, 1876-08-17
Manifest Effort to Push Fanninu's Bid
Ont Of tho Way.
Things Not Running ao Smoothly
as Was Hoped For
Edwin Walker Before q Grand
Jury IN 1879.
What Its Members Think Of Ills Char.
meter for Truthfulncss.

""'.s """ulaAe MI" i"t'lc ool*icc was III ees-
s"" u eo''ssoer tte matter OF sf"ne ior the new
euu't''aouso' A'' oi '"c lnehi"e1s VI ttc CON-
'n'ttoe "ese present. anu Inc attehoaaec OF
stone men so'a PLAINLY Tue intosest they ic!t tn
Ine e'l"es'lo'. 4"es ,,ao e.pce'cu WY ''e!y
"ee''ae' ahu "hn' 1n.lo"s shows tnat they did
uos m'ss LUG 'ha'S. lne s1s't 70 Lemon. alr
pease'' 1" nave .ntens'''co Inc interest ot Lilo
ia1s !" nn'keF' ano theouehott
tne meeting nnaSeF ana ms stone
oaap'sa .ne'r minis 10 Inc excursion
o. efet5sm"g e4eep' 1"e'r SEVERN ptopostlos's
Of tho stea In the event Of his getting tho
cantract. Tic feeling WIS positive, md cquh1-
cd only fy thu catncstncse Of tbs eumtty felt
for i,ts rivals. M lustratrt, r,urinr TIM vtst ",
L.,no,,t. whare onr bidder nurFoy,y cs,n,c',
being thrown Into the eanal - tis result OF Ills
for no ntler unrno,s Than 10 XII, Mr. Fo,n,nr,s
hi, II, o,o ,,,.x 80 .,,,t1,,r AMI t,ot !, 49,.
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LUG eoaloa'tteo. .-....-.......
ANOTHER coNFEnENcn-
The first order Of bu.lncss wns The reading Of
tho communication from tile City Clerk, INIT
."s , uo'.s'eNe1 :, ~ t"o ou'''''. e,'''sHe oi
City councsl with the county authorities In
the matter Of sione
Mr. Cieary wuntcti the conference held Fri
I1nr- anil Mr. Schmidt StrnDtrfl ffr
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All. Casfoll wahtco Inc conference held this
morning at lo o'clock.
Mr. McCatIrey wuntctl the matter Of confer.
1,no., ar",n,,,aS ~, NNoA
oeeu eAu"..ea, ~.
a1. 'Aa osac.' u tne ou''olnE eotn1n'ttee OF
the Council, being present, WINS asked by tic
Chuir when 1t would best suit his Cou,nttro to
,mfrr o,,, n. r,,,ttr1 Tint In xax rcn,1v ~ ,rv
t,.. nH ~ ,,,,, s'.. -. $3.50 ~ N''
t'ine' hui tt'o@5 Hua1u suit !l'h oc'tes'
The motion Of MT. Carroll Wns 'cn put, and
prevailed.
Mr.. johnson called for tho ltuscstone btds
which we're proluued anu real,
Upon tho conclusion o[ the reading, Architect
Egan was askcd to agaln furnish tl,e COMMITTEES
szcs of stone t!!at would be needed in tic
building, which lie did. It las already icrn
published.
After tho reading Of the classification OF the
Gtunc,
AIN. ,oussos
took thu t}oo1 and taIi tl,at ~, ind Ina. rcturnc
fro,n Lru,npt WHERE liz hnIt ryatminc.i Thar.
ourIlv % thn several i' aaarr,ca. % ir then tnof ,sn
n staterc,,t nf Tho tni,kn"sa ~ thc 1,.i%o. io1.
Of thu st,e in in s"1n II. "'ar1v r. 'np nf 'eoS H.
slant. Tas mt tbEar tI,un " 1nns onM r1 ~ eus
inches, anl that It could nut possibly furnish
w.re mi werth eonsiISrnti.u. rhcv hai ~.
fnreI tn rive .l,is o,lnrrv ,.s src,,rity AMI r.
""t III" u.s,s frn,n IN s,s r 9n r aa ~. w
n,yufdcl them, ali to knew that lie quarry dii
not utatu The stone, and, further. t]Iat neither
vi these Ecutlc,t,yu cuuIsl furnish tSn stnno'
Tia niso ste,ka Of The ictvrs in tho oihrr nnr.
ris. NH .:,,,r In thp r,n,rl,,aTnn t,,"t rnhni.
but Wuikrr could furnish tl1o Stone oA'
Mr.. AiascnnIs, representing tho Illinois Stone
Company, co,hpiatncd Ut thu statement Of Mr..
Johnson, s,yiIiy tint c tlaA entirely overlooked
the sloiv Iii ls t]unrry, urcr 3 feet tItGis As
for Iuant[ty lie flud enou.I. stuuu to build TO-
oN Court-l1ouscs.
MI. FANAtNu
was Haxt called ami asked some questions about
the security llu would glye II tho contract was
awardc. him. liz Ila,l sent iist o[ his sccrn-
ties to tllc Board In communication, and wLile
he WAS nut prepared u ad.l to IL tie entire CITY
Directory, kie would allow tho Bonru to select
100 names, und he woUll supply lUu u1orp that
wcrp butter. Lie then read /. statement from
the Excelsior Stone Company, guaranl ociny to
n that they would furnish Ill tie stone uf lin
thickness wanted, at1l cutr tlltoa routraet with
the cuunly to tlut clTert
Alr. Jet,uEo1l-I3ut tic stone Is not In tIcir
! quarry.
Mr.. Fanntng-It Is, sit, hut not thoroughly
Mr.. CoMly--You say tho stouo Is not enyel-
ot,ttlt
Ar, Tanulnr--Thc stons Ia ut prcsent I. cnvc1,
nnru In c1ay but there il 4 vast fIilEcrrrr h.
tween "cuyejvbIurH nn,i !, ,,irvnIunInS !,
ll.u,.4l,tert llc continued tn sav thst fh
stone Vas In Lt,nnt In abun,ianco outsit)r 1T
Najkcru u1lusrlrs, and II wnuII In, f1ITtlshrl
hin On Ills runsract, exccpt fnr tic pIlastcfs md
collns, which le never calculated e, build nj
that stone lnrniIsr o t1fIi mi rrv,r,i Il ns IN
lor tht, work liz tllr,l rJ,tegc,j IuiD srIrntt;j
dissertation upon tbs ivs,uutlou ii stone &c.
to bAc; up his opinions. ~'~>'
IN ~
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