, 1879-04-09

hH VAu aANo nhhh4Nt N6" AA3H,
morning newspaper Which oecas'onM'y
aoted as On organ OF tile OIL county <4'nng
aaf1nB sho iatterls aotivo lilo III no" anxious
taas another combination Of similar nature
sha'l ns createts, with areciol referenoo 10 the
c'tys hali OF tho pnblto building now IN oo,ifso
OF erection on the conrt-Houso sq''are. Tho
bas's lot such combination would bo tho re-
]eolon OF the Bedford stone, whtcl. tho city
Is using IN tho construction Of tts building,
and tuo adoption Of tho Cook County lime
stone' which hos been used IN tho erection
Of tho county building There was lively
controversy' at thu finlo tho city authorities
began york, rs TO n choice botweeu tho two
stonea, anu that controversy resulted In Tho
adoption OF tho Bedford bcchuso 1T wns de-
cided to bo at once superior and cheaper.
That should haro boou tho end OF tho nut
ter. But tho men associated with tho old
County hing have never ccnscd to laneut
their loss OF opportunity, and have rorslss-
emily agitated the rejection Of tho ssono
that was Gdoptod III favor Of tho stone
under their control. Tho election Of now
City Government and Council Inns given
these persons tholr periodical chance to re-
vive tho matter and, though tho founaa.
tion, tho basement, and large part Of tho
hrst story OF tho city building arc already
constructed, they hnye sot their newspaper
organ at work in the hope TINT n majority Of
tho new Council will enter into tho scheme.
Indeed, this sarno organ Inns published lot
Of Aldermen alleged to DO favorable to tho
change who n,ako up large majority Of that
body, and 1t probably expects aid mud COM
fort from Mr.. HARRISON because it Sup
ported him during u few days Of the cam-
paign. It Is but fair to soy, however, TINT
there hnvo been Us yet no indications either
that Mr. HARRISON Los any sympathy With
tho project, or that suf1lciont number of
tho ncwly-elected Aldermen will enter into
the movement to mako it practicable.
It would bo tho most barcfaced and out
rageous fraud ever practiced upon o CON-
munity It tho proposed change from tho
Bedford stone 10 the Cook County limestone
should be ordered at this time. Such a
change could only DO brought nbout at tho
dctation Of Ring, and hence tho ceet can-
not be approximately figured. Yet tla or
gan nf the combination desiring to effect the
cbaneo admlss that 1T would cost tho CITY
| $e96, ,0e0, which represents tho minimum
extras tlrst would DO incurred, nnd does not
include thu Btealings for which the Ring
really saals tho ohauge. This sum Of $780,
ooo e11ra IS sata to include tho cost Of tearing
down that portion OF Tho hrst story already
nn'l'' tho asnerenoo OF price between tho
stone no" III oso ana sho oook oounty stone,
tue allowance OF damago to tho present
contractors OF 10 por cent on the faco of their
contraot' anu about ono-ha1f tho cost for
granite winch tho county incurred. But this
estimate ol Inc DAMAGE though largo enough
to demand dismissal OF the proposition, is
notor'onsly oeiow me real cost which the
eity wou1u incur !nssead Of 1885, 900 e1tra,
IL IL pfonaole tnat TIE extra cost would not
fa!l short OF S1'ooo.oW. Tho damages which
could DO recovered W tho present contract
ora cannot be liked at 10 per cont or my