, 1879-06-10

items wera:
City relations. ....... 8 H1t. 90
$$sSsss; !$s!!s s$#:$S
FlnAnc0. -. ....s... s.......... !bt.. fu
Judiciary ..'.-.t.... .........,....... W. ~
Jail and .1ail accounts 10, O50 IN
Equalization Of 8ftaxcs.......u..... 1. HtIi. Ill
Town AMI town acconnts... .......... II, 1ib M
Printing md htattonory... -. y, 0H:. ii
Inbtlc servlcu....... ......a-.... III :EIl. o.
Public EecoEdA..,.... .+...."... 3.uDl. 10
Total. .........s1Oo, ;liU. =,
Thu total In 1877 wa. S234 ,244.2l, and in 1875
SID. .G49.55. The expenses for the County Agent
aside from 1naane ASYLUM md Poor House,
sslsm '01 re oonso oatuoor Ha e1peses ss
were sl2, ,50j.a H. the tiEtsest amount ever eou-
trlbuted BY tho Board for tho sasno ncriOt, mud
nf That 'tn Town Of lcni"nt received s3,Al4,Ml,
flsde Park &c. 117.ee22. md Evanston s35,333.7l
leaving to ali other towns IN thu county-twen-
ty-sercn IN nu1nbsr-s3, 5t0,1o
Mr. Fitzgerald mtyed lint the report DO
placet on file. fila tl1otf0n wns carrlcd.
The usual rcports from eomtnittces, bills, etr.,
Tho Committee on Public scvsico reporAed
apon the bids for coai, md recommended TINT
efS u e ra coatt 1iyj buars a
County Hospital, and Normal School, mud lint
the bid of Drackebush il Co. bo accepted at
s4.45 per ton all ROUND. Tue Committee also
recommended iuAlt t@1G oi "OC0El3tL
Frunkcy Bros: ior Coal Creek, 1ut., coal iroul
ii,e mtnes Of Mcclellan s. Pardea for the Cou,l-
tr Agent bo a<xcptes1 Of $3.50 per ton. The
Committee Hcre satisfied fran tnforma-
turcrs md consumers, and BY Information
gained from, tho reccnt test at the County Jntt,
tint the Coal Greek coal is thu best coal tat can
be used for the prfec, md therefore recommend
tIons where tsas.l coal +. used al,d soft coal re
1ltfrcl Tor said PURPOSES,
Ms. Wheeler sai that nearly all tho manutae-
tusera III this city wcre using " Ilnngton coal
TEN they Ind adopted tn 1tlvort!s!ng for coal
wns ali wrung. They had allowed Tom, Dick
and Harry to come In aud hid, mid tle Conn,ts-
sonsrs couldn't tell what tic bitls were, lilo
knew this, however, that thousands Of tollars
could be saved b7 tllc ,,sa Of soft cual.
County Engineer ltugl.n, who had hcen In
6tructed 10 make experiments With tho coal pre-
sented ny the bidders, was brought before tho
rious members. llu said the ha1a coal nycscnt-
cd was OF n very Inferior quality. Tile Wiluiug-
ton coal was a very frcu burning coal; Coal
Creek WAS good; strcetes coat t.o knew Iittto
niHst; II he were tu select cal for tho building
lie would c!,Doae Indiana coal.
The report, said Mr.. Fitzgerald, was not in
harmony With the statement Of the Engineer,
alsd le moved that 1t bc taken uD TEN by item.
This was lone wftreupOn AIR. StHWArt spoke III
favor Of tie report, whe Mr. Wool thought IL
ought To be sent back 10 the Committee and
bids be again advertised for.
Mr.. Fitzgerald said 10 would be in favor OF
anc1t 0 mutton but Tor olip thing, lIg hatl been
told TINT member Of tho boarti had tho other
tlAy met soycrni coal-denlcrs, who said That il
the. lad thought they would have received any
Kind Of courtssy at tho ha,n!s Of tho County
Board thty would have sent In bids. lie
thought thla slur upon tbs boara. ''Tlrcsc
ge,ttlesncn," shouted Fkz, "afe no hun.
estcr' ttian Wc arc. I've mover seen sIncs
| entered the Doari uny skullslugEcry
{t, urt IN, ,f,I y
ispenlser went on Mt cos,s!larable lengslI,
the gist OF hts talk being ti1at Wilmington coal
WIS thu best for lhe county. lle said liz uhlur-
sttsal s lint thu Eartnser was also In favor Of
Wilmington and not indiana
Con,mssiouur spo1ford Al SO gave out that
Mlnl,g.on coal ,yas lI,c choice Of tlo Engineer,
likcw.so OF hnsclf.
ljuou motion Of Mr. Wotsl tho repost was ro-
committed. Ald thu Committee Instructed to
nguIn adyertisc. The voto was:
lt0s--Boesc, Hurting, Cobarn, Miller, Stewart,
6potfurd. Wood. Sunno-D.
1caasa Mssst whsaisy1 wthssisy z'se'faa '0a"''"'
A motIun was made tnstr,,cting tho Commit
the Hospital
Alr scnno moved that the bids be confined to
this quality Of coal.
III tilo oPrion u Mr. Wood It was ul,w,se to
r1si5tct tho bills TO- soft cuai,
:. Mcssrs. Fitzgerald aud Ayars were In favor of
adopt eitil.r soft or hard cou. llo had fund
urnn investigation that lllc majority Of largo
cunausHers III iAt city weru h, fny0r Of llaTl buk
the general opinion ot the hoard appeared TO be
nga'''st this AMI hu tfas Willing II ncIaEestv,
a!alou:s! ho Thought tho consumers opinions
ouKht to receive Ennle consideration.
'l1'u tnolipa Of senno was then nut as,d soft
coal carried Gy thu following vote:
ftax-tyart Hradley, ilnrliag, C'oba1n, FItx.
gesais1 li"tfmano. ienzun Muycr, s!lur. spusiorG,
Wheeler, ssn,e-.i..