, 1877-02-20
ANOTHER JOR.
How the County Board Sinks Ar.
tesian Wells.
4 Contractor Given a Bonus Of 81, 700
In Pipe and Fuel.
And After Alt the Prospect IL that the
Well WILL Not Do Finished.

Of The County Hoard In thu lctttng Of contracts
ordering Of work, and passing Of extortonase hills
sent IN By contractors. Experience has shown
that, nd matinr what exposures are nsdc, no mat
ter what degrees Of Dishonesty or folly Is uneasth-
ed. no attention II paid to It BY the commisSfon.
ers and thhs tho GxpoEufts ara practically valne.
less. 4 reporter Of THs TaihuHE, however, re.
Gently ran acrosa an Instance Of County. .Commit.
stonef wAseIuineas which IL 10 good thai 1t would
be crime to keep It from the public.
During 1H7a the rutet supply IT. the 1nsano
Asylum, which Ii furnished by IN arstai1n we'll,
began 10 run short. md along In 1870 It began to
BIZ serious 1neslon as to what bhoa1l BE- done.
The we'll, which had originally had cop!ous dow,
wns apparently played out and there was an In
sut1cisncy Of water for the inmates, for stock,
and fof extin9ulshtu8 hrsa,, In caae any anould
break out In the iaat'tntton. Tho same iAinre on
the part Of sou,a wells In tts county lAd tpteylous
1y been observed, and taRsts.srh Impression was
that WIS due 10 the'f that 10 many wells had
been funk, tapping the same aourca Of supply,
that The head Of each wcll was necessarily dimin.
lahcd. Tbs artestan welts at lhe Stuck Yards and
In tho West Side pasza were suffering from the
same complaint. II MAJ b said, hoNsver, In.
cdcntally. TINT
TnIs xxr14AHArIoR or TIN FAILURE or THE
WELLS
Ia not believed 10 BE- tbs correct one. Tho reason
10 - follows:
A htst-class vel, has, iron, the surface Of tho
ground TO thu point where It sntera Tho rock: an
oute! ch,nE Of say six inches IN diameter. Within
thls Is placed smother tuhs ot say foat lneasa II
packing y pnt III 40 10 prevent nc watcr from,
leaking ii between the two tnbes. Tho object Of
Would follow, ware only ono. tabs nsaa: The Iron
which IL employed ceaaaflJ rusts out In thrce OF
ions ysats, aaa sanSe It cnnnot oe replaced tho
II 5ained. To axod taa ths innsr IN tabo j. n'ed
That ean be ri rcpaccd M T'shrnt alfsHsy when i ha;
Se epaeed sw year ecsuss of &c
Weaes OUT n tlms. and tho water leaks
ii9usn iw stn,. mo RI. Tho rc,n9 sRaes offTesn te
insi!y rose {.ay) twenty feet ahoyo Tho ground,
sseA s., on eng se% ~ It Gs not n T. hssys s
have played eui Is dne to dsfesttvo packing, wc.l
ha permitted tho "aef to leak In between the two
Committee on Public Charities of thc County
nGsa Of Thf = i se
noarl scias1on to tha water supply at tho 1nsane
Asylum
Of 4 y as fellaw,; .,, ..
fasm Tnnaiss shost. and dRn t}aai ~ tha opln,oa Il
your cnmm,tteo new well should BE- bored. A
psoposielon has been rcceIyed from John i. Gray
aaa. three -qaattor. inch holes; tor mo init 600
fect, 81 2er fvot fot the ns5t $50 f.et. st5o ncr
aSor So 10 e of m 1s @ G - %S tho
proposition ab1so be accepted, and that TIC Conn.
II huo!nsY NC 'hstFuc1ea 10 prepare . contEAct tof
~ phfa .anrs ~ mn, ,,,. .on,,--nd +,
I'll, H. notrsS w. dhst thnta ~: .. .a.,,,.,..
to 1ni ~ ~ 1. ~ s"ns fasso VIZ VIZ no
Mo,K c, no an ~ M 70 n.s e. n,ea mo Mpqa 70 tn
was slmn,x aw"tJo 10 MI VIM II T. sdnr.
Il: ;;!:si' 'Si's'sd It o' i liz nssSs'' u s cs%Hit:
M Wc,,. ,x,, t.,,n .ra .,,.,.a =, .,..,,. ,.u.
v.aSt han W. ~ nm" gan.e9 1or aooat two
,n,nss, suttno " ~ H. Mn, - eep'eo'oefs ~ tae
ses"snt Meet'ns u tMs noa.us
d,r,vn mr. hv H., f,n,.r,. *ttcr. 49,, ,
utnssM sts W y! Luo SooutJ NaotHs! VIZ 9caas uut
Hsot>on 10 nPp:ofc Eaa !oat " tie folIoElnG vote:
lws-D1ra!tes. carrolt+ Comfy, lIert.px, Holden.
.uys-XYAr, n.sse. Ctea.y. Guenther. htulloy.
1fr f;usriicr movca In rocn,,td,- H.. ,,nt. ,r,..
Tue Iol!oWfnsfosuH:
1fu4-Ayasa, 1lhrttck. uu41e C3rro11, 'Conly 9ucn.
tfrr. IlcItns. Holden. L0ncrgan, TuD0t, Jpson-ji
.Suvs-ElcatJ, MaluY. schmlit-3.
H' H.' Hn'uem noseu 70 epEsose ths contfnet.
ny nnraicA mosea " Iay IN lhn tao's. Thls