, 1876-08-04

IL
tllo ttll. That relic, u VIII bn remembered, W.
bought up on speculation md TRANSFORMED !H.o
tt7nusa,nls Of listtc bells, wlicl ~crc bnd n'
nstncntocs all over The county, Inn, ron. II,
The uroppscd city ud cunty lrltl1tng hhd t.,s e.
iect Of iniluc!ngforty-nlno atchftecttto c1ninete
March 3l 1S7a, II was announces, n ttu avin
tst bce. the h,ld :iinSK IN K~ntexy srn oc Te we
thcv r,.rf rinrcd wos formally nnc1tcsl Apru y
and ont committee Of the Caunell ana Gonnty
Hoard oysr !" nm le nsns ans tho Commit
u.' ~ ,hr tsih OF APRIL, rctluCeA the number, ny
,cil oh m !" retceil. On tilu 24th, THY num!ws
wns ntill further reduced 70 ni''c' l''s'' 'o''
lowed long [
n,, fonm,ttco hcI1 weekly meetings n Ken
tnrkv Bl1Nk, discussing and rea!esuae.nG t1e
mn,sfs III na,ticuar plans, 1t Beefica rs InonEn
alor; n.;orr 4'ie 10 Six they suddenly, resetndcd
;i ,l,",r uction and admitted the whole forty-
ne aFs, Tei II u TM,seSs ana the pabc
b"ra,no rn,iatlernuy excFclacd At tho dllatort-
ncss Of tl,v Cunl,''tttcc. AID what . l,iiblllp
u1r thrro waa nu,u.s the architectural people!
s.r lvery mnn oi tlc original foty-nte Of course,
Considered lis o1n the hest plan, and every matl
lad lis following of admirers and friends JIG
ncwsua1lcrs new generally treated thc competitors
ay ut 1e outs1e pressure , Of Hnsnee sr was
s,er Tho Committee lIcsitatcl 10 lccde upon the
finnl three to whom sl,o,lld be awarded the
Fna tsc C9mte, smn Ill., :, ts yry aSc,t cSt
meeting, May q, admitted four more TO tho list.
'nsHas saea WIS wrs tho lnborions anl roundabout
Meeting Of tic Co,,liei May ~, Ali. s1ct,ratl.
1 ly unnnImoua coscnt, presented fesolnslol
| relative to rrocuT1ngn ~
COMMITTEE or AKoutrrcrs .
! from other cities to make the selection. ING
r@esoiu;:on @ hcgan with Tic usual wl,ereas reeit-
jnr that there being no doubt that tc Gom1nit ~.
teT or Public nnildfngs had proved itself to i,o
utterly incapable Of Judging ns to tho merits u
The pluns eul'nttted ana whereas ,ms ,.o nv, Nv.
erY street corner about rings, etc. eeilg 1or,ed ed
In favor Of certain pIass regardless Of merit, at
come to tllc conclusion that Justice sou!a not
be be ] autborizcd to engage three nrchitccts, one
rom Nav York, one from Philadelphia, md one
from baltimore, to select the three lest plans
mt Of the whole nunlsar. ing feso1ntm was
referred to the Committee on l'nnlle bo1la'hgs'
md was never heard 1T thcreaftor'
| The Joint Con,fnittec. continued its sessions
through AIny mud Jutic, meeting IN kentueRy
Block every Wednesday with charming puns-
eomp}i,shi"g eonS, nf a snytiing Happy iaes ftrask
n,c ot tho members mud that was to call ~ the
various architects who had plans Of, exhoitioi Y
ind let them expaia tne somt wSs rs nst
u rdpu antisfscdorly Tic newspapers, meanwhile,
having bccomr Disguised With Thew lltatte',
gave ony brief pafaEpe 5eposts o. W nIv ,resi e.
