, 1877-09-30
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

THE COURTHOUSE. =,
CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE CITY AID COUNTY
/ AUTHORITIES.
| The Building Committee of the Counci1 and
| the Joint Committee on Public Buildings and
! Service Of the County Board had conference
| yesterday about the matter Of dome for the
Courthouse and City-Hall. There were pres
ent Mayor Heath, Aid. Van Osdel. Ballard.
Linsenbarth, and Law1er, and Commissioners
Holden, hulloy, Guenther, Hoffman, Conly,
McCaffrey, Fitzgerald, and Ceary, and Archi-
tect Egan. Mayor Heath presided.
Aid. Van Osdel stated the action taken by the
Council, saying that plans for building which
would conform exteriorly to that now being
erected by the county had been adopted. but
no provision had been made for dome, aud the
Committee desired to sec il an agreement could
not be arrived at for connecting the two build
ings hv corridors or otherwise.
Commissioner Holden gave history Of the
Courthouse from its inception. a dome had
oeen agreed upon between the city and
| county IN October or November, 1875 and be
I thought it strange that the city should come in
now md want it abolished. Tue countv's nor
tlon 1, oi the .;i dome had been commenced in az
coruancc With the arrangement then made. He
/ believed in fair dealing, and demanded that the
| city should live up to its agreement.
| MIR. Van 0sdel said the county had been too
fast in adopting the action Of committee, the
I joint one which agreed on the compromise plan,
including the dome. The Council had rejected
| it.
| The Mayor remarked that the City Board OF
Public Works had no power to agree up,,n any
| thing without the sanction OF the Council.
| Architect Egan stated that Corporation Coun-
Gil Diekey decided that the power assumed By
the Council belonged legally: to the Board Of
Public Works. III had opposed a dome, but
was Q oscrrulcd by the Joint Committee OF the
city and county, the Board Of Public Works
| approving it. Its construction had been beg1.n,
| and it seemed to him no blame could be laid at
the door Of the County Board for their action
regardin. the dome lie, however, as servant,
would motlify his plal, ii 50 ordered, though
well satisfied that he could build the dome and
make good j"b Of it.
AID. Lawlcr wanted to know the cost of 4
dome.
Architect Egan replied from $4,000 to $780,
be about $l,970,O0U
Commissioner McCafrrey said that the county
hau rc3cinded actfon, which cost it Si5,00D, in
oruer to bring about harmony, and having doue
everything which the city had asked in good
1ath: anu Ile thought that WIS all they could be
expected to d.
Aid: Van 0sdel didn't see why the county
should be so tenacious about building the donfe
when none OF tue contracts had been let. Tie
city was tile father Of tue dome, it was said,
but tho city had not adopted the plan Of the
oui'ultS WHICH Included It, because
IT WOULD COST MORE
than u the 6 board of Fublle Works was limited to,
--''UV,"V,-Ihc eost pehE s.hoou,u0t. Ihc city
"oulu Hot ot'ld Aoifc.
Comnlss'oner toaGn said tue city would
never puiitl 4 elty.ilall unless 1t did build q
oone, as tuc county "ouo sce to it that. it
eAll!Gu out lts ag1ccMcnl.
>, Ald. an os!ie! rc'larEed That nc did not he
llevc dome Jill tect hiTh would stand on that
foundation;
, commissioner McC4itrey said II Egan could
dispense with the dome without changing the
pllns' he would favor giving it up.
commissioner tucntller stated that originally
nc was opiDseu 10 u uolllc, buf, HOW that money
iiia oceh spent "1l!ch would have to be thrown
away, ut "ould not vote to stop its constuc-
t'nn
Mayor Heath SAID when the CITY determined
several weeks ago to proceed With the erection
u Inc lily iall ny COMMENCING the foundations,
II was understood that tile city stood PRECISELY
III reference to plans and an architect Is 1t did
lhFce years ana hall a9o-lt lad neither he |
also Understood tAat tlc Council hau passed |
resolution refusing to construct the city's poF-
tion oi the dome, and Instructed the Corpora t
t!"n Councll to cnJuln the county from going |
afleau. Ihe discussion, however,, led to tue
CONCLUSION til;t the eltv agreed with tue county
10 ADOPT the plan nov helnguscd ny the county
commissioner tltzs!craid rontcndca that the
county WAS not adj. now to build the uolnc-
"olli cost milton, Judging IRON the ex-
tFas ALREADY allowed OIL ths building. He didn't
ocncse Tue coaHtg Could compel tile CITY to