, 1876-11-24

HECSFuHHlDtE c1lfJlCt HCkHCtH luC Ih!lN-
owner anu natlyc tenant III Ireland. Thc sprakcr
q1t0tetl from Lord paEnlerstnn's speeches tfl
show that the British Qoyernmcnths hs1 protected
Irish landowners at tho expense of the tet,ants.
Short speeches were then made by George y.
Plant and others. after which tho meeting ad-
journcd.
COUNTY BOARD.
TIE counT-HoUsR.
Tho Board OF County Commissioners met yes.
tcrlsy afternoon, Commissioners McCaErcy,
johnson, Gucnther, Comfy, Dusse. Carroll, bur-
dick, Schmidt, Ayars. Lonorga,', ucrting,
Clcary, Muloy, Tabor being prcaent.
A communication waa submitted from Henry
Harms, ~ follow8:
herewith aubtnit statement OF amount Of work
done and rnater,ais furnished, with prices annexed.
upon the east wing Of tho new County Court 1lonsc
This statcmcns does not Include any claim for tho
.nSoeh steet or sm ssst ! @
does Il include any claim for extra nbor occasiocl
me IN keeping the foun,at!ons ffcc from wnter
pLhngt S7. os5. ID; 72S lincai feet .hect. .pI'ing
leo aunerdcal feet dImenson stone. ss7, 81! Kin
cords Of rube. $.4, G7B. .B0 aSj, 16U brick. $40
81 s91a nporasa1 , fest f sSnee1tsns, S
60; 69D superficial feet stone dag. $,5! o.; 200
ssss.fmss sss ~ sf'si Iron anchor sio' Total slAo'
Referred to tho Committee on Public Du,ld-
angs. -.......
TIE CONTRACTS.
The Committee on Public Bul1dnge reported
In favor Of letting tho wlnlo contract for tile
brick, stone, and iron work to z. q. sextou, It
being deemed desirable that the work should be
lut to as fcw contractors a. possible, and that
1t appeared that 6cvcrnl Of tho lower bids were
either from Irresponsible bidders or from par-
rftcAp ftrnnttn1 Afnuffrr r1ult1
tnii,ctl. Tho lids showed that Sexton was the
lowest bidder for oil tho wurk, be Offering to tlu
It for &ts3, 163, and the work already done by
him Ind been satisfactory.
Sexton, was by. permission allowed to speak.
1lccnlmcd TINT BY his bid tho brIrk work would
cost &, COO less than BY scxton's. On.
The bond Of Sexton was next read, and It wns
signed by the following pctsons: john Ntc-
Arthur, Robert Clark, John 7, Ratfcn, john ".
Maggcnnl:, y. y: Singer This amount OF tho
Commissioner Burltek thought that tho con-
reliability Of thu various parties sllo had n'a.'o
bids llad not yet been ascIrtancl. He thought
that CiAtliclt!'a bid was better enc tlan Sex
tou's, and lts claim III tho matter ought to be
Investigated.
Commissioner Clcary said tho impression In
the committee room was that the bids Of Chat
0t3d and Armstrong were sntIc, rs they hatl not
appeared to urge their clalms at the Committee
uCGLluH.
Commissioner Durdirk said be understood
that Mr.. Chattield wns bookkecper fur Mr..
Abncr Price, hut IN his opinion that matIe 10
difference, as long as the work was we'll dong.
Tho bid Of Mr.. Prize for mason work WIS thu
lowest; and that Of tho Union Foundry Works
WIS tho lowest fur tho tron work. Mr.. Price's
BID was Sl05, go, and. with tho Union Foundry
Works. bid, amounted to- saw, ,saD. This was
several Thousand dollars higher than Mr.. Sex
TOMS bid, but thore were other things to be
fnEfn 3ntf rf.us5l1nrnf{nn. 2pffunf9 hill hnf1
been III accordance With the advertisements.
Nj. Prtce'a bid 'Tas crrtaInly the lowest oil tho
mason work.
Commissioner Dusse wanted 10 know II Nc
Neil d sou were not considered responsible.
Commissioner hfcCatfrev replied that they
were, but they had Just bccu awarded q con-
trait which would take up all their tirnc and at-
tenllon.
to the Boarl, eayIng Tint he would furnish gool
md responsible hondsmen, ann TINT the work
would ho In charge oi Mr.. Cornelius Prize, au
experienced builder.
fields bid was in reality Mr. Prtcc's bid, and it
had not been customary to consider bids that
were made in any such why.
Mr.. Prico statctt that he had not claimed that
not d great difference. His reason for not put
ting II bid 10 bis own na1ne was that he had
considered It foregone conclusion that the con-
tEast would bc awarded to Sexton:
lie TQtG WIS taken Oh L}G 0u0pLlQu oI Inc re-
port, rs follows:
Guenthcr, Ucstsng, Lonergan. MccaGrey, Mulioy,
Schmidt, Tabor, Johnson.
Nnyt-Husse.
Adjourned.
AFTER AN INJuNcT1oN.
Another hill was filed yesterday agninst the
County Commissioners and 7. J. Sexton, to re-
strau them from sumo unlawful doingB, tIle
complainant being N. S. Bouton, onU Vi the
nrt10rtrt0rR 0f tina HMM Enisnf1rc Wortfa fThn
COMP la;nant sets out that Nov. 10 the
Doard Of Commissioners advertised for bids for
doing the iron aud Hasonry work for tho new
Court -llouse. The, bldicrs wcrs to mako
scpnrate bids for each portion Of the work AMI
to furnish satssfactnry evidence OF their skill
aud ability. II is, however charged that +. ].
Sexton, ,Johu Mcneil, aud Clark llalren received
prlvato information that Joint bids would hu
they should get tho work. Complainant
wus tho lowest bidder for the ison-work, but
made no o1fer to DO the masonry, but us tho
Union Foundry Works ia wealthy c"rrorattut',
sured he would recetve the aw.rrtl ior the IRON
wurk. William Mcneil d Son were the lowest
bidders for the inasonry-wurk, and the TOM
htnel bids Of complainant and the AcNe!ts wus
$l3, 600 lcse than the jnint bid Of r J.. Sexton
for both portions Of tho work. That McNeil Il
Son were considered rcspousible is shown trt1m
tho fact that they wuro awarded the eo1ltract
for tho 6tonc-cutttng at the sum Of H5i0, 900, IN
TIC :pSsa aro1l thu they weTo rssonsl1le
TINT hts t,td hal been passrd by the Committee
Of the Hoard Of Commissioners to whom tho
bids had been re!crrcd. and TINT tho intention t,f
the loard was to award thu whole job 10 7. J.
Sexton. Complainant Immediately prepared to
nreycMt tho proposed injury, attl yesterday
the bill was tllcl, with several aavits, aud III,
application nude Ut once to Judge Williams for
an Injunction. Tho Judge, however, declined tn
grant nny tninnction ut tho time. Ito said that
tQuph thu bf1l showed n nritnn far.,
raasc, yet he did not think the
eomplaiIants would lose any Of thcI.
rights II tho restraining order was not granted
4nuthcr eittrt will, however, be 1nato to thu
Judge ttls morning, when an elaborate nrgu.
mcht VIII probably 10 made. John WoMlbrldgo
appeared for ttla complainant, and County-At.
t0rney tountrce fur the board Of Commission.
crs md Sexton.
| :, Alter tho Chairman Of tho Board Of County
commissioners had signed tho Se1ton contract
for the masonry, brick, and Iron work for tue
now Court. house, summons WIS served On
HIN and tho members OF the board to appear
I ~ {xtAh Ind A. t.f