lgs. Finally, at ns GG1ie MrnerH ,ness 'l
lnytnr awarded tflc ilrsL prize to Otto II;
Niusz, tic second to Henry I. Gay, and asa
% third to Thopqs y. flisy la;t AZ a. ic COM. ane
mittec, with instructions to asccitatn the proba-
Biz cust OF the building constructed q acsnrtl-
anrc with cach oi tho three plans; THIS acton
was rcscinde1 The next week. ana M ti1e In na5os5
confirmed, II being provided tlat nothing n tue
report should be so construed ns Indicating =
preferences Tor either Of tho said 'plans Dis to
WITCH should be finally a.ioP.eu. .,,,eo1 NJ +hc
Council meeting Of Sept. 9, when ssyera! I, 1e,
norta aud communications Wern lnntle. IhG
tonndtse q! TalIs ,, na'apgs VI 1g ,'aRr ,f'SRoTte a,
im hed,nyn fayor Of ot Inc astita of Sr Mutt
Communication from tho County Cominlss!onn' k,n =
era announced the adoption by them OF Mr
1|sys plan and ft of cgnc .',e G9"1.Se so,;rre SG
laid 10 over and published. On tho ed
tho Council finally. mu,,agul to come to- to .
vote apo the q2ptio1 o. p 1nrs n tnf nF fssH IN
hteca Aat GesuT PnMt aut \ N pIau oI Henry t. aay
10; for the "Justtia plan "f oto H., IL: haax q a.
aJornncnt Wns ten ,s, taSeI 1usa ss IN, ~ a ~
ISsu aI,nnt u tslibnaterE tho Council adopted th
former at use meeting OF Oct. 10.
THIS last EFFORT
WINS evidently too. much for TIC weakly oillcial'
! whose 1rni,,s bad been SO d!streetcd during IN
! l,ny ycaf of il.anit!on, md they, allowed TN
matter to sink into an ov aIcE 10 asepaS vcr sGs q
records, and in vain r1ay the n'1tlaaars9n searS
the haiey" montll 81 Arrii, when t1e ile1a
were o oS n1s Tm1ue s ms a Isf aFa
+ mt forth their frtsl-tfntcd fnlingc, TINT tt!
!. Committee On Public, buildings adopted
resolution instrur.ing !heinseives t9 confer%it
u tic Csnlr-1fnnse, the former order which at
I, ccnte.l Tilcy's plan having been revoked. y
X ths t s5tll tlay If April tic cast wing Of til
I'D Courtense yns w M sold Ut s,on s, nanln,r
1yas attempted later. Then, ut meeting Of Il,
J. Council May w. Md. Jonas offered a series Q
resolutions, rccitng TINT, owing to the unp!eat
,ns ,n ',ansss II qs4ceS s%'t to SuHs IL sG
: employing hn architect, whereby any expendituI
:, uf iuonoy would be Involved, ought t9 be pos
~ poned until the necessary Icarls could 1c rAlee
= without lcyylng additional tax upon the people
; Thc rcsoltiaIols were IT. tho natuyul order {
:. ,wcnts referred to thu Public Buildings Con
- :, | mittGc.
. Abo,.t this t,nlc tlc Board OF County Con
misslouers nwokn from their long silencc, n>id
= Their n,crtiu, III June 2cons!dcrtd
d" A sEliI.s Or RESOLUTIONS
i exactly opposed III acnti'nGnt to tho forcsotnt
} md railing fur tho itnlncs!iato construction
= thG Court House. wlItcl, Should not exceed
ros. 3o,kooso0. AZ Tho succeeding meeting Con
! missioner Bogus offered 4 substitute 1cc!ari,
that, owing to t already essei;ive ~ s,a af1
/ of Drc. IL, 1914, aud poktpGno all acttO
+ n,;1il the 1st ,lay ot July, is775. This was nt
ss!a'nf "l 4 s ,s xt x1,, ss!x Ntno1 1hS wait ,
y inr thr r,-oicratiun Of the cLty authorities. II
n latter, however, were not TO tc 1cft behind, =,
= building Committees Of tho two hont1is. I
this meeting ALL. Bailey delivered Il lelgtl
~ communication, chasing With quccrly.s:
- pressed nptntoi, that further pToetnHtiIat!'
H. would fc IL no service 70 the interests a. a.
nj pride Ut thp city and county. AT a second cy
r ftrctcr, held July 0, It WIS Decided to hppon
h N: Two nr:hitccts, and ALL. bailey presented,
r. stri,g of resolutions nf which tllc ruling ~
Is wus to prevent rings fro'it hsnE formed =, !,
nrc11ffpffH. ar OfilctHlN, It