, 1876-08-04
THE COURT.II.OUSE.
History Of the Negotiations Of the
Last Five Yonrs.
rho winding Ways Of County anu
City OiIiccrn.
Admirable T'xenpliacatioh Of "How
Not to Do IT,

"A
snr down by tho Cutst-1IouRa squnrc, In tho /
shallow of me high honfd fcncc, ws,cn lie raw
o,t,y.tooktng bcakt full of years and Anguish
yaiuly struggling u drug n heavy load ot 'iift
m,t Of the vnst hole which was being a'lg 1or
thu foundations Of the now and pnlatIM city
building.
$50 ho," quolll lie, "yon miserable fool. who
bns not tithe Of my understanding ard lncrit'
car prancc up md down at pleasure, wi'sio A,n
oblgetl to stand here from morning TIL night
with my hcMd tied To- ring in tue sidewalk
What iljustice!"
aNcvcr mind, brothctt" responded the BEAST
Of burden, "sot,o tiay your master viii become
poot Anl will net yoli to hauling dirt, WINE Wy
1nastor hatlng grown scll out pf ctty coit,ae'e'
will conitne INC IN q mahogany Stable Will
1laraard roof" Il,
The reversal Of circumstances prcdieteu ~
thc aboro coloquy las scarcely had tine 10 sa',e
place as yet, but the probabilities a.c etfens@
cning Gael, tlay. Long bcforc tho tlp'toP SIT .I.
Of the structure sl,all hnvo beet, pnt III po.s
t,on n,,ny men will have Ind opportunity 70
grow wealthy md respectable. How 'n".y 'ea.'
arc 10 clausc before tho completion oi tue eni-
dcef rho utcstson Il doubtless frequently
askcd hy many Of tic thousands who daily pnss
md tcnaAs tho uncoutt, board fence, garntshed
with nan,trt u5ycttising posters, above Elich
to,scr lofty cranes, with their network OF rig
plnra. II il nov ncatly five years since tic olu
Co,,rt.Iio,,sc vanished In slnoke'-at least Inc
r1co,er nart Of tt,-and sttll Chicago Is without
public bnK, 1oF Tug b%ssnn neeGsN, l'Vs
ns"t, i u ,"iIt, ,H splendid bocks reconstructed
strects aId out, aud parks IMPROVED hut IN this
im,ortnrt h,,St MT @partcllar there .as been strangc
Hesitation OIL tic part q the people H.. ,pas
Would IL not be worth Willie Just NJ Tue pres
.r% tt1,,o IN ta}fH
s"' i RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE
at the history Of The Court-11onsc since the firA
proposal to te4a @ vas ;, mule . a.d o,1to up to e
tl,tstv rceorls at the City Cnuneil and ilc Bonr
of County Cn,nu,issi0ncrs ia by no means
agreeable Or light: II ls;qulte an antiquarian
research aud, 40 faF a. W. documents @ % 'lIen 1s
one vi tho rondcro4s tonnes, containing the
t,f,ntcd proceedings Of ont Of these bodies tor
tho ycnf 1912; ny II and weigh 4 tarcfdliiy.
'enp te1 d. uases %i' ai rcad @ them thtonsh ster,
hu1nanfty! hnrsh dispensers OF unsiclding
mn IN perus.ug thcso volumes one Is transferred
realms OF imagination one cnsl conlurcup tho
alniUst prehistoric people wlosc doings they
TIE nAnLIEsr rNTlMAr1oH
fiycn by the City Council Of their dcstre to re-
HuiId Tic Courthouse WINS at their meeting of
Ort, IL, Three daYs after the fatal cor1nETatlon,
Md. AfcAvoy u that meeting presented re-
port Of n Select Coininttcc appointed To secure
menltug The erection of Temporary buildings On
tile Court-IIouse Square, the use OF the Madi-
t0n Street Police Statlbn hi n ronm for the Conn
mon, Council, and that the b9arl Of Public
lion q permanent Building on tho site Of the
Ci(y.Iiall. Aid, Schultz at The sumo time of-
fered 4 resolution, twhiclt was pnssed, that the
M ni %, % nnr " DO n 1er
erecting public Hithling I'm the Court-l!ouse
Hqlare Jointly with tho conhty for nll public Of
necs. How s;ager they all were to 70 Oh ut once
Iho President OF tho Council, c. 6. r.
Holden, at the msecting Of Oct. % presented Il
communication III which, after reciting that the
fire had ibid tho euthincrc9al md business por.
that tho Legislature HAD already come to the
resrue by authorizing the payment +, full Of Tho
claIn held by the city against the State for The
CANAL Improvement amounting to ro,nel1ine e
the gift 'ui the erection N tho c!ty's portion o.
the Caurt-Ilousc mt fur tht rebuilding Of tl1
bridges destroyed by thp fire. Mr.: Headcn suE
Ecstcl that these Rreat public inl,rovcnerts
thereby giving confidence To tho citizens md
MAINrAINiNn TIE MUNICIPAL, cHR1'1r.
and name abroad. This communication wa
Referred to thu boar;l q!l pnhllc Works. with IN
lug. Sineulasly cnoaHl', however, tho record
fail tn Rlow any further reference to the sub
tect until tho meeting nf June ., 1S!s, whe1
AID. bntehhm presented resolution relative t
the uppuins1nsnt Of special Committees Q
three to devise sonle general plan fDr the re
construction Of Il permanent building, Tor cit.
and county uiliccs. Tho reason for this lonl
slsnee was tlat the city ollleers Ind bceome IN
ncr Of Adams mil Iaaallc streets, aud .otl,c
and more pressing Necessities werd {clt than th'
erection ol new nll roRtly hni1dlngf. r.,