tho Committee. lio may nc
} bo ablo to got - good terms from thom as th
county could. Still, thoro ia d largo margin {
somo thousands OF dollars; and inqussing cit
] zens who arc JuHt now getting economical woul
like to know how much OF this Sexton Id to hnv'
how mich tho Commissioners. ttow mnoh 1toga,
} how much Periolat, alld how much Mr. patrsc
Kelly. 1t will DO advisable for the County Con
mIsnioaels to investigate littl0 boforc adoptin
: tho report Of tho Committee.