, 1879-07-01
Awarding the Contracts for the
Final Work. ?,
The ssxton Combination Succeeds In
Winning the Battle.
Tho I,tport Of tho COMMITTEES Repudiatcd
by Ihcsc Who Made 1t.
Final Settlement Of tho GOAL Question
Baker Brothers Beaten.
MORNING SESSION.


urrsilca, md nil the members were OIL hand.
Commissioner Fitzgerald called up tic COM
tnuptratton of J. N. Armstrong mud Gavin u
.Tru,uor, unsuccessful bidders for parts Of ss'e
interior work., hut il1csn wcro temporarily lad
oyrr. 10 WA q communication IRON Junhsoh
d. Co., bidders Oil uar. tre-proof work.
The rcbort Of thu joint Committee On Ennf'c
Buildings n,.d Public Service. which wa gwen
III THE TRIBUNE OIL Saturday. was cate" up'
MN, ,,omu,,.sioncr l}urlIng moved It's adoption.
ritn AEroRr RECOMMENDED.
.,,4 Tim contrnct. t,e awarded. ua follows: Cnr-
neutcr work r. j. Sexton. s69 III; fre-proof
work. Ezekiel Smith, $55,371; p'nsterinK, NJ
Dvrrr r. Son. 3l,,0o; plumbing aud Gas.t'tting
Iturv Hytue, 81, ,DS5: steanlenting md vcnti-
latiny. y, J. Pops & Co., $2',S'5.
CnrnrnlssJoner Wood rnoycd to combine tho \
,,ds Oh carpentry nni tirc.proodng, aud to
n,ncu,j the report BY giylng both to Sexton ut
bis lid Of si3o,55l.'
Commissioner Hoffman thought the carpentcr |
rorl, md rlastettng should 70 together, ard
moved TO nwor these mid thu f'rc-proof work
10 scxtod, whose bid on the threo ~as
Si7a,so7.05.
Commissioner. Bradley moved to nmeud tho
repost By awarding the contract for these three
items 10 Hcnnessy Bros. Their Did was sl75,o80.
Commissioner scnne called Commissioner
Ayars to tic cutr md moved TO take UP tic re-
port by items. This was not Voted Oh, and lie
moved to las ali previous motions ou Tho table,
which was iost,-gcas, o; nayst y.
COMMISSIONER WHEELER
said that tic Legislature had passed LAW pro-
wiling Tint utter July l., 1s7la my contract In
yuIylns the expenditure Of over $500 required
two-shis,ls goto Of nil .e members OF the board
IN ,ts favor. Tic press Of tlld city and county
had tnxiu,satctl lint the Isoard WIS III hurry
to sllu,u through tlrGe bic contracts oeforr that
ihcsc insnuations werc we'll founded, ant!
did trltryo that all tho numbers OF
tic Board wcrc honest tn their desire
Of t,w M county. I,ut he thought it would be we'll
to rcfor the whole matter back 10 the Conlnit-
ter, and moved That tho question bo postponed
until Thursday afternoon at = O'CLOCK.
Cunmsstoncr Fitzgerald efnrcssca NY tnos-
to acccpt newspaper adv!cc. liz was honest aud
nut nfra!i, aId proposed TO 70 anean NY ~
Il. contructs Ito nloSed 10 lay @ [t,n,Io,, ~
,uy | on tic table prevailed by vole Of s tot, as
fotit,ws:
,ta,-Ayara. Du.ltp:, Cobnrr, Fitzgerald uoif-
,nnnn" 1cnzcn Stewart. spof,ru-H.
Woud, scnuu-?.
The Chairman announced thas sote "oulo
be taheu oil
COMMISSIONER DRADLEYfs SUBSTITUTE,
r,vtnv uu,1nessy I3ros. the contracts for corpcn-
T.. ,Inatrrin,r. mil tlrc.proof work.
iCoat.niasIon4.F Fitzgerald movod that tlte Boart
20 into Committee Of the Wl1olc 10 consider lie
n,lylsabiltty Ut letting oil fl!e work 10 one naah
. Commissioner spoi1ord d!d not SEQ tho aa'
vantage OF luis.
ColnmlssIonrr Fltzgcra'd sala u Wou'd give
ta aenests reatsT }var1 ~ siopS pnp into
CnnInittcr OF the WloiG. ...
Tus CHAIR (Ayors) wantod to know II 1t was
1l,r Intention 10 cleRr the decks asu c8ctnac all
outsiders.
Commissioner Wheeler snid 1t Wns.
The motson Of Commissioner Fitzgerald was
lost-yeas, 3; nays. 10. ''-,-,
Discussion followed on Commissioner bfao,
lcyss eubatitites That gentleman supported
the llenutssy propostllae. ,,.,,
Cntnstnnef tAZae1a .a[ sas. ILL.,, So.s,o,' cs' ,,.a
Wooa aa eu'Esu ~ INV ,d s.de@ ,,s In,y will
Connts.u ~. III, w. l." ~ th,; m"l!s nj II. to ono
,. lnE ~ 4ss Lag "''"' - ~
= ,, sn.u WIS ,sn1' tnn.n ,,oa U' Lar. "'''S'
rta,-psaalcy, Fitzgerald Hof1mann' 1onson'
NaysEAyars; noess .rd haf'!nS Mn t3pasn m'''t
Miller, s'ewast spouofu; "ooo, acnnowau ,,as,on.
Tic voc was lnel, nsaescu W .,.a~ p sxt ~.
nn!llsann,s ,r,.i:i' ~. ,ost hT yntc :,
three cohtrnels. Mn,e" W. nT;,. 'u.s ,n,. M,
y 10 - '.,,..t ta.%aG,Iu, T., H., ,,,,,ntit;
,r rs nron.,pnl 1,,aI to t,'t gyu ss se1ton % ths ~
CONTRACTS FOR oAnrEsTERY AND FIRE
raooF1su.
This was carried by q vote q ID to :, Mcssr'
s a. ,l,s @ yoto was about to he announced Fitz
gerald roso nnd, i;e Lit BAsttreHp, cxelalmGo
e,Huil on, have ,sotucthtnE 10 say" IL
wanted to vote no. !twas sca,islal ana :,
sl,a,nu to jump over Smith a'nl tlclibcrats;
wnn'ie2 a"S .sn tl,c prcss licked about lis wny thing
wcru ,.nnc. lie yotetl "nst" III order TO EGt