, 1876-03-01

meetings he held 1of . Like purpo59
JuL1us wnt7E,
J. II. MrHtkE,
9;ronaq 99;;p; n9oSf Il ,rov
E.K. BEACH,
AvEnT MooAE.
GENERAL DISCUSSION
on tho resolutions followed.
Dir. loot sroko in favor Of them. flo thought
81, ,60o. 600 WAS enough to pay for acouft-1fonee.
Now waa tho time for tho hepuhiosn parry 10
show that it naans reform. Ii WAS tito duty Of
thIa Council to bring 1t about.
Gen. Mann moved that tho resolutions be &C.
ccptod, In orlor that they might cone beforo the
h3i,8o.
hIr. Root said that motion to adopt would
DO in ordcr.
Col. Hiusby v.psoa 20 know II thore WAS auy
way Of gottlng around the p1ans adopted, which
WarG 10 cost cartan amount OF money, and IL
thoy could 10 changed.
Mr. Root ssatod that If they had not tho
moncy. ho thought thoy could rsdueo the ox-
pense.
Ex-Ald. NIc0onni.s wanted Aid. Dixon to state
tho status Of tho Court-llouss mudd'e.
Aid. Dixon then explained that tho city had
adopted a nian. md by orlin INCA l,m,ted tue
amount to 81. 500, 100. lie concluded by moving
to lay tho report over for Gnu week.
Nr. Moore stated TINT tho cost Of tho building
hal boen reduced fully 20 par cont sincc the
plans weFe first mado, and ho thought tue pso.
pio should have the benefit OF thu "a vol aa ill.,
diyitiuRlB,
Aid. Dixon prcssod bis mo!ion.
Gen. Wuite spoke in favor Of the resolution.
IIe thought thuy SHOULD b3 moderate In the!r OK
pendisuros just now. 1t would DO propos!orous
10 put up q handsome building i!,ero with
dome that couldn't 10 seen two blocks away. It
uould bo we'll enough If thor had
al1 thoy could to reduce The burdens
| Of tho people na soon al possible, to GLOW that
the Nepublican party was oarnoat 10 reform.
Nd. Dixon Hata lo was prepared to vote but
thought Tho nattcr should 60 oyor for ono
wools.
AID. Richardson then etalcd the posltioa of
| tho city In tho matter. lle cxplnine1 nbnut the
| eCuo QUO to tho credit OF tho Court-l{ouao build
Ing fund. 1Io WAS III fnvor OF emitting down ex-
penaes, and reducing taxation. aud he would cu-
deayor to do as requested By tho Council. es ho
thought tho majoilsy Of Republican Aldermen
| would.
Mr.. Root then explained The theory Of The
resolutions, aud called upon Nr. Heath 10 ex-
plain as to tho cost Of building at tho preaeut
! time.
COST OF nuiLD1Sa.
Aid. Honth stated that thorn Nas graat re-
duction In tho price Ut building material since
1872. He then explained the nrc]litccts' muddlo,
which has boon fully elncidated in the columns
Of THE TRIBUNE heretofore, aud witt which tho
public are thoroughly familiar.
| AID. Campbell, not member OF thts Council,
atatod TINT ho thought tho resolution should bc
passed. II soGne resolution Of this sort was not
paesea, under the present state Of the a1ebitccta
muddle., the cost would bo intesninablo. He
l
thing, had limiting the amount to $1.500, 900.
Ho uAa opposed to dealing out the contracts
picce.meai. lie. then went over tue
noyor.s9ndIng M mnddlo, I'D said th.t uu.
| joined. the poorlo OF Chicago would hnvo
hybrid-sort OF building costing fearful
amount Of monoy. He thought 81, 5o0, 600 mas
enough to build such building - was needed,
| aud the poop!c should compel uniformity ID
styla- 4 little fun hors took place.
| COT nlcAHT
asked how It Was All. Campbell mas allowed to
Bpcak in this Council, when ho lCol. Rcaby) was
though ha had often been In tho lobby pondiag
Important discussions. (I.nughter.l
Cot, lacaby thoa look tho door and said that
10 hoped that no one wonld Claim that tho
vantod to leave the Republican party. ne
thought &3001060 was TOO much to pay.
but It thoy asked tho County Board to roduca
the cost to sl,5uo,0 100 it would bo lko issuing
Tho *EurcEa : plan had been ibeen adopted BY eaity
and nounty. He vAs IN favor OF economy, but
not III iayor Of naato. lia thought the meeting
was callod In tho interests Of tho Ropablea
party, to counsel, and not to indulge Ia cap-trnp
in favor OF any individual. lie thought Aid.
Di1Vn'a motion should prevail.
MI. AooT
thou sRaiu took tho floor. Ho thought tho rcso-
lutions wore IN aid to tho Republican 1nenbern
Of the Council aud the County Board. Tho
resolutions a. offered by tho Committee ahould
DO adopted. He wanted to know il they came
tnsn 10 neet this o1lession eonsreiy'
Mr. Williams said that thia was In first moot.
inn Of lie Councii. and thoy hardly knev What
| thov Ind rottnn tornther fnr. In thnncI,, thcv
wafs oomrnnncnt nt i'm wrong AMI Thcy
aamid d. nnthin, chi, tho Corntv T}osrd or Gon,,
rnnn conncil ot nrrscnt' ht,t corId onIv 1av =
foundation for campaicn in I'm fntnfo. Ho
thotlrhs thav oonld saya 81 Inn il0n from bcior
| ntnlnn he nisrtIno rnnczt man - wa.. roo1
tlinr to discuss those auvstsous. bnt be thonght
t,fhav uhn,iI A. oo,nofi,,nn hoafdca .1;aruastr,
fh;s ma,tnr 1mnnr1ant c,sctions u,rc cnna,ns
4}.hn and Il vas host To consn,t ,,non tham H.
ninctinn of tnrn oi}carn waa . ynrv imnorts
| n1nttcT. nnt, shnnld Ia attcnded to. trhev hsd
| cnTnmonced ~ Tia wrnnu ana md .honi, .tn-t
thc ntt,er WV. O' .~ '''~ '''''
Am. nrxnx
| than ern,a;nod vhv he Ind moved tn inv mar
| for onc roek. :. th,t i. wna merslv az All ~
cnurtcsv In lin f,ourc,l "a this v.S II. f,r,t
meeting. md, il The Councl WAS reaIy to not. ho
| suLaI io.vo ~ wfhdrnw III nofion ~
somn S,,Tthor fscusson foii"wnd A1r rl,,ot
nuuo ~! :IvL - y ooIueeoa toHo"oo. a1H. Gttlus
| hntaonY so1u tuat 1o uaa LOT chntfacpi foc6htly