The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-13
TUESDAY.

iournment. The hall had been put in as COM
Portable condition as possible,-chairs all
around, window curtains ice water, &c, by
Sheriff Stevens, the genial and obliging Will
liam Dill for short Fox deputy.
The chair announced the committee on the
deaths of Giles w. jackson and Col. McCaleb
to be Supervisors Lynch, Bowen and Lewis,
E. c.
The chair next named the standing commit
tees for the year
Mr.. Lewis called John Miller to the chair
and proceeded to read the report Of the special
committee appointed to investigate the subject
of new court house and Jail, prefacing the
reading by stating that the committee had act
ed in good faith under the suppositlon, when
the board appointed them at the last Sessions
that the intention was that new court house
and Jail were to be built and the commluec
with such belief had done their work thor-
oughly, and on the suppositlon that q nc"
court house and jail would be built soon. They
had been at much expense and trouble anu, III
fact SHARED no pains. We have made luii
report, after the most careful study OF the SUD-
iect in all its aspects, and have received large
amount of valuable information, which VIII IN
of great value in the details OF the new struc-
ture, should you decide to go on with the WORK.
The report is as follows:
G,,tleDra-Your committee to whom was re,
ferred the subject OF new cour. H t ro 1t
lJal with instructions TO report as 10 inc p.sea
Icability of erecting the same at the present 'iv,
Together with such other Information rs they
miybt he allie to obtain relative thereto respect
fully beg leave to make the lollo"inS ePs,rr
| Y1ur comnittee state that they have carelulS
considered the matter in all its various phasee.
That they find the present Court HOUSE u.'o Cd
i,snc;enf for the necessities OF this county, anu
that il is so badly out Of repair that lars
priations will have to be made very so'" ~ P''N~
| il in a condition at all passaoie. ~ :, .oo-o.,,-
| A. 10 the J1I your committee deem II scarcely
necessary 10 make any extended comhSnt. y
has been indicted, condemned anu 'nc -.
Iprosecutions by way OF manuanlue p ~. Ii;s
| for 30 lonp time that your committee eeHeNe
,Iat ,verv member of this Board Is SO familiar
With the condition OF what has become known IS
| tbe Ia Sale county 'cess-pOol, as 10 Tehder
any description or discussion oil IL eu'lIely uh-
necessary. 80. r,., a,,,a 70 o--iya n
/ 80 .ho, the conclusion that La Sale county
limperativeiy demands ''eo Co'"t H0ISe d'aI Jd",
Iit being their unanimous conclusion thaI any
for repair. upon tllt Olu "ouiO uC al uh-
-. ~ iniudicious expenditure OF money.
Your committee have therefore at no inconsid-
,ribIs time and trouble carefully considered the
nrscticabiliiy Of proceeding at once TO the cree
/ Hon 81 a Court House aid Jail commensurate
,,;,b The wants and requirements of La Sale
county. The principal objection 10 commencing
| a work Of such magnitude just at this time Is the
nr.ssure Of the hard times" what is felt TO be
| a general depressioa Of business. Too much
weight should not be given 10 this argument as
| N flush times We are the more apt TO Overreach
ourselves. 81 present we are ali conservative
and that would prevent extravaganza and secure