, 1879-05-30

Yesterday afternoon tic COMMITTEES on Pub
lie Service of the County Board met to consider
tho bids for supplying coal to tic county tusti-
tutions md ofhces md The pnuper pets OF tho
County Agent. Tho entire Committee ucrc on
la,.d, consisting OF Cobprn, Chatrman; Bocae,
Aysr8 Hoffman, and Stewart. Mcssrs. Spot
ford mud Meyer also looked in, ind took a hanl
IL the discussions. The article In yesterday's .
TRIBUNE showing up some pecultarltlcs Of the
bids and bidders Was the chieK topic OF
conversation. md It was acknowledged by
all except those directly Interested in
the mhin.enance Of thu old-fashioued "clrcle -
the word "rinEh has gone out Of faehion),
flat said circlo Was broken uD for this yeAr at
icass. The result Of tho afternoon's work
proved this TO be the case, TO-, although the cpn-
clnsions reached weFo not the bcstattatnable.
they wero decided improvement On tic plan
matured before hand ind apotlt by pubsica-
Xii Iii. Coburn opened the discussion, by tuquir-
inE what the Committee knew OF tho colnparar
tive mcritA Of
HARD AND sort COAL,
nud stated broad1y that, Ia lis opinion, tic
former Do not possess advantages to counter
balsuce the difference In pric0.
Mr.. Stewart said that the Woodruff q Tru!,-
key bid Has tho best. This Was comparatively
rew mine, and the owners sought to INTRODUCES
their coal, and therefore bid very low.
eugsgcd In sercs Of trials Of tho comparative
merits of tard and soft coal, and ho would favor
waiting tho result Of their tests.
MIR. Ayars nsked how the prices compared, to
which Mr.. Stewart answered that tho soft coal
Mr.. Boesa expressed himself strongly IL favor
Of WILMINGTON coal. all Mr. Coburn again Buy
Eested the advleabtity Of further Investigation.
". Boese then talked up hard soal, and said
that soft coal dctoetoratcd greatly bY storing:
ME. Stewart said TINT In Ills experience VII
m!ngton coal was tho worst In tho world to
keep III stock.
At this point proposition from firm to put
ia certain appliances to save half tho coal used
IN each furnace wAs hantlod n THIS Is the first
OF q hundred or go:isith which the Boanl will
DO inundated II they cafry out their plan OF
usng hard coal. It was statcd that Mr.. Baker
claimed that hc could introduce machine BY
means Of whicl. Wilmington coal could be made
to give rs good results us hard coal.
a1r. spaif0rtl satd t!lfs was the same nach!no
which l,ad been previously tested nn found to
bo IN - They llaa tricl 1t and found they
could beat It by 20 por cont NTH an orlluary
furnace
Mrssrs. Coburn and Hoffman expressed de-
sire for more light un tl'e subject, and It WIS
e H. Tor one wSt Fqa
tons OF naru coal was given to A. Y. Dra:kehusll
d Co., at $4.45 Dor ton all round, conditioned
ou bond In S10,0u0 being furnished.
Tho COMMITTEES then took up
THE SOFT COAL DlDs.
Mr.. Coburn said tAcre seemed to bo general
impression atnong local dealers TINT ono tlrI.
mun0polzcd tho county coal contracts, unti
t1lat IL Wis no use tor others 10 bid.
Mr.. 1Ioiln4an nloyea that tic contract for soft
s9al BE- awarded to laker Bros, a their btd Of
Mr. Cuburu opposed the motion, and showed
tlat tho Indiana firm, owning tllrIr own mncs,
could sell lover than 3obbors or dealers ut sec.
| on1 hand.
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