, 1877-01-31
The Preliminary Meeting OF the
Investigating Committee.
Two Members WHO Are Not 0ver*Anx.
ious to Look Into Things.
Several Plumbers, Pipc.M Manufacturers,
Etc, 10 ne Summoned Be"
fore Them.
Instances Of Extraordinary 0veroharges On
tho Part Of tie County Plumber.
TIE COMMITTEE.

aETTIE0 READY TO tHrEaTIUATE.
II was 10 o'clock yesterday morning when
John Con,tslcy cntcrc11 the sacred portals Of Its
Office at tie County Building, where previously
arcportcr oi THE TRIBUNE had seated himself
upon tAblc. .,. -..z.
"Goot! morning." said John.
'tGood morning. responded tho REPORTER
a1tas Commissfuncr Fitzgcra1l come down
yeti"
III haven't seen him yet," responded lOhn.
~ believe tt,Ea is tho norning that the COM
mtttce on Investigating Joseph 1logan's bills is
to start Quit" said tho reporter.
~ believe so' said john Comiskcy, and then
hc opened his letters.
A few minutes after Commissioner Comfy
came IN. His goatcc looked more animated
than usual, and hIs smile was serene In ia cll.l-
like simplicity. IIc took a chair and mct'ltatci.
Thcn buy handed him his morning mill. II
was . solitary letter, detailing In i've points
su1nc OF tho enormous croUkcdncas OF Coroner
DIctzscl..
Shortly after this Commissioner Fitzgerald
came In. lie wa handed u large package Of joo
llogan's bills. -"Ttey ore all dglt," lie sald to
the Clerk.
"Fixed up In regular ORDER" sail Mr.. Nlalcr,
njust exactly according to dates"
III tito meantime, Commissioner Comfy Ind
h!c,l himsctf to tho Contnittco-room Of Tic
Commissioners, where he handed tue important
miesivc previously mentioned TO the reporters
to copy. The ronm was full Of rutnors Of in
ycsttgnt!onE, md TIC few county officials pres
cnt locked, in the language Of some ancient
bard, grand, gloomy, an'l prculsar-cspccal'y
gloomy md peculiar.
Coinmisstoucr Fitzgerald walked upstairs.
Hcspoke to Commissioner Conly md Com
missioner Cou1y spoke to lin, and tho two
spoke to eaci, other. Cigars wera liandcd
around. Commissioner MuIloy tooli onc. 50
lid Commissioner McCaf1rcy. ThcrcpoTtcrs all
took one each.
".Arc you rcatly to 70 around 10 the pipe
dcalcrsi". qucro1 Commissioner Fitzgerald OF
Commissioner Comfy.
soma IN n,a. n"1 Ffea me- ans ~ was t
anytlling unless wo have i full Cotnn.ittco pres
ENTER sc1.M1pT.
The eloc9i In the o11.re pointed to 10:45 when
Commissioner Schmidt entered, There was
Just little fire blazing from bis weather eye:
burrow was depicted In the other. lie scented
the battle from atar, fur, Immediately upon CHI
aWhcrc's Fitzgerald II he mint hero soon
I'M going ,out. nm not going to walt for him
Commissioner conlcy-o, he's been hero for
eoino ttn1o. We've been waiting for you to
shortly after, Commissioner Fitzgerald was
brought in by TEtsunE reporter. ~
nosscasion al ia County. .Attornay Rollutrec's,
fuIasinc The reporters on lie Gui yIyo for d
sce,ie Tic Commissioners ase eonplmonting
the press on their exposition Of rings. Co!n-
hns iont his in tic snow. Mr. Rountrcc cx-
nresses himself as used to thesa th'nes, anl
don't care III! for them. lie Is reclining back
OH chair. and makes sumo very humorous and
decidedly enltyeninE rc!nnrks,. wllir'l are cnthu-
sjAEtr4lly received bY tho 1llllttutb.
Commissioner FITZGERALD addrcsses himself to
t,omtnissiomcr Schmidt as ready 10 nrocecJ lnon
ii. to,,r Of inrestanton ont; oRscrxatior "p'"
uomlnfssiorcr Schmidt puts dawn ,,ts foot and
refuses t., 70. and vtsws lin man,,er nf tn.
vra,lyattnu x,,orrstc1 hv cn,nmtsvirner EIty
ucrafi m ,,nf11r Co,,imtssjn,,rr Tnnlv cnn
,jies with tllc views Of Mr. Sci,tnIdt. Thcro il
sn,nr fniE md CnmmtssIur,er Fit:rrrni aays
fl1,uly that h. viii 70 nloue. for i,G intcnds ID
sui,stantIaie hIs chnnrcs NJ main hv him in thc
County board. ~"N"7 - ''A1' y D''N' - '''o
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